Tonight’s mystery artist’s dad told him only a few can make a living making music so he’d better have something to fall back on. Think you know who he turned out to be??

This story was told to interviewer Alice Carbone in April of 2015.  Along with the great advice of a backup plan his dad also demanded he play the trumpet and was amazed when our artist joined the chorus and wanted to sing. Luck for us Jackson Browne disregarded all of this advice. As he put it, “My father always made a remark that only the very best could make a living as a musician,” he remembers with a smile. “So you might want to have something else to fall back on,”

But in Jackson’s case he happened to be one of the very best as an artist so the rest would soon be history for this Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.

 

Long interview but if you are a fan you'll enjoy his candor.

 

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