Jackson Browne ~ Musical Hero ~ Fullerton Music Man !!!

Sky Blue and Black ~ A tribute to Sept. 11, 2001. Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is a German-born American rock singer-songwriter and musician. His introspective lyrics made him the poster boy for the Southern California confessional singer-songwriter movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 2004, Browne was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by fellow American musical artist and good friend, Bruce Springsteen. In the same year, Browne received an honorary Doctorate of Music from Los Angeles' Occidental College for "a remarkable musical career that has successfully combined an intensely personal artistry with a broader vision of social change and justice". Browne was born in Heidelberg, Germany, where his father, an American serviceman, was stationed. Jackson's mother, Beatrice Amanda (née Dahl), was a Minnesota native of Norwegian ancestry.[2] Browne has three siblings: Roberta "Berbie" Browne who was born in 1946 in Nuremberg, Germany and Edward Severin Browne who was born in 1949 in Frankfurt, Germany. His younger sister, Gracie Browne, was born a number of years later.[2] Browne moved to the Highland Park district of Los Angeles, California, at the age of 3 and in his teens began singing folk music in local venues. In 1966, he joined the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He had attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California. A precociously gifted songwriter, Browne signed a publishing contract with Nina Music, and his songs were performed by Joan Baez, Tom Rush, the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, the Byrds and Steve Noonan, among others. After moving to Greenwich Village, New York, Browne was briefly in Tim Buckley's back-up band. He also worked on Nico's Chelsea Girl, both by playing guitar and penning the classic song "These Days". After leaving New York City, Browne formed a folk band with Ned Doheny and Jack Wilce. Except for this short period of living in New York, Browne has, to this day, lived in Southern California.