Jackson Browne

Last night I saw Jackson Browne play at the Bandshell in Prospect Park. This is the fourth time that I've seen him play and he was excellent as always. It's pretty amazing that the guy is sixty years old and pretty much looks and sounds the same as he did 37 years ago on his first album. It didn't hurt that he is coming off of what I rate as one of his best albums, 2008's Time The Conqueror. Unlike some other acts he felt very confident in the new material, playing just about half the songs from the album. No one matches Jackson in the area of introspective, reflective songs and the title track, "Time The Conqueror" is evidence of that. I was hoping that Jackson would perform two of my favorite tracks from the new album, "Live Nude Cabaret" and "Far From Arms Of Hunger", which I believe are two of the best songs he's ever done. During the course of the show, he did a nice job of blending somewhat obscure songs from his catalog, performing the hits and showcasing the new album in a more than two hour set. It's a tour well worth seeing.