frUr, rjsy-r&cr 12, 1D73
arcs & entertainment
Jackson B
There was a brief time ia the kte CDs when yea knew
that every new album by a major artist would be a kZer.
It was a strasge, productive time, for what ever reason.
tio ere 4 questions thct:;x, they just put on their
headphones, sat back and culled.
Anymore, it's hard to really anticipate a good new
album by anyone.
That's why Jackson. Browne's new album is such an
over-whelms relief. It is a fine albusi by a One artist;
and-Td be hard pressed to ask for anything more.
' Pretender is Browse's fourth album and unlike a host
of rock stars who burn out after a good initkl album, he
has cortitnisd to grow musically, v
Wzt makes this growth important is Browne's sessti
vify He hss managed to keep his music personal without
rowne con'iiues'growih-in
Pretender
filing into the disco-crientcd overproductioa that Las
marred almost every releie in fee last year.
TayhsrvSctra .
James Taylor is a victim, Janis Ian is another. Much of
the js22 that b coming out is also being affected. It's a
sad bszlaess cuddng irnsc to make mosey.
if there have cm been any complaints about Browne's
music, it is that much of his work sounds the same. It's
a charge that is hard to put down. Browne has got such a
distinct! velse and style, that he is recognizable immed
iately. Musically, Pretender is much ' stronger than his last
album. It is much mellower, if that is possible, with a
heavy dependence cn keyboards, mostly piano.
- It's a strong inissicil base that allows Browne to do
what he has always done best work with strong lyrics.
On Pretsndsr, Browne seems to have more of a fasdsa
ticn with his cca pisL 'Thii introspection on his part
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It's been a rcr-h year for Browne. IHs wife killed her
self earlier this year, and the traditional road pressures
have worn him down. -
oo,rQ fLiinors ill
Honest felxs, llerls-flasri was sztszHy bora ia a
converted box car. ' " .
He kit home at Hfcecathssiswasa'tenoclitocat.
lie really did turn 21 la prison, accorsUrj to Hazard's
promoter. Bide Dorfmeyer. - -
Dcsfmeyer told of an. iaciiest in prison when gard
got izto a osfEci with a prison guard- Hsrd probably,
was playlag the deviTs advocate, Borfmeysr said.
The guard got so mad at Hansard that he threw open
the cell door and said, "Run for it, Tin going to shoot
--you.' Fortunately for Hazard. he didn't ran.
-f :Thc 39-year-old muslcias played guitar before he was
in prison, but took it up seriously while serving time.
'After he got cut, he started playing in hesiy-tesk
ban and finally got a break. For a long time he was lead
guitarist for country-western singer Buck Owens, Dorf
meyer said.
Haggard ended up marrying Bonnie Owens, Buck's
formerw'ife.
Disappearance htats ...
The Lincoln Junior Chamber of Commerce is sponsor
ing the Merle Haggard show. The chamber probably is
the one most hurt in its advertising efforts by the dis
appearance stories circulating about Haggard, according
to Dorfmeyer.
"But it wont hurt his (Haggard's) respect if the real
story gets told," Dorfmeycr said. "He's one of the few
people in the business that actually respects the people
in the show.".
Hansard received "bad press" coverage from AP and
UTI news services, and The Lincoln Stsr and Journal
printed it .r
When asked if Haggard actually was interviewed by AP
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Stand-out cuts on the album are hard to single out, but
"Daddy's Time," a song to his father explaining that he
now sees a lot of what his father had said and was sorry
for treating him poorly, is a strong candidiate for the best
cut and emotionally v:z2 done.
"Your Bright Baby Blues" and "Here Comes Those
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Tears Again" present two different, but equally strong,
views of a love found and lost. They are honest and some
how basic.
!The Pretender" is, however, the most interesting
cut on the album.
- ' Browne reflects
In-4t, Browne seems to be reflecting on his career and
the direction it has taken for him. Much of the autobio-
after
midnight
graphical melancholy is brought to focus on that song.
If the song were to stand alone it might be disturbing
in relation to a die-hard Jackson Browne and music fan.
The song itself is disturbing from any other angle. It is
harah in its lyrical musing.
With- thfe over-all quality of the album "The Preten
ders" thrust in regards to Browne's career desires ia rnisi-
I'teta coortssy of Axytum HaoonSx.
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pewa raJ raralad s!LZly ia his aisw alsi, The
It stUl serves as a powerful comment on the state of
music and life and that's what Browne is all about.
Ilm gob to be a keppy idiot
And snuggle for the kgal tender
Where the cds tzke dm end Isy their elzzm
To he htsrt end soul of the spsstdsr -A
nd belkve in whatever mzyVe
In those things thst rnoney ccn buy
Though! srje k??s ceuM hsst beat s estztasde? '
Are you there?
Ssy a prcyer for the prezzzdzr
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or U?I, Dcsimeyer replied, "Merle Ilagsd pss intr
csj as rarily as a chldLi " . "
Ahhoih laggard has done aa interview with Bent
house mssdns, a cce ouxsali2 has a h&Zx chance
of getting aa interview with Haggard than does a UTI or .
AP journalist, Dorfmeyer noted.
One cf the Lincoln papers carried va story which said
Hajsrd was gofeg to be off tst tosriig ctetxat for ciaht
to ID weeks, and another reported two months, Dorf
mer stated. .
eNUL't hirsts .
"AS the dates that were given were after cur date (for
the Liacola show) here," Dorfmeyer said. "It hurt us."
The concert is confirmed for Nov. 29 in Pershing
Municipal Auditorium."
Haggard and his crew travel in two commercial type '
buses and he's on the road most of the time.
- "lie tries to keep down to ED shows a year, but usually
does 125 to 150."
Haggard was on the road for six months solid and ex
posed to the public all the time Dorfmeyer, aaid.
"He just wanted to crawl under a rock where nobody
knew him."
Haggard disappeared by telling musician Fuzzy Owens
he was going to get a fiddle and kept on going, Dorfmeyer
said.
Tc!k sirer
"Merle is associated with country music, but he consid
ers himself a folk singer. Merle does a lot of hurtin' songs
and there's a true story behind it, that's why he calls them
folksongs." .
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