August 05, 2017

JB

1982, heard Jackson Browne's top ten single off the Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack "Somebody's Baby" on the hippest radio station of my generation - 99.5 RT.

1983, Lawyers in Love was released. Purchased the cassette tape of JB's seventh offering at the then fledgling JB Music Store. When I asked a sales lady if they have Jackson Browne's latest album in stock, all the clueless young lass could utter was "You mean, Jackson Five?"

I lived and breathed Lawyers in Love in the past. It was my coming of age album. I played it to death, wore out a couple of copies, memorized every cut, air guitared to "For a Rocker," sang along to "Downtown" and at one time, believed every line of "Knock on Any Door," "Cut It Away" and "Tender is the Night" as gospel truth. 

Those days man, those days...