The howl of corporate rock was growing louder. Running On Empty is about all of this, of course. How do you feel the game is going? There is, after all, always a concert DVD to sell… or footage to give to MTV… Somebody might want to sit at home and watch this! But when is a moment a pure moment? And when is rock ‘n’ roll – at its best, always a spontaneous outburst of truth – simply another staged moment for the cameras? Get the footage! Somewhere along the line, live concerts became like football events, complete with sideline reporters. Years later we now live in a time when the bright lights of video cameras trail after rock ‘n’ roll like a yapping dog.

When the time came to make a movie about my own experience in the world of early ’70s rock ‘n’ roll, Almost Famous, some of these very images were meticulously re-created in the film, partly as an homage to Joel, but mostly because inside his photography is the elixir I’d hoped would seep into the movie. I’d seen some of these photos and proof-shets in his archives. As one lucky enough to be a longtime collaborator with Bernstein. His work on the 1977 tour has rarely been seen outside the lives of the participants – it’s a painstaking and rollicking and utterly real portrait of that great trip across country. Joel is an artist with a deep-running connection to the poetry of everyday life and love. Like Jackson Browne, whose seminal Running On Empty tour is so strikingly and soulfully documented by Bernstein in these images. The list is always changing, of course, but one of the few constants on my hit-parade of life is the photography of Joel Bernstein. It’s one of my favorite films, and many is the time I’ve paused to make my own list of life’s treasures. Speaking into a tape recorder, he begins to recount the very best things in life. There is a wonderful moment towards the end of Woody Allen’s Manhattan when Allen’s character, a blocked writer, finds himself reflective and mildly despondent. put the order in and got my c d within a week.The Photography of Joel Bernstein: The Perfect Accompaniment to a Timeless Album and i will buy from here soon.the price of the c d was good.i tried to buy the c d at a local store. What an awesome album, Jackson takes you, on a journey, about a band on the road, all songs are done to perfection, if you like Jackson, youll love this album Great tunes! Service from CD Universe was excellent. Was looking for certain songs by Jackson Browne and found them on this CD. Came right home and bought this wonderful digitally remastered 10 track album. Beyond al the emotinal crud, it is a well executed album.īought this on the strength of hearing ‘the load-out’ on the radio, I thought such an emotive song. I was 23 in 1977 and it just takes me back.

This album was recorded on the road and is best listened to while tooling down the road.

One of the best live/recorded on the road albums EVER!

Jackson browne running on empty zip