During either the late 70s or early 80s my dad was the front of house engineer for Jackson. My dad's sister, whom I never met, was losing her battle with cancer right as one of Jackson's big tours was about to begin. My dad sat down with Jackson and explained that he had been spending a lot of time with his dying sister, but also badly needed the money from going on the tour. Tours can go on for months or even years, so if he left to mix the shows, there was a good chance she wouldn't be there when he returned. Dad said that he could not make up his mind and he may have to find someone to replace him. Jackson told my dad "I'll make up your mind for you." He then told my dad to go be with his sister during her final days, and paid his entire salary up front for that tour. Fast forward about 40 years and I have backstage passes to one of Jackson's shows at the Ryman because of the work my dad did with him. I instantly started crying as I sat down in my seat, I cried on pretty much every song he played. I may have bothered the people in front of me, but oh well. After the show we found our way backstage, I wasn't expecting to meet him but he showed up. I cried even more when he called me out by name and asked how each of my parents are doing, also by name. They had recently gotten divorced so it hit especially hard, I let him know they both love him. I think all my crying weirded out my friend who was with me, but I don't think he realizes how much I love Jackson Browne as a person, in addition to him writing most of my favorite music ever. Jackson Browne has a beautiful soul and is an extraordinary human being. He will always be one of my favorite people ever, not just song writer.
Lost my beautiful wife to cancer at 40. My life just stopped. I was left with two young children that needed guidance but I was in complete shock. As hard as I tried I couldn't find my way. I couldn't figure it out. At that time this song Jackson sang explained how I felt. I must have listened to it a thousand times. That was over 30 years ago. Today I am a 75 year old grandfather and I thank him for helping me cope with all that grief. It's an amazing song that helps me face deeply rooted feelings even today. Life goes on after the dancer has left the stage but the memories of her grace and beauty linger forever. Thanks Jackson for helping me carry on.
Played this at my husband's funeral after his sudden death at 57. Jackson Browne was the last concert we'd been to together before his death. He was also the reason we'd got together 32 years before - I had the first album and he didn't. Thank you Jackson for years of music.
Memories, loss, love, grief, happiness, sadness, gratitude, everything wrapped up in one beautiful poetic soul’s outpouring of life in music. We don’t have music like this anymore. How lucky are we to have lived with this our whole lives. I’m 63 and have loved Jackson since I discovered him when I was 20 and trying to work life out.
Presently in end stage kidney failure (no dialysis) & asked my family to sing & dance as I can be free of a body that doesn’t work anymore. Always thought this man was a poet & so talented!
Paula speaking as a guy who survived a massive stroke I will send good thoughts to you bplesserememberto tell those you love. You love them I almost didn't get the chance, were it not for the stroke I probablybwouldn't have been around the area when she died we hadn't been talking but the stroke brought us together the last words she heard me say I don't believe in any god but if I believed i'habe to say thank you for the stroke that ending makes all the pain an work worthwhile my mom died the night of the day I visited believe things will work out on just believe it I hope you are well enough to read this please accept my hopes for you.
I'm so sorry you're not getting a donated kidney my poor brother in law are desperately waiting on a kidney and sadly waiting so long The Drs said his kidneys must be at I believe 9 or 13th % inorder for them to put you on the kidney transplant and they now put him on a list that is 1 to 5 years wait, sadly. They have put him in the hospital a few times to flush out his kidneys, but I'm scared that he's never going to get a transplant and when he gets the transplant it will be a kidney that has hepatitis. This is sad and I ask all of you please donate your organs or your children it will save lives and your son would be part of life again, but this time a hero. Please donate life. God help all of you who are suffering and scared I promise everything will be right even if your life is ending it will begin again in heaven
On my dialysis for one year now and although it sucks three hours for three days a week, it saved my life. You should rethink the Dialysis. It’s not that bad if you want to live.
On my dialysis for one year now and although it sucks three hours for three days a week, it saved my life. You should rethink the Dialysis. It’s not that bad if you want to live.
One of my high school friends included the line, "In the end there is one dance you do alone" in her yearbook inscription to me, and I memorized every word she wrote. She died of breast cancer over a decade ago, and this song now resonates more than ever. for that reason and so many others. ""And somewhere between the time you arrive / And the time you go / May lie a reason you were alive / That you'll never know." God, I hope so.
At 76 my final eye wink is nearer now than when I was 25. Life has been a series of mountains and valleys. Painful divorce in ‘73 that I have never gotten over. But God has been faithful over the yrs. I can’t claim I have been faithful all the time. Life has been good. Take a lot of comfort from Jackson’s music
This artist has affected me more than any other. His lyrics of hope,of total despair, of true LOVE and the heartbreak of losing that love. I'm 67 years old so he's a decade ahead of me. No other individual in this universe has given me more joy than J.B. Thanks for everything.. ❤
Don't let the uncertainty turn you around Go on and make a joyful sound Into a dancer you have grown From a seed somebody else has thrown Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own And somewhere between the time you arrive And the time you go May lie a reason you were alive But you'll never know Isn't this the meaning of life?? Jackson is truly an amazing poet. Thank You JB for teaching us how to live.
Jackson said that sometimes when David Lindley played one of Jackson`s songs for the first time, it was the first time that Jackson could really feel the song. What a compliment to David from the singer- songwriter.
Whether this song was written for the death of his wife or the death of a friend it is still the most moving song ever written.I challenge anyone not to be moved to tears
It was not written for his wife , because of the time line, but it brings a tear every time for anyone that you have ever loved . As he said, the art of writing is so that the individual can interpret the words ( I’m paraphrasing).
Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt are the two performers that I can't listen to passively while doing other things, such depth to the lyrics and music. I have to sit and experience it. My life partner died in 1999, I listen to this song and I am aware that the grief in some ways is just below the surface, but not just in a sad way after so many years. People who are an important part of out experience never really leave us. There is something healing about great music.
I'VE BEEN CHASING MY PERSONAL SORROWS THRU "MUSIC" FOR OH SO MANY YEARS(TOO MANY) AS MY TIME COMES TO A CLOSE, I STILL CELEBRATE "THOSE" SPECIAL ONES"(HUMAN & ANIMAL). ALL I CAN DO IS CONTINUE "WRITING/PLAYING" TILL THEY "TAKE MY PIANO AWAY"
I can't even articulate the effect his music has on me. I've been listening to him since the 70's when I saw him and Bonnie Raitt together in Memphis one night when we were just cruising the streets of downtown Memphis and saw his name on a marquis for the now defunct Auditorium South Hall, as fine a small venue as exists today. We bought floor tickets for 6 bucks each and the seats ended up being in the last row behind a big concrete column. There were two empty seats directly center stage in the front row so I grabbed my buddy and we went to those seats knowing we were going to be kicked out of them eventually. No-one came to claim them and we ended up basically being serenaded all night, first by Bonnie, then by Jackson and then they performed together right in front of us for a full set. It was like they were singing just to us. It was a magical moment I'll never forget. He's been a mainstay on any playlists of mine and what's odd is that I'm just now paying close attention to this song for the first time. I have no idea how I've missed the incredible power of this tune.
JoAnn Russell music is very cool that way I used it wth autistic kids. Pair music with positive experience Then when they spin iplay the positive music and they gain control again. Grounds us and it honours others to enjoy what they loved. I kinda like all that
Heard this track for the first time in ages on Johnnie Walkers last Radio 2 show...Heartbreaking stuff and having lost my father and a close friend in recent times the song resonates deeply...
ONE MAIN REASON I KEEP ON " FIDDLING" despite or w/ the arthritic changes. life & death move on in lock step, so it seems to me. when my turn arrives, i'll be too bz fiddling to notice.
I just heard this song being play on the new Netflix series, "A Man on the Inside," starring Ted Danson. It's based on a true story about a senior citizen man hired to live in a retirement home to try and solve the theft of an heirloom necklace from one of the residents. It's a good series that give one lots of food for thought. This song fits perfectly at the end of episode 2. Love the strings with the piano . . . what a gift - thank you, Jackson.
@@craigslist3208 indeed he is. Jackson Brown, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Tom Waits, Joan Armatrading and John Martyn's music and voices seem to move me and affect in a way not many other musicians can. They truly have a gift.
I saw Jackson with David Lindley in Arcosanti, Arizona in the summer of 1976. For A Dancer continues to be one of my favorites. Lucky me got right up next to the stage and even got to meet him afterwards. When he began to sing Before The Deluge, monsoon clouds that were forming behind him started closing in and then about halfway through the song the clouds let loose, wind blowing, lightning and Jackson kept singing until he finished the song. I have never seen anything like that since. Those guys were real troopers to do that as all their equipment was also getting wet. A monsoon storm in Arizona is like no other. One of the best concerts I ever attended and I attended many during those college years.
My younger brother passed away on Nov.2, 2015. At his memorial service, this song was playing, while photo's of his life wer being shown. I thought to myself;(How f---ing appropriate. whenever I now hear this song I think of my brother, who had spent the last 10 yrs. of his life in a very dark place. I''ve seen Jackson several times, and his beautiful poetry always leaves me asking for more. The man writes such beautiful songs. Peace
Many years ago I had a relationship with a very talented musician who played Jackson Brown songs including this one. This was in the 1970's, and after my college years we broke up, and I lost track of him until many years later when I found out that he froze to death in a park in LA. Whenever I hear Jackson's songs, I think of this boy and I wish him to be rested now in peace.
I believe with every fiber of my being,that Jackson Browne was put on this earth to be a Messenger to convey a great very inspiring idea about the human beings that we encounter on the daily basis. What a great human being.
Our cousin died a few short years after this song debuted on Jackson's album. My sister said this song reminded her of our cousin, whose life was cut short in a terrible accident. Though she would live longer, her life, too was lost too soon. This song reminds me of both of them...."now you're nowhere to be found."
Its such a peaceful song, I believe it was written for a loved one Jackson lost. I have written these words to hopefully help when I am not here......I have loved this man since the 60's
I've listened to this amazing song more than any other song by Jackson Browne that I can recall.. It is a true heart-felt, incredibly thoughtful, masterpiece. Every time I hear it is like the first time, and again, like each time before, I am moved.
Like many of you I've been listening to Jackson for a long, long time (37 years now). Along the way I have listened to a wide range of true artists. I have yet to hear anyone who consistently touches the soul the way "JB" has. His songs, no matter how many times I have listened to them, leave me amazed. So much talent. He is, in my opinion, the finest songwriter of my lifetime.
I told my younger and only brother, (amongst six sisters); to bury me to 'For A Dancer' when the time came. Never did it occur to me that I'd bury him to this fine song when he passed unexpectedly 12 yrs ago at the young age of 36. He was 14 yrs my younger and left behind 2 children and a wife. The first article I ever wrote as a young journalist in October of 1974 was a record review of the incredible "Late For the Sky" album. The header to that review read: "Keep a fire burning in your eye; pay attention to the open sky, you never know what will be coming down." It's almost prophetic. 21 yrs before my brother passed, I had a vivid nightmare in which I saw every item, color and detail in the mortuary viewing room exactly as they were to be. I saw the teddy bear inside his bronze casket which his Son placed there, I saw his distinct uniform which he was buried in and everything else in the mortuary room appeared exactly as I saw them in that bad dream and the horrible reality during his funeral. He was but a child when the nightmare occurred. I could of never guessed his profession to become or uniform. I don't normally believe in such things, but there is no denying such a mystery or phenomenon that occurred. Even then, I did not forsee the unexpected moments or events that claimed his precious young life. RIP Dear Angel. *"Keep a fire burning in your eye... you never know what will be coming down"!*
this is for my beautiful grandson Bobby who passed away on Mother's day of 2005. I know that he is dancing in the clouds and on the rainbows. not a day goes by that I don't think about him. miss him with all my heart. And I love JB. my all time favorite forever.
Saw Jackson Browne in 1980 on my 18th birthday at the SPAC in upstate NY . He had a slide show playing behind him.. that was cool back then. His lyrics calm me and make me reflect and evaluate my life.
This song touches me , my soul. It has become so relevant. Despite its message, the last thought is the need for JOY. I try to live to make that my mission to impart in my interactions with others.
My best friend got killed the year this came out---he was 23 years old. This song gave us a lot of comfort then, and often, throughout the years. I have written the words to this on paper for others who have lost loved ones unexpectedly. It always helps.
Jackson has always been my #1 artist. Songs like this just fill my heart. All of his music has a special quality, be it great lyrics, David, The music, everything. It's all so very special and to me the very best artist of this generation., going back over 50 years.
Ive seen Jackson at least 7 times in my life. He is gifted, the first time i heard this song, there were several of us that had fat, tears streaming down our face. It was at the end of the Vietnam war. We had lost close friends and this song, was so poineent.❤️. Thank you Jackson you and i have grown old together , brother...❤❤❤
10 mths after Katrina, we had one funeral home up in New Orleans, but I brought a boom box and copies of Jackson's lyrics for my 27 yr old daughter's (dancer) services. This is forever Codi's song. And I am forever grateful to Jackson for putting into words what I coudn't. You would think a mother could-but I'm still silenced by the severity of such a loss.Four yrs later and this song still fills the empty place.I always loved Jackson,
My dad died 3 years ago and we were so close like soul mates. I haven't been able to move on. Last week my uncle (my dads brother) was dying and I left the hospital and this song came on. He died a few hours later. Me and my dad always loved Jackson Brown n went to several of his concerts together. I think my daddy played this song for me to help me heal which it has done.
I understand it’s been many years now since this was posted, but still, I send my condolences to you. I hope you have healed from these losses through time that has passed.
I have seen Jackson in concert more tan any other artist. He has saved my life literally. In my book, "Above His Shoulders" and no I am not touting it for money the proceeds go to treatment centers for sexual abuse. He got me through my suicide attempt and has helped me help others , using his music in group therapy. Thank you Jackson I will forever be in your debt.
Wondering how to write a song about death, loss, grief, and recovery without ever saying any of those words? Listen to this song poem by a master contemporary poet. "In the end, there is one dance you'll do alone."
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT , .Y BROTHER !!!!!!!!! IN THE END THERE IS ONE DANCE YOU'LL DO ALONE ......... reminds me a lot of one of the last songs on O BROTHER , WHERE ART THOU ..... the one with the lyrics , YOU GOT TO GO TO THE LONESOME VALLEY ....YOU GOT TO GO THERE BY YOURSELF ...
My friends sent me to South Carolina to see him a few months back. I have been on my own since twelve. I saw every concert in every state I moved around to. His words kept me moving farther on.I have been sick for five years now and seeing him again gave me new hope.I thank him for helping to keep a young girl going long enough to have a family she could call her own.
Here's another one that Jackson really hit out of the park. As this man sits here weeping as he types I cannot begin to imagine the pain that he must have suffered before writing this beautiful song.
Jackson Browne, a gifted artist, especially for those of us who must look into his songs that move us at our deepest level, to learn all we can and "experience" some of what he may have.
I'm not crying......not this time, not yet, anyways ... but I know the moment and the meaning behind your tears. Your comment touches me because this is the lyric I had put onto my little brother's tombstone. He died when he was 8 years old - I was 12 - he had not spoken or walked for the last 3 or 4 years of his life. He was Jeffrey Allison and he was born with cerebral palsy and he was a pure and beautiful little boy who loved to dance with me in his early and better, more blessed years. I grew up, and I went on with a luckier life, and I had a tombstone made for him, probably 20 years after his death. I'm blessed to have found Jackson Browne and people like you who appreciate and need him.
Like the lyrics in this song, there was a reason your brother was around even though he wasn't around long enough to ripen as does the fruit. Perhaps though, he gave you that special perspective on life you may not have had without him.
Richard Federico So very true. My brother gave me an enormous amount of perspective on life that only he could give me. His presence was a gift, but he does live on in my heart and in my memories of our time together. Thank you for your kind words and insight.
A few years before my Dad died I asked him who his favourite was - I knew the main bands and artists but he surprised me with his answer - Jackson Browne. Just a perfect artist. We played this at his funeral. It was perfect. x
I bought this album in 1974 for a friend and ended up keeping it. This song I dedicated to my best friend at the time who was killed in a car accident way back when. I have now lost many more friends but this song always gives me solace.
When you lose someone close to you and gradually understand what that is, the cycle of life he sings about makes more sense. To the uninitiated it may seem maudlin. For those of us who know how short life can be, it is profound and soothing.
Couldn't agree more I'm here checking out some ol classics. Wow. Really good song who else , oh yeah Tom petty was just starting out then Then running on empty comes to mind Whoah great great music in the 70 s. And for the peppy stuff we really ate up acdc. Oh we were all over the map. Those guys and jimmy buffets early stuff too
I lost my brother suddenly three weeks ago. We shared many things but our love of good music was at the top of the list. This song speaks to my heart about him. Love you forever Scott.
This was the actual performance that woke me up to Jackson Browne. I saw this Old Grey Whistle Test in my lounge room in Droitwich, England. I was 18 years old and my Dad had been killed in an accident a few months earlier. This song "spoke to me"; and thereafter, many of Jackson's songs did. For me - he is and always will be - one of THE greatest singer/songwriters of all.
This is so true,wish we still had music like this on the radio today..our kids growing up today sre missing so much of what we had in those wonderful years,,Jackson Browne will always be one of the most unsung Heroes of the Music world.He truly sings and writes from his Heart and Soul..May he stay with us for a long,long time..God Bless Jackson Browne for keepin it real for all his loyal fans..The world would be much better off if we had more people like him.So beautiful,always makes me cry..
I have been listening to this song for 30 years and now I cry every time I hear this song since my mom died last year. It is such a great and fitting song for her. JB....Thanks for all your great songs over the years. Suzanne Saw JB in 1978 at Cuesta College at a Diablo Canyon protect rally and also in SB county Bowl back then.
...and somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go, may lie a reason you were alive, but you'll never know........... That is so deep for me, I first heard this song about 10 years ago, I'm 40 now.
I listened to Jackson Browne for 3 months after my mom passed I just couldn’t listen to anyone else his music is just so peaceful and so comforting to listen to
My Dad passed away today, 84 years old, Royal Navy veteran, Former London policeman, Emigrated to the US, Married with 4 children, retired banking VP First heard this tune back in '74, on my brother's copy of Browne's Late For The Sky LP. I bought the LP years later, Played this song today after he passed, and listened to and watched this video Losing a parent is tough, but this tune helped make it a little easier. Appreciate what you have before it's gone Peace
I first heard Jackson Browne through his popular hit "Doctor My Eyes.". I bought the album and I was hooked. His lyrical depth combined with accessable musicality is unmatched. "For A Dancer," of course, plumbs the depths of the human experience and mortality. It goes without saying that this level of artistry is not present in contemporary music.
Everyone can relate to at least one of j.b.'s songs. It's like he he pours his life out for us to hear, and makes us want to cry--because we, too, have walked in those same shoes. Thanks j.b. for writing those feelings and letting me hear the words which i cannot express on my own.
I lost the mother of my daughter in 1981 , two months after her birth . This song as well as Mother and Child Reunion from Paul Simon helped me through that phase . My wife of 31 years died 2 weeks ago , we played her favorite song at the funeral , " The Sweetest Gift " , a Mama Maybelle Carter song , covered by Emmylou and Linda . This is the first time I've been able to bring myself to listen to For A Dancer . I know Jackson wrote this for his Sara , but it could have just as well been written for my Toni . We've always loved J. B's music and this song has always been a source of solace to each of us .
I was one of those faithful fans since the 70's. I'm a young 54 now and still his words move me. Never so more than now, today the 11 month since I lost my husband suddenly. The pain flows through these words.
I've listened and loved this song for years... ...not realizing I would be hearing it "live" Monday (May 16th) evening at the Mahalia Jackson theater in N.O. (2 days after what would have been her 87th birthday). She passed away Feb. 11 this year and i cried many tears of joy at the show knowing I was able to share and be part of this dear and wonderful woman's life! Thank you Jackson for your beautiful songs and heartfelt emotions! If you've lost a loved one, find comfort in this song...
I saw Jackson Browne and David Lindley play this song this way at the acoustically fine Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee about 1976. The entire concert was great, but I especially remember the way they did this song. Even after over 30 years, it was unforgetable.
My dad worked on the road with Jackson Browne as a live mixer and engineer in the seventies, they are still good friends. While they were on tour my dad's sister was losing a fight with cancer, dad couldn't decide whether to stay on tour and make money he needed, or go home and be with his sister, possibly jeopardizing the tour. He let Jackson know of the situation, Jackson TOLD my dad that he's going home to be with her with what ended up being her final days. Jackson has a beautiful soul.
I went to hear Jackson a last week. The concert was lovely - a privilege every time. Seated adjacent to us was a man with his young son, about 10, curled in the chair next to him and leaning on him. I was moved by the thought that Jackson's music is still reaching people, drawing them together. His sentiments are so profound, full of loving reality... "Into a dancer you have grown from a seed somebody else has thrown, Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own..." I'm grateful for his songs.
My husband and I owned a 3 small mom and pop record stores in 1975. We were young and stupid and had no idea what we were doing but had the time of our lives. We had the privilege of seeing so many of the Laurel Canyon WEA groups for free thanks to record companies. Jackson changed our lives, we saw him whenever we could. Fast forward 40 years and we corporate burnout still WEA music lovers but Fred is dying from cancer. We are surprised by the trajectory of the disease and didn't talk things through. My bad, I was in denial. The one thing he did leave behind for me was a print out to the lyrics of this song for me. It is what we played at his small memorial. I always keep an eye toward the open sky and Jackson and Fred in my heart.
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For Helen..my love for 30 years and then the time came for her to pass. Jackson your music so beautifully plays out life's wonder, fragility and loss. Thank you.
this song helps me grieve for my mum.. i'm only 25 and without her.. she LOVED Jackson Brown she was always so happy when he was playing... i miss her so much but am happy she enjoyed his music.. it will never hurt less that it did but listening to this music helps me remeber her, so i never forget how much she meant to me! all the best too you, i hope are hapy now and have moved on, but not forgotten all the best, all my love! x
i listened to this song again and again when my mom died several years ago, the tears didn't stop...still missing her...thank you jb for all your wonderful great songs, your songs touch us all in some way or another...we love you, jackson browne!
{{DEDICATED TO DAVID LINDLEY< DRUMMER JIM GORDON> JEFF BECK DAVID CROSBY & ALL THE PREVIOUS ARTISTS LOST TO THIS WORLD(REST IN PEACE & THANK YOU FOR YOUR COLLECTIVE BODY OF WORKS}}Go on and make a joyful sound Into a dancer you have grown From a seed somebody else has thrown Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own And somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go May lie a reason you were alive but you'll never know
My sister, Betty Casey Jackson, passed away in October. She was a singer/songwriter. She introduced me to so many beautiful songs. Today I was cleaning out her email account and came across this song she'd sent to herself. Today is her birthday and I know she led me to this song. She will never know what impact she had on so many lives.
It has been a year and a half since my youngest son was killed by a drunk driver, the hurt can turn to hope, with faith in the eternity of a Mothers love.
This has got to be on my top 3 list - I just love being born to dance ~ " Let your prayers lift into space ..." I miss my mate of 34+ years - gone 31 days - I am not sure I can grow any more seeds , or even sow ~ I just want to follow the steps ......................in the end there is one dance we do alone .
I don't see how Anyone can forget a child, no matter how young or old they are ,I'm so sorry for your loss Dan and may you find Peace in your life. I miss my kids so much and I can't talk to anyone about it.The only Solace I have is the Music that meant so much to us while they were with me. I know I was so Blessed by being their Mother, and I thank God for that. I can't seem to find my way back to coping with everyday life anymore, I can't pretend it's ok, when it's not...God Bless you
During either the late 70s or early 80s my dad was the front of house engineer for Jackson. My dad's sister, whom I never met, was losing her battle with cancer right as one of Jackson's big tours was about to begin. My dad sat down with Jackson and explained that he had been spending a lot of time with his dying sister, but also badly needed the money from going on the tour. Tours can go on for months or even years, so if he left to mix the shows, there was a good chance she wouldn't be there when he returned. Dad said that he could not make up his mind and he may have to find someone to replace him. Jackson told my dad "I'll make up your mind for you." He then told my dad to go be with his sister during her final days, and paid his entire salary up front for that tour. Fast forward about 40 years and I have backstage passes to one of Jackson's shows at the Ryman because of the work my dad did with him. I instantly started crying as I sat down in my seat, I cried on pretty much every song he played. I may have bothered the people in front of me, but oh well. After the show we found our way backstage, I wasn't expecting to meet him but he showed up. I cried even more when he called me out by name and asked how each of my parents are doing, also by name. They had recently gotten divorced so it hit especially hard, I let him know they both love him. I think all my crying weirded out my friend who was with me, but I don't think he realizes how much I love Jackson Browne as a person, in addition to him writing most of my favorite music ever. Jackson Browne has a beautiful soul and is an extraordinary human being. He will always be one of my favorite people ever, not just song writer.
Cooper Jones Whoah
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Wow. Xxx
I have seen Jackson many many times and I always cry at his concerts. Just can't help it.
Great story!!
Lost my beautiful wife to cancer at 40. My life just stopped. I was left with two young children that needed guidance but I was in complete shock. As hard as I tried I couldn't find my way. I couldn't figure it out.
At that time this song Jackson sang explained how I felt. I must have listened to it a thousand times. That was over 30 years ago. Today I am a 75 year old grandfather and I thank him for helping me cope with all that grief. It's an amazing song that helps me face deeply rooted feelings even today. Life goes on after the dancer has left the stage but the memories of her grace and beauty linger forever. Thanks Jackson for helping me carry on.
I’ve asked my kids to play this when they spread my ashes. It represents my life.
Played this at my husband's funeral after his sudden death at 57. Jackson Browne was the last concert we'd been to together before his death. He was also the reason we'd got together 32 years before - I had the first album and he didn't. Thank you Jackson for years of music.
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So sorry for your loss, but glad you had a successful marriage.
If this song isn't played at my funeral, I aint dying...
At my mom's funeral in 1996, I quoted lyrics from this song in the eulogy.
Mine too. Best song ever
My children know that MUST be played at my funeral.
Memories, loss, love, grief, happiness, sadness, gratitude, everything wrapped up in one beautiful poetic soul’s outpouring of life in music. We don’t have music like this anymore. How lucky are we to have lived with this our whole lives. I’m 63 and have loved Jackson since I discovered him when I was 20 and trying to work life out.
Just lost my dog of 14 years. The greatest friend I’ve ever had or ever will have. I dedicate this song to him.
I fully understand you !!
Presently in end stage kidney failure (no dialysis) & asked my family to sing & dance as I can be free of a body that doesn’t work anymore. Always thought this man was a poet & so talented!
Paula speaking as a guy who survived a massive stroke I will send good thoughts to you bplesserememberto tell those you love. You love them I almost didn't get the chance, were it not for the stroke I probablybwouldn't have been around the area when she died we hadn't been talking but the stroke brought us together the last words she heard me say I don't believe in any god but if I believed i'habe to say thank you for the stroke that ending makes all the pain an work worthwhile my mom died the night of the day I visited believe things will work out on just believe it I hope you are well enough to read this please accept my hopes for you.
I'm so sorry you're not getting a donated kidney my poor brother in law are desperately waiting on a kidney and sadly waiting so long
The Drs said his kidneys must be at I believe 9 or 13th % inorder for them to put you on the kidney transplant and they now put him on a list that is 1 to 5 years wait, sadly. They have put him in the hospital a few times to flush out his kidneys, but I'm scared that he's never going to get a transplant and when he gets the transplant it will be a kidney that has hepatitis. This is sad and I ask all of you please donate your organs or your children it will save lives and your son would be part of life again, but this time a hero. Please donate life. God help all of you who are suffering and scared I promise everything will be right even if your life is ending it will begin again in heaven
On my dialysis for one year now and although it sucks three hours for three days a week, it saved my life. You should rethink the Dialysis. It’s not that bad if you want to live.
On my dialysis for one year now and although it sucks three hours for three days a week, it saved my life. You should rethink the Dialysis. It’s not that bad if you want to live.
One of my high school friends included the line, "In the end there is one dance you do alone" in her yearbook inscription to me, and I memorized every word she wrote. She died of breast cancer over a decade ago, and this song now resonates more than ever. for that reason and so many others. ""And somewhere between the time you arrive / And the time you go / May lie a reason you were alive / That you'll never know." God, I hope so.
Ok you guys -nów you've got me crying too !
At 76 my final eye wink is nearer now than when I was 25. Life has been a series of mountains and valleys. Painful divorce in ‘73 that I have never gotten over. But God has been faithful over the yrs. I can’t claim I have been faithful all the time. Life has been good. Take a lot of comfort from Jackson’s music
Amen brother. He's carried me thru some nasty waters. It's been one hell of a ride ain't it?
Jackson has been the story of my life. 50 years later I’m still listening. Thank you Jackson, for defining my life.
This artist has affected me more than any other. His lyrics of hope,of total despair, of true LOVE and the heartbreak of losing that love.
I'm 67 years old so he's a decade ahead of me.
No other individual in this universe has given me more joy than J.B.
Thanks for everything.. ❤
Every word you wrote could have come from my keyboard 🥰👍 I've been in love with Clyde Jackson Browne since Saturate Before Using ❤
Except that album is called Jackson Browne not saturate before using
David Lindley is brilliant.
RIP David. A true musician's musician. God Bless.
Don't let the uncertainty turn you around
Go on and make a joyful sound
Into a dancer you have grown
From a seed somebody else has thrown
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own
And somewhere between the time you arrive
And the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive
But you'll never know
Isn't this the meaning of life?? Jackson is truly an amazing poet. Thank You JB for teaching us how to live.
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I get chills every time at that section.
Jackson said that sometimes when David Lindley played one of Jackson`s songs for the first time, it was the first time that Jackson could really feel the song. What a compliment to David from the singer- songwriter.
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Oh yeah. Great praise. Singers and song writers. They're so good Great writing great performing It really is high praise.
According to David he's just a fiddle player. Humility is what makes All these artist Great!
David Lindley is so talented.
@@stvjhnsn58 especially since David can play anything w strings
Whether this song was written for the death of his wife or the death of a friend it is still the most moving song ever written.I challenge anyone not to be moved to tears
Every time
I agree.
just thinking of the song without hearing it brings a tear or two
Written in the memory of a friend. It could apply to Phyllis' death. I don't think she was a dancer, not primarily. Very moving song for emotions.
It was not written for his wife , because of the time line, but it brings a tear every time for anyone that you have ever loved . As he said, the art of writing is so that the individual can interpret the words ( I’m paraphrasing).
Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt are the two performers that I can't listen to passively while doing other things, such depth to the lyrics and music. I have to sit and experience it. My life partner died in 1999, I listen to this song and I am aware that the grief in some ways is just below the surface, but not just in a sad way after so many years. People who are an important part of out experience never really leave us. There is something healing about great music.
I'VE BEEN CHASING MY PERSONAL SORROWS THRU "MUSIC" FOR OH SO MANY YEARS(TOO MANY) AS MY TIME COMES TO A CLOSE, I STILL CELEBRATE "THOSE" SPECIAL ONES"(HUMAN & ANIMAL). ALL I CAN DO IS CONTINUE "WRITING/PLAYING" TILL THEY "TAKE MY PIANO AWAY"
I can't even articulate the effect his music has on me. I've been listening to him since the 70's when I saw him and Bonnie Raitt together in Memphis one night when we were just cruising the streets of downtown Memphis and saw his name on a marquis for the now defunct Auditorium South Hall, as fine a small venue as exists today. We bought floor tickets for 6 bucks each and the seats ended up being in the last row behind a big concrete column. There were two empty seats directly center stage in the front row so I grabbed my buddy and we went to those seats knowing we were going to be kicked out of them eventually. No-one came to claim them and we ended up basically being serenaded all night, first by Bonnie, then by Jackson and then they performed together right in front of us for a full set. It was like they were singing just to us. It was a magical moment I'll never forget. He's been a mainstay on any playlists of mine and what's odd is that I'm just now paying close attention to this song for the first time. I have no idea how I've missed the incredible power of this tune.
Agreed. Well said. Hopefully we do the same... leave that mark/memory. Throw some seeds of our own
I couldn't agree more,
Mark!
JoAnn Russell music is very cool that way I used it wth autistic kids. Pair music with positive experience Then when they spin iplay the positive music and they gain control again. Grounds us and it honours others to enjoy what they loved. I kinda like all that
As an ex dancer I love this so much it was a way to deal with life for me .
Heard this track for the first time in ages on Johnnie Walkers last Radio 2 show...Heartbreaking stuff and having lost my father and a close friend in recent times the song resonates deeply...
David Lindley....what an amazing artist. Every time i hear this fiddle part it makes me tear up. Such soulful playing.
ONE MAIN REASON I KEEP ON " FIDDLING" despite or w/ the arthritic changes. life & death move on in lock step, so it seems to me. when my turn arrives, i'll be too bz fiddling to notice.
May his memory be blessed! Another sad loss.
There are few contemporaries of Jackson Browne as a songwriter. This is a masterpiece.
My dad died on 5/10/1977. I begin each May 10th, listening to this song. Thank you Mr. Browne for writing this song!
I just heard this song being play on the new Netflix series, "A Man on the Inside," starring Ted Danson. It's based on a true story about a senior citizen man hired to live in a retirement home to try and solve the theft of an heirloom necklace from one of the residents. It's a good series that give one lots of food for thought. This song fits perfectly at the end of episode 2. Love the strings with the piano . . . what a gift - thank you, Jackson.
That's funny, me too, I'm only here because of watching Netfix. I've never heard this song before. It's haunting.
I literally just finished watching that episode and this came on.
I was looking for my next series to watch. Thank you, I'll watch this.
@@andrewkness8982 Me too! never heard it before, but JB's sound and piano is iconic
@@craigslist3208 indeed he is.
Jackson Brown, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Tom Waits, Joan Armatrading and John Martyn's music and voices seem to move me and affect in a way not many other musicians can.
They truly have a gift.
Thanks to David for all the Joy he brought to our world. I will dance tonight.
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I saw Jackson with David Lindley in Arcosanti, Arizona in the summer of 1976. For A Dancer continues to be one of my favorites. Lucky me got right up next to the stage and even got to meet him afterwards. When he began to sing Before The Deluge, monsoon clouds that were forming behind him started closing in and then about halfway through the song the clouds let loose, wind blowing, lightning and Jackson kept singing until he finished the song. I have never seen anything like that since. Those guys were real troopers to do that as all their equipment was also getting wet. A monsoon storm in Arizona is like no other. One of the best concerts I ever attended and I attended many during those college years.
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My younger brother passed away on Nov.2, 2015. At his memorial service, this song was playing, while photo's of his life wer being shown. I thought to myself;(How f---ing appropriate. whenever I now hear this song I think of my brother, who had spent the last 10 yrs. of his life in a very dark place. I''ve seen Jackson several times, and his beautiful poetry always leaves me asking for more. The man writes such beautiful songs. Peace
From Oklahoma; My son also passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 2nd 2015, we played Lynyrd Skynyrds Freebird at his funeral.
Many years ago I had a relationship with a very talented musician who played Jackson Brown songs including this one. This was in the 1970's, and after my college years we broke up, and I lost track of him until many years later when I found out that he froze to death in a park in LA. Whenever I hear Jackson's songs, I think of this boy and I wish him to be rested now in peace.
My wife passed away nearly a year ago and the sadness I feel is the same feeling I get from Jacksons songs.such sweet sorrow Roger Tanner
I hope you are doing ok sir 5 years down the road. Take care.
Yep well said Paul , me too
So sorry for your loss. Ditto 💯♥️
I believe with every fiber of my being,that Jackson Browne was put on this earth to be a Messenger to convey a great very inspiring idea about the human beings that we encounter on the daily basis. What a great human being.
Played this at my mothers funeral! This song will always be a huge part of her
Our cousin died a few short years after this song debuted on Jackson's album. My sister said this song reminded her of our cousin, whose life was cut short in a terrible accident. Though she would live longer, her life, too was lost too soon. This song reminds me of both of them...."now you're nowhere to be found."
Its such a peaceful song, I believe it was written for a loved one Jackson lost. I have written these words to hopefully help when I am not here......I have loved this man since the 60's
I would like this song played at my funeral it is one of the most moving songs ever written.
I've listened to this amazing song more than any other song by Jackson Browne that I can recall.. It is a true heart-felt, incredibly thoughtful, masterpiece. Every time I hear it is like the first time, and again, like each time before, I am moved.
me too
Ditto 💯
About all you need sometimes .. glass of wine, a quiet room, this composition, Jackson, and David
Like many of you I've been listening to Jackson for a long, long time (37 years now). Along the way I have listened to a wide range of true artists. I have yet to hear anyone who consistently touches the soul the way "JB" has. His songs, no matter how many times I have listened to them, leave me amazed. So much talent.
He is, in my opinion, the finest songwriter of my lifetime.
I told my younger and only brother, (amongst six sisters); to bury me to 'For A Dancer' when the time came. Never did it occur to me that I'd bury him to this fine song when he passed unexpectedly 12 yrs ago at the young age of 36. He was 14 yrs my younger and left behind 2 children and a wife.
The first article I ever wrote as a young journalist in October of 1974 was a record review of the incredible "Late For the Sky" album. The header to that review read: "Keep a fire burning in your eye; pay attention to the open sky, you never know what will be coming down."
It's almost prophetic.
21 yrs before my brother passed, I had a vivid nightmare in which I saw every item, color and detail in the mortuary viewing room exactly as they were to be. I saw the teddy bear inside his bronze casket which his Son placed there, I saw his distinct uniform which he was buried in and everything else in the mortuary room appeared exactly as I saw them in that bad dream and the horrible reality during his funeral. He was but a child when the nightmare occurred. I could of never guessed his profession to become or uniform. I don't normally believe in such things, but there is no denying such a mystery or phenomenon that occurred. Even then, I did not forsee the unexpected moments or events that claimed his precious young life. RIP Dear Angel.
*"Keep a fire burning in your eye... you never know what will be coming down"!*
this is for my beautiful grandson Bobby who passed away on Mother's day of 2005. I know that he is dancing in the clouds and on the rainbows. not a day goes by that I don't think about him. miss him with all my heart. And I love JB. my all time favorite forever.
Jackson Browne has a lot of great songs. But this one might be his greatest.
Saw Jackson Browne in 1980 on my 18th birthday at the SPAC in upstate NY . He had a slide show playing behind him.. that was cool back then. His lyrics calm me and make me reflect and evaluate my life.
I think so yeah
not might...but is
This song touches me , my soul. It has become so relevant. Despite its message, the last thought is the need for JOY. I try to live to make that my mission to impart in my interactions with others.
It is one of his best, but "These Days" always brings tears to my eyes.
So young, so talented, what a beautiful "old soul"...Thank you God for Jackson Browne...🙏✌️🎸🥰❤️❤️❤️
My best friend got killed the year this came out---he was 23 years old. This song gave us a lot of comfort then, and often, throughout the years. I have written the words to this on paper for others who have lost loved ones unexpectedly. It always helps.
+Colerain Fan really sorry to hear that
God bless you
So sorry for you.
Jackson has always been my #1 artist. Songs like this just fill my heart. All of his music has a special quality, be it great lyrics, David, The music, everything. It's all so very special and to me the very best artist of this generation., going back over 50 years.
Ive seen Jackson at least 7 times in my life. He is gifted, the first time i heard this song, there were several of us that had fat, tears streaming down our face. It was at the end of the Vietnam war. We had lost close friends and this song, was so poineent.❤️. Thank you Jackson you and i have grown old together , brother...❤❤❤
10 mths after Katrina, we had one funeral home up in New Orleans, but I brought a boom box and copies of Jackson's lyrics for my 27 yr old daughter's (dancer) services. This is forever Codi's song. And I am forever grateful to Jackson for putting into words what I coudn't. You would think a mother could-but I'm still silenced by the severity of such a loss.Four yrs later and this song still fills the empty place.I always loved Jackson,
Just absolutely sublimely wonderful.
My dad died 3 years ago and we were so close like soul mates. I haven't been able to move on. Last week my uncle (my dads brother) was dying and I left the hospital and this song came on. He died a few hours later. Me and my dad always loved Jackson Brown n went to several of his concerts together. I think my daddy played this song for me to help me heal which it has done.
I understand it’s been many years now since this was posted, but still, I send my condolences to you. I hope you have healed from these losses through time that has passed.
Dave Lindley passed away from long haul covid. Tragedy. I had already cried about John Prine. Tears and massive respect for both of them.
I have seen Jackson in concert more tan any other artist. He has saved my life literally. In my book, "Above His Shoulders" and no I am not touting it for money the proceeds go to treatment centers for sexual abuse. He got me through my suicide attempt and has helped me help others , using his music in group therapy. Thank you Jackson I will forever be in your debt.
Wondering how to write a song about death, loss, grief, and recovery without ever saying any of those words? Listen to this song poem by a master contemporary poet. "In the end, there is one dance you'll do alone."
amazing
"in the end, there is one dance you will do alone"
one of the best lyrics ever written. jackson browne is a hero
Also 'It's like a song I can hear, playing right in my ear that I can't sing - I can't help listening...' - Just masterful!😍
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT , .Y BROTHER !!!!!!!!!
IN THE END THERE IS ONE DANCE YOU'LL DO ALONE .........
reminds me a lot of one of the last songs on O BROTHER , WHERE ART THOU .....
the one with the lyrics , YOU GOT TO GO TO THE LONESOME VALLEY ....YOU GOT TO GO THERE BY YOURSELF ...
This is one of the best recordings with Jackson and David Lindley together ever! I can't quit playing it over and over.
no matter how much i write songs it will never catch the genius that is Jackson Browne. Tear stained eye songs are the best.
My friends sent me to South Carolina to see him a few months back. I have been on my own since twelve. I saw every concert in every state I moved around to. His words kept me moving farther on.I have been sick for five years now and seeing him again gave me new hope.I thank him for helping to keep a young girl going long enough to have a family she could call her own.
Here's another one that Jackson really hit out of the park. As this man sits here weeping as he types I cannot begin to imagine the pain that he must have suffered before writing this beautiful song.
+Dennis Martin
They said he was a 17 year old who wrote like a 70 year old.
I concur.
Jackson Browne, a gifted artist, especially for those of us who must look into his songs that move us at our deepest level, to learn all we can and "experience" some of what he may have.
I'm not crying......not this time, not yet, anyways ... but I know the moment and the meaning behind your tears. Your comment touches me because this is the lyric I had put onto my little brother's tombstone. He died when he was 8 years old - I was 12 - he had not spoken or walked for the last 3 or 4 years of his life. He was Jeffrey Allison and he was born with cerebral palsy and he was a pure and beautiful little boy who loved to dance with me in his early and better, more blessed years. I grew up, and I went on with a luckier life, and I had a tombstone made for him, probably 20 years after his death. I'm blessed to have found Jackson Browne and people like you who appreciate and need him.
Like the lyrics in this song, there was a reason your brother was around even though he wasn't around long enough to ripen as does the fruit. Perhaps though, he gave you that special perspective on life you may not have had without him.
Richard Federico So very true. My brother gave me an enormous amount of perspective on life that only he could give me. His presence was a gift, but he does live on in my heart and in my memories of our time together. Thank you for your kind words and insight.
A few years before my Dad died I asked him who his favourite was - I knew the main bands and artists but he surprised me with his answer - Jackson Browne. Just a perfect artist.
We played this at his funeral. It was perfect. x
I bought this album in 1974 for a friend and ended up keeping it. This song I dedicated to my best friend at the time who was killed in a car accident way back when. I have now lost many more friends but this song always gives me solace.
When you lose someone close to you and gradually understand what that is, the cycle of life he sings about makes more sense. To the uninitiated it may seem maudlin. For those of us who know how short life can be, it is profound and soothing.
Jackson Browne one of the greatest song writers from our times back in High School 1976
Couldn't agree more I'm here checking out some ol classics. Wow. Really good song who else , oh yeah Tom petty was just starting out then Then running on empty comes to mind Whoah great great music in the 70 s. And for the peppy stuff we really ate up acdc. Oh we were all over the map. Those guys and jimmy buffets early stuff too
He is truly a poet. The story is so clear, so significant. Nobody's putting this kind of thought into a song anymore. Thanks for posting the vid !
Ed Sheeran does tho. And believe me I grew up and built a soul on "this" music!!!! Ed S is today's equivalent
I lost my brother suddenly three weeks ago. We shared many things but our love of good music was at the top of the list. This song speaks to my heart about him. Love you forever Scott.
Beautiful
This was the actual performance that woke me up to Jackson Browne. I saw this Old Grey Whistle Test in my lounge room in Droitwich, England. I was 18 years old and my Dad had been killed in an accident a few months earlier. This song "spoke to me"; and thereafter, many of Jackson's songs did. For me - he is and always will be - one of THE greatest singer/songwriters of all.
This is so true,wish we still had music like this on the radio today..our kids growing up today sre missing so much of what we had in those wonderful years,,Jackson Browne will always be one of the most unsung Heroes of the Music world.He truly sings and writes from his Heart and Soul..May he stay with us for a long,long time..God Bless Jackson Browne for keepin it real for all his loyal fans..The world would be much better off if we had more people like him.So beautiful,always makes me cry..
@@jeanniebeaux So true and could not agree more!
I have been listening to this song for 30 years and now I cry every time I hear this song since my mom died last year. It is such a great and fitting song for her. JB....Thanks for all your great songs over the years.
Suzanne
Saw JB in 1978 at Cuesta College at a Diablo Canyon protect rally and also in SB county Bowl back then.
A beautiful tribute to that special someone who will live in our hearts forever...
...and somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go, may lie a reason you were alive, but you'll never know........... That is so deep for me, I first heard this song about 10 years ago, I'm 40 now.
I listened to Jackson Browne for 3 months after my mom passed I just couldn’t listen to anyone else his music is just so peaceful and so comforting to listen to
My Dad passed away today, 84 years old,
Royal Navy veteran,
Former London policeman,
Emigrated to the US,
Married with 4 children, retired banking VP
First heard this tune back in '74, on my brother's copy of Browne's Late For The Sky LP. I bought the LP years later,
Played this song today after he passed, and listened to and watched this video
Losing a parent is tough, but this tune helped make it a little easier.
Appreciate what you have before it's gone
Peace
I first heard Jackson Browne through his popular hit "Doctor My Eyes.". I bought the album and I was hooked. His lyrical depth combined with accessable musicality is unmatched. "For A Dancer," of course, plumbs the depths of the human experience and mortality. It goes without saying that this level of artistry is not present in contemporary music.
This is for my great grandmother. 1917-2013. She passed just a few days ago, the 27th of December. She will forever be in our prayers.
I'm so sorry for your loss my friend. But ya know, she is dancing In Heaven! Peace be with you. :-)
This is the only song I want played in my memory when I go. And all my friends know.
Everyone can relate to at least one of j.b.'s songs. It's like he he pours his life out for us to hear, and makes us want to cry--because we, too, have walked in those same shoes. Thanks j.b. for writing those feelings and letting me hear the words which i cannot express on my own.
And Somewhere Between The time You Arrive And The time You Go May Lie A Reason You Were Alive But You'll Never Know
nothing more to say..... amazing
Who writes something like that? So deep, so true and so thought provoking. Ohhh Jackson does. Thanks man.
Karen buckhannon Other people will
I lost the mother of my daughter in 1981 , two months after her birth . This song as well as Mother and Child Reunion from Paul Simon helped me through that phase . My wife of 31 years died 2 weeks ago , we played her favorite song at the funeral , " The Sweetest Gift " , a Mama Maybelle Carter song , covered by Emmylou and Linda . This is the first time I've been able to bring myself to listen to For A Dancer . I know Jackson wrote this for his Sara , but it could have just as well been written for my Toni . We've always loved J. B's music and this song has always been a source of solace to each of us .
If you really love music, you got to love this man!
I was one of those faithful fans since the 70's. I'm a young 54 now and still his words move me. Never so more than now, today the 11 month since I lost my husband suddenly. The pain flows through these words.
One of the songs that I can listen to forever.
I've listened and loved this song for years...
...not realizing I would be hearing it "live" Monday (May 16th) evening at the Mahalia Jackson theater in N.O. (2 days after what would have been her 87th birthday). She passed away Feb. 11 this year and i cried many tears of joy at the show knowing I was able to share and be part of this dear and wonderful woman's life!
Thank you Jackson for your beautiful songs and heartfelt emotions!
If you've lost a loved one, find comfort in this song...
I saw Jackson Browne and David Lindley play this song this way at the acoustically fine Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee about 1976. The entire concert was great, but I especially remember the way they did this song. Even after over 30 years, it was unforgetable.
My dad worked on the road with Jackson Browne as a live mixer and engineer in the seventies, they are still good friends. While they were on tour my dad's sister was losing a fight with cancer, dad couldn't decide whether to stay on tour and make money he needed, or go home and be with his sister, possibly jeopardizing the tour. He let Jackson know of the situation, Jackson TOLD my dad that he's going home to be with her with what ended up being her final days. Jackson has a beautiful soul.
I went to hear Jackson a last week. The concert was lovely - a privilege every time. Seated adjacent to us was a man with his young son, about 10, curled in the chair next to him and leaning on him. I was moved by the thought that Jackson's music is still reaching people, drawing them together. His sentiments are so profound, full of loving reality... "Into a dancer you have grown from a seed somebody else has thrown, Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own..." I'm grateful for his songs.
Was this a true event in Jackson's saga or a myth? I have followed his music from the beginning, .
powerful and he's a looker.
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My husband and I owned a 3 small mom and pop record stores in 1975. We were young and stupid and had no idea what we were doing but had the time of our lives. We had the privilege of seeing so many of the Laurel Canyon WEA groups for free thanks to record companies. Jackson changed our lives, we saw him whenever we could. Fast forward 40 years and we corporate burnout still WEA music lovers but Fred is dying from cancer. We are surprised by the trajectory of the disease and didn't talk things through. My bad, I was in denial. The one thing he did leave behind for me was a print out to the lyrics of this song for me. It is what we played at his small memorial. I always keep an eye toward the open sky and Jackson and Fred in my heart.
join the club we all do very stupid things/ can i get a witness ?
I hear you on that ...
Brilliant the undisputable Jackson Browne! Pure genius beautiful and truthful words. X
He was so good he made you feel you were singing.
Simply amazing. Always left speechless when I hear this incredible ballad.
And, thank you, from the bottom of my heart for playing this when I was just a young lass...forever in my heart!
tom wray is the time of our time to come back home soon and we will have a good time to chat with you and your family and thanks for your note and I hope you have a great day and I will love you too much and thanks for all you do for me and your family and I will love you and your family and f fthe is the time of the year for the next c the r the article is not in t
For Helen..my love for 30 years and then the time came for her to pass. Jackson your music so beautifully plays out life's wonder, fragility and loss. Thank you.
On of my favorite songs. David Lindley's playing is always almost heart wrenching. So much great music over the years.
this song helps me grieve for my mum.. i'm only 25 and without her.. she LOVED Jackson Brown she was always so happy when he was playing... i miss her so much but am happy she enjoyed his music.. it will never hurt less that it did but listening to this music helps me remeber her, so i never forget how much she meant to me! all the best too you, i hope are hapy now and have moved on, but not forgotten all the best, all my love! x
This song can make me smile despite the sorrow in my heart.
Thanks JB.
i listened to this song again and again when my mom died several years ago, the tears didn't stop...still missing her...thank you jb for all your wonderful great songs, your songs touch us all in some way or another...we love you, jackson browne!
Tears.
Jackson was and is absolutely where its at.
{{DEDICATED TO DAVID LINDLEY< DRUMMER JIM GORDON> JEFF BECK DAVID CROSBY & ALL THE PREVIOUS ARTISTS LOST TO THIS WORLD(REST IN PEACE & THANK YOU FOR YOUR COLLECTIVE BODY OF WORKS}}Go on and make a joyful sound
Into a dancer you have grown
From a seed somebody else has thrown
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own
And somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive but you'll never know
My sister, Betty Casey Jackson, passed away in October. She was a singer/songwriter. She introduced me to so many beautiful songs. Today I was cleaning out her email account and came across this song she'd sent to herself. Today is her birthday and I know she led me to this song. She will never know what impact she had on so many lives.
Thankyou... great songwriter and performer. Listening to this shows up the shite that passes for music and performers today.
For my son who recently died in a car crash age 20... It was sent to me a month, (but not by him) before he died, it still gives me goosebumps.
His music touched my soul in my twenties as much as it does at 68.
It has been a year and a half since my youngest son was killed by a drunk driver, the hurt can turn to hope, with faith in the eternity of a Mothers love.
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This has got to be on my top 3 list - I just love being born to dance ~ " Let your prayers lift into space ..." I miss my mate of 34+ years - gone 31 days - I am not sure I can grow any more seeds , or even sow ~ I just want to follow the steps ......................in the end there is one dance we do alone .
I don't see how Anyone can forget a child, no matter how young or old they are ,I'm so sorry for your loss Dan and may you find Peace in your life. I miss my kids so much and I can't talk to anyone about it.The only Solace I have is the Music that meant so much to us while they were with me. I know I was so Blessed by being their Mother, and I thank God for that. I can't seem to find my way back to coping with everyday life anymore, I can't pretend it's ok, when it's not...God Bless you
@@jeanniebeaux May you be blessed with the thought that they are at peace in a place of eternal love ❤️