Song Lyric Sunday

Good Morning! My two week vacation at the end of April turned into extended leave from blogging. I must admit I enjoyed the break. It may become a habit! We will see. Anyway I missed you guys at SLS and this week’s prompt was one I really wanted to do.

So here we are on Song Lyric Sunday and the challenge today is to find a song that includes the act of depending, leaning, relying or trusting another. It reminded me of a Jackson Browne song called the “The Load Out” which he wrote out of appreciation for his road crews when they were on tour. The artist relies heavily on others to get them all where they need to be, on time, set up and ready to rock ‘n’n roll. It’s a really nice song and I found this great video of JB and others doing to song during load out. If you’re a Jackson Browne fan you will enjoy this personal, intimate performance.

https://youtu.be/tNCuwUSPias?si=jwEK_f3lZHcl16Sm

The Song

Browne wrote this rambling piece as an affectionate tribute to the roadies, assistants and staff who help him take his show on the road, setting up and taking down his stage sets and moving his instruments (a process known as “the load-out”). He often played it at the end of each performance, usually with his cover of “Stay.”

The songs on the Running on Empty album were recorded live in various settings. “The Load-Out” was recorded at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland during a show on August 27, 1977. The song was something Browne had been working on with his band – Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Russ Kunkel (drums), David Lindley (various instruments), and Leland Sklar (bass). They didn’t have an arrangement they liked, but when Browne did three encores at the show, they found themselves out of material but still hankering to play. Kunkel suggested they play the song and see what happens. The resulting performance was so good that it made the album. This was just the second time the band played the song in concert.

Speaking with Rolling Stone, Browne described “The Load-Out” as “a love song to the audience and the crew.” When it transitions to “Stay,” that’s the band asking the audience to stick around because they want to keep playing.

Browne was very tight with his road crew, especially Donald “Buddha” Miller, who was both his crew chief and his manager. In a radio interview, he talked about what the roadies went through to earn his respect: “These guys work really hard, and in those days they made practically the minimum wage. They used to drive around, six guys in a camper. They’d be leaving the gig and you’d see them crawling into this little space, getting ready for an eight-hour drive to the next gig.”

Songfacts

The Lyrics

Writer/s: BRYAN GAROFALO, JACKSON BROWNE

Genius Lyrics

Texas Flood

#stevierayvaughahan #bluesrock #texasflood #80srock #blues #rockmusic #rock #music #musicsky #musiciansky #jacksonbrowne The debut album from Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble is released on June 13, 1983. It was glorious. At the time, the 80's were dominated by synthesizers and new wave and out of that bleak landscape landed this album -- Stevie, Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon single handidly dragged the electric blues back into the mainstream. Legend…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/06/13/texas-flood/

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