Jackson Browne
Biography
Browne was born October 9, 1948, in Heidelberg, Germany, where his father Clyde Jack Browne, an American serviceman, was stationed for his job assignment with the Stars and Stripes newspaper. Browne's mother, Beatrice Amanda (née Dahl), was a Minnesota native of Norwegian ancestry. Browne has three siblings. Roberta "Berbie" Browne was born in 1946 in Nuremberg, Germany; and Edward Severin Browne was born in 1949 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His younger sister, Gracie Browne, was born a number of years later. At the age of three, Browne and his family moved to his grandfather's house, Abbey San Encino, in the Highland Park district of Los Angeles. In his teens, he began singing folk songs in local venues such as the Ash Grove and The Troubador Club. He attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California, graduating in 1966. Clyde Jackson Browne is a German/American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States. Coming to prominence in the 1970s, Browne has written and recorded songs such as "These Days", "The Pretender", "Running on Empty", "Lawyers in Love", "Doctor My Eyes", "Take It Easy", "For a Rocker", and "Somebody's Baby". In 2004, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, and given an honorary doctorate of music by Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked him as 37th in its list of the "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time".
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Movies (43)
Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill
as Self
2024
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
as Self
2023
Immediate Family
as Self
2022
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
as Self
2022
Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute
as Self
2022
Really Good Rejects
2022
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts
as Self
2021
The Velvet Underground
as Self
2021
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions
as Self
2020
Linda and the Mockingbirds
as Self
2020
The Story of Plastic
Co-Executive Producer (Production)
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self
2019
David Crosby: Remember My Name
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Echo in the Canyon
as Self
2019
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
as Self
2019
The Poet of Havana
as Self
2015
ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014
as Self
2014
All My Friends - Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
as Himself
2014
Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute
as Self
2014
Jackson Browne: I'll Do Anything - Live In Concert
as Musician
2013
Jackson Browne with Special Guest Sara Watkins Live
as Himself - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano
2012
Troubadours
as Self
2011
The Eagles - Earlybird Live Usa 1974 & Europe 1973
as Self - Guest
2011
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Start Me Up
as Self
2010
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Sweet Emotion
as Self
2009
Talking Guitars
as Self
2008
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
as Jackson Browne
2007
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
as Self
2007
Trudell
as Self - Singer, Songwriter
2005
Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
as Self
2002
Jackson Browne: VH-1 Storytellers
as Himself
1996
Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested
as Self - Guest star - Guitar, vocals
1996
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
as The Scarecrow
1995
Nico Icon
as Self
1995
Jackson Browne: Going Home
as Himself
1994
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
as Self
1993
Incident at Oglala
Music Consultant (Sound)
1992
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Backing Vocals
1988
The Best of Max Headroom
as Self
1987
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
as Self
1987
The Making of Sun City
as Self
1985
No Nukes
as Self
1980
