PHOTO: Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne perform at John Edwards town hall gathering

[Bluebear]

Singers Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne perform at a town hall gathering for Democratic Presidential hopeful, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, in Lebanon, N.H.

Raitt: "Let's get this guy elected for REAL change, not just lip service."

[babylonsister]

1. Question: why doesn't Jackson Browne age?

Not fair! He's still in his 20s! x(

[Bluebear]

2. He has the Dick Clark gene.

:)

[babylonsister]

3. Ha! Yup! nt

[Lucinda]

9. I was thinking more Dorain Gray

and a painting aging in a closet some where

[XOKCowboy]

12. I saw them together in '72 or '73.

You're right. Jackson has aged "gracefully" as they say.

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. I love Jackson Browne and this makes me very happy, that he is supporting Edwards!

:bounce:

[book_worm]

4. I'd go and see them over Oprah any day.

[librechik]

5. ooohh! Big improvement over Oprah (IMO)

my two best friends in show biz!

[Horse with no Name]

6. I know it's stupid

but I ADORE the politics of Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Kevin Bacon, et al.
It encouraged me to make my first national donation this year to Edwards!

[hellbound-liberal]

7. Here's a clip from You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_zDWgXSr5U

I still remember seeing them in DC in 2004 during the Vote for Change tour. Love them both!

[frogmarch]

8. Good deal! I like them both even better, now that

they've come out in support of my favorite candidate, John Edwards!

Isn't Bonnie Raitt the daughter of John Raitt, who sang "They Call the Wind Maria," in the movie Paint Your Wagon?

[TomInTib]

10. Yep.

And Bonnie has a house right down the road from me.

I have known her since she was a solo act, opening for Little Feat.

[Bluebear]

11. Is she as cool as she seems?

[TomInTib]

13. Cooler.

Bonnie is the most Real Deal in the biz.

Interestingly enough, Carlos Santana moved into the neighborhood in the last couple of weeks.

A few days ago, I was at the local butcher shop and Blake the Butcher asked me to step outside, said he had something that he wanted me to hear. Blake is a big guy, long hair and those great big ol' plugs in his ears. Maori tattoos and all. Definitely not your typical butcher.

So we walked out to his car, me dreading the prospect of having to listen to what I expected to be a horrible CD that I would have to comment nice on.

Well, we get out to his car and he pulls out this six-foot-long didgeridoo and proceeded to absolutely (and literally) blow me away with this incredibly long solo.

As he was putting the didge back into his car, a voice behind me said, "Only in Marin,man".

Carlos.

We had breakfast at the New Morning Cafe. Carlos is another Real Deal.

[XOKCowboy]

15. I met her in '73

when Freebo was still her bass player. She was great. Genuine, down to earth, just a righteous musician. While the venue I worked at sometimes had to supply the visiting acts with drugs, not that night. She was just there to sing and put on a show. Boy she put on a show too.

[TomInTib]

16. Yeah, she was something else back then.

So was Freebo.

I first met Bonnie in maybe '71.

Home on leave and resting at my Mother's house in Houston.

Lowell George called and said they were playing at Liberty Hall (the old slave auction house) downtown on Chenevert Street. Said they had an opener who I just had to hear.

Lowell, Bonnie and I ended up onstage ripping the skin off of "Sailing Shoes". All of us originally learned to play slide by listening to ols Fred McDowell records.

Man, those were some great times.