having been a roadie and a stage hand in the late seventies, this song has always had a special place in my heart.

Jackson browne was multi-talented artist. He wrote brown eyed girl for Van Morrison. What a gift.

Jackson wrote "The Load Out" (load out means to pack up all the equipment and load it on the truck) but the second part - "Stay" was written by Cedric Allen Williams and was performed, recorded and made popular by Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs in 1960.

A dedication from Jackson to his roadies and fans . Impeccable! Do a deep dive into him. It's SOUL FOOD

THE LOAD OUT is a song made by Jackson Browne to add to the song STAY because STAY was made in 1960 by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. Jackson Browne adapted some of the words and Jackkson Browne made the load out to play it with STAY in concerts and live shows. The other vocalists were Rosemary Butler and David Lindley. Lindley was playing the lap steel (the thing that looked like a small guitar but works like a pedal steel). Both vocalists nailed it. Sadly, we lost David Lindley passed away MARCH 3 2023 .

gosh, where was this guy when jackson was hitting it big in 77-78? this song was all over the radio.

Sure he's still around and still ending his concerts with this piece. Somewhat annoyingly, his hair is still great too😊. Sadly, David Lindley (the slide guitarist with a great falsetto) passed away earlier this year.

Jackson is a great songwriter, vocalist, musician...he has collaborated with many artists...helped Glenn Frye finish the Eagles first hit...etc. Love this one.

Oh, wow! That took me back to a very special, very mellow time in my life, when the only thing that could really upset me was when some guy started Bogarting the damn thing. Some music can transport you back in time like no time capsule ever could.

I have always loved that he gives a shout out to the ones that bust their butts, for so little money. Without them, live shows would not happen. The true unsung heroes.

There was a specific Southern California (Sound city studios) 70s FM radio sound. It was in the tape, room, and sound board recording the Eagles, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Fleetwood mac. The warmth of the sound in this recordings cannot be replicated with digital recorders.

When I have seen them in concert they played this song at the end of their concert.

I had the pleasure of seeing this live several years ago. Great stuff

This was the final cut from the Running On Empty album, a concept album mostly about life on the road, recorded on the road. Live recording technology had finally advanced to the point that they could reduce echoes and crowd sounds to a minimum. The first successful live album with entirely new music, Frampton Comes Alive, was released a year before this. So Running On Empty included some studio-recorded tracks but the majority of it was live on-stage,, plus rehearsals, a couple of songs recorded in hotel rooms, and one recorded on the tour bus while en route. One track on the album, called simply On The Road, opens with a quiet performance done in a rehearsal room and then transitions into the concert performance midway through. David Lindley, who passed away this past March, a long-time collaborator with Browne, could play anything with strings. Here he is on the slide guitar and he comes up front at the end to sing the last verse of Stay. His falsetto is an homage to Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs who originally recorded Stay in 1962.

i can't believe wich is the first time .... i'm italian and i know and love this song from 40 years

Stay was written in 1960 by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. Jackson Browne adapted some of the words.

Jackson Browne was and is the great bard of the generation that came of age during the 1960s and 70s, so it always helps in deciphering the meaning of his lyrics to understand the history of those times and what that generation of young people experienced. And, for those of us who were there and traveled roughly the same road that Jackson did, he was/is our great lyrical historian, both in personal ways and collectively. Also, he has kept the faith politically as an artist over the years, remaining humble and dedicated to the values of the peace and environmental movements that he and the rest of us came of age with. I'd like to highly recommend three specific songs of his that demonstrate what I'm talking about: Before the Deluge, For A Dancer, and Lives in the Balance. His catalog is vast and filled with impressive and meaningful work, but those three have long been among my very favorite Jackson Browne masterpieces.. . . And, I might add that I am not generally inclined toward celebrity worship or gushy nonsense, but Jackson is the real deal!

Always loved JB! "The Pretender" has always been my favorite!

If this doesn't put you on the tour bus, there's something wrong with you. Love the shout out to his crew.

David Lindley...that steel guitar...and Rosemary...just aced it. Awesome production!

Awesome song one of his best. Go Vols

i think you mean Doctor My EYES. lol

I love The Loud Out. Great song

How can you not know this? I'm in Australia and l know it. Aussies love Jackson

Doctor My Eyes

Jackson has stated that the song was based on a hypothetical scenario where an apocalyptic event occurs, the deluge, and how the ideals of his generation were contradictory. Living for the moment and the pleasures of life whilst wanting, but not following up with actions to ensure, a future where the earth was peaceful and the environment was protected from those who would destroy it for profit. I think 😂

Wow.. i just realized, I'm not the only old person on this channel 😂 THANKS FOR PLAYING IT!!!!!!❤

I love this live video. Really captures the feel of being at a concert. One Concert that I am surprised does not get much love is the NO NUKES CONCERTS at Madison Square Garden. It was a benefit for the anti-nuclear energy movement in the 80s(I think). Jackson Browne, James Taylor with his then wife Carly Simon, Bruce Springsteen, and many others. If you can find it, try it.

Nicely played Y'all 👍👍 This took me way back and it still rocks! Johnson City says Go Vols too! Spread the love 🐶😎🇺🇸 Deep catalog, try "The Pretender" next... please 😁

The version of the live album Running on Empty came out even a little bettter than this one -- especially the little falsetto part in the doo wop portion.

The second song (Stay) was originally recorded in 1960 by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. The lyrics are somewhat different in this version. As is the arrangement. The high pitched chorus section is almost identical and would ring a bell with almost anyone growing up in 60s and 70s. Rosemary Butler just killed it as did David Lindley on the steel guitar.

I thought I'd give it a try, telling you where you've heard this, but it was just easier (and more accurate) to just give you a quote: "' Stay'" is a doo-wop song written by Maurice Williams and first recorded in 1960 by Williams with his group the Zodiacs." In fact, much of the "cool" parts of the original song (Stay) were recreated here, and by this I mean the girl and the guy singing the high and even higher (humorous) parts. However YES, he DID write the first part, and I suppose he figured it worked really well as a lead in to the second part. Now, finally, he DID modify the original lyrics to fit his purposes. Update: I did some more research for you ... to find out about whether it was used in a commercial or not. SO, this is what I dug up ... perhaps it's where else you might have heard it: "The album [Running On Empty] was Browne’s most successful commercially and his version of “Stay” was a top 20 US and UK hit. A year later Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs’ original version was used on the soundtrack of the film American Hot Wax, and again in the 1987 Hollywood blockbuster Dirty Dancing, further boosting Williams’s royalty riches".

Yeah, I can imgaine Cat Stevens or Yusuf Islam had quite a journey through life (Father and Son is another song to check out if you haven't), Cat is thankfully still alive, but you should check out his duet with Chris Cornell of Cat's song, Wild World...Chris and Cat are perhaps my favorite and most nostalgic artists, as I grew up in the 90's (Now 40yo.) but may parents were hippies of the 60's...and both me and my parents were raised Lutheran Christian (Which many often refer to as Catholic Lite, as basically, belief and repentance is all you need to get into heaven)...we sang this song SO MANY TIMES during service, but only when I heard the secular version, and read about how Cat Stevens converted to Islam did I realize that this was really, like you said, a mellow tune that can help connect people across cultures...and of the duet I mentioned, Chris Cornell had so much heart, though he could not find peace and ended up taking his own life (Pharma side-effects may have also played a significant role)...then we lost Chester of Linkin Park as him and Chris were good friends and Chester had his demons as well...

Yall are the age of concert goers back then. Were your heads in a hole to have not heard all songs from this era?

Gordon Lightfoot "Circle of steel"

The Loadout and stay are two different songs just put togeather asa medly

I believe that was Franky Valley on steel guitar and singing. Long black hair.

You did not listen to the lyrics at all, did you? Or perhaps the words didnt mean anything to you? Im glad the comments spell it out to you on what this song is about...

were you dead in 1978?