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Jackson Browne is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone.

Coming to prominence in the 1970s, Browne’s political interests and personal angst have been central to his career, resulting in popular songs such as “Somebody’s Baby”, “These Days”, “The Pretender”, “Lawyers in Love” and “Running On Empty”.

In 2004, Browne was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by his friend Bruce Springsteen. The same year, Browne received an honorary Doctorate of Music from Los Angeles’ Occidental College for “a remarkable musical career that has successfully combined an intensely personal artistry with a broader vision of social change and justice”.

Browne is part of the No Nukes group which is against the expansion of nuclear power. During 2007, the group recorded a music video of a new version of the Buffalo Springfield song “For What It’s Worth”.Browne cameoed in the 2007 film, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

Browne’s studio album, Time the Conqueror, was released September 23, 2008 via Inside Recordings. The album reached the Billboard 200 album chart at #20, which was his first top 20 record since releasing Lawyers in Love in 1983. In addition, the album peaked at #2 on the Billboard Independent Album chart.

During August 2008, Browne sued John McCain, the Ohio Republican Party, and the Republican National Committee for using his 1977 hit, “Running on Empty”, in an attack advertisement against Barack Obama without his permission.

In July 2009, the matter was settled under an undisclosed financial agreement with an apology from the McCain campaign and other parties.During August 2008, he appeared on the ALMA Awards in a taped interview honoring Trailblazer Award recipient and long time friend, Linda Ronstadt.

On 31 May 2008, Jackson Browne performed at the Artist for the Arts Foundation benefit at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA. Performing live, along side Heart, Venice (Crazy On You) and over 70 members of the Santa Monica High School (SaMoHi) Orchestra and Girls Choir (Bohemian Rhapsody),the benefit helped to provide funds for the continuation of Music Education in public schools.

The event was filmed and recorded by Touring Video and Post by On the WAVE Productions. Browne again performed there with Heart and other musician guest stars in 2009.
On March 14, 2004, Browne was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bruce Springsteen.], and on June 7, 2007 Jackson Browne was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

In 2004, Jackson was named an honorary Doctorate of Music by Occidental College in Los Angeles, for “a remarkable musical career that has successfully combined an intensely personal artistry with a broader vision of social justice.”

For “promoting peace and justice through his music and his unrelenting support for that which promotes nonviolent solutions to problems both nationally and internationally”, Browne received the Courage of Conscience Awards from The Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Massachusetts. In 2007, he was awarded the Chapin-World Hunger Year Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award. In 2008, Browne received the NARM Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award.

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