Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne came to see Bri. As always, I didn’t have much advance notice - maybe 10 minutes. Remember, this was waaaay before the internet - and my knowledge of Jackson Browne was limited to liner notes in albums, what I caught in magazines and what I saw on TV. Jackson arrived looking tired and irritated. I imagine he was. His people probably encouraged him to do this radio bit to plug his concert that night - and he’d done this 1000 times. I shook his hand and we got into it almost immediately. Browne was in the tabloids that week - reportedly dating Darryl Hannah. So instead of me asking the typical "How’s life on the road" question, I chime in with, "So what’s the deal with Darryl Hannah?" He says, "I don’t wanna talk about it." I say, "I really like that Lawyers in Love song. I bet Darryl Hannah likes it." He says, "Man, I’m not gonna talk about Darryl Hannah." I say, "Easy JB, it’s everywhere about you two - you are a lucky guy. Did you see Splash?" He says, "Yes I did - and what I do with Darryl Hannah is my business." "So you are acknowledging a relationship with Darryl Hannah?" He says, "What’s your problem man?" I said, "You come in here to plug a show I’ve been plugging for two weeks. We all know you’re in town tonight. Can you blame us if we’re a little interested in you dating Darryl Hannah?" JB then walked out. I asked Brownes’ manager if Darryl Hannah was gonna be there. He said he didn’t know, but Hannah was at the hotel last night. Jackson Browne dumped Darryl Hannah within weeks of this interview. I imagine he liked talking about himself more than Darryl Hannah.
