“Have to report on the Jackson Browne: goosebumps, smiles, laughs, awe, amazing, beautiful live recording, listening on the headphones, lots of old favorite hits done with a fresh approach — Lindley’s awesome fiddle, Hawaiian guitar, bouzouki, oud and on and on. Jackson’s vocals sound much as they did 30 years ago, how does he do it? I was not prepared to like this so much. Music has come to rescue me again. All this and I’ve only made it part way through the first disc.” —Barbara Berger

On record and in performance, Jackson Browne and David Lindley have a musical association reaching back almost 40 years. Regarded as a legendary stringed-instrument virtuoso, Lindley has played on many of Browne’s albums, beginning with 1973′s For Everyman, and on classics including Late For The Sky and The Pretender (the latter two both on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time). Browne also produced Lindley’s best-known LP, 1983′s acclaimed El Rayo-X. These two musicians played together in a 2006 run of concerts in Spain-in grand concert halls, rock venues, and intimate clubs alike. That tour resulted in this album Love Is Strange, “En Vivo Con Tino”- featuring Browne and Lindley live with celebrated Spanish percussionist Tino di Geraldo. In liner notes Browne wrote for Love Is Strange, he considers Lindley’s reputation for elusiveness, nearly as mythic as his string-playing prowess. “Why had I not thought of this before? Take him where he doesn’t speak the language and he will HAVE TO leave the gig and come with you to the restaurant, or to the club,” says Browne. “This was an unexpected strategy breakthrough in a pursuit that for a legion of friends, disciples and admirers has become known as ‘stalking the wild Lindley.’”

JACKSON BROWNE & DAVID LINDLEY – Love Is Strange 2 CD set