Track List: 1-4
1. Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (0:00)
2. Jackson Browne - The Road (5:00)
3. Jackson Browne - Rosie (9:51)
4. Jackson Browne - You Love The Thunder (13:27)
Part 1. https://youtu.be/k4cxMCZi6XY
Part 2. https://youtu.be/hpNzto2ghQA
Part 3. https://youtu.be/Yubu1uJR-ZM
Running on Empty is the fifth album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. Featuring songs themed around life on the road, the entire album was recorded on tour, either live on stage, or in locations associated with touring, such as backstage, on tour buses, or in hotel rooms. Released in 1977, the album reached No. 3 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart in 1978 and stayed on the charts for 65 weeks. The single for the title track, "Running on Empty", peaked at No. 11 and the follow-up single, "The Load-Out"/"Stay", reached No. 20 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart.
The album received two Grammy Award nominations in 1979: one for Album of the Year and the other for Pop Male Vocal Performance for the song "Running on Empty"
Personnel:
Jackson Browne – vocals, guitar, acoustic piano
Rosemary Butler – background vocals, co-lead vocal on "Stay"
Craig Doerge – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, Oberheim synthesizer, string synthesizer, Hammond organ
Doug Haywood – background vocals
Danny Kortchmar – lead guitar, harmony vocals (on "Shaky Town")
Russ Kunkel – drums, snare drum, cardboard box, hi-hat
David Lindley – lap steel guitar, fiddle, co-lead vocal on "Stay"
Leland Sklar – bass guitar
Joel Bernstein – background vocals (on "Rosie")
Tour staff:
Howard Burke – tour manager
Donald "Buddah" Miller – production manager
Jan Michael Alejandro – drum technician
Eric Deterding – stage technician
Michael Deterding – stage technician
Bill Thompson – technician
Edd Kolakowski – Steinway piano and keyboards technician
Dave Hassingar – technician
Jim Nipar – technician
Chris Cabral – technical advisor
Alan Owen, Kevin Di Piazza and Jim Waits – lighting crew
Jim Bornhorst – house PA mixer
Bill "Doc" Gans – monitor engineer
Rance Caldwell – monitor engineer
Peter Golden – booking coordination
Thomas Gustaferro – bus driver
Jimmy Deluca, Bryan Lisenbee and Mike Rogers – truck drivers
Production:
Producer – Jackson Browne
Engineer – Greg Ladanyi
Recording in hotel and bus on Record Plant NY Remote Truck.
Assistant Engineers – David Hewitt, Norman Mershon and Mark Salwasser (bus and hotel recordings); Russell Schmitt and Tom Walsh (stage recordings).
Mix Assistants – Dennis Kirk and George Ybarra
Mixed at The Sound Factory (Hollywood, CA).
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA).
Art Direction and Design – Jimmy Wachtel
Photography – Joel Bernstein (tour) and Aaron Rapoport (other).