Jackson Browne's songs were the roadmap to my life growing up in Southern California. I put box speakers behind the seat of my VW bug and commuted every weekend from Ojai to UC Irvine with the tunes blaring.
For Everyman and Farther On became my anthems. His first four albums were on two cassette tapes that just kept taking turns. I'd get in my bug and start singing where the song had left off, even before it came back on again.
His straight hair also made him a good subject. How am I going to pull off Jimi Hendrix?