"In 1971, up and comer Jackson Browne was working on his ‘all important’ debut album, and decided he needed to get out of LA, and take a road trip to visit the Hopi Reservation in Northern Arizona, to clear his head and discover inspiration for new material. He got as far as Winslow, Arizona, when his old Willys Jeep broke down- stranding him for two days. It could’ve been a frustrating ordeal, but instead, Jackson turned an engine-troubled adventure into an American Rock standard called Take It Easy. With a little help from a future hall of fame buddy named Glenn Frey, who lived upstairs in the same apartment complex, it became the Eagles first huge hit. With one of the greatest opening lines in rock history, as soon as radio played it, the 70s officially kicked off. With the smooth harmonies of the other band members like Don Henley. Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon, country rock was born.. The story of this endearing rock classic is coming up NEXT on Professor of Rock"

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“Well..I’m a runnin’ down the road, trying to loosen my load, I got 7 women on my mind.” That, oh so familiar opening line of Eagles classic “Take It Easy” sounds so carefree and whimsical. and it’s completely true...The 9 hour trek down Route 66 may have started as a decompression cruise for a then relatively unknown Jackson Browne, the musician that wrote that famous lyric, but it turned into a mechanical nightmare when his 1953 Willys Jeep broke down in the middle of Winslow, Arizona.
1971 was a very exciting year for Jackson Browne, who had just inked a deal with Asylum Records, his manager, David Geffen’s record label, to make his debut album- a watershed achievement for Jackson, who, up to that point, was primarily behind the scenes, away from the spotlight. Jackson had written a number of songs for other artists- such as Greg Allman, Linda Ronstadt, and Joan Baez, but he had yet to establish himself as a solo artist.

Rolling Stone Magazine saw something in the emerging talent, dubbed Jackson the “new face to look for.” It was time for Jackson to break out of anonymity, and vault into the limelight.
The pressure to come up with compelling songs for his debut album overwhelmed Jackson. He spent months working on music, laboring through many sleepless nights. To clear his head, Jackson decided to get out of LA, and visit the Hopi (hope-ee Reservation of Northeastern Arizona, a place that he had fond memories of visiting as a child.

For the journey, Jackson’s chariot was a beat up, 1953 Willy’s Jeep, normally a vehicle used by the U.S. Army. It had no sound system, so Jackson used a cassette player that he bought at a pawnshop, to listen to his tape of Willy and the Poor Boys by Creedence Clearwater Revival, over and over again, along with a tape of Santana. After hours of driving in the night, Jackson got tired, and decided to pull off the road to sleep- somewhere near Tuba City, Arizona.