Jackson Browne And Warren Zevon - The Offender Meets The Pretender (2021)

In many ways, JACKSON BROWNE was the quintessential sensitive California
singer/songwriter of the early '70s. Only Joni Mitchell and James Taylor
ranked alongside him in terms of influence, but neither artist tapped into
the post-'60s Zeitgeist like Browne. While the majority of his classic '70s
work was unflinchingly personal, it nevertheless provided a touchstone for
a generation of maturing baby boomers coming to terms with adulthood.

Few of rock & roll's great misanthropes were as talented, as charming, or
as committed to their cynicism as WARREN ZEVON. A singer and songwriter
whose music often dealt with outlaws, mercenaries, sociopaths, and villains
of all stripes, Zevon's lyrics displayed a keen and ready wit despite their
often uncomfortable narrative circumstances, and while he could write of
love and gentler emotions, he did so with the firm conviction that such
stories rarely end happily.

"The Offender Meets The Pretender" features live recordings from an FM
broadcast recorded at VPRO Studios in Hilversum, Netherlands on 8th
December 1976 (tracks 1-15), and recordings at RAI Congrescentrum,
Amsterdam, Netherlands on 9th December 1976 (tracks 16-19).