For Everyman

Oh the warmth of this record when it was released...Jackson was very popular to us in Austin that year....he played old municipal auditorium with Bonnie Raitt opening either that year or ther'abouts....I remember "Stay" was a huge number that night.. Anyway, part of the song is just an expression of the times....Jackson made us want to get on the road...head out, see what else was out there. That freedom and desire to move...well, moved us. My wife and I left not too long after that moving in the later seventies from Austin to Colorado, and I have to admit Jackson was partly responsibility for my wanting to move...you know like get moving....so "everybody I talk to is ready to leave, at the light of the morning.." I sort of took part of that to mean " what are you waiting for" "who are you waiting for?" And mostly I wanted to say here that Jackson was just simply, at least in part........ just expressing the zeitgeist of the times. What are you waiting for...make it on your own.....