The Personal Devastation That Nearly Derailed Jackson Browne’s Timeless Album, ‘The Pretender’

Name: The Personal Devastation That Nearly Derailed Jackson Browne’s Timeless Album, ‘The Pretender’
Uploaded: 2026-08-07T17:00:00+00:00
Description: Jackson Browne’s 1976 album The Pretender was nearly interrupted by the suicide of his first wife, model and actress Phyllis Major, shortly before its completion. The article argues that, although most of the record was not written directly about the loss, the tragedy gives its reflections on disill

Jackson Browne’s 1976 album The Pretender was nearly interrupted by the suicide of his first wife, model and actress Phyllis Major, shortly before its completion. The article argues that, although most of the record was not written directly about the loss, the tragedy gives its reflections on disill

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