Credit: Mark Mindlin
When singer-songwriter Jackson Browne performed at E.J. Thomas Hall in Akron a few years ago, we wrote that Browne impatiently listened as hecklers yelled out for their favorite tunes.

“But in the end, it was the music that won out,” reviewer Matt Wardlaw wrote, “even in the midst of all of the interruptions. The three-song run of ‘Doctor My Eyes,’ ‘The Pretender’ and ‘Running On Empty’ that closed out the main set was among the many reminders that Browne has accumulated a powerful catalog of work across the decades that he’s been active as an artist.”

Browne and his backing band return to Northeast Ohio to play Hard Rock Live on June 9.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday.

This article appears in Feb 7-13, 2018.

Jeff has been covering the Cleveland music scene for more than 25 years now. On a regular basis, he tries to talk to whatever big acts are coming through town. And if you're in a local band that he needs to hear, email him at jniesel@clevescene.com.