Editing Jackson Browne (section)

===Songwriter for others===
After graduating from high school Browne joined the [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]], performing at the [[Golden Bear (nightclub)|Golden Bear]] in [[Huntington Beach, California]], where they opened for [[the Lovin' Spoonful]]. Later the band recorded a number of Browne's songs, including "These Days", "Holding", and "Shadow Dream Song".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/jackson-browne/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113213909/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/jackson-browne/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 13, 2013 |title=Jackson Browne Biography |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=February 17, 2016}}</ref> He was in his friend [[Pamela Polland]]'s band, Gentle Soul for a short time.

He left the Dirt Band after a few months and moved to [[Greenwich Village]], New York, where he became a staff writer for [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]'s publishing company, Nina Music, before he was eighteen. He reported on musical events in [[New York City]] with his friends Greg Copeland and Adam Saylor. For the remainder of 1967 and also 1968 he was in Greenwich Village, where he backed [[Tim Buckley]] and singer [[Nico]] of the [[Velvet Underground]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Luhrssen |first1=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phsIDgAAQBAJ |title=Encyclopedia of Classic Rock |last2=Larson |first2=Michael |date=2017-02-24 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-3514-8 |language=en}}</ref> In 1967, Browne and Nico were romantically linked; he became a significant contributor to her debut album, ''[[Chelsea Girl (album)|Chelsea Girl]]'', writing and playing guitar on several of the songs (including "[[These Days (Jackson Browne song)|These Days]]"). In 1968, following his breakup with Nico, Browne returned to Los Angeles, where he formed a folk band with [[Ned Doheny]] and Jack Wilce. This is when he first met [[Glenn Frey]].

Browne's first songs, such as "Shadow Dream Song" and "These Days", were recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, [[Tom Rush]], Nico, Steve Noonan, [[Gregg Allman]], [[Joan Baez]], the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]], [[Linda Ronstadt]], [[the Byrds]], [[Iain Matthews]], and others. Browne did not release his own versions of these early songs until years later. Soon ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' mentioned Browne as a "new face to look for" and praised his "mind-boggling melodies".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Folk You |first=John J. |last=Rock |url=http://archive.rollingstone.com/Desktop?s=196804063#/19680406/8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412123403/http://archive.rollingstone.com/Desktop?s=196804063#/19680406/8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 12, 2013 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=August 8, 2012}}</ref>