Songwriter JD Souther to perform at MCT

From Staff Reports

One of Music City Texas’ most popular acts will return to the stage this week.
JD Souther will take the stage June 10 at 8 p.m.
Born in Detroit, and raised in Amarillo, Souther was influenced in his formative years by fellow Texas rock and roll icon, Roy Orbison. After moving to Los Angeles, California, in the late 1960s, he met musician and songwriter, Glenn Frey and the two became roommates and musical collaborators. Souther and Frey formed a folk duo called Longbranch Pennywhistle. Their lone album was released in 1970 on Jimmy Bowen’s Amos Records.
Souther is probably best known for his songwriting abilities, especially in the field of country rock. He co-wrote some of the biggest hits for the Eagles, including “Best of My Love”, “Victim of Love”, “Heartache Tonight”, and “New Kid in Town”. “How Long”, which appears on the Eagles’ Long Road Out of Eden, was written by Souther and originally recorded on his first solo album in 1972.
He wrote “Run Like a Thief” which appeared on Home Plate by Bonnie Raitt in 1975.
Souther has also contributed as a singer to works written by other artists, including backing vocals with Don Henley on “The Light Is On” for Christopher Cross on hiseponymous debut album; on the songs “False Faces” and “Loose Ends” on the late Dan Fogelberg’s 1976 LP Nether Lands; and, with Fogelberg, on “The Hot Damn Brothers” on Fogelberg’s 1975 LP Captured Angel.
On June 14, 2013, Souther was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and called “a principal architect of the Southern California sound and a major influence on a generation of songwriters.”
He scored his biggest hit with the 1979 song “You’re Only Lonely”, from the album of the same name, which reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and held the #1 spot on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart for five consecutive weeks. A collaboration with his old friend James Taylor called “Her Town Too” (from Taylor’s platinum-certified Dad Loves His Work album) reached #11 on the Hot 100 and went Top Five on AC radio in 1981.
On October 14, 2008, Souther released If the World Was You, his first new release in 25 years.
On May 31, 2011, Souther released Natural History, featuring versions of his songs recorded by other artists.
On October 9, 2012, he released Midnight in Tokyo, an EP that was recorded live.