Walking Slow
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{{Infobox song
| name = Walking Slow
| cover = 1974_Asylum_Records_Jackson_Browne_"Walking_Slow"_Single_Label.png
| alt =
| caption = Label of U.S. Promotional Mono Single
| type = single
| artist = Jackson Browne
| album = Late for the Sky
| B-side = Before the Deluge
| released = 1974
| recorded = 1974
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Rock
| length = 2:59 7" version; 3:50 album version
| label = Asylum Records
| writer = Jackson Browne
| producer = Jackson Browne, Al Schmitt
| prev_title = Take It Easy
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Fountain of Sorrow
| next_year = 1975
| misc =
}}
"Walking Slow" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released as the initial single from his 1974 classic album, Late for the Sky, however, the single failed to chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/304006/jackson+browne/chart |title=Jackson Browne – Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=October 10, 2016}}Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Hot 100 Charts – The Seventies. Wisconsin: Record Research, 1990. It was also released as a promotional single in the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jrp-graphics.com/jb/discography/item54.html |title=Jackson Browne - Item 54 |access-date=July 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000620121747/http://www.jrp-graphics.com/jb/discography/item54.html |archive-date=June 20, 2000 |url-status=dead }}
Reception
Stephen Holden, in his November 7, 1974, review of the Late for the Sky album, called the song "a crisp little rock song." Discussing the song in terms of the narrative progression of the album, Holden said the song celebrated "Browne's newfound domestic stability."Holden, Stephen. Rolling Stone, [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/late-for-the-sky-19741107 Review of Late for the Sky], November 7, 1974. Accessed July 29, 2012.
Cash Box said that "bumping and jumping, Jackson walks along supported by twin electric guitars and it seems he is heading straight towards a hit."{{cite news|title=CashBox Record Reviews|date=December 21, 1974|page=24|accessdate=2021-12-11|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1974/CB-1974-12-21.pdf|newspaper=Cash Box}} Record World said that "Powered by some old-fashioned hand-clappin' and jug blowin', this mighty cut...is right on time."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=January 4, 1975|accessdate=2023-02-12|title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/79/RW-1975-01-04.pdf}}
Personnel
Professional jug band musician Fritz Richmond is credited with playing jug on the track.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/late-for-the-sky-mw0000189252/credits |title=Late for the Sky – Jackson Browne | Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=October 10, 2016}}
- David Lindley: electric slide guitar
- Larry Zack: drums
- Doug Haywood: bass guitar, harmony vocals
- Jai Winding: piano
- Jackson Browne: lead vocals