Question: It was this day in Rock History in 2009, this guy settled his lawsuit against US Senator John McCain and the Republican Party after a song of his was used without permission in a 2008 presidential campaign ad. Who was it?

Answer: It was Jackson Browne. They used the 1977 hit ‘Running On Empty’ in a 2008 McCain presidential ad that aired on TV and the Internet. McCain and the Republican Party apologized for using the song in the ad and said that McCain himself “had no knowledge of, or involvement in, the creation or distribution of the video.”