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glenneaglesfan
04-07-2007, 03:35 AM
I found this article in a magazine called Uncut. Great timing as we're discussing Desperado at the moment!

Snapshot - The Eagles Uncut May 2007

“The reason it worked so well was that 100 years ago these guys would have been outlaws rather than guitar players.” says Henry Diltz of the shoot that produced the famous, grainy shots of the Old West that graced the cover of The Eagles’ Desperado album. “They were restless young men and rock’n’roll kept them out of trouble.”
Diltz and the album’s art director, Gary Burden, took the band to a Hollywood rental store called Western Costumes and kitted them out. Then they bought 1,500 rounds of blank ammunition and headed out on December 18, 1972 to the Paramount ranch in Malibu Canyon.
The original concept was to depict The Eagles ‘gang’ alive on the front cover and dead at the hands of the posse on the back – with pictures of the bank robbery and ensuing shoot-out in which they met their grisly fate displayed across a double spread in the middle. “Then, at the last minute, without telling anybody, David Geffen scrapped the centrefold.” Diltz says. “He was always doing stuff like that to save three cents on the production costs.”
More than three decades on, Uncut presents the Desperado cover shoot – as it was originally intended to be seen.

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Henry Diltz: “The gear they got really could have been worn by John Wayne because it came from the same rental place that supplied all the big movies. The band loved those clothes so much, they refused to return some of them, which must have cost David Geffen…”
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“We didn’t use any fake blood, but they sure looked plenty dead. That’s Jackson Browne and JD Souther as part of the gang with the four Eagles on the ground. JD had this book about the Old West with real pictures of dead outlaws and we modelled the shot on that.”
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“The set was amazing – this old Western street with these fake buildings, but it all looked so real. The band were so into it. They were like a bunch of kids playing at cowboys and they kept it up for two days and nights. They didn’t even stop when it got dark…”

“That’s the band busting out from the bank after the robbery. They fired so many guns, there was a huge cloud of smoke hanging over the set. Someone who lived nearby thought there was a fire and all these fire trucks rolled up with their hoses. We used that pic on a billboard on Sunset Strip.”
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“You can just see those guys would have been outlaws if they’d been born in another century. As soon as they put the clothes on, they were there. It was like stepping into a time warp.”

“The gang: JD, Jackson Browne, Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Bernie Leadon. It was as if they really became these gunfighters from the past. I remember Jackson clutching his chest like he’d been shot and then spinning around in the dirt better than you’ve ever seen it in the movies…”

badkitty33
04-07-2007, 11:11 AM
Wow! This is cool! Thanks so much for sharing! 8)

sodascouts
04-07-2007, 11:17 AM
The guys look great. Thanks for scanning those in!

tbs fanatic
04-07-2007, 12:39 PM
That's really great. :D

DonFan
04-07-2007, 03:49 PM
Great pics--thanks from me too. I never heard of Uncut--what kind of magazine is it?

Ive always been a dreamer
04-07-2007, 08:32 PM
Oh my - thank you GEF. I can't wait to read this. I already am intrigued by the part I can read - "the Cali legends swapped guitars for guns to live out their outlaw fantasties ..." Wow - talking about fantasies .... :blush: :blush:

badkitty33
04-08-2007, 12:21 PM
Oh my - thank you GEF. I can't wait to read this. I already am intrigued by the part I can read - "the Cali legends swapped guitars for guns to live out their outlaw fantasties ..." Wow - talking about fantasies .... :blush: :blush:

Oh no, dreamer, please don't say the "f" word!!! 8)

Freypower
04-08-2007, 06:48 PM
Great pics--thanks from me too. I never heard of Uncut--what kind of magazine is it?

Uncut is a British magazine which is like Q and Mojo used to be - it actually writes about 'classic' rock acts rather than U2 and Radiohead every time.

And GEF, that banner is so cute....

Ive always been a dreamer
04-09-2007, 11:05 AM
Oh no, dreamer, please don't say the "f" word!!! 8)

Sorry, BK - but sometimes I just can't help myself. If you need evidence, please refer to my screen name as Exhibit 1. :wink:

glenneaglesfan
04-13-2007, 05:21 AM
I have now added the text to the article if you want to go back and have a look.

This must be the billboard referred to:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c96/Glenneaglesfan/billboard.jpg

sodascouts
04-13-2007, 09:21 AM
I didn't realize they refused to return some of the costumes. Wonder if they're still hanging up in a closet somewhere? And I wonder if and when they ever wore them again? "Honey, wear that gun belt and nothing else tonight!" lol

Thanks for going to all that trouble, GEF!

badkitty33
04-13-2007, 11:50 AM
I didn't realize they refused to return some of the costumes. Wonder if they're still hanging up in a closet somewhere? And I wonder if and when they ever wore them again? "Honey, wear that gun belt and nothing else tonight!" lol


Thanks for going to all that trouble, GEF!

Yes, GEF, I second that!!!

And Soda, that's HYSTERICAL!!! 8) Although, I wouldn't mind seeing Randy is those chaps and nothing else!!!

badkitty33
04-13-2007, 11:50 AM
I have now added the text to the article if you want to go back and have a look.

This must be the billboard referred to:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c96/Glenneaglesfan/billboard.jpg

Love that billboard! That must have been so cool for them to drive down that street and see that!! What a rush!

badkitty33
04-13-2007, 11:54 AM
Oh no, dreamer, please don't say the "f" word!!! 8)

Sorry, BK - but sometimes I just can't help myself. If you need evidence, please refer to my screen name as Exhibit 1. :wink:

Gotch ya! 8) I once had a teacher, I believe it was third or fourth grade, send a note home to my parents telling them she thought I was a daydreamer because I didn't always get my work done in class!!! :) Ha! A daydreamer! Like that's a BAD thing???

sodascouts
04-13-2007, 12:01 PM
I didn't realize they refused to return some of the costumes. Wonder if they're still hanging up in a closet somewhere? And I wonder if and when they ever wore them again? "Honey, wear that gun belt and nothing else tonight!" lol


Thanks for going to all that trouble, GEF!

Yes, GEF, I second that!!!

And Soda, that's HYSTERICAL!!! 8) Although, I wouldn't mind seeing Randy is those chaps and nothing else!!!

Good point - he could keep those on the whole time! (Sorry, I feel a bit naughty today!)

badkitty33
04-13-2007, 02:12 PM
I didn't realize they refused to return some of the costumes. Wonder if they're still hanging up in a closet somewhere? And I wonder if and when they ever wore them again? "Honey, wear that gun belt and nothing else tonight!" lol


Thanks for going to all that trouble, GEF!

Yes, GEF, I second that!!!

And Soda, that's HYSTERICAL!!! 8) Although, I wouldn't mind seeing Randy is those chaps and nothing else!!!

Good point - he could keep those on the whole time! (Sorry, I feel a bit naughty today!)

Well keep that naughty feeling going!! It's making me laugh!! (In a good way!) http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/midi/froehlich/a023.gif

glenneaglesfan
04-14-2007, 09:13 AM
:lol: you girls are BAD!!!

badkitty33
04-14-2007, 10:27 AM
:lol: you girls are BAD!!!

Well, GEF, the name says it all!!!

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l311/njlc33/badkitty.jpg

8)

Ive always been a dreamer
04-14-2007, 02:17 PM
Oh BK - that is toooo good! :D :D :D

badkitty33
04-14-2007, 02:53 PM
http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/schilder/a010.gif

badkitty33
04-14-2007, 02:55 PM
And, of course, Soda and I share the same first name, so ..... (she has custody of it at the moment!!!).

EasyFeeling
04-15-2007, 11:50 AM
http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/schilder/a010.gif :shock: http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/froehlich/g020.gif Does that mean I can write in German here now? :wink:

badkitty33
04-15-2007, 01:16 PM
Please do! So long as you translate!!! 8)

DonFan
01-12-2008, 06:39 PM
I am going to resurrect this old thread to ask a question:
I understand that there is a DVD called Under the Covers that has a lot of Henry Diltz's pictures and the background about many of these album covers. I read that this DVD has a number of interviews with the Eagles, too. Does anyone know anything about this? Has anyone ever seen it, or have a copy of it?

Ive always been a dreamer
01-12-2008, 07:25 PM
Yeah DF - I have the Under the Cover DVD. It is commercially available. I got mine through Amazon. It is something all Eagles fans should have. It does indeed have several interviews with Glenn and Don mainly about the photo shoots for the Eagles and Desperado album covers for which Henry shot the photos and Gary Burden did the cover designs. In addition to the Eagles, these two worked with lots of other 70's artists on their album cover designs as well. Some of the other albums discussed are Mama Cass, CSN&Y, Jackson Browne, and The Doors.

Well, I would post a couple of the screenshots from the DVD, but I'm supposed to be watching the football game. I just took a halftime break. :wink: :wink:

DonFan
01-12-2008, 08:06 PM
Thanks, Dreamer. I believe I will pop over to Amazon and get a copy!

sodascouts
01-12-2008, 09:21 PM
To speed you on your way - here are some screenshots:

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k15/dissertationblues/underthecovers/utc38.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k15/dissertationblues/underthecovers/utc36.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k15/dissertationblues/underthecovers/utc09.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k15/dissertationblues/underthecovers/utc06.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k15/dissertationblues/underthecovers/utc17.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k15/dissertationblues/underthecovers/utc20.jpg

DonFan
01-12-2008, 09:37 PM
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k15/dissertationblues/underthecovers/utc38.jpg


I love this smile. :smitten: Can't wait to see the entire DVD now!

BTW--Don and Glenn both have fabulous hair in the interview pictures from that DVD!

Glennsallnighter
01-13-2008, 10:59 AM
Oh what a pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon! On such droolworthy material. Thanks Dreamer! So HS&G. :D

Ive always been a dreamer
01-13-2008, 12:38 PM
Glad to help, everyone. Thanks for those gorgeous screenshots, Soda. They both look VERY good in the interview and are also both quite relaxed and humorous. Whenever I think of this DVD, it reminds me of a couple of my favorite quotes from Don and Glenn. At one point during the Desperado interview, with a very cute and mischievous look, Don explains how in the old days all he and Glenn had to do "was get up in the morning and think about songwriting - (afterthought) and girls." During the Eagles album segment, the interviewer shows Glenn some old pictures that Henry took during the photo shoot and Glenn exclaims, "This is not history, this is evidence."

glenneaglesfan
01-18-2008, 11:15 AM
Thanks for those gorgeous screenshots, Soda. I love Don's smile in the first one, and those blue eyes of Glenn.