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shunlvswx
05-02-2016, 12:01 AM
A video I found on twitter tonight. Look at all those cell phones. LOL

https://twitter.com/sundance_dfw/status/726977101014794242

WalshFan88
05-02-2016, 12:15 AM
If someone could find out the names of his current touring guitarists I would greatly appreciate it. I know that Thorn is out of the band now and I want to know who the new guy is. :lol:

WalshFan88
05-02-2016, 12:21 AM
A video I found on twitter tonight. Look at all those cell phones. LOL

https://twitter.com/sundance_dfw/status/726977101014794242

Hehehe.

It's my opinion that when you are paying that kind of money (for a concert or a intimate experience like this), you should be able to use your damn phone and take pictures and even video. The future is clear - mobile devices and social media are the future. It saddens me to see people who have their head in the sand over this and refuse and continue to be a stick in the mud. If you (meaning Don) don't want to partake fine, but don't stop everyone else from getting on the train.

That said, I'm glad Don is allowing people to use their phones, even if for only one song...as it should be.

As far as the clip of HC, Don sounds great here, but it reminds me too much of the reggae version (albeit no monkey noises). The rhythm doesn't fit the lyrics to me, even if the song was originally referred to as reggae, it became a rock song. The rhythm in this is too Bob Marley, lol, and not the haunting slow original.

shunlvswx
05-02-2016, 12:21 AM
Chris Holt. He played guitar solo on That Old Flame.

WalshFan88
05-02-2016, 12:22 AM
Chris Holt. He played guitar solo on That Old Flame.

Thanks Shun! I'll go Google him. :lol:

shunlvswx
05-02-2016, 12:25 AM
I was watching a few videos from twitter this weekend. Don did two charity galas Friday and Saturday for two schools and all you can see were phones, phones and more phones. And people were standing up. LOL A few videos the people were right there in front of Don's face. Maybe he's becoming a little soft with taking pictures(yeah right. LOL) because I saw two videos very close up.

shunlvswx
05-02-2016, 12:27 AM
Thanks Shun! I'll go Google him. :lol:

You're welcome, Austin. There's an article on the internet of how Chris gotten to work with Don. It all started with him teaching Will have to play the guitar.

WalshFan88
05-02-2016, 12:28 AM
I was watching a few videos from twitter this weekend. Don did two charity galas Friday and Saturday for two schools and all you can see were phones, phones and more phones. And people were standing up. LOL A few videos the people were right there in front of Don's face. Maybe he's being nice about taking pictures because I saw two videos very close up.

Thats good to hear...maybe he's getting more tolerant as time goes on when he sees that nothing will change. :D

I'd like to think that he will come to realize that like it or not, it's the future.

I've discussed the many benefits of sharing concert pics on social media in the "Smartphone Concert" thread in the other music section I think (or maybe it was in the offtopic area). I think it benefits these guys. Great free promotion.

shunlvswx
05-02-2016, 12:34 AM
This is also the guy who hated social media, but Don knew he had to promote Cass County. So he had to use his facebook page and YouTube. Two social media he hates.

WalshFan88
05-02-2016, 01:16 AM
This is also the guy who hated social media, but Don knew he had to promote Cass County. So he had to use his facebook page and YouTube. Two social media he hates.

Exactly.

If you want to pull in a wide demographic (ie people who aren't hardcore DH/Eagles fans, or may not even know who he is) for your shows or records, you gotta get on the latest way of promotion and communication. Even some older people are as big on social media as the younger generation is. Some artists take it a step further and use social media as a platform not just to promote but to interact with fans, and I think that is very cool. Never before could you actually be in contact anywhere near as much or often as now.

If you go to a show of Don's, and you post a pic (or just mention it) and hashtag it, and have even a decent smaller following, you've just promoted his show to potential new fans or concertgoers. Those people could share/repost/retweet, comment, or just liking it and THEIR friends see it in their activity feed. It's a chain reaction and it absolutely benefits the artist. :)

Houston Baby
05-02-2016, 09:24 AM
I apologize that I am just getting on the board but after doing the photos with Don there was an after party so between getting to bed super late, packing & now dashing off to the airport I
am short on time. I can only say Don was outstanding, funny & very gracious.

DivineDon
05-02-2016, 10:02 AM
I apologize that I am just getting on the board but after doing the photos with Don there was an after party so between getting to bed super late, packing & now dashing off to the airport I
am short on time. I can only say Don was outstanding, funny & very gracious.

Sigh....tell us more when you can HB :grin: I saw a few photos of him - he looked gorgeous :faint:

shunlvswx
05-02-2016, 10:38 AM
I saw a few pictures too. He looked good. I loved his brown/tanish shirt. So what I saw only Will, Chris, Stuart, Lara, Erica and Lily was there from his band.

I heard the very acoustic reggae like HC someone posted on twitter. I've never thought he would ever bring that verse back out. lol

I can't wait to read your recap, HB. Have a safe trip back. Luckily its a short trip to Houston.

jms18222
05-02-2016, 11:26 AM
I was watching a few videos from twitter this weekend. Don did two charity galas Friday and Saturday for two schools and all you can see were phones, phones and more phones. And people were standing up. LOL A few videos the people were right there in front of Don's face. Maybe he's becoming a little soft with taking pictures(yeah right. LOL) because I saw two videos very close up.


Nah I think it was more of these people paid a lot of money for these tickets plus one of those benefits, from what I have read, was for his daughter's school so I would imagine they are friendly with many of the attendees. The 2nd benefit was for a school with children with learning disabilities, not sure there was a family connection there or not.Either way it was great that he did a benefit for this school
Wish there was such a school in my area because I have a nephew with non-verbal autism. Would help him out so much.

Maybe he is losing up a bit...we will see if he allows cameras this summer.

shunlvswx
05-02-2016, 11:44 AM
Yeah. I knew the one about his daughter's school which was cool. I just didn't want to say it.

I guess he would do anything help out his children's school and that's usually the case for any parent. Its just your father is Don Henley. LOL

jms18222
05-02-2016, 12:19 PM
Exactly.


If you go to a show of Don's, and you post a pic (or just mention it) and hashtag it, and have even a decent smaller following, you've just promoted his show to potential new fans or concertgoers. Those people could share/repost/retweet, comment, or just liking it and THEIR friends see it in their activity feed. It's a chain reaction and it absolutely benefits the artist. :)


I very much doubt the Eagles or Don Henley need much in the way of promotion & I would wager most of his summer shows are close to being sold out if not sold out already. His body of work speaks for itself. I think if it came to the point where he needed to tweet/facebook/youtube/hashtag to sell tickets, I think he would retire & spend more time with his family. Doesn't his mother in-;aw have alzheimer's disease?
Yes I would love to take a few photos or a video or 2 for my own enjoyment but you get warned on the ticket.
While when I saw the Eagles in Atlantic City they really did nothing to anyone taking photos/video. When I saw Cass County in Philly, they practically tackled a woman taking a picture & made her delete it. This was during the encore too! She was escorted out. I have zero pictures from that show but I was alos up close.

We will see how it goes during Musikfest in August. Perhaps Don did mellow some...but I doubt it.

WalshFan88
05-02-2016, 05:05 PM
I very much doubt the Eagles or Don Henley need much in the way of promotion & I would wager most of his summer shows are close to being sold out if not sold out already. His body of work speaks for itself. I think if it came to the point where he needed to tweet/facebook/youtube/hashtag to sell tickets, I think he would retire & spend more time with his family. Doesn't his mother in-;aw have alzheimer's disease?
Yes I would love to take a few photos or a video or 2 for my own enjoyment but you get warned on the ticket.
While when I saw the Eagles in Atlantic City they really did nothing to anyone taking photos/video. When I saw Cass County in Philly, they practically tackled a woman taking a picture & made her delete it. This was during the encore too! She was escorted out. I have zero pictures from that show but I was alos up close.

We will see how it goes during Musikfest in August. Perhaps Don did mellow some...but I doubt it.

I'm mostly talking about promoting to the younger crowd who may not know about him or the band. For that, social media is the way it works... To an older crowd, I agree.

Dawn
05-02-2016, 05:17 PM
I'm mostly talking about promoting to the younger crowd who may not know about him or the band. For that, social media is the way it works... To an older crowd, I agree.

I absolutely agree - social media is the the super highway - like it or not.

buffyfan145
05-02-2016, 08:03 PM
I just saw on the Eagles Fastlane FB page they posted a podcast talking a bit about what happened and it sounds like it was great. That is so awesome Don ended up talking & performing for 3 hours when it was only supposed to be 90 mins. :D Also, the story he told about almost getting in a bar fight in I think 1971 and Glenn saving the day was new to me. Apparently some big guy got mad at them and actually picked Don up by his shirt and was about to hit him when Glenn yelled "Put him down, he's an Eagle!" They hadn't even recorded an album yet but the guy bought Glenn's story that they were famous and stopped. LOL :lol: That just cracked me up.

shunlvswx
05-02-2016, 08:29 PM
I love that story. Little brother to the rescue. LOL

I'm looking forward to hearing from everybody that was there. It looks like it was a fun night.

Houston Baby
05-02-2016, 10:29 PM
Hi guys, I know everyone is anxiously waiting for a review & you may have to wait a couple more days for it. I am exhausted from lack of sleep but it was great catching up with old friends & meeting new ones.
As I said before Don was so gracious and at the beginning, it was apparent that he was nervous & somewhat apprehensive. As he put it "he was as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs". He then asked where people were from so everyone yelled out their home city/state or country. He seemed genuinely surprised that there were fans from Austria, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, etc. When someone called out Melbourne he said he had a cousin living there & went on to explain that she went to medical school & married a fellow medical student from Australia. When they graduated he took her to Melbourne to live so Don always visits when he is there. This was how the whole show went with Don talking to us, answering questions & going on a tangent as he said. He was very patient, kind & thoughtful in answering the questions. I was impressed that he was never dismissive of anyone's question.
The Troubadour story was in answer to the question - did he have any favorite memories of playing there. He said he could clear up 1 rumor in that the Eagles never played there. He played there with his band Shiloh and in Linda's backing band. Then he explained that he now realizes that it was not the building, the 4 walls that made The Troub special but the people there at that time. People like Linda R., David Crosby, Graham Nash, Steve Martin, John David Souther etc . So this story goes as I remember him telling it.....

"Glenn & I were upstairs in the balcony watching Linda R. & her band perform. At the next table was a guy & his date, girlfriend, wife. Which I didn't know but the guy kept talking & was LOUD. So Linda is singing a soft ballad & Glenn & I are trying to listen so I shss'd him. He turns to me & says 'hey man, I'm cool'. I must have had a couple of tequila shots in me cause I said 'no man, you're an a$$hole'. Well the guy stands up, Glenn turns white cause this is a big guy. He picks me up by the shirt & lifts me OFF the ground. I am hanging there & Glenn starts trying to talk the guy down, telling him that he didn't need to do that, it's all good & that he shouldn't do this because I am in the Eagles. Like the guy is going to know WHO the Eagles are. We didn't even have our 1st record out. But after a minute of Glenn talking, he sat me down".

This was one of my favorite stories of the night & Don looked amused as he told the story. More to come......

DivineDon
05-03-2016, 06:50 AM
Wow!!! Sounds great, HB!!! Would have LOVED to have been there :cry:

NOLA
05-03-2016, 09:17 AM
Thank you, HB, for sharing your experiences! Don can surely tell some great stories about his past, and I love reading them. Hoping he does write a book at some point. :heart:

Houston Baby
05-03-2016, 10:42 AM
DD, it was so special! You would have been over the moon. Don's part of the experience was so great VA and I both decided that if he did it again we would go at least one more time. He was so engaging and adorable. I am running out of adjectives. :inlove: Also I would hope in the future that he would be comfortable talking more about Glenn. You could tell that he is still struggling and trying to cope with Glenn's passing. He only mentioned Glenn by name 3 or 4 times. Talking about the Hotel
California musical seemed especially hard for him. He described it and talked about it for a couple of minutes before he could say that it was Glenn's project but he has now taken it over. My heart was breaking listening to him talk about it.

Now I need to stop shopping and eating so much and start saving!

shunlvswx
05-03-2016, 10:48 AM
I'm glad Don will continue on with the HC musical. I think Glenn would want him to. I'm looking forward to that in the future.

I really want to hug Don because this probably has been very hard on him. Losing his partner, friend and brother. You want to hug all the guys. Maybe down the road he can talk more about Glenn.

I heard some good stuff from this weekend. I would love to go to this. I might need to start saving now because its going to take me a year to save for that kind of money. I already figured out what I need to take out of my check every month if there's one next year which probably will be one. I probably will drive to Texas since its 6 hours away and cheaper than flying from MS to Dallas and stay at another hotel.

I'm glad you and VA had fun. Thanks for the little recap. With me not able to be on facebook during the day, I'm glad I have this board to go to when I'm at work.

DivineDon
05-03-2016, 01:56 PM
DD, it was so special! You would have been over the moon. Don's part of the experience was so great VA and I both decided that if he did it again we would go at least one more time. He was so engaging and adorable. I am running out of adjectives. :inlove: Also I would hope in the future that he would be comfortable talking more about Glenn. You could tell that he is still struggling and trying to cope with Glenn's passing. He only mentioned Glenn by name 3 or 4 times. Talking about the Hotel
California musical seemed especially hard for him. He described it and talked about it for a couple of minutes before he could say that it was Glenn's project but he has now taken it over. My heart was breaking listening to him talk about it.

Now I need to stop shopping and eating so much and start saving!

Me too! ! I always call my piggy bank my 'running away money' - lol now I'll have to call it 'Don's runaway money! '

Glad you and VA enjoyed it - I know it was emotional in more ways than one. Did you get a photo with Don and/or a hug? Did he have nice aftershave on ? (these details are very important ! )

L101
05-03-2016, 02:17 PM
DD, it was so special! You would have been over the moon. Don's part of the experience was so great VA and I both decided that if he did it again we would go at least one more time. He was so engaging and adorable. I am running out of adjectives. :inlove: Also I would hope in the future that he would be comfortable talking more about Glenn. You could tell that he is still struggling and trying to cope with Glenn's passing. He only mentioned Glenn by name 3 or 4 times. Talking about the Hotel
California musical seemed especially hard for him. He described it and talked about it for a couple of minutes before he could say that it was Glenn's project but he has now taken it over. My heart was breaking listening to him talk about it.

Now I need to stop shopping and eating so much and start saving!

I'm so glad that you and VA enjoyed it, HB- Don sounds like a dote (think that's the only word I can use to describe him at the moment (same meaning as adorable and cute :grin:).

I really hope he does some more of these next year, need to top up my Don fund first!!
Hope to hear more stories from you over the week , it's what keeps us going ;-)

shunlvswx
05-03-2016, 02:52 PM
I think I heard he might do 3 or 4 more. I just hope its not in the same year. I want to go next year. Just give me a year to save for almost 1,500 dollars.

Brooke
05-03-2016, 04:36 PM
Talking about the Hotel
California musical seemed especially hard for him. He described it and talked about it for a couple of minutes before he could say that it was Glenn's project but he has now taken it over. My heart was breaking listening to him talk about it.


I'm sure it has to be hard for him to talk about Glenn. I'm glad he mentioned the musical and that he is taking it over since, evidently, Glenn was so involved with it.

I just read that there will be a musical with Dan Fogelberg's music, Part of the Plan, coming out. I'm not a musical fan, but it seems they are THE thing to do!

Here is a link to it: http://www.playbill.com/article/dan-fogelberg-musical-will-get-nyc-staged-reading-com-330835

WalshFan88
05-03-2016, 05:53 PM
Glad to hear HB!

Dawn
05-03-2016, 08:59 PM
Thanks for the recap - what an EXCITING evening and opportunity to enjoy good music and conversation!!!! Don sounds like he enjoyed himself as much as everyone else which is really great to hear.

Re: the Hotel California musical - that is something I am definitely looking forward to but I'm bummed Glenn Frey can't be here to lend his support and considerable writing, arranging, production, performance etc skills to. If Don is planning to be involved that is fantastic news. Hopefully Glenn did get a chance to work on the project over the past couple years.

Thanks again for the recap - much appreciated! :cheers:

Dawn

sodascouts
05-03-2016, 09:00 PM
Thanks HB - I'm hanging on every word! It's so expensive but I have to admit, you make it sound worth the money!

Ive always been a dreamer
05-03-2016, 10:32 PM
Yep - Thanks from me too, HB. Of course, I'm delighted that you had such a good time. I loved the Troubadour story - too cute. And I'm also glad to hear that Don is planning to see the Broadway show through. I'm really looking forward to hearing more about it.

Houston Baby
05-03-2016, 11:12 PM
Another story before I head to bed...

Last week a contractor came to his house to do some work & Don went outside to talk to him. Don told us that after a moment went by, the fella pointed at him & said " you're the rock star". Don did the "you're the rock star" in a deep Texas worker twang. Funny!
Don told him - "no, I am a musician".
Lesson taught - do not call Don a rock star.

This story reminded me of the LA children's basketball league employee who wrote that Glenn introduced himself as musician Glenn Frey.

Houston Baby
05-03-2016, 11:30 PM
DD - we (VA & I) did get a photo with Don. She was on 1 side of him & I was on the other. We were in place beside him & Don said something like "let me fix this" or "I can make this better" & he proceeded to lift his arms & put them around our shoulders. :faint: I said something like all right & the photographer started shooting. My mouth will probably be open :stunned:

We have not received the photos yet.

As for the after shave, as Don said at the beginning of the program - "it is allergy season in Texas". If he was wearing any I would not have been able to smell it.

DivineDon
05-04-2016, 03:16 AM
DD - we (VA & I) did get a photo with Don. She was on 1 side of him & I was on the other. We were in place beside him & Don said something like "let me fix this" or "I can make this better" & he proceeded to lift his arms & put them around our shoulders. :faint: I said something like all right & the photographer started shooting. My mouth will probably be open :stunned:

We have not received the photos yet.

As for the after shave, as Don said at the beginning of the program - "it is allergy season in Texas". If he was wearing any I would not have been able to smell it.

Aw, thanks HB - it sounds like it was an unforgettable experience. I definitely have to put it on my bucket list. I think I wouldn't have been able to resist a little squeeze if Don put his arms around me!!! :faint:

shunlvswx
05-04-2016, 08:47 AM
DD - we (VA & I) did get a photo with Don. She was on 1 side of him & I was on the other. We were in place beside him & Don said something like "let me fix this" or "I can make this better" & he proceeded to lift his arms & put them around our shoulders. :faint: I said something like all right & the photographer started shooting. My mouth will probably be open :stunned:


Wait!! Don said that. LOL I know in a lot of pictures, Don sometimes doesn't put his arm around people. Some times he do and some don't. I think Don was having too much fun. I heard he smile in a lot of the pictures.

Since it was 3 hours with Don, who stopped it since Don was on an answering question spree? LOL Did you guys have time to speak with Don just a little during the pictures. I heard he took time to talk to everybody even longer.

buffyfan145
05-04-2016, 10:27 AM
Thanks so much HB for recapping!!! :D It sounds like it was great and I'm loving finding out what all he said.

About the musical, I'm glad we got more info about it and that Don's taking it over. Musicals do take years and Glenn seemed to be very involved with it, and possibly Rita Wilson, and it does make me wonder too how far along they were with it. Hopefully we'll find out more soon and I agree there are a lot of musicals already out and still being announced using the catalog of an musician/band.

Brooke
05-04-2016, 01:26 PM
HB, just awesome! I hope you will share your picture with us! It sounds like it will be a good one!

I remember meeting Don years ago and he put his arm around me too. Still haven't forgotten that touch! And he was very nice and gracious!

Prettymaid
05-09-2016, 08:57 PM
Thanks for the review, HB. It sounds like you guys were able to relax Don. It's hard to believe he still gets nervous around people, but it's kind of endearing.

Did you ask him anything?

Elvis
05-16-2016, 06:30 PM
We missed this show in Dallas. We saw him five or six years ago in Grand Prairie when he opened with Everyone Wants to Rule the World.

Great show.