I have a lot of personal memories, but most people probably remember what they are, and I don't know if I should share them again. I did share the two most important on Facebook.
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I have a lot of personal memories, but most people probably remember what they are, and I don't know if I should share them again. I did share the two most important on Facebook.
You certainly don't have to share them again, but one thing to remember about Facebook is that after a while, what's posted there kind of falls away. Oh, you can dig for it, but it gets buried under more recent posts. That's the way Facebook works - it's about what's happening in the moment. Message boards work differently. Here, memories are preserved and easily accessed until this board goes away, which won't be for quite a while.
A long time ago, I started calling Glenn "Sugar" because I thought he was sexy. I was just being silly. It kind of caught on... well, not in FP's case. She has made her disgust for the term known on more than one occasion, and I see she has done so once again.
The screwdriver bit happened the next year, in 2007.
I have never met any of the guys, but I will always remember the gig in Sweden, which must have been in 1996. I was standing rather close to the stage, and at some point I had an eye contact with Glenn which lasted probably two or three seconds, but it seemed like an hour!
I had the pleasure (and fear) of seeing that same look directed at a guy in the 5th row at the HOTE San Diego show. 1st or 2nd song Don or Glenn told him to get off his phone and he wouldn't and he was arguing with them. I was on the other side of the aisle from his row, and about 6 security guys came up in the dark. You guys know the African American security guard on the Eagles team - he's like in charge? It was him telling all the others what to do. And they whispered to all of the people in the row seated to the outside of the drunk guy to exit the row immediately as the song ended. It was pretty funny to see about 9 fans stand up in unison and run out of the row, and the security guards step in and physically remove the jerk, who was like, "Whaaa....??" I will never forget Glenn's smoldering look - he was pissed for real!!
I was just speaking to my Mom who is an Eagles fan. I mentioned to her that Glenn passed away this week. I was surprised she didn't hear it. She was shocked and sad to hear. I was explaining to her how he was on this medication for rheumatoid arthritis to get him through all the concerts because he was in so much pain. Then she said "Well at least he lived his his life the way he wanted to. Good for him". I thought she made a good point.
It's so long since I've been here, and under such sad circumstances. I remet the Eagles in 2006, and swiftly developed an adult crush on Glenn. I've travelled many miles listening to his solo music, been privileged to see him and the band live four times, met some wonderful people - Nancy, Lisa, Monique, and there is a huge hole in my heart right now. Thinking of Cindy and the kids.
Don Johnson post this on his page early this week.
https://www.facebook.com/Don-Johnson...67388/?fref=tsQuote:
See you on the other side , I am going to miss you until then Brother Glenn , I'll remember all the laughs #youbelongtothecity
I was wondering if Don Johnson had said anything. It was the Smuggler's Blues Miami Vice episode that catapulted me into hardcore Glenn fandom.
I loved him, I loved him, I love him
So much
Aw Soda
I am sorry
So I'm at the end of History of the Eagles on Showtime. I laughed when Glenn was telling the story of how his kids saw the video on youtube of the Eagles in 1974 singing "How Long". Not sure why the "Dad, you gotta take a look at your hair" comment made me smile but it did. This seemed like a good topic for me to post this thing that made me smile. Sorry if it's not. I'm still looking around.
I'm so glad I saw History of the Eagles on Showtime. CNN bailed on the show because of the Blizzard. I thought it was strange that they would play it to begin with.
I ordered the Common Thread CD on Amazon. Been meaning to do that for a while.
Well I went over to Henry Diltz's Facebook Page to and there was a response to his post about Glenn that brought a smile to my face. It was posted by a guy named Rob Lewine ...
Yep - As many here may already know, this is the show where you and I met for the first time. And I'll spare everyone about how terribly upset I was that I couldn't go to Pebble Beach in 2006, but there was nothing that would have kept me away in 2007 and 2008 - and they were definitely life-changing experiences for me. I will cherish them forever. To paraphrase Don: 'We did what we set out to do, and then some'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Lewine
I may try to find some time to go back and re-read the Pebble Beach threads myself sometime soon.
From Bob Seger:
Glenn Frey‘s death at the age of 67 stunned his fans, but in a new interview, his longtime friend and fellow rock legend Bob Seger reveals that Frey’s health had been much worse than most people knew.
Frey died on Monday (Jan. 18 in a hospital in New York City, succumbing to complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia. He had undergone stomach surgery in November, which caused the Eagles to push back their Kennedy Center Honors, and according to Seger, he never left the hospital.
The pair had been friends since their early days together in the Detroit music scene, and a young Frey even played guitar and sang backing vocals on Seger’s “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man,” long before he found fame in the Eagles. Seger tells the Detroit Free Press that Frey was always one of his greatest cheerleaders and friends over the years, and he was concerned when Don Henley contacted him in November to tell him Frey was hospitalized and in poor health.
“He was in a coma, and he’d come out, but then he couldn’t breathe. They’d put him back into the coma,” Seger recalls. “They were trying like hell to keep him alive … [Eagles manager] Irving [Azoff] pulled every ace out of the hole — he had the eight best specialists working on Glenn.”
Those efforts proved to be in vain. “About a month ago, they had to throw up their hands.”
Frey had a long history of stomach problems, which he attributed to his period of alcohol and drug use in the 1970s, according to the Washington Post. Beginning in the ’80s, he settled into a happy home life as a husband and father, and led a healthy lifestyle that included an extensive workout regimen. Seger says there was much more to his friend than the public ever saw. In fact, the last time he and Frey saw each other at an Eagles gig in July, Frey had to fly in last-minute after attending one of his kids’ graduation.
“He loved his family. He loved those kids. He was devoted to them,” Seger states. “He was so much more than people knew he was … He would never fail to start with telling me how grateful he was that audiences were still there. He loved the band. He loved the fact he could keep doing this. And he kept doing this until six months before he died.”
I've read that Bob Seger article several times and it always makes me tear up. :weep: :weep:
I just wish there was something that the doctors could do to help our Glenn!!! That made me tear up real fast!! I just hate the fact that Glenn is no longer with us!! Love the man to bits!
I guess that it just goes to show you that despite all of the medical advances the human race has made, we aren't invincible. 8 specialists couldn't save him. I've heard about side effects of medicine potentially causing problems that can be fatal, but this is the first time I've heard of it happening. I also keep thinking "why him"?
I don't know if Jack Tempchin routinely plays this song or not, but I thought that it's a good tribute. Jack posted it on his Facebook page, along with several articles about Glenn.
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Live on the radio in Tokyo, Japan playing 'The One You Love' with George Chumly Cockle's 'Lazy Sunday'.
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...pskqfb1tky.jpg
Randy doesn't say he was invited or being honored. I too would like to go to the ceremony and be in the room with the Eagles! Perhaps Randy and Bernie were going to be honored, but it would surprise me. I was surprised they included Bernie's name in the joint statement from the band. I guess we'll all see next December. Maybe they'll all be included, including Felder.
I would prefer they scrapped it entirely.
The part about the doctors 'throwing up their hands' I am finding quite distressing.
Agree, FP. I don't know how they're going to handle it. But, perhaps it will be a big, high profile way to honor Glenn. It would be very poignant with the guys there without him. It would be nice to have him in the public conscience through the entire year, and not just for a couple of weeks...
This one is a beauty:
http://www.jackmack.com/
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It was 1981 and we were playing every Thursday night at the Club Lingerie on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. Even though by law the place held 325 people, we packed it with 900 hot sweaty bodies all of which were grooving to the great Soul Music we were putting down.
It's strange how unfortunate circumstances can turn out to be fortunate. Andrew, our guitarist was in a car accident on Dec 31, 1981, breaking 7 ribs in half. A good friend of the band, Josh Leo was called in to sub while Andrew was recovering. As it turned out Josh was playing on Glenn Frey's solo record at the time so one night he brought Glenn down to the club to check out the band. Most people thought of Glenn as a country rocker but he was deeply rooted in Soul music having grown up in Detroit. Glenn loved the band and decided instantaneously that he wanted to produce a record on us. Soon after, he called a lunch meeting with his manager, Irving Azoff. Glenn basically, over a salad, told Irving to sign us and so Irving said yes and put us on his Full Moon /Warner Bros. label. Within one week we were at Wilder Bros Recording Studios in Century City making our first album, Cardiac Party which we released in 1982. http://tinyurl.com/zhxl78e. The record contract had not even been drawn up yet but with Glenn, a handshake was good enough. Glenn even paid for all of it out of his own pocket until the record label money kicked in. He brought in his Eagle crew in, Norton, Tommy Nixon and Alan Blazek, to be there every day and made sure the studio was stocked with drink and food and anything else we needed.
Every day we would start recording at exactly 1pm. He would say, "1 for 2", meaning get there at 1 and start playing at 2. We had written 10 original songs and since we had been performing them every Thursday night, it wasn't a matter of learning them, It was more about getting the right performance. Glenn always wanted a first take on each song so he wouldn't let us play the songs more then once. After each take we would go out back and shoot hoops or eat or something before attempting another take.
One day our trumpet player John Berry (JB), was recording a track with our Heart Attack horns and his horn started falling apart, so Glenn, knowing we were broke musicians, offered to buy him a new one. When JB came in the next day with a beautiful new trumpet Glenn realized the rest of us might feel resentment, so Glenn announced that we should each go out and buy an instrument of our choosing and he would pay for it. I found a 1959 Fender Stratocaster which to this day is still my favorite guitar. He really was very generous and had a big heart.
Glenn told us. "every song should have a hero, someone to route for". We still think about that when we write and will never forget those 6 weeks in the studio with Glenn. We learned so much from him. Glenn was generous, and gave us a shot when no one else would. He left the world too soon. He will always be in our memories and his legacy lives on in his timeless, great songs
I have been trying to think of something to say, but I think Joe said it best. There are no words. We were lucky to have lived in a time that we were able to enjoy his music while he was here. Some of us were lucky enough to see him in concert. Still others were extremely lucky and got to actually meet him. We all have our memories and we will always have his music. And thanks to Nancy, we have each other to help us get through this together.
well said
it is hard to believe that tomorrow it has been a week
It helps to read these tributes. He was so loved by so many!