Caesar Casino in Windsor, ON, Canada 05-24-09

[RamboIV]

Just got back. GREAT CONCERT. Videos, audio, photos, and a review coming shortly. Facebook friends of mine should check out my photo album "Concerts of 2009, Vol. I" for a few photos -- more coming soon. Security was incredibly tight, so I couldn't film much of the show. I have "Hotel California" and "Take it Easy" on my cell phone, but that will take some time to get them off of it. I also was able to hide my video camera under my jacket and point it at the massive display screen and hit record. Unfortunately, it didn't work for the first half, and the VIDEO is no good of most of the second. HOWEVER, I do know the video for "Heavy Metal" is actually pretty good, and I have some from "The Long Run" too. I haven't gone though everything, so some more good stuff might pop up, but I don't know. Either way, the audio from the second half of the show is recorded quite nicely. So, at least we have those files. I will be uploading quite a bit tomorrow and, as you can see, I have A LOT of audio and video to edit.

I'll post my thoughts and an (estimated) set list here soon.

[RamboIV]

These should tide some folks over. More coming soon...

Witchy Woman
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbZHdf6lTXw[/ame]

Cover of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition"
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-C02flHAK8[/ame]

Heartache Tonight
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v76RI1SI2o[/ame]

Life in the Fast Lane
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4sPQOx7eow[/ame]

Those were the audio ones. I'll do video tomorrow. I still have Take it Easy, Hotel California, The Long Run, and Heavy Metal.

[sodascouts]

Great! Thanks for uploading these! And it was great meeting you (at the last minute I decided to go to this show, too!)

[sodascouts]

OK, some details about the show:

I would estimate about 2000 people in the audience. His band consisted not only of Frank Simes, who's toured with Henley, but Jonathan Clark who's toured with Glenn!

The setlist (Joe, please correct me if I forgot something - I know these aren't all in the right order):

Hotel California
Already Gone
Witchy Woman
Victim of Love
One of These Nights
Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughn cover)
Heavy Metal
Those Shoes
Superstition (Stevie Wonder cover)
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Seven Bridges Road
Tequila Sunrise
The Long Run
Heartache Tonight
Life in the Fast Lane
Take It Easy

Some comments:

He opened with Hotel California, and I noticed he extended the guitar solo at the end before going into the guitar duet.

Before Already Gone, he said "Feel free to get up and dance!" Two ladies did. I chair-danced, lol. It was fun to hear this song since it's not in the Eagles set anymore.

He introduced Victim of Love as "another song I wrote for Hotel California." Made me go hmm! Changed the opening lyrics to "What kind of love have you got - let me know if you find it or not." He did a great job with this one.

One of These Nights, however, was a bit off. Maybe he was having a bad night vocally, but his blew the falsetto at the end noticeably. The guitar solo was flawless.

The two "Stevie" covers, Superstion and Pride & Joy, rocked! Great guitar parts.

I've never heard Heavy Metal live, so that was cool. Glad Joe got it!

Those Shoes SMOKED. Loved it. He changed some words but I'm afraid I've forgotten which ones in particular!

Peaceful Easy Feeling fell flat, I'm afraid. I don't know why he chooses to do this particular Eagles song since it was prior to his joining - guess he just likes it - but it's a piece that necessitates an emotive vocal that he just didn't provide.

The highlight of the night, by far, was Seven Bridges Road. I wasn't expecting it and I was thrilled to pieces to hear it. He said, "You know, there's this acapella piece we used to do in the seventies, and I've got some guys up here who can really sing, so I thought we'd try to do it now." They went into the song, and other than a couple minor harmonic fudges, executed it well. Since I'd abandoned all hope of ever hearing this live, I was delighted!

When intro-ing Tequila Sunrise, he said something like, "One time I stayed up all night with this guy and the next morning I found out his name was Jack Daniels. I've never had tequila again." While this came off better than Peaceful Easy Feeling, I still thought it was a bit odd for him to play it considering its pre-Felder origin. The only pre-Felder songs he did that really worked were Witchy Woman and Take It Easy, I thought.

I was surprised to hear The Long Run, but he pulled it off well, as he did with Heartache Tonight and Life in the Fast Lane. At the end of that, he got a standing ovation as he walked off the stage.

He came back out to do his encore: Take It Easy. Oddly, he introduced it with "Here's how it all started," imitating Glenn's intro of it on Hell Freezes Over. I was going "Uh... that's not where it all started for you" - kind of peeved me a bit. However, he did a great job with the song itself. There was a stage rush and everyone was dancing along. It got the best response of the night.

He didn't do his new song Over You, which was a shame because I liked it and it would have added a bit more "Felder" to the show. Many people commented with surprise that so many of his songs were Eagles. A lot were appreciative of that fact, however. "Wow, those Eagles, hit after hit!" I heard one guy exclaim. Another said "All these old songs take me back to high school." They seemed happy.

I appreciated the fact that he stayed after the show to sign things. Very cool!

[EagleLady]

It sounds like Felder can still manage to have an audience, which is great! I do wish, he would incorporate more solo songs though.

[RamboIV]

The setlist (Joe, please correct me if I forgot something - I know these aren't all in the right order):

Hotel California
Already Gone
Witchy Woman
Victim of Love
One of These Nights
Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughn cover)
Heavy Metal
Those Shoes
Superstition (Stevie Wonder cover)
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Seven Bridges Road
Tequila Sunrise
The Long Run
Heartache Tonight
Life in the Fast Lane
Take It Easy

Close. I believe it was...

Hotel California
Already Gone
One of These Nights
Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughn cover)
Victim of Love
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Seven Bridges Road
Tequila Sunrise
Those Shoes
Heavy Metal
The Long Run
(Band intros)
Witchy Woman
Superstition (Stevie Wonder cover)
Heartache Tonight
Life in the Fast Lane
Take It Easy

I bolded the ones I have video and/or audio of. Half of those are posted online. The rest coming soon.

[RamboIV]

When intro-ing Tequila Sunrise, he said something like, "One time I stayed up all night with this guy and the next morning I found out his name was Jack Daniels. I've never had tequila again." While this came off better than Peaceful Easy Feeling, I still thought it was a bit odd for him to play it considering its pre-Felder origin. The only pre-Felder songs he did that really worked were Witchy Woman and Take It Easy, I thought.

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He came back out to do his encore: Take It Easy. Oddly, he introduced it with "Here's how it all started," imitating Glenn's intro of it on Hell Freezes Over. I was going "Uh... that's not where it all started for you" - kind of peeved me a bit. However, he did a great job with the song itself. There was a stage rush and everyone was dancing along. It got the best response of the night.

He didn't do his new song Over You, which was a shame because I liked it and it would have added a bit more "Felder" to the show.

Not to nitpick, but he said "Jose Quervo", not Jack Daniels. I thought his version of Tequila Sunrise was certainly adequate. I'll agree that Peaceful Easy Feeling could have been left out, though. However, Witchy Woman ROCKED.

I thought it was funny that he said "Here's how it all started".

I agree it was a shame he skipped "Over You", but considering we got "Seven Bridges Road" instead -- that's fine with me!

[luvthelighthouse]

Great! Thanks for uploading these! And it was great meeting you (at the last minute I decided to go to this show, too!)

I totally envy you, that you can decide at the last minute to shoot on up to Canada. For me to do that, it would require extensive planning.

I guess I was always under the impression Felder couldn't sing, from things have been said in the past... but he does okay.

Rambo, I can't wait for the videos. Thanks for sharing the audio thus far. Sounds like both of you had a good time. BTW, did you run into each other by chance?

[Freypower]

LTL, if you read Soda's post which you quoted, she says it was great to meet Rambo.

I was curious to hear his version of Superstition, which I worship. It isn't bad, but it is nowhere near as funky as Stevie's and he hasn't got Stevie's vocal abililty, but as Soda said the guitar parts are good and at least he was prepared to try it.

[RamboIV]

Rambo, I can't wait for the videos. Thanks for sharing the audio thus far. Sounds like both of you had a good time. BTW, did you run into each other by chance?

We did run into each other, actually. And thank God for it -- I was really happy I had someone to talk to. It's always nice meeting another Eagles fan (especially a cool one like Nancy ).

Now, a few thoughts of my own.

After driving 7 hours and getting checked in at the hotel, I met up with Nancy for dinner/drinks and we went into the hall at 8pm (the concert started at 9). The first thing I noticed was the legion of security that seemed to flood the room, so my first thought was "Damn, I won't get much video", but I was able to figure a few things out.

Felder came out a little bit at 9 and began with Hotel California, which was very enjoyable. I recorded the video on my cell phone, so security wouldn't notice. His version of HC is top notch and a great way to open the show!

He followed with Already Gone and One of These Nights, both of which I liked. Especially Already Gone -- the Eagles left that out of the LROOE tour set, which disappointed me because that's one of my favorite hits. OoTN was adequate. I'm not a perfectionist, so I was happy with the vocals.

Pride and Joy was a fine cover, and I liked hearing Victim of Love (another favorite left off the LROOE tour) and Peaceful Easy Feeling (although he could have replaced that with a number of better selections).

Seven Bridges Road was VERY cool to see. I know that's a rariety and I'm kicking myself for screwing up the recording of that one. Tequila Sunrise was pretty cool too, but that's not one of my favorite tunes.

Those Shoes DID rock. And the crowd went nuts went nuts when he started it.

Heavy Metal was one of the highlights for me. It's one of my favorite tunes and I've never heard it live before. I got some good video of that one.

He saved most of my Eagles favorites for last -- which was good for my recordings! The Long Run, Witchy Woman, A surprisingly good cover of Stevie Wonder's Superstition, Heartache Tonight, and Life in the Fast Lane were all quite good!

His encore was Take It Easy, which was performed quite well. I have good video of that as well. I grinned when he said "Here's how it all started".

I was disappointed that he left out "Over You" and skipped addressing the entirety of his "Airborne" album, but the set list proved to be quite strong and the show was very enjoyable.

Afterwards, he was very nice about signing autographs. He signed my Airborne, Eagles LIVE, and Hotel California LPs. I asked him to write "Hotel California is MY song" on my HC vinyl, and he laughed, but did not. He was visibly very tired, so I didn't want to bother him.

I got some great photos, video, and audio, and the experience was awesome. Totally worth the 7 hour drive. It was also very cool to meet Nancy (sodascouts), and I think its safe to say we had a great time!

One final note about my videos online -- the audio is very high quality and they are full songs -- no partials, clips, or weird montages, so be sure to check them out!