Eagles in New Orleans, Louisiana at Jazz Fest May 2012

[Henley Honey]

It's about a 7 1/2 hour drive, LP. (About 480 miles) Good Luck!!

[GlennLover]

Thanks GL!! I've practically convinced myself that this just isn't a problem to accomplish and in my mind, there's no valid reason why we can't do it! The only obstacle that I can foresee is sleep and that's so overrated!

Who needs sleep when you are going to see the Eagles?! I would be so excited before & after that I couldn't sleep anyway!

[lizzyplays]

Ughhhhh... just as I figured, her dogs are going to be the reason she can't go. She's not from that town, so she doesn't really have family there either. I hate to push her to ask a friend, because that would mean her having to trust someone with her house key and she may not be comfortable with that.

Good grief, I am going to POUT. And I have to go to work now and be nice to a bunch of drunks singing bad karaoke!!!

Ughhhhhhhhh... did I say that already? lol

[GlennLover]

Awww, Lizzy. I'm sorry! Isn't there still a glime of hope?

[lizzyplays]

I haven't fully given up yet. I can't believe a 48 hour period could be that much trouble to have the dogs looked after during. (But, as I said, I've never had pets, so I'm not trying to downplay her love and devotion of her pets.)

On a better note, my friend who lives "one streetcar away from the fairgrounds" (her words) has said that we could stay with her, once she knows if her sister is coming the first weekend of jazzfest and not the second.

A lot of "IF's" at the moment. There simply has to be a solution. If nothing else, I could always make the NO trip alone... I'm not afraid to do that, but she's probably going to be disappointed if I don't stay and spend the weekend with her.... oh the guilt of it all!!!

[sodascouts]

The JazzFest site put up the scheduling cubes for band stages and times:

The Eagles will be playing the Acura State from 5:00-7:00.

I don't recognize any of the bands before them, but I guess I will soon enough! Anybody else heard of them? They are: Mas Mamones, The Malone Brothers, Allen Toussaint (actually, this name does sound familiar to me; I just can't place it), and Irma Thomas.

[whitcap]

The JazzFest site put up the scheduling cubes for band stages and times:

The Eagles will be playing the Acura State from 5:00-7:00.

I don't recognize any of the bands before them, but I guess I will soon enough! Anybody else heard of them? They are: Mas Mamones, The Malone Brothers, Allen Toussaint (actually, this name does sound familiar to me; I just can't place it), and Irma Thomas.

They are probably all New Orleans based bands and musicians. The majority of Jazz Fest performers are local with a handful of big name acts thrown in to draw large crowds.

So we're getting the two hour show. Do you think it will be the typical festival set?

[sodascouts]

I'm hoping there will be at least one or two changes.

It will be interesting to see what they play in South Africa and Dubai. If there isn't anything different there, it doesn't bode well.

[Freypower]

The JazzFest site put up the scheduling cubes for band stages and times:

The Eagles will be playing the Acura State from 5:00-7:00.

I don't recognize any of the bands before them, but I guess I will soon enough! Anybody else heard of them? They are: Mas Mamones, The Malone Brothers, Allen Toussaint (actually, this name does sound familiar to me; I just can't place it), and Irma Thomas.

Allen Toussaint has been a staple of the New Orleans music scene for decades. Irma Thomas is a soul singer. I don't know the others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Toussaint

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_Thomas

[whitcap]

2 weeks til the show!