Don Henley at Harvey's Lake Tahoe 7/24/16
What a wonderful evening at Harvey's Outdoor Concert venue in Lake Tahoe. We try to catch a concert here every year, but the last one we saw there was the Eagles HOTE tour in September, 2014. I feel so blessed to have seen that show so we especially wanted to see Don Henley here.
The show started around 8:00 pm which meant the sun had just started setting, which also meant people were not in their seats when they opened with Seven Bridges. The song was fabulous but since at least half of the people were still milling about and so many people taking their seats around us we didn't get to enjoy the song. Someone at Harvey's should have started announcing 15 minutes before the show started for people to take their seats.
Our seats were center stage about 30 rows back and after two songs there were still 3 full long rows of seats in front of us with no one in them. It was so obvious and strange. Don finally said "guess the rich people haven't arrived yet" which I found incredibly funny. The Celebrity Golf tournament had just ended that day and I figured these were comp tickets to all the VIP's attending that event or the casino high rollers and they didn't show up. After the first 5 songs, many people in my section started moving up which filled those seats in. It didn't look so bizarre after that.
Don's voice was in good form, not great, but he had just performed the night before in Berkeley. I would think back-to-back concerts take a toll. The band was incredible and the three female singers were wonderful. I had read another review that said the females were not dressed appropriately, but they looked fine for this concert. Maybe someone took notice or it was because it was a night time show.
One of the special moments came early after singing "Sunset Grill". People cheered after the song, but the applause grew louder and louder for about 2-3 minutes with a standing ovation. Even Don looked a little humbled by that.
When we saw the Eagles in Sept 2014, I don't remember Don speaking at all so it was nice to hear him and see his personality. He was incredibly witty and charming. One of the things he battled all night were the bugs in the white lights on stage. Very funny talking about that and before the girls sang the solo he said he was leaving the stage to find a can of "Off" so he could douse himself in it.
He did mention a couple of times the challenge of performing in the 6000 ft altitude which I am certain is very hard. Even I take it easy whenever we go during the first day let alone singing for two hours.
My only disappointment was Don did not perform "All She Wants to Do Is Dance". I was expecting it as an encore, but Harvey's has a time restriction for their concerts because it is in a neighborhood so he cut it. Don's last song was Desperado and only said "this is for Glenn". Everyone cheered wildly. The concert ending up being around 2 hours and 5 minutes.
All in all, great crowd (once they arrived and sat down) great venue and great evening with Don Henley and his fantastic band!
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