When Don first suggested playing with Deacon, if he's anything like his father, Deacon would have started practicing his chops, all hours of the day and night.
Henley, then says the Deacon idea wasn't a serious suggestion so Deacon and/or his mother tell Henley just how hard he's been working and suddenly ....it's on.
I've been wondering about the set list for some time. With it being a rock show I thought they might skip the laid back country stuff and concentrate mainly on the uptempo rockers.
Tim has to do
I Can't Tell You Why, so that's a soft song birth taken already. Non of his other obvious inclusions,
Love Will Keep Us Alive , Keep On Trying and
I Don't Want To Hear Anymore are Stadium friendly so he may sing something less obvious.
I Refuse rocks.
I Can See Everything, a recent addition to his solo set list and his most covered Poco song, maybe being considered but nobody has flagged it up as being a highlight of his set. Reggae music always sounds good live, so, Tim may do
Slow Down.
The other option is for Tim to sing a Frey song. Something with a bit more edge than
Peaceful Easy Feeling though.
It'll be a major surprise if Joe steps out of his comfort zone.
Rocky Mountain Way, Life's Been Good, Walk Away, In The City and Funk #49. In a stadium maybe
Turn To Stone rather any of this softer songs. He's just added
Meadows and
Ordinary Average Guy to his solo set list. They could make the Eagles set list.
I think everybody will expect Don to handle the majority of the lead vocals.
Hotel California, Life In The Fast Lane, One Of These Nights. The Long Run, Solo tracks, Dirty Laundry and The Boys Of Summer, maybe one or two slower songs. Definitely Desperado. Maybe
The Last Resort too.
You Don't Know Me At All is a perfect for a stadium rock concert but it'd be a surprise to see it performed. The song he wrote with Tim, Waiting Tables is probably a long shot too.
I wonder if part of the set list will adopt a theme. Don has remarked about the 'closure' theme of some of the songs on
Long Road Out Of Eden.
No More Walks In The Wood, Last Good Time In Town, It's Your World Now, No More Cloudy Days.
Well the Classic East/West concerts mark a new era for the band. They need to acknowledge the greatness of Glenn but stride forward confidently. I'd open with
Business As Usual, My Thanksgiving, No More Walks In The Wood and
Rocky Mountain Way to make that statement.
Stadium rock isn't really Bernie's forte but it'd be sad to see him excluded.
My Man is a good shout,
Journey Of The Sorcerer rocks a bit and offers a chance for Joe and Bernie interplay. I believe
Earlybird was an early Eagles show highlight but
Train Leaves Here This Morning is too quiet and laid back imho. Bernie did sing on their 70s version of
How Long.
When they've done
Hotel California, Life In The Fast Lane and
Desperado, I'd like the band to return to the stage and run through some Frey tunes such as
Heartache Tonight, The Heat Is On, How Long, Tequila Sunrise, It's Your World Now and
Take It Easy in honor of Glenn.
I don't know what to make of Deacon. I wish him well but I didn't enjoy hearing Don talking up
nepotism. I wonder if they'll be new blood in the backing band, otherwise Deacon will be surrounded by old fogeys.