Home from Louisville at 1:30 in the morning after finally having the opportunity to see the Eagles for the first time! Totally worth it, and they just keep proving why they're the greatest rock band to ever come from America. The setlist was as follows:
1. Seven Bridges Road
2. Take It Easy (Deacon Frye)
3. One of These Nights
4. Take it to the Limit (Vince Gill)
5. Tequila Sunrise (Vince Gill)
6. Witchy Woman
7. In The City
8. I Can't Tell You Why
9. Peaceful, Easy Feeling (Deacon Frye)
10. Best of My Love
11. Lyin' Eyes (Vince Gill)
12. Love Will Keep Us Alive
13. New Kid in Town (Vince Gill)
14. Those Shoes
15. Already Gone (Deacon Frye)
16. Walk Away
17. Heartache Tonight (Vince Gill)
18. Life's Been Good
19. Funk #49
20. Life in the Fastlane
Encore #1
21. Hotel California
Encore #2
22. Rocky Mountain Way
23. Desperado
I absolutely LOVED horns being used in Witchy Woman!! It really adds to a song that never struck me as missing anything. Horns were used for Funk #49 as well, and it just works. It crazy since it's such a guitar-heavy song, but the horn section is a great addition to a classic song.
I knew going in that they were closing with Desperado, which I'm not a fan of. I enjoy a concert ending on a high note, with a high energy song. Desperado works though. Henley is front and center while backed by the rest of the band and a string section. The entire place was singing along and it really just worked. I was pleasantly surprised.
Deacon Frye and Vince Gill were a great combination, swapping off on lead vocals. Gill is a star in his own right, and yet he seemed humbled to be playing with those guys.
I do wish they played "The Long Run", but with such a catalog of hits, I understand they can't hit them all.
Getting into and leaving the KFC Yum Center was an absolute nightmare. All sorts of construction in downtown Louisville, and that may be why the show started 15 minutes late. At 8:00, there were a ton of empty seats that managed to be full by 8:15-8:20.
Again, what a great show and I'm thankful I finally had the opportunity to see them perform. I saw in the very top row of the arena and I'm quite exhausted from being at work at 7am and going down and back from Indy, but boy, oh boy, it was totally worth it!