For Those Saying Glenn Frey is Necessary to the Eagles; no Glenn, no legit Eagles

[YoungEaglesFan]

Perhaps. We will never know. Personally I would hope he would have been able to pursue all his interests. I would have loved a book. Glenn was a great storyteller. Non fiction or fiction like a Hotel California play/musical.

A book would have been great but it’s something I doubt he would have done. It’s a shame

[Freypower]

A book would have been great but it’s something I doubt he would have done. It’s a shame

He had talked about doing a book on the Tavis Smiley interview.

http://www.pbs.org/video/tavis-smile...ribute-part-1/
http://www.pbs.org/video/tavis-smile...n-frey-part-2/

[sodascouts]

A book from Glenn would have been brilliant. It's too late for Glenn, but there's still time for Don Henley to write one. I hope he does.

But I digress.

An unhappy moment this Thanksgiving vacation for me related to this thread:

My younger sister has Sirius, and had happened across the Eagles channel. They had been talking about the Opry show, and so she asks me if I managed to go (after which I had to set her straight). Then, once I explain to her what the deal is, she exclaims "Oh! I wondered why his voice sounded so different! It must have been the other guy singing!" So people listening to the channel and hearing live tracks from the recent shows are thinking it's Glenn on an off night!

Honestly the fact that these live tracks are polluting the Eagles channel and causing this kind of confusion is so repugnant that I won't be sorry to see the channel go.

[Glennsallnighter]

I had been looking forward to the book too. What a pity he never got to finish it.

[WalshFan88]

A book from Glenn would have been brilliant. It's too late for Glenn, but there's still time for Don Henley to write one. I hope he does.

But I digress.

An unhappy moment this Thanksgiving vacation for me related to this thread:

My younger sister has Sirius, and had happened across the Eagles channel. They had been talking about the Opry show, and so she asks me if I managed to go (after which I had to set her straight). Then, once I explain to her what the deal is, she exclaims "Oh! I wondered why his voice sounded so different! It must have been the other guy singing!" So people listening to the channel and hearing live tracks from the recent shows are thinking it's Glenn on an off night!

Honestly the fact that these live tracks are polluting the Eagles channel and causing this kind of confusion is so repugnant that I won't be sorry to see the channel go.

I.agree Soda. Playing the recorded songs and some of their influences and early works is great, as well as playing the '76 live tracks that are on the 40th edition of HC. But putting in the new band stuff is just a no go for me.

See, the whole thing about people not knowing it's not Glenn is a big problem for me. I'm sure there are even some that went to one of the shows in person and never realized Glenn was gone by confusing him with one of the other guys or not paying attention.

But it's definitely a bigger problem with music and live tracks because people easily could think it was just an off night and get confused. It really, really sucks.

[New Kid In Town]

Since I do not get Sirius, I have a question. Doesn't the dj announce it is "the new Eagles" performing at the
Opry and/or Classics ? Just wondering as I would think that should be made clear before a song is even played.

As to Don writing a book, I think he would think twice about that. It did not work out for him when he cooperated with Eliot. Don said some very nasty, mean and petty things about some of the guys. He also looked bad when Eliot told his side as to how Don tried to keep the book from being published/sold.

[YoungEaglesFan]

Maybe between what Don did and what Glenn started there’s enough to make a book? I’d much rather hear stuff from Glenn than Don but any information on the inner workings of the band and the music it made would be enough for me to read

[Dawn]

He had talked about doing a book on the Tavis Smiley interview.

http://www.pbs.org/video/tavis-smile...ribute-part-1/
http://www.pbs.org/video/tavis-smile...n-frey-part-2/

Thanks FP, great interview .... tears at the end wishing Glenn was still here.

[New Kid In Town]

Dawn - Same here. I just re-watched it not too long ago. You can tell Tavis enjoyed himself and had a great time interviewing Glenn.

[chaim]

Playing live stuff from the new lineup is fine with with me, but IMO they should mention the singer - if it's not Don, Joe or Timothy.