Eagles Mentions in the Press - Retro Edition!

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It's interesting to look at old mentions of the band and see how things have changed, isn't it? Here's a thread for that!

People Magazine - January 15, 1990

BANDING BIRDS

Although their representatives won't confirm it, sources close to Glenn Frey and Don Henley say the two former Eagles will meet later this month and begin writing songs together with an eye toward an album and a possible tour.

Frey and Henley co-founded the Eagles in 1971 and remained the principal songwriters in the band until its demise in 1982. Both musicians prospered as solo artists during the '80s, but the sum of the parts never quite equaled the success of the whole.

Henley, whose most recent album was The End of the Innocence, is concluding a tour of Japan and Taiwan. Frey for the past several years has been battling diverticulitis, an intestinal inflammation, and underwent surgery just before Christmas to have two inches of his intestine removed. He spent the holidays recuperating at his mother's house in Florida but plans to get together with Henley as soon as he's up and around.

It's expected that the other former Eagles, including guitarist Joe Walsh, will not be in on the reunion effort.

[OK, that makes no sense. If the other former Eagles aren't in on the reunion effort - who's going to do it besides Glenn and Don??? Oh well, moot point, eh? And I didn't realize Glenn had his first surgery right before Christmas in 1989. Yikes!]

[Maleah]

lol Maybe they meant that the other Eagles wouldn't be involved in that initial meeting/reunion attempt betwee Don and Glenn. Who knows :hilarious:

[TimothyBFan]

Sure am glad Tim, Don F., and Joe busted that meeting! :hilarious:

[Super Frey]

Wow I didn't know Glenn had surgery.

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Yeah, and he had another one in 1994, poor guy. It was so bad they had to cancel shows for a few months while Glenn recovered. Seems to have gotten it under control, though.

[Super Frey]

That's awful, but of coarse he is okay now, and that's the best thing.:)

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This story about the Eagles' softball game is too cute! And I think it's lucky for Deacon that Glenn was too busy touring to coach any Little League team, if his behavior here is any indication. :lol:

Circus Magazine - 1976

THE EAGLES FAIL TO SCORE
Though failures on the baseball diamond, the Eagles are still scoring hit after chart-busting hit

Standing beneath the blazing sun of the Sierra Madre Mountains, Joe Walsh is winding up for a pitch. It's a base hit for the opposing San Francisco Radio team. The Eagles' first home softball game of the season is underway.

The event appears to have gathered more Mercedes and Jaguars than spectators. A modest bystander asks if the Eagles are a local baseball team. The guys in the band laugh and joke about adopting a team name; Marconi's Fault is suggested but not finalized.

Between innings Joe Walsh divulges the reason for the team's formation. "We had to do something when we weren't on the road; we were all turning into jellyfish."

It's the bottom of the fifth inning and it looks bad for the Eagles. The scoreboard reads 7-2, but it ain't easy to keep a good Eagle down. Back in Georgia the band was constantly losing games to their own road crew. Singer/songwriter Andrew Gold - who opened for the Eagles - took a chance and placed his bet on the underdog team. He was promised twenty dollars from seven different people if the Eagles were to triumph. When the game was won the Eagles walked away elated and Gold walked away $140 richer.

Back at the old Sierra Madre ballgame there's an aura of intense competition in the air. First baseman Glenn Frey is busy boisterously bellowing "He's safe! He's out!"

When the inning is over Frey takes a moment's break in the bullpen and confides, "When I'm 40 I hope to have a ten-year-old son so I can coach his team." An active athlete, Glenn muses over his recollection that at the age of 13 his fellow little leaguers continued to grow while he stopped short at a modest 5'9''. "God didn't endow me with legs long enough for professional sports but he did give me the gift of music." He readily admits his musical talents make it easier for him to get along with the ladies.

The game climaxes in the ninth inning when a pop fly is hit to center field by the opposing team. Eagles rush in from all directions and in the turmoil two men manage to hit second base. A heated argument breaks out and the Eagles girlfriends/cheerleaders root for their men from the sidelines. From inside the 18-man huddle obscenities can be heard, Glenn Frey's voice rising above all the rest.

The commotion eventually dies down and the game resumes, but all hope for the Eagles is lost. They are finally defeated 12 to 7.

If rock stars play baseball for pleasure, what do baseball stars do for a chance of pace? Wasn't Maury Wills of the Dodgers the first man to publicly play his guitar through a wah-wah pedal? Like Glenn Frey says, "Baseball is the American Way." These days, most people would admit, so is rock'n'roll.

[Super Frey]

I like that:hilarious:

[GlennLover]

I'm really enjoying these old articles! :)

[whitcap]

Here's a link to the Rolling Stone article from the issue they were on the cover of in 1975.
http://www.cameroncrowe.com/eyes_ears/articles/crowe_jrl_eagles_chip.html

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This is about a journalist's experience with attending the HFO reunion special and the "top secret" nature of it - pretty funny!

Billboard Magazine - May 14, 1994

"Secrets & School Buses: Experiencing The Eagles"
by Deborah Russell

http://books.google.com/books?id=SggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22secrets+%26+School+buses:+Experiencing+the+E agles%22&source=bl&ots=4SJyZ_2GEB&sig=VcVKyNiP565PNXXVXkBtS_8BpG0&hl=en&ei=_FJLTNfwIcKB8gbpmsk1&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22secrets%20%26%20School%20buses%3A%20Experienc ing%20the%20Eagles%22&f=false

[Brooke]

That is funny!

[Freypower]

Yes. They do make it difficult for the press sometimes.

Please forgive me for this but I noticed that Lover's Moon was referred to as 'stirring' (so was Desperado). After all these years I remain totally bewildered as to its exclusion and to that of PEF. It's interesting to hear someone from the press be positive about it. Who knows.... if the band had read more like that...

[Glennhoney]

..totally agree Freypower.........:thumbsup:

[GlennLover]

Me too! I picked up on that "stirring" comment as well. Lover's Moon makes me swoon. (rhyme unintentional, LOL)

[TimothyBFan]

Loved that article. Very funny!

[VAisForEagleLovers]

While this showed up in today's search results, it's actually from Nov. 1, 1982.

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20083446,00.html

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I love reading old articles like this! Thanks for the link.

[Windeagle]

While this showed up in today's search results, it's actually from Nov. 1, 1982.

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20083446,00.html

I remember reading that article when it first came out. I think I still have the magazine somewhere.

[lizzyplays]

I love all of these old articles! I wish that I had kept my collection of Circus, Cream, Hit Parader and Rolling Stone mags though.

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When I was building the sites, I bought tons of old magazines off Ebay so I could scan in their photos. I love my collection, although after a while I had to stop!

[lizzyplays]

I grew up in a rural place, nearest town population 700... very "Free Will Baptist Bible belt" area. I had subscriptions to all of the aforementioned mags. On one particular instance the mags arrived and Gene Simmons' blood-covered tongue wagging was gracing the cover of one of them. As I began to thumb through the pages, a slip of paper fell into my lap. It was a type-written note that read something along the lines of "These are the devils' bibles. You will burn in hell if you continue to read them."

Hell hath seen no fury like that of my mother's that day. Being a British citizen, she was already ostracized by the locals (including my dad's family) because she was a 'foreigner'. And, it's not that she wasn't religious, but she definitely didn't adhere to the almost cult-like teachings that seemed to be the norm. In the end, the mailman was fired, turns out he and his wife had placed it there because "that's what God wanted them to do." I believe they faced a charge or two for tampering with the mail (this was before the days of shrink wrap packaging for mags. Her biggest concern was that supposedly good "Christian" people would subject an innocent child to that kind of religious badgering. It was a little over the top, to say the least.

That was way off topic, but every time I see those magazines named, that incident springs to mind.

And to my previous postmaster: I turned out just fine! :-)

[zeldabjr]

love the article... I wonder how much of it was true, and Lizzy I love your story too!:hilarious:

[Windeagle]

When I was building the sites, I bought tons of old magazines off Ebay so I could scan in their photos. I love my collection, although after a while I had to stop!

Oh wow! What I wouldn't give to spend an afternoon with your collection. Internet articles are nice, but they disappear so quickly. There's nothing like print and paper, IMO.

[GlennLover]

Oh wow! What I wouldn't give to spend an afternoon with your collection. Internet articles are nice, but they disappear so quickly. There's nothing like print and paper, IMO.

That certainly would be a great way to spend an afternoon (or longer)! I have just started to save some of the Eagles articles that are posted online. I wish that I had started doing that a long time ago!

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When looking around for information about the Eagles and Jerry Brown, I found this very interesting article from The Feb. 11, 1980 edition of New York Magazine:

"Squeezing Money Out of Rock" by Maureen Orth (http://books.google.com/books?id=WeUCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=%22squeezing+money+out+of+rock%22&source=bl&ots=JQuFxYOXt8&sig=kN2Yft0odibTiZfg-eIqjB20dBQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JdRqUZi2H4e49QTt9YDYCA&sqi=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22squeezing%20money%20out%20of%20rock%22&f=false)

Sounds like Jerry didn't get the rock star treatment he was hoping for. Admittedly, the Eagles don't come off that great either!

[Houston Debutante]

Really interesting read, thanks for finding that.

[UndertheWire]

I came across this in a 1974 interview with a bassist called Arnie Moore who was another of the Troubador crowd:


The outlaw image always appealed to me. That's why the Eagles get me off so much because........that Glen Frey, he's just a punk, a Detroit punk, beautiful cat!
You know him, then?
They're good friends of mine. You see, all those people that hang around Los Angeles ........the Troubador is the centre of that thing in Los Angeles. All of us hung out there. Jackson Brown, Linda Ronstadt, J.D.Souther. I've known Jackson since he was 17 or 18. J.D.Souther has got a new group happening with Richie Furay, and Jim Gordon gonna be playing drums, and Al Perkins. Chris Hillman ripped off the rest of Manassas from Steve Stills. Sounds like it's-gonna be incredible. They've got the tracks done on the album, and they're hoping to start rehearsals in a month or so. All these people, the Eagles, Glen Frey especially, and Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner. That reminds me of the very first time I saw Poco perform. I don't know what year it was. They didn't have a record contract, but somebody had put in a lot of money because Richie Furay could put it together because of the Buffalo Springfield. They rehearsed for months out in Topanga Canyon, and I walk in the Troubador one night and there are all these record people there, so I think something is going to happen. You see, Monday night there is hoot night. You can sign up and perform, and between 10 and 11 o'clock is the prime spot, and record companies will bring their debut artists in and people that want to audition for somebody get that spot. So I go in there and there are the original Poco, with Randy Meisner on bass. They came out there and did five songs, I can't remember which, and blew the place apart. Nobody could believe it! Nobody had ever seen Randy Miesner before. He'd done little things around town, but nobody was really aware of him. He'd been in other little groups and things. The Poor, they'd come out of Colorado, or wherever it was they'd gotten together. Came out to L.A. to make it big and didn't. Randy got found by Richie and in to Poco. Rusty Young, he's a nice cat as well. The Troubador is the centre of all that, the hang out place where we all go if we're lonely, or want to go out for a beer or meet some friends. A year before the Eagles formed, before anybody heard about it, Glen Frey asked me to come over and play rock and roll with him. I was always on the road, just like I am now, and I never got time to go over and play with Glen Frey! Had time to go over and hear them rehearse after they got together, but I can't sing like Randy Meisner, I wish I could. I love high harmonies.
Pete Frame has done a fine family tree of the Eagles.
I've got that on my wall. Cort Casady laid that on me. I've got it in my water closet. My water closet is the center of all my culture, any memorabilia. As you can imagine, it's a tiny, little room, all it has is just the john in it. I've got posters, and over the posters collage or montage over everything. Walls, ceiling, over the toiletseat, memorabilia from all the tours I've done. I've got reviews and photographs. I take pictures wherever I go, and I've got photos from all the different tours. People walk in.......... I knew one chick that was a fan of both John and Hoyt, she went to the bathroom and stayed there an hour'!
Anything more on all these L.A. musicians?
Jackson Browne I've known since 1967. He grew up in Orange County in Southern California. He was writing incredible, far out songs when he was 14. When I met him he was probably 18 or 19, younger than that even. Saw him play and I was just knocked out by him. I knew it would happen for him, and now it has, and he's getting better, so he's very special.
Linda Ronstadt?
Same thing. Troubador. After seeing each other around for a long time, we finally meet each other and are very friendly. We go to the same health club together and work out. She's a very sweet girl and has a hard time keeping a band. I don't know, really, what to say about her. Nothing but good!
http://bitemyfoot.org.uk/omaha/or4/or4_05.html

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Thanks for posting this! I hadn't see it before.

[UndertheWire]

I looked up "beautiful cat" in a slang dictionary and found a match:

"someone who gives off a lot of love to the point of romance, you really want to be around them; usually directed at jazz musicians"

[GlennLover]

I looked up "beautiful cat" in a slang dictionary and found a match:

"someone who gives off a lot of love to the point of romance, you really want to be around them; usually directed at jazz musicians"

That's Glenn!

[Houston Baby]

That's Glenn!

That's for sure! :thumbsup:

[MaryCalifornia]

Yeah, and he had another one in 1994, poor guy. It was so bad they had to cancel shows for a few months while Glenn recovered. Seems to have gotten it under control, though.

I've always suspected that Timothy's abdominal surgery was also for diverticulitis. It is a side effect of cocaine use. Not accusing these guys of that, of course, but TBS's description of his illness and decision to "not overshare" just made me wonder...Certainly his his recovery was not as long as Glenn's (or my friend's who had the same surgery), so it could be that I'm completely wrong.

[sad-cafe]

when did TBS have abdominal surgery? I didn't know that.

[MaryCalifornia]

Spring 2010 - Eagles had to cancel some shows. Its probably not cool for me to speculate on someone's health issues.

[sad-cafe]

wow, did not know that. So glad he is much better. I knew about the cancer in Jan. I can not imagine what would go inside your head with that information.

[MaryCalifornia]

Well...I can tell you. My dad died of cancer at the base of his tongue and throat when I was 16 and he was 49. Honestly the dying relatively young wasn't as bad as the 2 1/2 years of awfulness he spent trying to fight it. It was in 1986 - the treatments are so much better today. Charlie Watts (Stones drummer) survived it...all cases are different. So glad Timothy is good to go!

[secret squirrel]

Thanks for sharing! Loved the account of Poco's first gig.

SS
xx
http://sshh-sshh.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/schmitten-part-two-sweet-talking-guy_25.html

[UndertheWire]

John Hartmann worked for Geffen-Roberts and was the original Eagles manager and later managed Poco. He now writes and teaches about entertainment management.

In this blog, he writes about looking for visual symmetry in a band and writes a little about Eagles:


Four Peas In A Pod - Eagles
In early 1971, David Geffen and Elliot Roberts founded one of the first and most successful boutique record companies of all time, Asylum Records. I was the very first employee of the fledgling label and in charge of managing the artists. David's original motivation was to create a home label for legendary singer/songwriter Jackson Browne. However, once in the game they were faced with building a roster of talent to create product to feed into the distribution system. Jackson introduced David to several of his contemporaries, including J.D. Souther and Glenn Frey. David signed Souther as a solo artist, and he suggested that Glenn's should form a band.
With the help of Linda Ronstadt and her manager/producer, John Boylan, a group was formed, around Glenn, inside Linda's band. The quartet of Glenn, Don Henley, Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon became the founding members of the Eagles. They went on to become Asylum's most successful artists with immediate success out of the box, and a sustaining catalog of hit albums and singles. This band had symmetry. They were all skinny, long-haired, twenty somethings who looked exactly like their audience. Their handsome good looks projected a strong visual image.
The pattern had been set a decade before by The Beatles who also projected symmetry in their appearance.
...
The Eagles incorporated a similar symmetry into their look without compromising their individuality. There was no uniform dress code, but their was an instinctive choice to lean toward their country rock roots. When they walked on stage, or down the street, they looked like they belonged together. They never intentionally copied one an other's style, but what they each chose to wear matched their personality and the role they played in the band. The symmetry was beautiful and even though they didn't look alike, they were four peas in a pod.

http://theholodigm.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/hartmanns-law-look-for-symmetry-august.html

Here's a testimonial from Glenn:

John has an acute memory and an incredible ability to share information. You can feel the sincerity coming from every cell in his body. John is of the earth and the cosmos. He is of the past and the future. He was at the very first Eagles rehearsal and I actually got him to be one of my mentors and teachers.

John was a purveyor of great wisdom and encouragement. He was so much more than a manager. John is a dear soul and we are all fortunate to have had him be a part of our lives. There is a reason that he is Professor of the Year; it's because of his contagious enthusiasm and his willingness to share all that he knows and all that he doesn't know.

- Glenn Frey , www.eaglesband.com (http://www.eaglesband.com)


http://www.holodigmmusic.com/index-save.php?pg=testimonials

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Very interesting! Thanks for digging this up, UTW!

[UndertheWire]

There was a Rolling Stone interview with the band by Judith Simms from August 1972. The overall tone is a bit “off” (she seems to be suggesting they don’t live up to the hype) but there are a few interesting lines given how early it was in the band’s career with the first album still rising up the charts and possible just the one hit single.


Glenn’s sentences tend to start as minor explosions that peter out midway. This makes me think of the documentary when Glenn talks about sex and drugs, He starts off enthusiastically and then fizzles.


Glenn spoke of John David, a fellow Asylum artist, with awe and love. That’s sweet!


Still, Randy’s relationship with Los Angeles is tenuous. He says he’s “here to stay…till I can get whatever I can get, enough money to get out. I want clean air.”Early foreshadowing of his departure five years later?


Almost immediately he fell in with Glenn and Don and Randy, who had already begun sharing songs and rehearsing. “I tried it and I liked it,” Bernie recalls.This is from Don:

“Glenn kept telling me about his manager, David Geffen. I didn’t even know who Geffen was, but I decided I would stick my neck out to play with Glenn.”
And the writer:

Bernie, who can talk circles around the other three, That’s quite a statement!

http://beatpatrol.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/judith-simms-eagles-take-it-easy-and-soar-1972/

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Thank for posting that UTW. I love reading these old interviews or, in this case, excerpts from them. That is funny how they said Bernie could talk circles around the other guys. THAT is quite an accomplishment! :grin:

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I love reading those early articles. Bernie, the talker? Interesting!

[Freypower]

I love reading those early articles. Bernie, the talker? Interesting!

Remember he's the one who said to David Geffen 'do you want us or not' when Glenn hadn't yet found his feet regarding the leadership.

[UndertheWire]

From April 1, 1972

New York - Asylum Records is expecting album sales of 3 million records in its first year of business - from sales of 10 albums, reports label boss David Geffen.
...
Among new acts for Asylum, all with the LP product out, will be writer-singers John David Souther and Steve Ferguson, and the group the Eagles.

Said Geffen: "These new acts will be promoted in the same way we broke Jo Jo Gunne, Browne and Miss Sill - via an album and major personal appearance tour.

Tours Important

The Eagles will be included in a Neil Young tour early summer which will probably coincide with Young's Warner Bros. film "Journey through the Past." The Eagles are another group put together by Geffen, who is their manager, from other known groups. Randy Meisner, bass, is from Poco and the Rick Nelson Stone Canyon Band, Bernie Leadon, lead guitar, from Flying Burrito Brothers and Dillard and Clark, Dan Henley, vocals, drummer, is from Shilo and Glenn Frey comes from Long Branch Pennywhistle. The group recorded in the U.K. at London's Olympic Studios in February, and will have an album and single released.
http://jonimitchell.com/library/print.cfm?id=2280

[shunlvswx]

I didn't know JD was on Asylum. Its interesting that his career didn't take off.

[sodascouts]

Love reading these old bits, back when they were just another group trying to make it.

[sodascouts]

Just came across this article in a Google news archive. Don and Glenn talk about the dangers of drugs and warn against them.

The year? 1979.

Yeah, I know. lol

"Self Destructive Music Makers" - The Victoria Advocate (Feb. 24, 1979) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19790224&id=U9NRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E4AMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1796,449137)

P.S. In the article, Don quotes the Neil Young line "better to burn out than to rust" and disagrees with it, just as he does in History of the Eagles. Guess that metaphor stuck with him!

[shunlvswx]

Really? (Raises her eyebrow)

That's interesting about the quote he said 34 years ago, he would say again 34 years later. I like that quote and I like how he describes his old traitor in the documentary.

[sodascouts]

This isn't really Eagles so much as Party of Two, but we don't have a forum for that, lol. Anyway, I think it's interesting.

"Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh Touring Again" - Beaver County Times (Jun. 23, 1993) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19930623&id=8GBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oT4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3542,5142789)

This one below is an interview with Don H, but I'm putting it in here because it's about the Eagles reunion that he says is going to take place in 1990. He says their plans don't include Joe!! Obviously, things changed, but it's hard to even comprehend a Joe-less Eagles now.

"Don Henley, Glenn Frey Work for Eagles Reunion" - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Jan. 27, 1990) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19900127&id=uOFRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=km4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3114,6539653)

[shunlvswx]

Thank goodness they did change their minds 4 years later. It would had been so different without Joe especially if they didn't ask him to come in 1994.

[Houston Baby]

Thank goodness they did change their minds 4 years later. It would had been so different without Joe especially if they didn't ask him to come in 1994.

I cannot even imagine it! :fear:

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"Eagles Redo the Same Old Stuff" [review of One of These Nights] - Lakeland Ledger (Jul. 19, 1975) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19750719&id=jqROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A_sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2341,4984283) OUCH.

"Random Notes: Eagles Beat Critics with Softball Bat" - Star-News (May 24, 1978 ) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19780524&id=zrosAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PBMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6682,5180168)

"Desperados, Henley, Frey May Ride Again" - The News and Courier (May 18, 1990) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19900518&id=iptJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lgwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3130,782872) [more Don Henley talking about the Eagles reunion he believes will happen that year]

"The Road to Resumption" - Gainesville Sun (Jul. 22, 1994) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19940722&id=2c0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4960,6245445) - you can jump to the second page here (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19940722&id=2c0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4545,6244848) [This also includes a special segment on Don Felder]

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"Henley, Frey, Rest Reuniting for Tour" - Ocala Star-Banner (Apr. 29, 1994) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19940429&id=m3gzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9wcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6843,6236740)

"Eagles' Henley Finds Timing Right" - The Milwaukee Sentinel (July 15, 1994) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19940715&id=uphQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JxMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4523,4276555)[Don Henley talks about HFO]

"Eagles Guitarist Sues Don Henley, Glenn Frey" - Herald-Journal (Feb. 11, 2001) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=20010211&id=a0oeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AtAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3727,4909003)

"Eagles Take It Easy [concert review]" - Beaver County Times (Oct. 13, 2003) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=20031013&id=Q7kiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OLUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1418,4053232)

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"Eagles Challenged by 'Hotel' Success" - Eugene Register-Guard (Mar. 21, 1980) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19800321&id=eAtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5403,6666913) [The Fourth Encore? lol]

"Eagles Working Quietly to Reunite" - Lakeland Ledger (Mar. 5, 1994) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19940305&id=LogwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=evwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6853,1730104) [Dan Fogelberg leaks the scoop]

"Eagles are Together, But Legal Complications Continue" - The Dispatch (Jun. 4, 1994) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19940604&id=M-AhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1VIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6701,3107592)

"Hell Freezes Over for the Eagles" - Ocala Star-Banner (Jul. 22, 1994) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19940722&id=bmAzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AAgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4529,870181) [Don Felder talks about the HFO reunion]

"Mystery Word: Colitas" - Lakeland Ledger (Oct. 5, 2000) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=20001005&id=fPEvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cf0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5811,3910103) [Azoff explains where Glenn and Don got 'colitas' from]

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"Life in the Fast Lane" - The Montreal Gazette (Dec. 8, 1979) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19791208&id=2jsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1126,4068769) [This is a reprint of the 1979 Rolling Stone interview, Part 1.]

"Group of the Decade Nearly Self-Destructed" - The Montreal Gazette (Dec. 10, 1979) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2zsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3146%2C5051384) [This is the other half of the reprint: Part 2.]

[UndertheWire]

I've been trying to find that Rolling Stone article for the last six months. Thanks for that and all the other links.

I had had no idea of the "feud" between Don H and Joe in the late 80s or that Glenn was so against Joe at that time. I've read about how Joe and Glenn were reconciled in 1992 and now I'm wondering if Joe was already trying to clean up.

[sodascouts]

No problem! I'm just excited we have access to all this. I love the internet! lol

Here's one where Don talks about the "new" album they've started work on which would become Long Road Out of Eden. This was 2003, though, four years before it actually came to fruition:

"Eagle Don Henley Keeps Striving for Excellence" - Lakeland Ledger (Jul. 14, 2003) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=20030714&id=0DlOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8f0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6371,3901881)

[sodascouts]

Some more:

"Eagles Set Florence State Appearance" - Times Daily (Apr. 22, 1973) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19730422&id=VgMsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4sYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2847,4548613)

"Eagles: The 'Song Band' Soars Still Higher" - Observer-Reporter (Dec. 29, 1976) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19761229&id=XeZdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JF8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1297,4279996)

"[Eagles Personnel Changes]" - Toledo Blade (Aug. 13, 1977) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19770813&id=XfROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZwIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6572,3698442)

"Eagles Take It to the Limit on Live Album [review]" - Beaver County Times (Dec. 3, 1980) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19801203&id=5sYuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GNsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2194,538744)

"The Eagles Have Returned" - Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Feb. 24, 1994) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19950224&id=Ur0cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hXwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3585,4503330)
(http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19801203&id=5sYuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GNsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2194,538744)
"Long Discordant Eagles Together for Reunion Tour" - The Sunday Gazette (May 23, 1994) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1960&dat=19940523&id=WGdGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4OgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1583,6265020)

"Eagles to Out-Thrill Thriller" - Gainesville Sun (Mar. 21, 1997) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19970321&id=FQBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3801,5269213)

[Houston Debutante]

Just came across this article in a Google news archive. Don and Glenn talk about the dangers of drugs and warn against them.

The year? 1979.

Yeah, I know. lol

"Self Destructive Music Makers" - The Victoria Advocate (Feb. 24, 1979) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19790224&id=U9NRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E4AMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1796,449137)

P.S. In the article, Don quotes the Neil Young line "better to burn out than to rust" and disagrees with it, just as he does in History of the Eagles. Guess that metaphor stuck with him!

Interesting, well if you have a saying that works, why change it? haha.

I haven't had a chance to read all these Eagles articles, hope I get some time soon. Been really busy lately.

[UndertheWire]

In 1994, a writer muses on the collective experience of attending an Eagles concert, with a few quotes from Jack Tempchin:
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-01/local/me-64517_1_rock-music

[sodascouts]

Interesting article - thanks!

[UndertheWire]

"Life in the Fast Lane" - The Montreal Gazette (Dec. 8, 1979) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19791208&id=2jsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1126,4068769) [This is a reprint of the 1979 Rolling Stone interview, Part 1.]

"Group of the Decade Nearly Self-Destructed" - The Montreal Gazette (Dec. 10, 1979) (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2zsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3146%2C5051384) [This is the other half of the reprint: Part 2.]

I hadn't realised there were some pretty large cuts from the version that appeared in Rolling Stone. The magazine has now made the original available online as part of their tribute to the writer.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-eagles-hell-is-for-heroes-19791129

[Ive always been a dreamer]

In 1994, a writer muses on the collective experience of attending an Eagles concert, with a few quotes from Jack Tempchin:
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-01/local/me-64517_1_rock-music

Just got around to reading this and I have to agree about how special a live concert experience is. Thanks for the link, UTW.

[tjh532]

I hadn't realised there were some pretty large cuts from the version that appeared in Rolling Stone. The magazine has now made the original available online as part of their tribute to the writer.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-eagles-hell-is-for-heroes-19791129

This was a good read - thanks for sharing :)

[UndertheWire]

I'd read the "rattlesnake" quote from Glenn's mother before but not the final part:

He has the courage to carry through his beliefs. It may be ruthless, but in his business, you can't be a nice guy or you end up like Joe Louis."


For those, like me, who aren't that familiar with american sporting heroes, Joe Louis was a heavyweight boxing champion in the 30s and 40s who had financial difficulties partly because his handlers took most of his winnings.

It's a good comparison. The music business was notorious for the way it took advantage of young, naive musicians and the Eagles weren't immune. In the documentary, Irving Azoff says he got a call to organise some dates because they "wanted money for Christmas". Despite the album and singles sales and extensive touring, the band had very little money ("$7,000 in the bank" has been mentioned) and according to Eliot's book, even the "money for Christmas" tour didn't achieve his objective as the promotor paid the money to the management company who didn't pass it on to the band. That's why Azoff became so important to them - he was prepared to stand up for them and negotiate better deals.

[sodascouts]

True. You look at them now and it's hard to imagine they ever needed to fight to get their money, but certainly it's something they never forgot!

[UndertheWire]

Sorry, I seem to be going over old ground but here's something else I noticed.

Extremely puritanical about the use of any mind-altering substances before a show on the road, the Eagles in the studio play their brains as they play their instruments: they use whatever they need to get the proper effect.

This seems to contradict Felder's descriptions of lines of coke on the amplifiers and bottles of cognac during concerts. Was it just Henley being puritanical, were they lying to the journalist, did it change over time or is Felder's memory at fault?

I thought this was really funny:

When the set ends, Henley strides over to one of the spiky-haired Rebels. I can hear only bits of the conversation, but Henley appears to be implying rather strongly that punks are less than masculine, can't sing harmony, don't care we're all dying of radiation leakage, and their mothers do it with armadillos.

[sodascouts]

LOL!!!

[UndertheWire]

This is from 1975 and it has Glenn talking about the writing process, praising Don Felder effusively and jamming with Neil Young.
http://justbackdated.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/the-eagles-in-1975.html

I just posted a picture from ebay of a dutch magazine, and I think this could be the story that appears in that magazine. (You don't need to know dutch to recognise that the paragraphs on Felder's slide are saying the same thing)

[LuvTim]

This is from 1975 and it has Glenn talking about the writing process, praising Don Felder effusively and jamming with Neil Young.
http://justbackdated.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/the-eagles-in-1975.html

I just posted a picture from ebay of a dutch magazine, and I think this could be the story that appears in that magazine. (You don't need to know dutch to recognise that the paragraphs on Felder's slide are saying the same thing)

Thanks for the post. Interesting stuff, there.
I read that blog with some degree of defensiveness, if only because it seemed that the writer was implying that Eagles were less than nice guys. Then I clicked on the Joe Walsh story from the sidebar, in which he refers to Joe as "affable" and hopes it rubs off on the rest of Eagles members. No mistaking that one!
Ah, well. I'll just let it ride...;-)

[UndertheWire]

The writer may have found the Eagles slightly hostile, but he doesn't let it show in his interview and he gets some good comments from Glenn.

I'd missed the Joe Walsh interview. Knowing that he joined the Eagles not long afterwards, you can see his motivation for doing so. Here's the direct link:
http://justbackdated.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/joe-walsh-april-1975.html

[Brooke]

This is from 1975 and it has Glenn talking about the writing process, praising Don Felder effusively and jamming with Neil Young.
http://justbackdated.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/the-eagles-in-1975.html

I just posted a picture from ebay of a dutch magazine, and I think this could be the story that appears in that magazine. (You don't need to know dutch to recognise that the paragraphs on Felder's slide are saying the same thing)

I enjoyed that! Thanks UtW!



The writer may have found the Eagles slightly hostile, but he doesn't let it show in his interview and he gets some good comments from Glenn.

I'd missed the Joe Walsh interview. Knowing that he joined the Eagles not long afterwards, you can see his motivation for doing so. Here's the direct link:
http://justbackdated.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/joe-walsh-april-1975.html

Loved this line from Joe!

“I don’t think the audience would let me phase out the older material, though I would love to not play ‘Funk 49’ anymore."

From April, 1975! Bet he's even sicker of it now, 40 years later! :lol: I know he says in some shows that if he would have known he was going to have to play some of these songs the rest of his life he would have written something different!

[sodascouts]

Love reading these older interviews!

[UndertheWire]

Pulling out a few quotes from the above interviews:

Joe

It was a strain getting a whole new group together, as Brian was the only one remotely familiar with playing my material live. It seemed like the millionth time I’d taught ‘Funk 49’ to somebody, so trying to put new energy into it and keep it fresh was a struggle.

It was the first time I’ve ever been alone in the studio and although it was good, I probably won’t want to do it again. I guess I wanted to get the quote – solo – unquote, album out of my system. It’s about one third a group and two-thirds solo.

In the studio I’ll give everybody a chance to create and add whatever is in their heads. I try and be be fair to everybody otherwise the band gets weak. If you don’t give a band more involvement then they don’t add more involvement.

Unless other musicians can relate and add to what’s going down then it can’t be a group. I don’t think I’ve ever hit the chemistry yet. Barnstorm was real close though.

The new group, says Joe, has the potential to be his best yet though this stage hasn’t been reached.
Take that in the context of his Eagles interviews where he talks about "chemistry" and "being in a real band" and maybe it explains why he decided to join the Eagles.

From the interview with Glenn:

Frey’s song, ‘Best Of My Love’, undoubtedly gave On The Border sales a boost. It was, he says, an attempt to work off a guitar tuning that Joni Mitchell had demonstrated. “Actually, I got into a totally different tuning and that’s how the song ended up. “I had a little help from John David Souther who worked on the bridge and rang me up from LA when I was in England to play it over the phone. We actually worked on it over the phone until he came to England to see us.
Because it's sung by Don, I've always thought of it as primarily his song but this makes me wonder at what point he became involved and how they decided who should sing it. And yes, I wondering who's wishing who the best of his love.

Is the bridge "I'm going back in time and it's a sweet dream..."?

[GlennLover]

I heard that the song evolved from Glenn trying to replicate the tuning that Joni Mitchell had shown him, but I had never heard that he had such a major role in writing it.

[Brooke]

I always assumed Don wrote more of it than Glenn since he sang it, but evidently not. No matter, love it!

Interesting!

[NightMistBlue]

I [was] wondering who's wishing who the best of his love.

Is the bridge "I'm going back in time and it's a sweet dream..."?
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Yes, that's the bridge - though many British people refer to it as the middle eight. Same thing, different terminology.

Don H. reportedly wrote that song for an actress girlfriend named (I believe) Suzanne Martin. I've never seen a photo of her, but judging by his other dames, she was probably a stunner :)

[UndertheWire]

New article but looking back at 1979 and a benefit arranged for Jerry Brown. I think the original article is linked to earlier in this thread.
http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-brown-retrospective-20151124-story.html

[sodascouts]

I always wondered about the wisdom of a politician having fundraisers featuring people who were (then) openly flouting drug laws on a regular basis. Oh well, it doesn't seem to have hurt him too much, eh?

[UndertheWire]

Rolling Stone review of 1982 (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/1982-in-review-who-won-who-lost-19830217)

Loser: California rock
The smooth-as-glass soft-rock sound that reaped sizable profits throughout the Seventies came a cropper in 1982. Get Closer by Linda Ronstadt (above) went gold – a surprising feat, since it never cracked the Top Thirty – but was nevertheless a far cry from her platinum successes of old. "It was disappointing but not surprising," says Mike Wyner, chief record buyer for the forty-four stores in the Record World-TSS chain. "She's not an original talent, and her sales have been declining." The Envoy by Warren Zevon sold even fewer copies than Ronstadt's LP, and while solo albums from Glenn Frey and Don Henley have been picking up steam, their sales were below expectations.

[Delilah]

This 1977 Billboard article reminded me of Funk50's comment in the Eagles 3.0 thread, about this summer's festivals being the biggest concerts the band has ever performed. Back in the day, the Eagles headlined the "Day on the Green" event which included performances by Foreigner, The Atlanta Rhythm Section, Heart, and the Steve Miller Band, as well as a crowd size of more than 50,000.

"Talent in Action-Eagles, Steve Miller Band, Heart..." (https://books.google.com/books?id=aCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT38&lpg=PT38&dq=oh+Carol+Eagles+live&source=bl&ots=cpj1Lp6uxJ&sig=ZoJIMH_3fbdWmkXEAeJNYv0_hk0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjws6P95eHSAhUFZCYKHa1aCocQ6AEIVDAP#v=on epage&q=oh%20Carol%20Eagles%20live&f=false)

[Funk 50]

Thanks for posting the link Delilah. I enjoyed reading it. Headliners, The Eagles hit the stage at 3:45 p.m. :shock:

I made the claim that the two gigs this summer, are the biggest the Eagles have ever played, after careful consideration. I'm sure that they've played to larger audiences but they've always had a knack of avoiding concerts that attracted huge global media attention.

The Billboard article displays how insignificantly major gigs were regarded in the pre-internet age.


The Eagles, perhaps more than the supporting bands, are deceptively rich in first-rate material and flawless in it's presentation. Takin' My Time, Victim Of Love, Lying Eyes, Take It To The Limit, New Kid In Town, Desperado, One Of These Nights, Life In The Fast Lane, James Dean and Take It Easy, constitute a program of such familiar consistency that excellent performers like Steve Miller with his reverberating guitar and vocals and Heart and Atlanta Rhythm Section with its sometimes cautious professionalism seem competently unemphatic by comparison.

I guess Takin' My Time was actually Walk Away. Apparently they opened with Motel California :grin:

The set list hasn't changed much in the last 40 years of a roughly 45 year career.

[sodascouts]

Yes, the Eagles have indeed played to bigger crowds on a few occasions....

https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/images/liveposter1.jpg

[Brooke]

:woah: I remember that pic, but hadn't seen it for a while! I would never go to something like that!

[Funk 50]

I found this looking up Joe's guitarist Tom Bukovic. I think this is the first article I ever read on the eagles. It's pretty awesome! I didn't realise the music press existed til the late seventies!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-eagles-hell-is-for-heroes-19791129

By Charles M. Young
November 29, 1979

[New Kid In Town]

Funk 50 - Did you get the Special Edition RS put out last year in memory of Glenn ? That article is in the magazine plus all the old RS articles on the Eagles.

[New Kid In Town]

Brooke - Been there done that with stadium concerts back in the 70's and 80's, including TLR Tour at Giants Stadium in 1980. I was just a kid then. Don't think I could do that now !

[Funk 50]

I didn't get the Special Edition of Rolling Stone. I'll have to look out for that.

I went to a couple of mega Eagles and Genesis shows decades ago, before we had giant screens to watch the action on stage. Genesis had a great light show but the the most memorable thing about open air gigs was backache!

[New Kid In Town]

Funk - I know I have seen the special issue on ebay but it was not cheap. RS sells back issues. Maybe you can try to get it from them.

[sodascouts]

Came across this article about Jerry Brown's relationship with the Eagles. Note: It's mostly about Brown and Azoff, and it's pretty cynical.

"Squeezing Money out of Rock" (New York Magazine, Feb. 11, 1980) (https://books.google.com/books?id=WeUCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=linda+ronstadt+jerry+brown&source=bl&ots=JSpAt0KUs7&sig=fAg-X-LlCfJOseCWF3HwzrlsC_I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-2e-T_7vXAhVU7mMKHXsNCkw4HhDoAQhIMAY#v=onepage&q=linda%20ronstadt%20jerry%20brown&f=false)

[sodascouts]

This was recently republished but I thought it was pretty cute.

(Originally published in the Tennessean in June 1977)


Flying High

With guitarist Glenn Frey’s hitting and drummer Don Henley’s pitching, the Eagles, more commonly known as the Party-Plane on the softball diamond, defeated a team made up of Elektra-Asylum Records and Nashville radio celebrities at Edwin Warner Park on June 22. To the surprise of the opposition and his own teammates, Frey hit two home runs over the fence. The Eagles were in town for a sold-out concert at Municipal Auditorium.


If you click the link below, you'll see three photos of Glenn and some other guy at the baseball game starting at 44 in the slide show (a ways to click, I know!)

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/06/19/5-highlights-nashville-then-june-1977/409434001/

[CAinOH]

I've seen two of the photos in various places, but haven't seen this one:

https://content.screencast.com/users/cheryl7821/folders/Default/media/93b8a624-965e-4ad5-b5a4-1248d7f1e5e6/GFreySoftballHit.jpg

[sodascouts]

I've seen two of the photos in various places, but haven't seen this one:

https://content.screencast.com/users/cheryl7821/folders/Default/media/93b8a624-965e-4ad5-b5a4-1248d7f1e5e6/GFreySoftballHit.jpg

Congrats on the home run, Glenn!

(Thanks for posting the photo in isolation.)

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Love the way "Party-Plane" took their frustrations out in those softball games. :wink: :grin: I wonder how many of those they actually played back in the day and what their winning percentage was? Of course, the only that gets lots of publicity is the infamous Rolling Stone game.

[sodascouts]

I love that they sold "Party Plane" baseball T-shirts during the History of the Eagles tour. I am the proud owner of one!

[New Kid In Town]

I love that they sold "Party Plane" baseball T-shirts during the History of the Eagles tour. I am the proud owner of one!

Soda lucky you ! I wish I had one too. Something to treasure for sure. :jealous:

[Pippinwhite]

Yeah, Glenn not being a big guy was actually the perfect camouflage. He was an excellent athlete. Probably could have played college baseball, but he had other "interests". LOLOL. In that HOTE clip of a game, you can tell something about his athletic skills. He could run like he was on fire and had that easy sort of gait that coaches love to see. (daughter and niece of a coach here. You learn things. LOL)

[New Kid In Town]

Yeah, Glenn not being a big guy was actually the perfect camouflage. He was an excellent athlete. Probably could have played college baseball, but he had other "interests". LOLOL. In that HOTE clip of a game, you can tell something about his athletic skills. He could run like he was on fire and had that easy sort of gait that coaches love to see. (daughter and niece of a coach here. You learn things. LOL)

Hi Pippin how are things. I remember reading an old RS where Glenn said he played Little League Baseball and was on the wrestling team in high school. When he passed, I remember reading an interview with someone (sorry-can't remember who) who stated he was a really good Basketball player. Sounds like he was just an all around good athlete.
Side Note: I remember him saying in that RS interview that he was also in the Boy Scouts. He quit the piano lessons because it interfered with the baseball and scouts. Sounds like he had a very traditional 50's/60's childhood.

[Pippinwhite]

@NKIT-- Hey there! Yeah, I remember hearing or reading about him talking about being in the Scouts and playing ball, and being on the wrestling team. That probably just suited his feisty little self. LOL. Yeah, he was just a good athlete. He loved it.
There's a shot in the Soul Searchin' video where he hops over that wall. It wasn't a stunt double. He did it and it was perfect. And let's just pause a minute to appreciate how goooodddd he looked in those Levis. :heybaby:

[New Kid In Town]

I agree, he wore his levis well ! Especially in some of the 70's videos.:lol:;)

[sodascouts]

@NKIT-- Hey there! Yeah, I remember hearing or reading about him talking about being in the Scouts and playing ball, and being on the wrestling team. That probably just suited his feisty little self. LOL. Yeah, he was just a good athlete. He loved it.
There's a shot in the Soul Searchin' video where he hops over that wall. It wasn't a stunt double. He did it and it was perfect. And let's just pause a minute to appreciate how goooodddd he looked in those Levis. :heybaby:

You mean this?

http://www.glennfreyonline.com/images/avatars/aviess2.gif

Love it!

[Pippinwhite]

@Soda-- That would be EXACTLY the clip! :D

[Dawn]

Love the video, thanks!

[CAinOH]

Not sure if this is the best place to put this, but I saw mention of the issue a little earlier in the thread... so...

I picked this up at Kroger this afternoon.

http://content.screencast.com/users/cheryl7821/folders/Default/media/0e1f6ac1-3dac-4056-a732-c4b3c31dfe60/RSEagles.jpg

There are two more copies there at the moment, so let me know if you need one. I'll see what I can do.

[New Kid In Town]

Wow CA, I can't believe you found that issue. It it the memorial issue after Glenn passed. I'm shocked it is on the new stand three years after it came out. Great find for you.

[CAinOH]

Wow CA, I can't believe you found that issue. It it the memorial issue after Glenn passed. I'm shocked it is on the new stand three years after it came out. Great find for you.

It's marked as a "Reissue of a Special Edition," so those of you who have the first edition, it's sure to be worth more. I've seen mention that it's out all over the place; some people have found it at Barnes & Noble, too.

[New Kid In Town]

It's marked as a "Reissue of a Special Edition," so those of you who have the first edition, it's sure to be worth more. I've seen mention that it's out all over the place; some people have found it at Barnes & Noble, too.

I found mine at my local Barnes & Noble when it came out. I would bet the original is not worth much more. I have seen it on ebay numerous times. I paid around $14.00 for mine.

[Houston Baby]

http://content.screencast.com/users/cheryl7821/folders/Default/media/0e1f6ac1-3dac-4056-a732-c4b3c31dfe60/RSEagles.jpg

I remember when Soda, Dreamer and I were in LA in May 2016, I picked up an extra copy of this special edition at Amoeba Records. We were staying at a VRBO place in Laurel Canyon and they had a couple of special edition magazines of musicians on the coffee table in the living room but none of the EAGLES. So I left the magazine there as we wanted our guys represented! :headbang::heart:

[LuvTim]

http://content.screencast.com/users/cheryl7821/folders/Default/media/0e1f6ac1-3dac-4056-a732-c4b3c31dfe60/RSEagles.jpg

I remember when Soda, Dreamer and I were in LA in May 2016, I picked up an extra copy of this special edition at Amoeba Records. We were staying at a VRBO place in Laurel Canyon and they had a couple of special edition magazines of musicians on the coffee table in the living room but none of the EAGLES. So I left the magazine there as we wanted our guys represented! :headbang::heart:
Classy move, HB! 👍😊

[Delilah]

This NYT article, “Dark Songs by California’s Eagles” is from Jan. 9, 1977 and gives an overview of the band’s albums up to 1977. There are some interesting, insightful comments, especially these two passages:


The Eagles have their flaws. They can sometimes be silly and self‐pitying and take themselves much too seriously. There is the added curiosity that in a band of five writers, no one has managed to come up with an even remotely happy love song or anything intentionally funny. But that is really beside the point. The Eagles make good music which is no less stylish and intelligent for being straightforward, which is sometimes the hardest style of all.

On this album, they are growing up. They don't seem to like the idea very much (what future is there in rock for an adult?) so that through all the songs there hovers a question of where do they go from here. It also gives their work a touching quality that transcends any given topic and which is at variance with its frequently tough tone. Their original innocence is completely gone, however blind or contrived it may have been in the first place. What's left is music that is singable, danceable and listenable. That's quite enough.

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/09/archives/dark-songs-by-californias-eagles-the-eagles-dark-songs-of.html

[priscillaupstate]

Thanks for this . Great article (although I love "Out Of Control").

[CAinOH]

Great find, Delilah! Very good read.

[New Kid In Town]

Wow, great find Delilah. Thanks. I can't believe the NYT gave the Eagles a good review. Who would have thought that from a NY newspaper.

[Brooke]

Great article! Thanks Delilah!

(what future is there in rock for an adult?)

Well, I guess they proved that line wrong over the coming years! As well as did the rest of us who still love rock! :lol:

And Out of Control is one of my very favorites too! :smile:

[sodascouts]

Thanks Delilah!




(what future is there in rock for an adult?)



Yes, it really is staggering how the musical landscape has changed, hasn't it? Most of the biggest acts in rock are nigh on retirement age!

[Brooke]

I think about some of the lyrics sometimes and wonder if they're embarrassed to get up on stage and sing those songs now. They were so young when they were written!

[WalshFan88]

I had a gut busting laugh at that comment about rock and being an adult. If loving rock music is being a child, then I don't want to be an adult, lol. I like lighthearted fun music. I don't look for anything deep. In fact, deep music tends to bum me out, and I tend to be very sensitive to sad music and so I avoid it at all costs. I want music to pump me up, or at least lift my spirits. I can't listen to Nirvana. It's too dark for me.

They shouldn't be embarrassed, even if some of the lyrics contain innuendos, double entendres or "youthful spirit". I'm currently waiting for AC/DC to reform as they are going to get back together with Brian Johnson. There is nothing better than hearing "You Shook Me All Night Long" at 100 decibels front row live at their concert. It's one of the most exciting adrenaline rush experiences I've ever had. It was amazing.

Rock n' roll has no age limit. You can be a rocker at any age. Contrarily though, if it's too loud or too much for you, you might be too old or just too stuffy. Sorry! :lol:
Rock n' roll music is the best music. I might be biased but to me if you can't get down to "Thunderstruck" or "Paradise City" at least every once in awhile, there's something wrong with ya! :hilarious:

I've been told plenty of times by people I don't even know that well that when I get older that I will stop listening to hard rock and listen to more deep, thoughtful lyric music or mellow genres. I know that's a lie. There are people in their 50s and 60s, who still love every word to "Sweet Emotion" and "Brown Sugar" and still go to concerts. And my parents certainly aren't to that stage yet, and they are in their 50s. So I fully plan to still be headbanging to some AC/DC when I'm 70. ;) In fact the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac are about as tame as I tend to go in music, and they still have their hard rockin' moments. To me rock n' roll is a way of life.

[EagleLady]

Very Well Put, Austin, I agree.

[WalshFan88]

Very Well Put, Austin, I agree.

Thanks, EL!

[Brooke]

I have to say "I love rock & roll" too! And I'm over 60! :headbang:

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Ditto Brooke!

I will say I'm a rock and roll fan. I love rock and roll going back to the 50's and 60's, although I am definitely more of a classic rock fan. I was never really into heavy metal or punk although I do appreciate it. I did like some of the glam metal bands of the late 80's and early 90's like Journey, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, and Firehouse. However, the best decade for music overall was definitely the 70's for me - JMHO!