Judy
04-25-2011, 07:52 PM
The last Eagles concert I was at was in June 2003 on my birthday in Minneapolis. Not the greatest seats I ever had in the world (12th row and way off to the side), but I enjoyed the concert. That was the month Don's mom died. His voice was so perfect that night, I told my sister I swore he was singing for his mother.
Nine months later, we are on a road trip to Duluth. I can't remember the exact date, and can't find my tickets stubs now, but I believe it was the first part of May. We live in a suburb on Minneapolis. It was hot and I turned on the air conditioner. It's about a 4 hour drive. When we got up there and I opened the door it was colder outside than it was inside the car with the air conditioner! We laughed about that. We would be my sister and me.
The concert is at a place called DECC Arena. I'd never seen the place. All I knew is our tickets were in the 1st row of the second tier, so I thought, oh well, that's not so bad. At least we were at the end of the row. We got in there. THE FIRST TIER IS TWO ROWS!!!! We were three rows and a walkway away from the stage (and that was the walkway they were using to enter and exit stage)! My seat was directly to the side of Timothy, but he was down just a little lower than us. He tends to play to his right anyway, but after the break and when they were being introduced, I realized the people sitting directly behind us had seen him during the break. I never got to talk to them, though. He was full of energy that night. Our whole section was up dancing (all night) and he was dancing and playing alternately to the front and side of the stage all night. It almost seemed like half and half. I have never seen him dance that much since, either. He looked like he was having as much fun as I was. The rows were steep (really steep) and I could tell the difference which row he was looking at, and I made eye contact with him a few times, so that made the concert that much more enjoyable. That was back when Don & Glenn were starting to move around on stage more.
They started playing Funk 49 and the lighting was different than it had been. The lights kept changing colors on certain places in the song where there was a pause, and every time the lights would change the guys would get into a Charlie's Angels-like pose with their guitars. Now you've got to stop and picture this in your head. When the light changed they would quit moving and were like statues. At one point Glenn was on one foot with his guitar extended and he almost tipped over. It took him a really long time to right himself. I have to give him credit, he didn't put the other foot down...but he didn't do that particular move again, either! :laugh: They were just trying it out. Afterward, they were doing something like that but not so Charlie's Angels-ish.
Don's voice started loosening up when he sang One of These Nights, so that was good, but he was sick and he was really sweaty. At one point, he was standing off at the side of the stage, and I think he even saw the towel, but maybe he felt too cruddy to walk over there. He picked up his shirt and wiped his drenched face with it. I kept thinking about him wearing that sweaty shirt the rest of the night. We were at the side of the stage where they went in and out and just up high enough that if there was anything to be seen I could see it. They were just behind curtains. I saw a couple Eagle faces poke out a couple times, but that was it.
The handicap access was just to the left of us. A man brought in a young man in a wheelchair that was severly palsied. He was spastic (and I don't mean that in a rude or ugly way), but he kept perfect beat with his hands when the music was playing. I would have never believed that if I hadn't seen it myself. The young man really liked Joe and when Timothy and Joe traded sides, the guy that brought him got Joe's attention, and Joe played in front of him a really long time. I thought that was really sweet.
So that was my fun Timothy night. I remember it fondly.
Nine months later, we are on a road trip to Duluth. I can't remember the exact date, and can't find my tickets stubs now, but I believe it was the first part of May. We live in a suburb on Minneapolis. It was hot and I turned on the air conditioner. It's about a 4 hour drive. When we got up there and I opened the door it was colder outside than it was inside the car with the air conditioner! We laughed about that. We would be my sister and me.
The concert is at a place called DECC Arena. I'd never seen the place. All I knew is our tickets were in the 1st row of the second tier, so I thought, oh well, that's not so bad. At least we were at the end of the row. We got in there. THE FIRST TIER IS TWO ROWS!!!! We were three rows and a walkway away from the stage (and that was the walkway they were using to enter and exit stage)! My seat was directly to the side of Timothy, but he was down just a little lower than us. He tends to play to his right anyway, but after the break and when they were being introduced, I realized the people sitting directly behind us had seen him during the break. I never got to talk to them, though. He was full of energy that night. Our whole section was up dancing (all night) and he was dancing and playing alternately to the front and side of the stage all night. It almost seemed like half and half. I have never seen him dance that much since, either. He looked like he was having as much fun as I was. The rows were steep (really steep) and I could tell the difference which row he was looking at, and I made eye contact with him a few times, so that made the concert that much more enjoyable. That was back when Don & Glenn were starting to move around on stage more.
They started playing Funk 49 and the lighting was different than it had been. The lights kept changing colors on certain places in the song where there was a pause, and every time the lights would change the guys would get into a Charlie's Angels-like pose with their guitars. Now you've got to stop and picture this in your head. When the light changed they would quit moving and were like statues. At one point Glenn was on one foot with his guitar extended and he almost tipped over. It took him a really long time to right himself. I have to give him credit, he didn't put the other foot down...but he didn't do that particular move again, either! :laugh: They were just trying it out. Afterward, they were doing something like that but not so Charlie's Angels-ish.
Don's voice started loosening up when he sang One of These Nights, so that was good, but he was sick and he was really sweaty. At one point, he was standing off at the side of the stage, and I think he even saw the towel, but maybe he felt too cruddy to walk over there. He picked up his shirt and wiped his drenched face with it. I kept thinking about him wearing that sweaty shirt the rest of the night. We were at the side of the stage where they went in and out and just up high enough that if there was anything to be seen I could see it. They were just behind curtains. I saw a couple Eagle faces poke out a couple times, but that was it.
The handicap access was just to the left of us. A man brought in a young man in a wheelchair that was severly palsied. He was spastic (and I don't mean that in a rude or ugly way), but he kept perfect beat with his hands when the music was playing. I would have never believed that if I hadn't seen it myself. The young man really liked Joe and when Timothy and Joe traded sides, the guy that brought him got Joe's attention, and Joe played in front of him a really long time. I thought that was really sweet.
So that was my fun Timothy night. I remember it fondly.