Walden Woods Benefit, Wang Theater, Boston, MA - 9/16/2014

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An interior shot of the theater:

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[sodascouts]

Thanks for finding these. What a gorgeous venue!

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[maryc2130]

Well, they put on a great show despite a myriad of technical problems that culminated in Don's microphone not being ready for Desperado. They played the intro and then no one sang. Eek! Don seemed to take it in stride saying, "it wan't his fault. No one told him." and then just jumping in and singing. He sounded great.



Awesome new (to me anyway) version of Witchy Woman. Jioe was in fine form and seemed to be the crowd' s favorite even on Don's night in a more refined setting.

As shown above, the theater was beautiful snd Don looked ultra handsome in his suit.

They opened with How Long and didn't do the sitting around on cases and amps thing. Timothy's voice sounded strained. I wondered if he was getting Glenn's cold. Don sang Dirty Laundry. The seats we had were very good, snd we really enjoyed the show. I'm sure the others will fill in the blanks!

ETA: I was surprised that Don was on the drums a good part of the night!

[shunlvswx]

What a great picture of Don and Robert. Robert looks great for his age. He never ages.

I saw the setlist on facebook. Here's what they sang.

1) How Long
2) Take It To the Limit
3) Train Leaves Here This Morning
4) Peaceful Easy Feeling
5) I Can't Tell You Why
6) Lyin' Eyes
7) Witchy Woman
8) Already Gone
9) One Of These Nights
10) Heartache Tonight
11) Those Shoes
12) In The City
13) Life's Been Good
14) Dirty Laundry
15) Funk #49
16) Life In The Fast Lane
Encore
17) Hotel California
18) Take It Easy
19) Desperado

[Brooke]

Wow, shun! I always think RR looks sooooo old when I see pics of him these days. He was just so gorgeous back in the 70's that I can't hardly look at him anymore! :sad:

Good to see Bernie got to go too!

[Glennsallnighter]

Sounds like a great evening. I would love to hear 'How Long' sung live again. A great song to open with if they are not doing the HOTE show. The venue looks great too!

[maryc2130]

I was very excited when they opened with How Long! I really love that song.

Just a couple of other things. Right near the end, Don told someone near the front to "put that thing away." I assume it was a cell phone or IPad. People around us were taking pics with cell phones all night, and it really does get annoying. There were notices on the doors that the Eagles requested fans not to use them, but nothing was done by the ushers or security (that I noticed, anyway) up until that point.

I also wanted to add that before the show, we grabbed sandwiches at Panera, and the young girl who waited on us was very sweet & pretty (my son said he would have asked for her number if she lived closer. ;)) I commented that she was still smiling despite a long, busy night, and she said she was actually bumming because the Eagles were playing down the street tonight. I said that's where we were going, and she said "You guys are killing me!" I asked her if she was a big fan, and she said yes, and so was her mom but she lives in another state, and she really wished they could go together.

After the show, my son and I were taking selfies in the lobby and a couple asked us if we wanted them to take our picture and then we could take theirs. We said yes, and it turned out they were brother and sister (fairly young) and they had matching t-shirts with their dad's picture on the front, and the words to Take it Easy on the back. They said their dad wasn't able to come but they wanted to bring him along with the shirts. Since this is the second Eagles concert my 21-year-old son and I have gone to together, I loved the two stories of parents and grown children bonding over the Eagles. It made me grateful that my son and I were able to go together, too!

[SallyGee]

Mary C that is so great that you got to go, and the fact that you went with your son made it even more special. Isn't it great when you get to share music with your kids? I went to see Bon Jovi with my daughter and we saw Jackson Browne together a few times. She also loves the Eagles and the Beatles. Our music is timeless.

[sodascouts]

What great stories. That poor waitress, though!

[Zanny Kingston]

So Tuesday night at Citicenter. It started out as having plans to meet Flojo and her husband at the lounge in their hotel.. We were staying at a hotel across town that was closer to the TD Garden and Flojo was staying at the hotel near the citicenter. I was not in their hotel lounge any more than like two minutes and I get a text from flojo - she bumped into Glenn! And he gave her a kiss! I told my husband I was leaving the lounge to find them- maybe I would see Glenn or one of the Eagles! But no, it was not meant to be. It was so nice that Glenn remembered them and was so kind.
We went to the show and we recognized a lot of people from the Monday night show who were sitting near us.
Flojo and I had really thought they would mix up the setlist for this show as it was really Don's night and they had just played in Boston the night before. I was so happy when the opener was How Long and thought we were off to a great start, but overall they did an abbreviated history tour set with the exception of Dirty Laundry being sung.
Although there were a lot of hard core Eagle fans, I would not say everyone was familiar with the Eagles policies, there was a lot of cell phone usage, people standing in the aisle to line up a picture, Walking the aisles etc, rather annoying and distracting.
Glenn did, at one point during the set, actually look down at someone in the front and say ' Unless you're a doctor, turn that thing off" Don stopped a song as well to deliver a message to turn off a phone as well.
Joe told a little story about how the Turkey was narrowly outvoted on becoming the national bird and if the Turkey had won, they would have been called the Turkeys and not the Eagles. Of course Glenn's famous jokes made their way into the show as well. I feel like he does it on purpose at this point. They sounded great though in that venue so that was a treat.
Don gave a nice speech and did a great job as Master of Ceremony. It was not a really dragged out presentation which was nice. Robert Redford gave a nice speech for his acceptance for the award.

And yes to top it off- We saw Robert Redford back at the hotel lounge after the show, and my Husband was saynig "congratulations Mr. Redford" as he walked by us- I am saying to my husband "stop it" I get so flustered around the famous, I was just dumbstruck because Robert Redford was sitting right near me and I did not even know it!

Here's something really cool though- we just rented the new Captain America Movie, its on now as I am writing this and who is in it ROBERT REDFORD! We just had a good laugh over it as neither of us knew he was in it!

[Brooke]

Flojo ran in to Glenn and got a kiss? :ack: Can't wait to hear more about that!

Thanks for your reviews maryc and zanny! Glad you had a good time!