That was just the icing on the cake, meeting Michael! I just wanted to add that Michael said he had a lot of fun playing the concert!Quote:
Originally Posted by sodascouts
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That was just the icing on the cake, meeting Michael! I just wanted to add that Michael said he had a lot of fun playing the concert!Quote:
Originally Posted by sodascouts
Soda, Thank you so much for the detailed review! It is almost thus as if I had been there!
Thanks everyone, I always love to read every review from you all!
Great review Soda! It sounds like it was an amazing concert. I'm glad everyone enjoyed themselves :)
WOW....JUST WOW!!! Sounds like a fabulous night! Thanks everyone for all the reviews and insight. Welcome to the new members also! Glad you found us here. I've taken lots of time this morning to read everything and watch the videos and look at the pics. How fantastic!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
And Ann--spill it sister!!!! What new tidbits can you give us about Glenn?
I have been grinning the whole time I've been reading these reviews. So friggin' cool! I, along with everyone else, wish I could have been there. It sounds like the whole night was dictated by a relaxed, fun vibe, which could only have added to the enjoyment of the audience and the musicians.
GREAT write-up as usual, Nancy. Michael Thompson sounds like a cool guy - although you're pretty cool fans, too. ;)
PLS, I laughed reading about the little girl beside you and the things she was shouting out. Too cute! I hope Glenn saw and heard her.
Okay - As is my usual pattern, I reremember things about these trips a little at a time, so I have to post them before I forget them again. :wink: So here's a few other things I thought of ...
PLS mentioned about the statewide 'heat is on' DUI alert. I mean the signs were everywhere along our drive between Denver and Snowmass. I hope Glenn knows they are there. In addition, we passed through Eagle City and by the Eagle River, as well as, a lot of other Eagles-related places. (maybe the other ladies can help me out here). In any event, it's no wonder that the band and Colorado have such close connections.
We had a little girl about 8 standing in front of us as well that was very cute. She was having a blast, and knew the words to a lot of the songs. It brought a big smile to my face to see these young fans loving this music.
Our waitress at dinner Saturday night told us that their had been some "Boss" sightings in Snowmass the last couple of days, and there were rumors that Bruce was going to join Joe and Glenn on stage at the festival. Obviously, it was not to be, but how cool would that have been!!!
And I think Molly in particular will enjoy this last one. When Michael Thompson came in the restaurant, we were in the middle of chatting with the waitress and ordering our dinner. When we recognized him, something was said about us being groupies. And Soda told the waitress that we were groupies without benefits. She cracked up and said she loved that! :thumbsup:
All right, I thought that I had better take the time to tell the tidbits I heard about Glenn, but I told you it wasn't much. I hope you won't be disappointed. This lady said that "back in the day" Glenn would be in Aspen & would jam with whoever was playing, i.e. the locals. One night she saw him hitchhiking, obviously after a party as he was somewhat "under the weather". She was very disappointed that the car in front of her picked him up.
This lady did sewing for people at that time & was doing some work for producer Burt Sugarman's wife, Carol Wayne. Sugarman is now married to Mary Hart. Glenn's place was down over the hill. She described where it was, but I don't know if it's the same place that he has now. Anyway, she used to see Glenn driving by all the time & she would excitedly say "That's Glenn Frey". Said she's been an Eagle's fan since "Desperado" came out.
I haven't seen the girl at the front desk again, the one whose boyfriend got the backstage passes from Scott Crago,to ask her if she got a chance to use them. I'm still lookin for her though!
Thanks for those little tidbits GL - we hungrily devour such things here, as you know. ;)
Such a great writeup Nancy! THANKS!
And GL's trivia: Just goes to show that at least at one time, they really were just "Ordinary Average Guys". Very likely wondering how long it would be before they had money to EAT ON! Somehow, I don't think THAT's going to be a concern of theirs any more <LOL>
Well I for one would of picked him up AND fed him. Of course I would of been only about 5 or 6 probably. I guess I would have picked him up and taken him home for Mom to feed. :hilarious:
Thanks for giving us those tidbits Ann. Love hearing this kind of stuff!
I think he must have been rich by then to be living in Aspen (unless he was just visiting), but still, he apparently had the mentality of an ordinary average guy, which is just as good! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeA
Maybe he just didn't want to be DUI? Also, the hitchhiking incident may have been a few years before she was working for Carol Wayne & saw him driving around. She certainly would have picked him up, it's just that the other driver beat her to it !Quote:
Originally Posted by sodascouts
If I recall my "history" of the Colorado communities, back in the early 70's, Aspen was a haven for aspiring artists, much as was Laurel Canyon and not the hideout for the exclusively rich!
I know that Joe lived in a little community about 30 miles from Boulder though the name of it escapes me now....It was and is a very beautiful and inspiring location with scenery that just blows your mind...or at least the minds of most of us "flatlanders" <LOL> The canyon highway between Boulder and that town was a motorcycle heaven! Twisty with a stream running alongside the road the entire way and wildlife everywhere. I think Joe was working on the "Barnstorm" release while living there. Later, after getting married, I think he did move on into Boulder where tragedy struck when his daughter Emma's life was taken in that automobile accident.
My wife and I drove through Aspen a few years ago and it has definitely become a haven for the "pretty people"....especially the rich ones. I wonder today how much of the "crafty" merchandise found there is made in China today?
I know there is some stuff that truly is hand crafted by the local artists. But most that I've seen is not. I recall watching a man in Manitou Springs in Colorado in a Leather Hand Craft shop. He did make belts by hand, if you consider that the belts were all machine stamped to resemble hand tooled leather floral work and the Names or Initials he put on the back of the belts were stamped on with alphabet stamps! This caught my attention because I tool leather myself and never used a stamp for lettering and never made anything with machine embossing on it...I did all the floral and figurative work by hand.
But with that experience with leather, I do know that no one could keep prices on merchandise down low enough and make enough product to have a viable financial venture from it.
Fantastic reviews everyone! Sounds like a good time was had by all. I so wish I could have been there, but reading all about it here at least makes me feel like I was. It sounds (and looks) like Glenn and Joe were in fine form! :thumbsup:
Gl, backstage passes?! Whoever heard of such a thing, in recent years anyways! :shock:
And welcome to all you newbies that have found this wonderful, Eagle loving place! Stick around and you'll have a great time!
Thanks everyone for letting us all share in your adventures. As always Nancy a stellar job also a shout-out to Cami for jump-starting all the reviews. Glad everyone had a good time.
Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal:partytime:
I'm pretty sure you're referring to Nederland and the Caribou Ranch studio where Barnstorm was recorded. Nederland is now known mostly as the location of the Frozen Dead Guy Days festival.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeA
There may be a lot of stuff like that but there is also plenty of very very expensive crafty stuff made in the U.S. and elsewhere. A couple of our favorite stores include one that sells unusual and very expensive artsy stuff. Each year they feature different types of "art". This summer they have glass like stuff, it's got a name and if my wife wasn't in bed I could tell you :) Another store has some amazing fossil tables and other fossilized stuff like a T-Rex and Shark Skull and the third is a photography studio with amazing photographs of natural wonders.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeA
No doubt it's changed over the years and some things will never be like they used to be. Sometimes that good and other times bad. Depends on what's going on inside the head behind the eyeballs.
..are there no pictures of the concert???????:-(
Someone posted a link early to some official photo's. I have some photo's in my blog take from my phone at the link in my signature.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glennhoney
There is also a link to a great professional photographer who should have photo's up soon.
:applause: Well said sister! I remember you and I limping around after Timothy's solo show, and I vowed never to wear uncomfortable shoes to a concert again.Quote:
Originally Posted by sodascouts
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Originally Posted by Prettymaid
Such lightweights!! :hilarious:
What a nice intro!Quote:
Originally Posted by sodascouts
Walk Away is my favorite Joe song and a great way to get the crowd going! And I love your Jerry Mcquire reference. :hilarious:Quote:
Without further ado, they plunged into the rocker "Walk Away." That catchy opening riff gets folks going every time and the song's energy keeps them there! The little girls next to me and I were literally jumping up and down, and everyone around me was rocking out as the adrenaline of the entire crowd surged with the song. The crowd was wild for them already and would just get more amped up as the show progressed. They had us at hello!
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Ordinary Average Guy
It sounds like they were really interacting with each other much more than we get to see at an Eagles show, and understandably so. This was a much looser show and I would have loved to seen it.Quote:
Then, into the song intro! Joe began by saying, with a completely straight face as he always does, that while he and Glenn are rock stars, they're really just ordinary average guys. They take out the trash and mow their lawns
Glenn chimed in that yeah, they're totally ordinary, besides the planes and mansions and all.
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Lyin' Eyes
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Before going into this, Glenn said he smelled smoke... cigar smoke... and that people should be smoking other things besides cigars! (I should say that I smelled some nasty skunk smell which PLS informed me was 'skunk weed.' My response: "People smoke something that smells like SKUNKS?")
I love it when he changes it up!Quote:
In the City
I did notice that Joe changed up the guitar solo, not only here but on other songs as well.
I love this song too. What made you think this? What did he do?Quote:
You Belong to the City
I love this song - its building intensity, its drama, that interplay between guitar and sax, Glenn at the keyboard... and, to my delight, he sang it without falsetto! Danny Grenier joined him on the verses like Tim used to do when the Eagles performed it. The audience was completely into this and while it seemed at the end Glenn wasn't quite satisfied with how the song went down, everybody else was loving it... including me!
I would have loved to seen this. When I saw Joe solo at the IL State Fair he did it but one of his backup singers sang lead on it. This sounds so cool!Quote:
Life in the Fast Lane
As GL already said, Glenn and Joe shared lead vocals equally - Joe sang the first verse, Glenn the second, and they went back and forth on the third. I loved it. Man, it is so freaking cool to see an Eagles song like this done so differently and still sounding so incredible.
Me too! :nod:Quote:
I Hear You Knocking
I wondered at there being no Desperado, but honestly I didn't miss it hugely because I like it when the show ends with a rocker rather than a ballad. End with a BANG, I say!
YES, Nederland. We stopped there on one of our canyon rides at a restaurant on a corner with a lot of tables outside. That town is "All Corners" <LOL>Quote:
Originally Posted by CDave
I'm sure you are right Dave about the authentic stuff. Some tourist towns are more devoted to arts and crafts than others and with the people that Aspen attracts, I'm sure that there are a lot of shops (maybe most even) that carry real art. That is not the case in many tourist type towns. I do know it is a beautiful place and Colorado has several. I dearly love to tour the Rockies and have done so from Estes Park to Teluride.
PM, re "You Belong To The City", near the end of the song Glenn turned around & looked at the band, I think 3 times, and appeared to give them the "Frey eye". I remarked to Dreamer that Glenn wasn't too happy about something! When he went towards the back of the stage to get his guitar for the next song it looked like he gave the band a brief talking to.
One other small thing that came to mind when I was typing this-although we didn't see much of Otis after the concert started, he did bring one of Glenn's guitars out to him. I can't get over how adorable Otis is! Dreamer said that he is learning the "family business". :)
So, didn't anyone else get any photos? You regulars are usually so good at this...........come on......give 'em up! :lol:
And we need to see how adorable Otis is these days!
The festival was very adamant about not bring cameras saying they "would be confiscated at the gate" so most of us didn't take them in with us. And they had big signs on the fence saying "no photos" and the security staff seemed to be keeping an eye out for cameras. Of course I should have realized they wouldn't look twice at me at the gate because I was not carrying a bag (not like they were doing pat-downs) and stuck my camera in my pocket because by the time the guys were on there were people with cameras and phones snapping pictures all around me. I tried a few shots with my phone but the light was funky and the shots didn't turn out. Oh well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brooke
I do know GL's hubby got some photos (and video I think) but we will have to wait for them until after they get home from their trip...
It's really getting hard for them to police that "no-photo, no-video, no-audio" policy what with all the sophisticated telephone technology. Very little difference between some of the phones and the lower end cameras!
WT-quote-The festival was very adamant about not bring cameras saying they "would be confiscated at the gate" so most of us didn't take them in with us. And they had big signs on the fence saying "no photos" and the security staff seemed to be keeping an eye out for cameras.
Yeah, I'm thinking "since when did that stop us?" :hilarious:
I know of one lady who was always able to provide professional quality photos of virtually any Eagles show regardless as to the "camera Nazis". She took a 35mm with a telephoto lens in to the concerts....camera tucked into her blouse!
I'll say NO MORE about that other than it would be impossible for one of the male persuasion to get away with that!
My camera is busted, and my phone is the cheap kind with a crappy camera. Besides, my angle wasn't good for photos. I just hope Harold and Ann's photos turn out, because there is a surprising paucity of them on the internet other than those Dave mentioned and Koala linked to.
Soda... love your sig!
Thanks!
Found another review, with a photo of Glenn:
Boomers Well-Served at JAS Festival
.."Joe Walsh sang "Heartache Tonight"?.........really??????
Yeah, I know. And THAT'S the guy they choose to quote! Where's the editorial QC?
I wonder why he didn't mention that Glenn sang Life's Been Good! :lol:
Anyway, I have another thing about the show that I forgot to mention earlier - well it's actually not about the show, but about the set list. When I walked over to Soda and PLS at the end of the show, she was trying to get the roadies attention to get the set list. I told her Nanc, you're not projecting enough for them to hear you in this crowd. So she told me to try to get it. I walked over closer to the center of the stage and asked for it, but none of them reacted so I didn't think they heard me either. But after a moment, one of the guys reached on the floor and got it for us. So I it pays to have a big mouth sometimes. :wink: However, getting it was a mixed blessing after I saw that they were supposed to play Party Town. Bomber!!!
Perhaps the copious amounts of screaming I had been doing during the show damaged my ability to project after it! At any rate, thanks for taking care of it, Dreamer, since it wasn't happening for me.
Another video:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob8e87OdRLE[/ame]
Pretty good video considering it wasn't taken under ideal conditions. I didn't see any of us, but of course we were much closer :thumbsup:!
I was able to pick up the local papers that this article & a few others were in, concerning the concert. I'm going to add them to my memorabilia! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sodascouts
Actually GL I think I spotted Harold in the video... not 100% sure but at the beginning and at the end I could see a bald man in a blue shirt (wasn't he wearing a blue shirt that day?) and right in front of him is a bouncing head of brown hair (guess who?? :lol:) and another head of blonde hair...Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennLover
Start about 18-20 seconds in and you can see Nancy turn to Lissa. And that looks like Harold behind them. And you can see him and the back of Nancy and Lissa's heads again in the last 30 seconds a couple of times.
I see Joe doing some jumping in that video! :blueblob: