Oh Kenny Loggins. I love Kenny Loggins. I wonder if Don was talking about the two children's album he put out.
Thanks again, HB. I'm loving these answers.
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Oh Kenny Loggins. I love Kenny Loggins. I wonder if Don was talking about the two children's album he put out.
Thanks again, HB. I'm loving these answers.
Thanks for all the time and effort you're putting into this, HB!
And Shun, I didn't know Kenny Loggins put out any children's albums. :D
This is really interesting. Thank you so much for your heroic labors, HB!
I'm so happy that you got to snuggle with Don.
Fascinating!
Yes. Actually three. Return to Pooh Corner, More Songs from Pooh Corner and All Joined In. I have Return to Pooh Corner and More Songs From Pooh Corner. More Songs from Pooh Corner is my favorite out of the three.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delilah
HB - I said it before and I will say it again - THANK YOU !:cheers:
HB - I know others have already said this but THANK YOU for your wonderful posts on the Runaway tour!! It's almost as good as being there :grin:
HB, lovin' every minute of it! Thank you so much!
Thanks again so much HB!!!! :D
HB - Question - Was there any questions besides maybe family that were off limits with Don ? Did the organizers say not to discuss or ask Don certain questions ?
I am glad you asked NKIT - that is something I wondered about as well. Had i been there I might have asked about the early days when Laurel Canyon was in full bloom if you catch my drift, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by New Kid In Town
In one of the post, Don did answer a question about his Will. So I guess it wasn't completely off limit.
Dawn -I most certainly do - lol ! ;)
I wonder if he discussed/talked about Glenn at any length.....
Shun - thank you for the reminder about Kenny and his kids records. I happily remember listening to them with my nieces and nephews. Boy, you are a music encyclopedia ! :bow: I am embarrassed to say I don't know some of the people/groups/music you post. I salute you and everyone else here who knows this stuff- God Bless Ya all !
I'm a huge Kenny Loggins fans and I saw him in concert once almost twice. I was going to see him this past March, but my accident stopped me. That was interesting that Don said he had Kenny Loggins playing to put his kids to sleep. I knew he was talking about Kenny's children albums since I heard for years by Kenny's fans that they would play his album to put their children to sleep.
Their are some artists I've been following for many years. Plus I loved country music(well 90s and older). That's why I know so much about Vince because I've been following him since I was 14. Plus I also look stuff up about artist.
I did not hear the organizers say anything or make an announcement regarding that. On Saturday when we registered, the organizers said we could go to another table and leave a question that we wanted to ask Don. At that time, VA and I thought maybe they were going to screen the questions this year. However when we got there Sunday, people just raised their hand and asked away. Of course for the price we paid, you know everyone was a fan and would not say or ask a question that would offend Don. We all wanted our photo with him. :grin:Quote:
Originally Posted by New Kid In Town
Thank you HB and VA!
I liked his response for Question 13 about how the songs aren't being played on the radio. They don't even promote new music on the classic rock or 80's and 90's stations that I listen to. The classic rock songs will repeat, and just the other day, I was a little surprised to hear the Stone Temple Pilots as 'classic rock.' I don't blame them for that, but it would be a nice change if they risked it.
Question 39: A man from Poquoson, VA (quite close to VA), and he and his wife were there to celebrate their 33rd anniversary. He asked Don how he relaxes (besides shopping at Whole Foods). Don said he likes to garden. Tomatoes, chili peppers. He likes to go fishing, go back to his hometown and sometimes take Richard with him and hang out there and fish. He’s usually working. He called it a 24/7 job. 100- 200 emails a day with Irving and others in the organization. He said it seems to be speeding up instead of slowing down, and at some point, it’s got to stop. He’s going with it now because he knows that not many people get the chance. He’d like to make more records, tour more, finish funding his charities. He’s got a list of things to finish. He’d like to take his kids to travel around the world. It’s all about health. He works on that really hard. He said he takes a fistful of vitamins every day whether they help him or not. He works out 3 or 4 times a week for an hour and a half or two hours, and before every show. I missed what he said right after this due to the chatty person beside me running her commentary, but he ended with saying he didn’t want to stink (I think) or start giving half-assed performances. He’d rather quit, he’d rather pump gas than do that.
Question #40: A man from South Columbia, TN. Emerson is attributed a quote that says, ‘the years teach much, which the days never knew.’ He said he was curious, now that he’s so far along in his career, what the present-day Don Henley would say to the 20-year-old Don Henley. Don said, “Oooh.” Then he said we don’t have time here. He said he’d tell him he did a lot of things right, he made a lot of mistakes. He wasted some time. Some tangents, some side tracks. He said these types of questions you think about what you’d go back and change, but he couldn’t do that, because all the things he did made him who he is today. He learned from the mistakes. As the song says, “I have some regrets, but too few to mention.” He said you could go back and tell your younger self, but your younger self probably wouldn’t listen. So, it all worked out the way it was supposed to.
Question #41: A lady from Salt Lake City, UT. She said he’d mentioned some pessimistic things about the future, she wondered what he was optimistic about, regarding the future. He mentioned the pessimistic things first…North Korea and the lunatic that runs it, he worried about that. Climate change, and the people that don’t believe it’s real. He’s talked to scientists, he’s traveled to places where the glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate. He’s seen places where the sea level has risen already, and he worries about that. He has friends in the Silicon Valley that, with all the new technology, are extremely worried about artificial intelligence and that it may take over. He said he doesn’t lay awake nights thinking about this stuff, but it’s on his mind. He said the political scene is a mess. On the positive side, he sees incredible advances being made in the field of medicine. If his father had gotten the kind of treatment that he’d gotten, he’d have lived another twenty or thirty years (I THINK this is what he said, the lady beside me was again talking, this time saying what she thought he’d say next instead of what he actually said). He sees great advances in medicine, they saved his life back in 2010. Technology…the internet is an incredible thing. It’s good and bad, we tend to waste a lot of time on it. He doesn’t like the pop-up ads (he must not use an ad blocker, lol. I’ve not seen a pop-up ad in years.) The cell phone is a marvelous invention. He sees a lot of good things happening in technology. He sees people doing things about the environment. Texas, for example is one of the leading states in wind power. Electric cars are becoming more popular. Battery power is becoming more popular. He said the news is so alarmist, they’d have you think the world is just falling apart. In a lot of places, the prime rates are lower than they were ten years ago. There are a lot of good things happening, just tend not to hear about them because what sells news is tragedy and drama. The journalism of conflict. Music, on the other hand, is getting worse. There’s good stuff out there, but it’s like finding a needle in a haystack. He said maybe these difficult times will bring about better songwriting. Good songwriting occurs in times of turmoil, but we’re at the shallow end of the pool right now. He knows he sounds like an old fuddy-duddy when he says that, but it’s true. It’s all about trends and research and youth. When you get to our age and begin to know something, they don’t make music for us. He said he gets up every day, and it can be easy to slip over into the ‘glass is half empty’ thing a lot, but when it’s half empty it’s also half full. There’s a lot of good things happening in technology. He hopes we’ll get things sorted out in Washington, and get rid of radical partisanship, because nothing’s being done. There used to be something called statesmanship, where people reached across the aisle and worked with each other. Others may not have had the same beliefs as them, but they were willing to compromise in order to lift everyone up. It’s called the Common Good. These days all political rhetoric is designed to make us think that we have nothing in common. The rhetoric is to divide us now, and we’re not going to get anywhere that way. The rhetoric is designed to destroy all sense of common purpose. He feels someone is going to come along, they may only be ten or twenty years old right now, but they are going to come along and show some leadership and some common sense, and will appeal to a wide range of people. Someone shouted his name and he grinned and said, “No. I don’t want that job.” He said he didn’t know why anyone would want that job, it’s a no-win situation. He said he has to be optimistic because he has children. Things might get worse before they get better, but they will get better in the long run.
Thirty more minutes to go. We apologize for this taking so long, but there’s this little thing called ‘work’…
HB(&VA) - Thanks again for the awesome job!
Question - Maybe I forgot, but what happened to Don in 2010 that saved his life ?
I was thinking the same thing, NKIT. I thought I read somewhere about it, but I forgot what it was about.
What health issues was Don having in 2010? If he did say medical advances could have saved his father (too bad that lady was talking at the time) then perhaps it involved a heart condition, which plagued his father, I believe. I'm glad he's fine now.
So much of what he said rings true, especially the gloom-and-doom alarmist headlines by the media.
No need to apologize, HB. You're doing a great service for Eagles fans.
I second that one !:bow::yay::applause:
If I remember correctly, they were touring in 2010 and I believe they had to cancel or postpone a few concert dates due to Don's "illness". We need to check in the 2010 threads regarding concert dates. And I may be totally off on this but I think the rumor was he had a stent(s) put in.
Like I said, I may be totally off on this but the way it sounded at the Runaway it could have been similar to his Dad's medical situation but his father's was probably a lot more serious than Don's.
I went back to re-read the thread again from 2010. From what ya'll said 7 years ago, you heard a stent was put in his heart and then they came back with knee. I'm starting to think it was his heart. Why would a doctor save his life for a knee problem.
I'm guessing a stent too. They are such a common thing now.
My bnl went in for a cath and got one today and my boss has had 7!
HB and Va, fantastic job on all this and we appreciate it so much!
Thanks - I had remembered something about his knee and also wondered how that could be life threatening. The stent sounds more like it. My BIL had one put in after a HA last year and is doing great. Sadly, Don is right when he said if his father had the same medical advances back then he could have lived many more years. I would bet that is one of many the reason reason he exercises so diligently. I guess we can say we are all grateful he is doing well.
HB and VA, thank you so much for your all your diligence in recounting Don's Q&A session. Sounds like a great evening and well worth the cost and the travel. Delighted you all had a wonderful time and were able to have such insights into Dons life and music that we would not normally have the chance to hear. Maybe if he does another such session I might get to go. What I would have given to have had that chance with Glenn :heart: Its such a pity he wasn't around for these new ventures.
My exact thoughts as I was waiting in line for the photo session....Quote:
Originally Posted by Glennsallnighter
:cry: :hug:
HB - Very nice of you to put all the Q&A on here!! It's great to go back and reread - certainly a lot of questions!
I thought I would post our photo. I cleared out some of the Runaway Tours logos in the background...I think it makes the photos a bit too busy!
Great photo of y'all LTEF!! Don does look quite amused! :grin:Quote:
Originally Posted by longtimeeaglesfan
Great pic LTEF!!! :D
LTEF - Great photo of you all ! and I agree, Don does look quite amused !
HB & VA thank you again for your wonderful recap of the Q & A. Made me feel like I right there with ya all .
Thank you very much Houston baby and VA for sharing all Don's three and a half hour Q&A. Far and beyond anything we could hope for from official press sources. Such detail could only come from the most generous of ardent fans.
Wonderful reading, both entertaining and informative. I've had a high respect of Don for decades, it has slipped a little lately but this is definitely a large tick in the plus column. Thanks again for bringing it to us. :thumbsup:
A couple of responses, regarding Don's comments about radio. YouTube has taken over the role that radio played during the Eagles heyday. Just like the bands, radio stations feel a need to play tracks that their target audience are familiar with. To hear new music, fans go to YouTube. Don needs to embrace YouTube. That's what I currently believe anyway:shrug:
Don's comments about Long Road Out Of Eden were surprising. No doubt, he'll be performing Waiting In The Weeds, solo or with the Eagles very soon. The Last Resort seems to have gone down well since he reintroduced it to his live repertoire ;)
You are very welcome from VA and me everyone!
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Question #42: A man from Cleveland, OH. He said that Don has talked about struggling some nights, he’s also talked about singing the same songs each night. He’s also mentioned about how sometimes his mind wanders and goes to some interesting places. Don said, “Yeah, what I’m gonna have for dinner later.” After much laughter, the man said he was hoping for something a little more romantic (I’m positive that’s the word he used) and interesting than that. Don said, “I’m sorry.” After more laughter, the guy said he thought then the question became, “Burnt ends, ribs, or brisket?” (VA - I’m such a plebian when it comes to BBQ, I had to look up Burnt Ends. It’s really a thing.) Don said he had ribs the night before. Then Don answered the original question and likened it to driving in a car, where you can think and drive at the same time. He said it was the same with drumming, and they call it ‘going into the zone.’ He said if he thinks too much about what he’s doing, he’ll mess up. In his mind, he knows what to do, he doesn’t need to think about it. He’s not phoning it in, he’s trying, he’s focused on what he’s doing, but there’s another part of his brain that’s doing something else. Like thinking about ribs and brisket. He can do both without messing up. He had some great BBQ the night before. He said the BBQ came from the Pecan Lodge (which he’d mentioned in concert the night before). Quite a few shouted out that they’d gone there earlier that day.
Question #43: A man from Houston, but said he was at the Runaway event last year. He said there’s a lot of disposable income that’s spent chasing him all over the US (I can’t imagine who would do that, lol!). Don said we should be putting it into Johnson & Johnson. So the guy said that at last years’ Runaway event, Don had said he’d look into getting an Eagles channel on SiriusXM radio. Once again, Don thought they already had one (apparently they do on iHeart?). The crowd emphatically told him they didn’t. Don said he could fix that. (Who am I to remind him he said that last year? SXM just ignores my emails on the matter at this point.) So then the guy said he wondered what to get a guy for his birthday who could probably afford to get himself whatever he wanted. Then went on to explain that since we’d been told we could leave gifts for him on a table, he and his wife brought him butt nuggets. He explained they have chickens, and butt nuggets are eggs. So apparently, they brought him fresh eggs for his birthday. Don mentioned he has some chickens, and they stop laying when it gets so hot. He mentioned he’d never heard eggs referred to as butt nuggets before. Don said he’d take them, he’s not really into the gift thing, but he’d take those. Then he said that all of us being there that day and the night before was gift enough for him.
Question #44: A lady from Houston. She asked for details on how they prepared for the Classic West and East concerts, the set list, who would sing what, etc. He said the setlist was pretty much already decided from previous setlists. He said they rehearsed for 2 ½ weeks. They rehearsed at first without Vince, since he was on tour. After he got there, they rehearsed for two weeks at a place near Culver City, CA. They had to change up some harmony parts, a lot of details they had to work on. Some they’re still working on. He said they always rehearsed a lot in their career, they liked to over-prepare. He said when they go to NY they’ll rehearse for a couple of days in the stadium. You can rehearse in a rehearsal hall, it’s one thing, but in a stadium, it’s an entirely different ballgame. (haha!) Sound is different, mixes are different, everything is different. They rehearsed for two nights at Dodger stadium so the lighting guy could get it right. There’s a lot of things that go into it. Also, the big IMAX screens in the back. They’ll do the same in NY. He said they’ll sit around rehearsing vocal harmonies, in a circle, the Circle of Fear. Figure out the harmonies, then go up to the mics and sing with the instruments, then go back to the Circle of Fear and do the next song. They do that over and over again for each song, they usually rehearse for 6 to 7 hours at a time.
Question #45: A lady from Westlake Village, CA: She mentioned she was 70, and Don expressed surprise. We all did, she looked like she was in her late 30’s. She said she had been surprised to hear that Vince Gill would be with them, as in her mind, she’d always separated the genres. She was at the Classic West, and with Vince and Glenn Frey’s son, the emotions were so overwhelming. She wondered what prompted them to ask Vince, and is he going to stay with the Eagles? Don said, “Probably.” He said that several things prompted them. One was that Vince and Glenn had been good friends, they were both avid golfers and golfed together. Secondly, they all admired Vince’s singing, he’s one of the best singers on the planet, one of the absolutely best singers there is. One of the best guitarists as well. So they knew he was one of the only guys that would fit. He’s like Steuart Smith, he’s one of the few that could have stepped into that position. He said he can’t think of anybody else who could have. He said he was surprised, that he’d thought of Vince as a bluegrass guy, and he brought these big, gigantic amplifiers with him. Two of them that are custom made. So it’s really loud on that side of the stage. It’s as loud as Walsh is on the other side of the stage. He said it balances things out. So Timothy and he will have to get used to it. Don continued - Vince is a hell of a musician, a really good singer, and a really nice guy. He fits in really well. He said they’re all very proud of Deacon as well. As he said before, for a 24-year-old kid to get up there and do that is great. He said that Deacon is really into it. He’s taking voice lessons. Working out with a trainer. He’s all in. They’re all very proud of him, and he knows Deacon’s dad would be proud of him.
These are the final questions........
Question #46: A lady from British Columbia, Canada. Don mentioned that British Columbia was awesome, and she agreed. She said his first album was her favorite. It was one she could go to through good times and bad times. His subsequent albums have done the same thing for her. She said that for the last year or so, she’s been dealing with some traumatic health news. A tumor in her neck, and MS diagnosis. She’s gotten a lot of support from family and friends (some of whom were there), but one great thing was that she’s always been able to fall back on his music. His voice has always been so soothing to her. She said that it this point, when it’s another bad test result, or she’s very tired, her husband will just tell her to go lie down and listen to Don. Sometimes it’s not easy for him. She said that his music has been such a help, that she’d not be doing as well as she is without her husband, her children, her friends, and his music. She thanked him for it. He was obviously touched. He said it was exactly the kind of thing he’d been talking about earlier. He said there are times he gets cynical, times he gets sick and tired of doing the songs. Times he thinks he’s just not going to do them any more. Then he hears something like that. Or he reads a fan letter like he did the other night, where someone has a similar situation. He reads a letter from a guy who was in the Iraq war, or Vietnam, and his songs have that effect on him. He said it brings it home to him what these songs mean to people. He forgets sometimes, he’s so close to it that he can’t see it. He said he doesn’t want to make a big deal out of it, because he’s just trying to be a normal person, especially for his kids. But, it’s good for him to be reminded once in a while. It’s also scary, it’s a big responsibility. When he hears something like that, or reads something like that, he’s reminded that these songs are much bigger…(he didn’t finish the sentence). It’s like he said in a recent interview, the songs are much bigger than the band or anyone in it. It’s the songs that are going to always be there. It’s good for him to be reminded how much they mean to so many people all over the world. It keeps him grounded, and gives him the enthusiasm to go out and keep on doing them. Not for himself, not for the money, but what they mean to so many people. He thanked her for her words, and said that they had no idea when they were writing them that they would be accepted the way they are. He went on to remind her that his wife has MS, and they are doing great things for MS these days, that it’s improving.
Question #47: Richard stood up and just said his first name. Don said he’s known him since he was 6 or 7. He said they started making music in Richard’s parents living room, that’s where it all started. Richard just wanted to comment that it’s been over 4 or 5 years since they went fishing on Caddo. Don said he’s too busy saving Caddo lake to go fishing on it. He told Richard he was right, they’d go, but not in July or August. He said October was good.
He asked if there were more questions, a couple more, that he needed to go eat more BBQ.
Question #48: A guy from Spring Hill, FL. He said he saw him at Ruth Eckerd Hall this past January. He wanted to know Don’s take on NYM. Don said his take on NYM was that it’s a dark song. He said he had some good collaborators on it (Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar and Jai Winding). He said it was written before 9/11/2001, but it took on a new meaning after that. He said he didn’t play it for 2 or 3 years after 9/11. It’s simply about how things can change quickly, unexpectedly. That you should appreciate your friends and family while you have them, because in an instant they could go ‘kapuff’, with a hand gesture that indicated ‘gone in an instant’. It’s about a guy down on Wall St, and a lot of those guys are very unhappy, because it’s all they live for, especially the day-traders. He likes the song musically because of the trumpet solo and the chord progression. They didn’t play it the night before, they did Talking To The Moon instead since they were in Texas.
He said they had time for one more question.
Question #49: A lady from Chicago, IL. She was at the rained-out concert there from a month or so ago. Her birthday is the same as Don’s so she thanked him for having a concert for her birthday. He thanked her and wished her a happy birthday, then discussed others who had the same birthday, none of which I could hear except Rose Kennedy.
Question #50: A lady from Richmond, VA. ( VA - With all these people from my neck of the woods, perhaps he should do one of these here. Or at least a concert… Jus’ sayin’…) She mentioned that she was the winner of a Walden Woods sweepstakes a few years ago. Don said he thought he recognized her. She then said she’d lived on a street named Linden in Richmond. Then decades later she spent her wedding night in a boutique hotel with the name Linden in it. She said she went to Linden, TX in Sept. 2015 with two friends from the UK, and met JD Souther there. She said she’s been nominated to board of the Linden Heritage Foundation. She said Linden feels like a second home to her now. She said it was the best way to thank him for all that he’s given her. He thanked her, and she interrupted to say she was almost done. She said something about not knowing what the world will be like in 20 years, and as he’s said, the whole world has gone bat-shit crazy. He said that it’s true, but in the small towns, at an individual level there’s a lot of hope. There are still a lot of good people out there. He’s not so crazy about the human race as a whole, but individuals are where it’s at. He thanked her for all that she was doing in Linden, and she said that all those in Linden want him to know how very proud they are of him. He said it was a great place to grow up. That so many there supported both he and Richard. He did gigs at the American Legion, their first show was at the Chevy dealership. Linden has the oldest continuously operating courthouse in the state.
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He asked if there were more questions. People seemed surprised, and he said that we’d come all this way. He knew we’d paid a lot of money, and he wanted us to feel like we’ve gotten our money’s worth.
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Question #51: A lady from Chicago. She wanted to know, when recording with the Eagles, how was it determined who got to sing the lead vocals. He said, “Ooh.” There was a lot of laughter at how he said it. He said a lot of times it was who brought the song in, or even just the beginning. He said Glenn had started Lyin’ Eyes, and it was natural for him to sing it as he sang most of the country-oriented stuff. He said Randy had started TITTL. Sometimes Glenn would decide who sang the lead. Sometimes there was some conflict, it’s been written about. It was usually whoever brought the song or whoever had the right voice for it. It was done that way most of the time.
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That was the end! We all stood and gave him a standing ovation, then he went out a nearby door and it was time for us to line up to get pictures taken with him. The pictures went very quickly, and any discussion with him was greatly discouraged.
In my opinion (VA), the concert the night before and the Q & A made the trip completely worth the cost and the time off work. Meeting up with friends as well. However, once again, I was not impressed with Runaway’s handling of the event at all. I absolutely would never consider paying this amount of money to see an artist who wasn’t at the very top of my list of favorites. I think they get away with a lot of poor planning because the artists they have do this make up for a lot. To me, it doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be getting better at this. I realize that Don went way over the time they’d thought he’d take, but it wasn’t why the food wasn’t very good. It certainly had nothing to do with the fact they had around 300 people and only seating for about half that amount at the After Party. They served food that required the use of a knife and fork, and there was nowhere to even stand and put your plate somewhere where you could use the knife and fork. So we tossed our food and went to a hotel restaurant and paid for food and drink. There was a lot of standing in very long lines, to check in, to get into the Q&A, to get the photograph, and all that could be eliminated with smarter planning.
I know it was a lot of photographs to be taken, but they rushed you through like cattle. I heard the shutter on the camera before I even looked at it. The lighting was very poor, in most you can’t even really pick out Don’s hair. My hair has streaks of red in it, and my old hairdresser sent me a Facebook message asking what I’d done to my hair. I had to explain that it’s as blonde as it’s ever been! We have access to all the pictures, and one unfortunate guy has wings sprouting from his head. They have the Runaway insignia all over the backdrop and it just so happened that where he stood, his head was over the heart in the insignia, and the wings or whatever they are, they’re the same color as his hair, and they come out from behind his head, and it looks ridiculous. I would be horrified if after that amount of money, that would be the picture I had to show for it. I guess it’s better than last year where they lined us up outside and then didn’t give us time to undo the damage from the wind. It just seems that for that amount of money, a little more thought would be put into the organization and pictures.
I will end by saying again that Mr. Henley himself more than made up for it. Once again, he gave thorough and complete answers, he made each person feel welcome. He acted like he wanted to be there, and he did genuinely care that we felt we got our money’s worth. I felt the staff were not very happy at the amount of time and the number of questions, they wanted to herd us out of there much sooner. In their minds, an hour and a half was enough. Don didn’t feel that way, and it was very much appreciated.
I was the last question. Don was awesome about looking at the person that asked the question.
I agree about the food. It was a little disappointing. We ran into people in the elevator that had gone out to eat after the event. We at least got cake. But I would recommend the weekend if you are a diehard of the Runaway artist.
I spoke to the couple after the Q&A. They were from Beardstown. I'm from Morgan County so I very surprised to hear from someone else from my neck of the woods.Quote:
Originally Posted by WalshFan88
Oh my gosh, how cool!!!!!! I live 30 minutes away from Beardstown...Quote:
Originally Posted by AftertheThrill
Eek! I know a couple from Beardstown that are huge Eagles/Don fans! I will have to ask them if they went! I really doubt it's them, but.......
Wow, small world!
I just wanted to add my thanks for writing all this down. It was a great read and I'm glad you had a wonderful time.