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I thought this was a cute little story, indulge me if you will. The first baby born in 2017 in Randy's hometown of Scottsbluff, Nebraska was named after Don Henley. The parents, Eagles fans, explained they're actually more partial to Randy Meisner but didn't think Randy or Meisner is a suitable name for a girl :)
So welcome to the world, baby Henley http://www.starherald.com/news/local...a86305103.html
Aww that's so sweet!!! :D
Henley is a lovely name, but I think Randi is a cute name for a girl too! :) Oh well, keeping it in the Eagles family nevertheless.
I agree with you NMB, they could have done Randi.
I am sorry but Henley is not a girl's name. It's not a first name. Please excuse me; I loathe surnames being used as first names (one example being Taylor Frey, to prove my objectivity on this). What about Randy Crawford who is female (to be fair the parents probably hadn't heard of her), or Randi or Donna?
Randi totally could've worked as well. Mandy/Mandi is usually a nickname for my name if not used as a first name on it's own (including as a male name), so it's very similar.
Yeah, really, I'm surprised they didn't use Randi or Randy. I have two nieces named Randi.
I do like Henley too though!
Definitely a cute story--I wonder if Don knows about it. Count me in among those that prefer "Randi" though.Quote:
Originally Posted by NightMistBlue
Over here, Randy isn't a suitable name for a boy, either. I'm not sure if there's an american equivalent - perhaps "Horny"?
Yes, one of your comedians did a bit about that. He checked in at an American hotel and his concierge said, "Hello, I'm Randy" which took the Brit aback.
It's probably a standard joke, right? I'm sure more than one comedian (as recently as Rowan Atkinson) has claimed on a chat show that their first time in America, they walked up to a policeman and asked, "Where can I get some fags?" and the policeman is aghast - har dee har har.
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Originally Posted by UndertheWire
Too funny!
It's a hugely overused name here in the US! I alone have a brother, brother in law, niece, great niece, and know of several others. I wonder if they ever think about what their name means?
I seem to remember the British press referring to Prince Andrew as "Randy Andy" back during his younger, free-wheeling bachelor days.
As Brooke said, the name has been quite popular in the U.S.; it's usually short for Randall.
An item popped up today from Rolling Stone about Don playing the MTV Inaugural Ball for Bill Clinton in 1993. Apparently there was a bit of drama!
The relevant part:"According to Bill Flanagan's stellar book U2: At The End of the World, Don Henley was none-too-pleased when he learned that the organizers wanted Automatic Baby [U2 and REM] to close out the show.
'[MTV co-founder Tom] Freston goes up to Henley,' wrote Flanagan, and says, 'Look, Don, you do your whole set, close the show, and then after the applause ends these other guys'll come out and do 'One' as a sign off.'
Henley didn't buy it. 'Henley goes pale - he looks shaken,' wrote Flannigan. 'He reminds Freston that he is supposed to close the show. Then he turns, goes into his dressing room and shuts the door. Freston is left staring at the closed door wondering if he should knock, when someone comes up, hands him a portable phone, and says he has a call. Freston says hello and gets an earful of Irving Azoff, Henley's powerful manager, telling him he's made a big mistake and now Don's not going to go on.'
Needless to say, Freston folded and let Henley close out the show."
I saw this on facebook. Don will have his own radio station in Australia.
https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/ea...joins-smoothfmQuote:
The Eagle's Don Henley joins smoothfm
Friday 27 January, 2017
Legendary singer-songwriter Don Henley is the latest big name to join the smoothfm all-star weekend line-up. Henley will host his own show on smoothfm from this Sunday 29 January.
The American producer and singer-songwriter is best known as a founding member of the Eagles. The band sold over 150 million albums worldwide and won six Grammy Awards before Henley embarked on a successful solo career.
Henley returns to smoothfm after being involved in counting down some of listener's favourite tracks in the smoothfm Top 500 Countdown, which aired from 22 January to Australia Day, and is thrilled to have the opportunity to return to the airwaves.
Henley said, "1 don't get a chance to talk to my fans in Australia so this is a wonderful opportunity."
Georgie Page, smoothfm Program Director said, "The Eagles are an iconic band and continue to be one of the most successful groups in history. We are thrilled to have Don join the smoothfm family as we know listeners will love hearing his stories.'"
Henley is in Australia performing with an impressive 15 piece band and playing hits from his entire four decade career. smoothfm listeners can see him in action in Sydney at the ICC Sydney Theatre on Friday March 10 and in Melbourne at Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday March 8 with tickets available for purchase from ticketek.com.au.
Henley will also be performing at A Day On The Green at Mt Duneed Estate on Saturday March 18 (ticketmaster.com.au).
Don Henley can be heard on smoothfm 95.3 Sydney, smoothfm 91.5 Melbourne and on smoothfm DAB+ on Sunday 29 January to Sunday 19 February from 4pm.
Read more at: https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/ea...joins-smoothfm © Radioinfo.com.au
Cool! Thanks for the heads-up!
Here's the link. When the box pop up, go down to Sydney.
In the US, its 12:00am Eastern/11:00pm Central tonight.
http://www.smooth.com.au/smooth
I can't believe there hasn't been an interview since January.
This is a new interview, although it must have been conducted a few weeks ago:
http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainmen...ectid=11817377
Great interview.
Bob Dylan and Don Henley Announce (separate) Summer Tours
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/bob-d...ey-tours-2017/
Thanks for sharing. I'm bummed about no California dates. Oh well. Hope the Borderers that go have a great time!
Don't give up, RudieCantFail. I also told my friend who lives in California that she will see Don again. I think she hasn't seen him since 2015 when he did his first leg of the Cass County tour.
I know I was complaining that Don didn't have not one southern dates last fall and then Don came out with tour dates in the south. It was also around the time I was trying to save to see Donny and Marie in my home state, but I end up going to both anyway. And then the people in the northeast and midwest were not happy he didn't include dates in their area.
He'll be back to California and Northwest soon. He'll probably be touring this fall. I never thought I would get the chance to see Don. I took plunge and travel the 8 hours to Austin(this was a last minute decision after I found out my best friend wasn't going to be in town) and then 3 hours to Houston(I also wanted to see my best friend in Houston and I did get to see her). It was soo worth it.
Stevie Nicks, Two Eagles to join Don Henley at his Dallas birthday concert in July.
http://www.guidelive.com/music/2017/...y-concert-july
Stevie was definitely a giving as to what celebrity will be there to help celebrate Don's birthday. Those two always supposed each other and help each other when it comes playing together through the years. That's nice Joe and Timothy will be there.
I wonder if Sting and/or Billy Joel will be there?
This radio interview with Don was originally posted in the Classic East/West Concert thread by Philh. I'm providing a brief transcription since these links tend to expire. It took place this a.m.
First, Don discusses his band and setlist. He said if someone in the audience yells out a request, they can sometimes put it together and perform it, that's how versatile and good his band is.
Then he talks about the upcoming Eagles concerts. He says he looks forward to them but he can't say who is in the line-up just yet. They are keeping it in the family. He's not trying to be coy about it. There will be an official announcement soon. He wants to stress that they are not replacing Glenn b/c Glenn is irreplaceable.
He believes what they're doing is something Glenn would have approved of. He said when Glenn passed away, he didn't think they could go on. But they received messages from people all over the world who want to see them continue. Don said they have to do it in a way that honors Glenn and his legacy. He said the future is going to be interesting. He also said, "so far the reception we've had has been good, very positive."
Don gets asked about the documentary, specifically how hands-on the band members were in its creation. Don said, "we fully participated" but I'm not sure if he understood the interviewer's question. He then gets asked if there's anything he wished was included that was left out. Don's answer was a firm "nope..there's plenty in there."
Don is asked about Linda Ronstadt. Don says he doesn't talk to her too often but they do exchange emails here and there. She does speaking engagements occasionally. He recommends her autobiography.
Don talks about his legacy, basically saying he doesn't think about it. The most important thing to him is to be a good father. Because of this, he doesn't do albums very often. He mentions he still has two kids living at home, with one of them graduating this month.
He also talks about the difficulty in making The Long Run album, b/c the interviewer asks him about it. He also discusses his first car (a '48 Dodge). I believe that's pretty much it in a nutshell.
http://www.92kqrs.com/2017/05/11/don...-to-ray-erick/
Don also did an interview with a Dallas station this morning (I cannot find a link to it online) they did not discuss the Classic concerts at all.
He did discuss how he honors Glenn at his solo shows, dedicating songs to him at the end of the set and such. And about the outpouring of love and support that the fans have shown them. (All that has been mentioned on this board before) He also said since Glenn's passing it has made him more grateful of the small things in life such as getting his kids up and dressed for school, in which he said one is graduating this month as Delilah mentioned, and for helping with homework and changing light bulbs. The interviewer then states "Wow, how cool is that to get help on your English homework from Don Henley" Don then says "Ah, yeah that don't ask for that".
He was asked about his Walden Woods Project and Don said this year is a big one because it celebrates what would have been Henry David Thoreau's 200th birthday.
Then about his work at Caddo Lake, he said it is all good, and that he is heading that way tomorrow for a board meeting.
Anyone up for a road trip to East Texas tomorrow?! :wink:
Here is the link to the Dallas interview:
http://kluv.cbslocal.com/2017/05/11/...s-distracting/
Seems I left out quiet a bit.. :oops:
Here's another interview. Don even says why he's throwing a party. I hope Kenny comes.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/05/12/d...70th-birthday/
Nice interviews. Thanks for posting them!
ETA: I had to laugh at the interviewer who thought Don didn't put politics into any of his songs. Did she even listen to any of his stuff???
A Tonight Show clip--Niall Horan (formerly of One Direction) talks about growing up listening to southern California rock and his close relationship with Don Henley. Any Londoners here spot them having a pint at a dingy little pub in Soho last year? :cheers:
[ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bGiU2LrzyX4[/ame]
New interview with Don
http://www.telegram.com/news/2017060...les-don-henley
This piece on Don has a few nice quotes from guitarist Chris Holt: https://www.dmagazine.com/publicatio...-party-dallas/
Yikes, I can't imagine dinging Don's car, but I guess that's one way to meet him in person!
Actually that very same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago (the door ding, not meeting Don-lol). I was in my newish car and a lady got out of her big bad newish truck and the wind whipped her door in to mine. I got out and looked and she was very nice and apologetic and offered to have it fixed. It was just a very small skinning of the paint, so I declined and said I appreciated her at least acknowledging that it happened. I wonder if Don was as nice?
I was wondering how Don was about it, too. It bothers me that the article points out where Don goes grocery shopping, so fans can stalk him. Give the guy some peace!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brooke
Also, I'm a little disappointed that Environmentalist Don has an SUV (if the article is correct, which you never know). Especially after his sarcastic jibe on them in The Long Road Out of Eden (title song).
I think he should drive an electric car, like his fellow Walden board member Ed Begley, Jr. Or at least a hybrid!:)
Good disguise I suppose :shrug: I'm more disappointing with the 8ft high wall and the purchase of both neighboring properties. If you want to boost a town's economy, you don't buy property and then leave it empty for the majority of the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by maryc2130
I recently read an article where Sheryl Crow compared working for Michael Jackson and Don Henley. She said she only saw MJ on stage whereas Don cheerfully hung out backstage with his backing band. I think I need another source to support that Henley anecdote :stunned:
Great to hear that Don offered to sing on Chris Holt's Stargazer album. I'm Wasted is on YouTube;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdZtGZGKtvw.
Here's an article that suggests Henley is open to doing some writing with former One Direction idol Niall Horan.
https://www.yahoo.com/music/niall-ho...152016274.html
Wouldn't that be something! :-DQuote:
In a recent SiriusXM interview, Horan also teased a potential collaboration with Don Henley. "I've got quite a close relationship with [Henley], and Don had spoke about before maybe doing some writing together," he said. "So even just sitting there having a jam with him would be enough for me."
Wow, they write how he tries to maintain his privacy by building an 8 ft fence and buying the adjacent property, and then they tell us which Whole Foods in the Dallas area he shops at. *grumble, grumble* Dirty Laundry *grumble, grumble*
I'm sure that Don has his reasons for driving an SUV, since those are such a pain to drive as a rental car. If I had a choice, I'd rather drive a pick-up truck instead of a bulky SUV. He has 3 kids, right? So that may have been the reason why, as well as what Funk 50 suggested that it may be a disguise.
It's pretty cool that he's willing to work with a younger artist, like Niall Horan. Thanks for sharing Funk 50!
Don probably has a pickup truck and a car. The SUV is probably to drive his kids around especially if they had to go places(games or practices if they did do any of those) or have to drive them and their friends around just like any parent would do if their kids are not driving yet. Will, Annabel and Sophie probably got a car when they were old enough to drive.
The issue isn't whether Don has justifiable reasons for driving an SUV, it's why is it ok for him and not other Americans, plenty of whom also have kids. When I read he was in an SUV, I also thought about that line from LROOE. His finger-wagging is one of the reasons I'm not crazy about the album.
Rudie - I have to agree with you. He builds a 8 ft. wall around his home and buys the adjourning pieces of property on both sides of his home and then they list the Whole Foods he shops at. Crazy !
Delilah - I also dislike when Don, or for that matter any other artist, does their preaching/lecturing in their music.
Henley's finger-wagging is unattractive, imho. He did write;
though :neutral:Quote:
Have you noticed that an angry man
Can only get so far
Until he reconciles the way he thinks things ought to be
With the way things are(My Thanksgiving)
I think it's impossible for a highly principled, true environmentalist to earn money in such a throwaway profession as a global entertainer. It's a major compromise however forthright the views expressed are :shrug:
In MHO there are others ways to show your concern for the environment than lecturing people in your songs.
However, thanks to Don's work, Walden Woods was saved instead of being plowed over for condos or a strip mall.