Glenn Frey: Gone but not Forgotten

Glad to have you back, GH. And your story about the medium is very eerie isn't it. I guess there really are some things that just can't be explained.

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Originally Posted by Glennhoney

I haven't been able to log on for a while now..but seems to be working tonight..
Anyway, about a month ago, my sister talked me into seeing a "medium" with her...she really believes in this stuff but didn't want to go alone..during our "meeting", she asked which one of us went to a lot of music concerts..I replied that was me and she asked if my favorite band was "The Birds"?...I laughed and said no, so she went on to say "well your favorite band are birds!"...Before we left she told me that when I see a low flying eagle, that it's a sign from my father (who died when I was 2)...but then said "wait, there's a man with your father who says that when you see an Eagle, you will think of him"..and I asked who he was and she said "your favorite singer"..she also went on to say that he was so much more than people gave him credit for..that he hadn't had the recognition that he deserved...needless to say I was floored...Gave me quite a warm feeling that my Dad was "hanging around" with Glenn..I know most people don't believe in "mediums" but that was an amazing experience for me...something that I wanted no part of, but turned out to be an hour well spent...

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It may be the obvious giveaway but you weren't wearing an Eagles T-Shirt were you? or maybe something a little bit more subtle

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Originally Posted by Funk 50

It may be the obvious giveaway but you weren't wearing an Eagles T-Shirt were you? or maybe something a little bit more subtle

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haha..no I wasn't .....

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Originally Posted by Freypower

A couple of photos & that bootleg from 1982 which I know you like, but I didn't have the heart to listen to it. I can't think of anything else unless you are counting all the stories which have been told about him. There are still no indications that there is any unreleased material which will see the light of day, or any tribute which will take place.

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Lots of small things but they add up: old articles and video clips which were new to me (but probably not you), the stories from people who have known him through the years which painted a different portrait, his solo catalogue being released in digital format which meant I could get "Living in Darkness" for the first time (it's not on my CD of The Allnighter) and that 1982 bootleg which is a snapshot of the then 33 year-old Glenn trying to find his feet as a solo artist. Of course, I'd like more but I can still appreciate what we have.

I'll be thinking of Glenn a lot today. It's the nine-year anniversary of the time PLS, Dreamer, and I hung out with Glenn in Niagara Falls... one of the greatest nights in my life!

Such a wonderful (extreme under exaggeration) night to cherish. You are certainly blessed to have had this experience with Glenn.

This is an article about Don's upcoming concert in Michigan, but I thought that this part about Glenn should be recorded here: http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arts-...rey-the-eagles

[QUOTE]Don Henley played plenty of shows since his Eagles partner Glenn Frey died in mid-January. And he’s paid plenty of tribute to his fallen bandmates.

But playing this week at the Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, not far from Frey’s hometown of Royal Oak, is going to be a little different.

“I’m looking forward to playing in Michigan,” Henley, 69, says by phone from a Philadelphia. “It’ll be an emotional night, but I think we’re gonna do just fine. We’re just going to do our show and do the best we can and give it all we got.

“Obviously we’ll do some Eagles songs. Out of respect for (Frey) I don’t do the songs he sang, I just do the ones that I sang. But I do several songs that we co-wrote together, including of course, ‘Desperado,’ which was the first song we really wrote together.

“I think it’ll be fine.”

Henley says he’s still coping with Frey’s passing at age 67 of complications from colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and pneumonia.

“I’m still processing it, and I will be for quite some time,” he explains. “I think about him every day, and I think about his family and his kids and wife. They’re doing OK. We all check on them quite often, and everybody’s getting through it.”

Frey’s death did, of course, bring the Eagles to an end, the final performance being a tribute at this year’s Grammy Awards with Jackson Browne joining the Eagles for “Take It Easy,” which he co-wrote with Frey. The Eagles also will receive a Kennedy Center Honor in December that was postponed last year due to Frey’s illness.

Henley didn’t perform any Eagles songs while touring last year to promote his latest solo album, “Cass County,” but had already planned to add them to this year’s shows.

Now, he acknowledges, the material has a different meaning in the wake of Frey’s death.

“People want to hear those songs,” he says, “and I feel like it’s my responsibility to carry that torch now, to be the curator, as it were, of a lot of those songs. And I’m gonna do that.”[QUOTE/]

That's the most Don's spoken about Glenn's death since his official statement. It's very moving. As sad as we all feel, how much worse must it be for Don and the Freys?

You know, the venue where Don is playing near Detroit is the same venue where I saw my very first Glenn solo show on July 20, 2006... the Soaring Eagle Casino. Appropriate.

Yeah - It nice to hear Don talk about Glenn and what his future Eagles plans may be.

And Soda - I've also been thinking a lot today about our evening with Glenn in Niagara Falls too. OMG - how lucky we were. It was such a thrill and, of course, a night I'll never forget. Yep - just another night of hanging out with a legendary rock star - no big deal. But, he was seriously so thoughtful and kind to us. I miss him every day.

Thanks for posting that GL. It is very moving hearing more for Don.