Eagles Mentions in the Press (2006 - 2017)

[Freypower]

I would have preferred it if it had actually said something about Glenn himself.

[DivineDon]

I just read that Vince Gill is working on a project with Joe - cool. He writes in Rolling Stone Country that the Eagles had more influence on today's country stars than the likes of George Jones, Hank Williams etc which I found interesting though I don't entirely agree. I don't like today's country music.

But I love Vince so I'm glad he and Joe are teaming up.

[Brooke]

I just put this in the Grammy thread, but thought it should go here too:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/fe...-show-20160216

"The Eagles paid a very unsentimental deadpan tribute to Glenn Frey with "Take It Easy" with Jackson Browne, though nobody can step to Joe Walsh, who might be the Grammys' favorite person. (Who can forget him jamming with Paul McCartney to Side Two of Abbey Road in 2012?)"


Did they see their faces as they performed?

[buffyfan145]

That's awesome about Joe and Vince!!! I actually agree with Vince but it's certain artists not all. Country music has now split into about 5 subgenres of pop, rock, hip-hop, traditional, and alternative, but it's the ones in rock country where I hear it the most. Groups like Little Big Town, Lady Antebellum, Old Dominion, The Brothers Osbourne, Parmalee, and even soloists like Ketih Urban, Brad Paisley, and David Nail all use the harmonies in their songs and some have that Eagle style sound imo merging country and rock. Of course I'm a fan of them too so maybe I'm hearing it but I've even seen in their album "thank you" sections them crediting the Eagles as influences.

[Jonny Come Lately]

Also, thanks for posting that article, UtW - really enjoyed reading that, and I agree with most of the main points the author made, although I'd add that you don't need to be American to relate to the Eagles. I absolutely love the Desperado album, even though I'd never heard of the Doolin-Dalton gang before listening to the album.

Buffyfan, I'm quite intrigued by your points about the different subgenres of country music that can be heard nowadays. There have been a couple of times when I've been in the car with my parents and an old country song has come on the radio (typically slow, melancholic songs with prominent use of pedal steel, possibly in 3/4 time) and usually my Mum will say how that was what all country music sounded like in the old days. On Cass County I think there are definitely a few songs that sound quite a lot like traditional country - although it's a cover, Bramble Rose is the first song that really springs to my mind - and this does make me wonder to what extent rock, pop and alternative country influenced the album (can't see Don embracing hip hop country, somehow!) as I'm not really sure where the boundaries lie between these subgenres. I'd be genuinely interested to hear what people who know country a lot better than I do make of this, I don't know the genre anywhere near as well as I do rock.

[shunlvswx]

That's cool. I'm a huge fan of Vince's music. Put two of the greatest guitar players from two genres together, it will be so amazing. I can't wait to hear this down the road.

[buffyfan145]

JCL, yeah today's country really has split. I'm not sure when it started as country always tended since the 90s to mirror whatever was going on with popular music. However now a lot of songs are considered country if they even add a banjo, mandolin, and/or steel guitar. LOL The main country stations now play mostly a mix of pop & rock country as traditional is hardly played at all unless it's one of the major artists releasing a song in that style. This has caused a lot of upset as some really great artists won't get played on most country stations anymore. Chris Stapleton is starting to change this by going back to traditional being popular. As for hip-hop some country artists do mix in rap now, but even I got into some rap music when I was a teenager and these artists are my age and younger adding it in. Alt-country even includes bands like Mumford and Sons and Alabama Shakes since they're mostly alternative rock bands but use a country sound at times.

As for Don's latest solo album my local country station wouldn't play it since it was traditional country, but all the XM stations did.

[MaryCalifornia]

Well this is interesting, the title is "Glenn Frey and the Secret Jewish History of the Eagles"

"Seth Rogovoy writes about the hidden affinities between pop culture icons and Jewish themes for the Forward."

http://forward.com/culture/music/330...of-the-eagles/

????????? I'll just say I'm glad that someone took the time to analyze Eagles songs like this.

[LuvTim]

Well this is interesting, the title is "Glenn Frey and the Secret Jewish History of the Eagles"

"Seth Rogovoy writes about the hidden affinities between pop culture icons and Jewish themes for the Forward."

http://forward.com/culture/music/330...of-the-eagles/

????????? I'll just say I'm glad that someone took the time to analyze Eagles songs like this.

MC, I ran across this article, or one very similar, on another site, I believe, shortly after Glenn's death. I agree, very interesting. Reading this was a revelation. It's amazing how people can think up these connections to... whatever. It reminds me, of course, of the insistence, in some quarters, of the supposed Satanism connection to the Hotel California concept. Somewhere in this wide world, an able academic should compose a curriculum in which we explore themes of common personal projections on music and musicians, and how we find personal meaning in cultural offerings. (I'm sure they will articulate the topics or themes much better than I. But perhaps you'll still understand where I'm going with this.) I'd take that class.

[shunlvswx]

I just saw this article from Classic Rock History.com facebook page popped up on my newsfeed.

Its interested of what they said is their top 10 favorite songs by the guys.

http://www.classicrockhistory.com/top-10-eagles-songs/