Robert Hilburn : Some Gems In Unwieldy Benefit
August 30, 1986|ROBERT HILBURN
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-08-...enefit-concert
Glenn Frey made an appearance after all at the Get Tough on Toxics benefit concert Thursday night at the Long Beach Arena, but it was on film.
Too bad several of the artists who performed live on the bill--which included Stevie Nicks, Jimmy Buffett, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell--weren't also on film. It would have helped ease the logistical nightmare.
Frey, who had to bow out of the concert because of an intestinal disorder, kicked off an Eagles semi-reunion by strumming the opening notes of "Best of Our Love" on an acoustic guitar from his hospital bed in Aspen, Colo. When the film clip ended, former Eagles sidekicks Don Henley, Don Felder and Timothy B. Schmidt then played the song live.
The device worked nicely. All the stage crew had to do was lower the screen and turn on the projector.
Unfortunately, the crew had too much to do the rest of the evening. Indeed, they seemed to spend as much time on stage as the musicians.