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[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

Glenn Frey from Detroit, MI where mother is half-a-word

Speaking of assh*les...

The Eagles are my second favorite band, even though I think Frey and Henley are(were) major assholes. I think that everyone who ever left the band left because of Glenn. I think he was a first class assh*le.

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Speaking of assh*les...

The Eagles are my second favorite band, even though I think Frey and Henley are(were) major assholes. I think that everyone who ever left the band left because of Glenn. I think he was a first class assh*le.

His voice totally gave out too from like 08 on. I do want to see them with Deacon. I think they do pretty good song selections. Even with the solo stuff thrown in. Last Resort, Victim, Those Shoes, Pretty Maids

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

His voice totally gave out too from like 08 on. I do want to see them with Deacon. I think they do pretty good song selections. Even with the solo stuff thrown in. Last Resort, Victim, Those Shoes, Pretty Maids

Deacon and Vince both did a great job. They pretty much shared doing Glenn's songs. At the end of the first song Deacon sang, they put up a pic of Glenn, and pretty much everybody was in tears.

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Deacon and Vince both did a great job. They pretty much shared doing Glenn's songs. At the end of the first song Deacon sang, they put up a pic of Glenn, and pretty much everybody was in tears.

Douchebag or not they should have called it a day when Glenn passed. I don't see them as being any better off afterwards than the latest incarnation of Fakewood Mac.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

Douchebag or not they should have called it a day when Glenn passed. I don't see them as being any better off afterwards than the latest incarnation of Fakewood Mac.

Well, IDK....Vince Gill is a BAD ASS. If we're talking pure talent, he's a much better singer and guitar player than Glenn. No contest.

I saw their two consecutive Nashville shows last tour. Unfortunately, the only times I've seen them. After they reunited in 1994, tickets were always so damned expensive that I put it off as, "I'll get around to it some day". Some day died, when Glenn did.

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Well, IDK....Vince Gill is a BAD ASS. If we're talking pure talent, he's a much better singer and guitar player than Glenn. No contest.

I saw their two consecutive Nashville shows last tour. Unfortunately, the only times I've seen them. After they reunited in 1994, tickets were always so damned expensive that I put it off as, "I'll get around to it some day". Some day died, when Glenn did.

I'm just not a fan of legendary bands cobbling together a Frankenstein monster of hired hands for purely mercenary reasons .I wish I had been a bigger fan of Led Zeppelin back in the day as they had the class to call it quits when John Bonham passed.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

I'm just not a fan of legendary bands cobbling together a Frankenstein monster of hired hands for purely mercenary reasons .

I wish I had been a bigger fan of Led Zeppelin back in the day as they had the class to call it quits when John Bonham passed.

Agreed. Same. IF it weren't for it being Vince Gill(of whom I was already a fairly big fan) and Glenn's son, it probably wouldn't have worked for me.

But they had to replace him, IF they were going to carry on. He sang close to half of their catalog(over their entire career). I can't imagine a show with only Don, Joe, and Timothy songs. It wouldn't hold water.

Again, I agree. Led Zep did the right thing. But that's back when albums sold millions, and that's how artists made their money. Touring is the gravy boat now. And no one will ever convince me otherwise, that the reason they don't reunite now- is because Robert just can't hit the notes now, and it would be embarrassing to try. And I applaud them for that.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Well, IDK....Vince Gill is a BAD ASS. If we're talking pure talent, he's a much better singer and guitar player than Glenn. No contest.

I saw their two consecutive Nashville shows last tour. Unfortunately, the only times I've seen them. After they reunited in 1994, tickets were always so damned expensive that I put it off as, "I'll get around to it some day". Some day died, when Glenn did.

Exactly why I made a point to check out The Who, McCartney, the Stones, ELO w/ Dhani Harrison, and Brian Wilson/Al Jardine w/ The Zombies in 2019. And, I’m glad I went to the GbV 100 song NYE show in Los Angeles last year. Legendary show and it gave me an excuse to go to the Rose Bowl. In retrospect, it might have been my only chance to see any of them.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Exactly why I made a point to check out The Who

With the exception of about 4-5 songs, I HATE The Who.

Wasn't it Keef Richards who said, "Roger Daltrey's voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard"? Old Keef was onto something...

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Well, IDK....Vince Gill is a BAD ASS. If we're talking pure talent, he's a much better singer and guitar player than Glenn. No contest.

I saw their two consecutive Nashville shows last tour. Unfortunately, the only times I've seen them. After they reunited in 1994, tickets were always so damned expensive that I put it off as, "I'll get around to it some day". Some day died, when Glenn did.

I saw Eagles a few times while they were touring Eden. Glenn was not singing pleasantly. Henley stole the show. Timothy is like an angel. Joe's there. Steuart Smith is the man though. Thank G-d they have him.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

I saw Eagles a few times while they were touring Eden. Glenn was not singing pleasantly. Henley stole the show. Timothy is like an angel. Joe's there. Steuart Smith is the man though. Thank G-d they have him.

Glenn just couldn't hit the notes?

Henley says his favorite song is "the last one". IDK how he still hits the notes he does at 73. I know he has a hard time, but he gets there most of the time(Do you have Farewell 1, or "History of"? I watch them almost weekly).

Timothy IS an angel. Such a sweet man. He had a cast on his foot when I saw them. He didn't explain it the first night, but on the second, he said that he fell in the shower, and "we have to be careful at our age".

Steuart IS a great guitarist, HOWEVER, Felder is better. Maybe not technically better(by a slim margin), but he has the phrasing. When you listen to both, you can tell who was on the recordings. Steuart overbends his notes, to where they're sharp. Felder didn't do that. Felder is my favorite guitar player from the Eagles. FAR FAR FAR more interesting than Joe Walsh. Joe Walsh plays Chuck Berry licks, OVER AND OVER. Felder invents phenomenal solos!

Hey, isn't this a FM board!