Rock & Roll Birthdays
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Amos Otis
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I'm not saying they were a bad band of course, but I didn't care for most Eagles' stuff I heard. Can't stand Hotel California, and pretty much the same for Frey and especially Henley. Even so, they hit a home run with Desperado, in large part in my opinion to the major influence and contributions of J D Souther. A concept album that worked start to finish.
Amos Otis
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Those guys would be arrested for sexual assault ...at least harassment in today's awesome world !
Amos Otis
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Rather prophetic song title and lyrics. Great choice, TL.
too larry
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I was into that kind of music at the time. Really liked them then. Not so much later on. I changed in my taste, and their music changed too.
On a related subject. I was out in Boulder where Sister lived with BIL #2 when the Eagles played one of their first shows with Joe Walsh. BIL's teen age sister went to the show. She said all the old Eagles fans booed when they played the harder rock. And all the Joe Walsh fans booed when they played the old Eagles music.
Amos Otis
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I get the feeling you're fond of that Garcia dude.
too larry
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Yea, I kind of liked him. Only got to two shows. But it's stupid easy to collect shows now. I have the audio from several hundred shows on DVD's that I recorded off my Dish system. One of these days I'll get all that on a hard drive and organized. . . . .I get the feeling you're fond of that Garcia dude.
Amos Otis
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The Eagles story is fascinating from the little I've read. Basically Henley and Frey incorporated themselves after kicking Meisner out - Bernie had already quit even after his childhood friend Don Felder had come aboard - and the guys that came later, Walsh and Schmidt, were paid salaries as employees. I've only seen excerpts from Felder's book Heaven and Hell - My Life in the Eagles, but have been meaning to read it for a long time.
"Even further behind the scenes, Felder reveals the grim test of wills between Leadon, Felder's friend since his impoverished boyhood in Gainesville, Florida, and the duo of Frey and Henley. Despite Felder's attempts to mediate this conflict, it would not be resolved until a tense meeting that very nearly came to blows, which ended when Leadon stormed out of the room, never to return to the band."
Amos Otis
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too larry
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That was pre Johnny Rotten? That was Sex Pistols 1.25. Almost spot on with just a little extra over the top to make it funny.
too larry
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1948 Cat Stevens [Steven Demetre Georgiou; Yusaf Islam], rock vocalist (Peace Train), born in London, England
Noles were calling Wyatt Wilkes Moonshadow this past season. He got a good deal of pt early on when injuries were rampant. Not a great picture, but when his hair and beard were grown out, he looked just like Cat Stevens.
Noles were calling Wyatt Wilkes Moonshadow this past season. He got a good deal of pt early on when injuries were rampant. Not a great picture, but when his hair and beard were grown out, he looked just like Cat Stevens.