Don Henley in Cincinatti 8/23/16

Don's concert was amazing!!!!!! :yay: I'm so happy I finally got to see him. I just loved it so much and his voice was fantastic. Loved getting to hear everyone sing along with the hits, all the different styles of music with the Eagles hits, 80s hits, and the "Cass County" country/bluegrass. The set list was the same except he didn't do "All She Wants to Do is Dance", but we heard it on the way back home on the radio as well as "Take it to the Limit". I loved the radios they had hanging from the stage as it built up through all the decades till they started with "Seven Bridges Road". It was just fantastic!!! :mrgreen:

Pre-concert my brother and I went out to eat at Hardees (Carl's Jr for those on the west coast) as we still don't have one in Columbus, but I also got a cheeseburger in honor of Glenn. My brother kept thinking we were going to be the youngest there but I kept telling him there would be various ages there and I was right. We passed a group of 5 cute 20-somthing guys who I seriously think must be a band as they just had that appearance to them and reminded me of the photo shoots of the guys in the 70s, but I overheard them too were worrying there wasn't going to be too many younger fans. Then when we got to our seat we sat next to a dad with his two young daughters and a young 30-something couple. With the guy's two daughters one was about 15 and so amazed by the Eagles story. She kept asking her dad questions about them and realizing how young they were when they got famous. The other daughter was about 8 or 9, around the same age I was when HFO happened and they reunited which made me want to learn everything I could about them as my parents were fans too. That was just pretty cool.

Also there was a guy who had a replica Eagles softball jersey Don was wearing in that footage from the HOTE doc!!! :D

The venue there is just great and the weather was perfect. I loved getting to sing along to all the songs with all the fans, especially "Hotel California" and someone in my section kept singing Randy parts on all the songs really well too. :D Again Don was fantastic and the band was amazing!!! :D The girls are such great singers too. My brother also loved Don's cover of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" as I didn't tell him about it before hand. Don got many standing ovations too.

Don was also hilarious too and told some of the same jokes I saw others post about. Some women screamed when he mentioned the 80s but I couldn't tell what they said but it must have been something about how Don looked in the 80s as he joked he apparently looked good back then. LOL :lol: He also mentioned they (I'm assuming the Eagles) "had some crazy/fun times in Cincinnati" which made me wonder what that meant. LOL :p

Then I did tear up when Don dedicated "Desperado" to Glenn and also when he sang "New York Minute" as I feel that song takes on a whole new meaning now. :cry: I heard so many of the fans cheering for Glenn or saying his name before Don started singing and it was very emotional.

It was just amazing and I'm so happy I was finally able to see Don!!! :D It may not have been the Eagles like I wanted but Glenn was totally there in spirit. :heart:

Great recap. I love reading everybody's recaps from this leg of the tour. Hearing the stories from some who have seen him many times or their your first time. Makes me soo excited to see him in January for the first time.

I'm glad you and your brother had fun and enjoyed Don.

So glad you had a good time, Buffy. "I loved the radios they had hanging from the stage as it built up through all the decades till they started with 'Seven Bridges Road'." That sounds neat.

OT: I did not know Hardees and Carl's Jr. were the same. So I don't have to try Carl's Jr to see what I've been missing. I was put off by their commercials anyway :)

Buffy, so glad Don put on a good show for you! Of course, he always does!

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Originally Posted by NightMistBlue

OT: I did not know Hardees and Carl's Jr. were the same. So I don't have to try Carl's Jr to see what I've been missing. I was put off by their commercials anyway :)

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NMB, my husband think's Hardees has the best commercials on tv! :wink: :lol:

Is it the same sort of thing, models wearing little besides a sheen of baby oil eating big, sloppy cheeseburgers? I don't get it, man! :sigh:

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Originally Posted by NightMistBlue

Is it the same sort of thing, models wearing little besides a sheen of baby oil eating big, sloppy cheeseburgers? I don't get it, man! :sigh:

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Yip! :roll:

I hate their commercials, but Hardees' food is pretty good. I love their chicken strips.

Glad that you had a great time, Buffy!

Thanks everyone and I'm so happy I finally was able to see him!!! :D It was just amazing. I hadn't seen that mentioned in the reviews about the set decoration and the build up of the music/history clips on the radios but it was really cool.

Yes, they are the same place NMB. Always thought it was weird they have different names depending on which side of the country you're on and know a couple other restaurants that are like that too. I can't stand the ads but I really like the food. They got great burgers and breakfast food. Haven't tried the chicken yet.

Buffy, so glad you loved Don's concert and finally got to see him - it's nearly two months since I saw him and the PDW is not getting any easier :grin:

Glad to hear that you had a great time, Buffy! Thanks for sharing your recap. Were you thinking of saying something like, 'You still look great now, Don!' after the 80s shout out? Or were you too shy or just didn't want to be seen as disruptive? I understand not saying anything, since I'd be shy or I'd only think of it later. Also, where were your seats?

Here's a link to Don photos from Cincinnati. There's a smiley Don pic in the photo set:
http://cincymusic.com/photos/2016/08/don-henley

I was sitting in the upper level so I doubt he'd hear if I said anything even though I agree he still looks great, but I'm more the quiet type anyway. LOL :) I'm also still just so curious as to what he meant by the "Cincinnati fun times" comment. LOL

Those pics are great!!! :D We actually didn't take any and those are way better than what I could've gotten with my phone. LOL

Thanks for your enthusiastic review Buffy. I knew Don would not disappoint. I can only imagine what might have happened in Cincinnati in the past ;)

All I can say is DON WAS GREAT. I need a another day to put my review together. Got home about 7 pm. Then tornado warnings till 10 pm, so I need to relax. The only bad thing was he skipped All She Wants To Do Is Dance. Place looked full and crowd was fantastic. More tomorrow.

So glad to hear that everyone enjoyed Don's show. :happy:

Buffy, thanks for the excellent and enthusiastic review! In terms of younger fans, when I went to see Don my sister would have liked to have come too (her favourite song of his is The End of the Innocence, I think), but we only had two tickets so I went with my Dad.

That's interesting that they had the classic radios of all types hanging from the stage. Don has these on last year's Cass County tour. Before the show started, each radio lit up in turn and played a snippet from a classic song from the 50's up.
I don't think other shows this year had the radios which is a shame.

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Originally Posted by Philh

That's interesting that they had the classic radios of all types hanging from the stage. Don has these on last year's Cass County tour. Before the show started, each radio lit up in turn and played a snippet from a classic song from the 50's up.
I don't think other shows this year had the radios which is a shame.

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That's exactly how the show opened and I was wondering if the other stops on this tour had this since I hadn't seen it mentioned.

I'm glad you all are enjoying my review. It was just amazing and had such a wonderful time. :D

Great review, Buffy. So glad you got to hear and see our amazing Don. I echo L101's sentiments - I so want to see him again....:inlove:

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Originally Posted by buffyfan145

That's exactly how the show opened and I was wondering if the other stops on this tour had this since I hadn't seen it mentioned.

I'm glad you all are enjoying my review. It was just amazing and had such a wonderful time. :D

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Philh and Buffy, he had the radios at the Berkeley show. I liked it too, since I like '50s music. It was cool seeing the spotlight on the radios and they pointed at different ones when they were playing different songs and speeches.

What a great review Buffy!! Unfortunately, Don did not have the radios on stage at the Ravinia shows.

Outdoors shows he probably couldn't put it up, but indoors shows he can have it up.

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Originally Posted by RudieCantFail

Here's a link to Don photos from Cincinnati. There's a smiley Don pic in the photo set:
http://cincymusic.com/photos/2016/08/don-henley

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Nice photos. Like the one of Milo Deering, Chris Holt & Will Hollis(looking good!)