I was looking at "This Day in Eagles History" and noticed that today was the day they played the "California Jam" concert in 1974, to a crowd of approximately 200,000 people. Can you imagine???
I looked at who else played that day on Wikipedia, and here's the list:
- Rare Earth
- Earth, Wind and Fire
- Eagles
- Seals & Crofts
- Black Oak Arkansas
- Black Sabbath
- Deep Purple
- Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Isn't it amazing that out of all those bands, only the Eagles would probably be recognizable to a younger generation of listeners today?
And they weren't even the headliners!
And for fun, here are some videos from that day. Don't they look adorable? They were really rockin'!
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nccW-aCd7z4[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-4de2AQ4fA[/ame]
And you can download one more from GFO:
Take It Easy (California Jam 1974)
Download .mpg (59 megs)
Download .wmv (12 megs)