Eagles Mentions in the Press - Retro Edition!

[Funk 50]

Thanks for posting the link Delilah. I enjoyed reading it. Headliners, The Eagles hit the stage at 3:45 p.m.

I made the claim that the two gigs this summer, are the biggest the Eagles have ever played, after careful consideration. I'm sure that they've played to larger audiences but they've always had a knack of avoiding concerts that attracted huge global media attention.

The Billboard article displays how insignificantly major gigs were regarded in the pre-internet age.

The Eagles, perhaps more than the supporting bands, are deceptively rich in first-rate material and flawless in it's presentation. Takin' My Time, Victim Of Love, Lying Eyes, Take It To The Limit, New Kid In Town, Desperado, One Of These Nights, Life In The Fast Lane, James Dean and Take It Easy, constitute a program of such familiar consistency that excellent performers like Steve Miller with his reverberating guitar and vocals and Heart and Atlanta Rhythm Section with its sometimes cautious professionalism seem competently unemphatic by comparison.

I guess Takin' My Time was actually Walk Away. Apparently they opened with Motel California

The set list hasn't changed much in the last 40 years of a roughly 45 year career.

[sodascouts]

Yes, the Eagles have indeed played to bigger crowds on a few occasions....

[Brooke]

I remember that pic, but hadn't seen it for a while! I would never go to something like that!

[Funk 50]

I found this looking up Joe's guitarist Tom Bukovic. I think this is the first article I ever read on the eagles. It's pretty awesome! I didn't realise the music press existed til the late seventies!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...eroes-19791129

By Charles M. Young
November 29, 1979