Eagles Mentions in the Press (2006 - 2017)

[Funk 50]

As long as they were clean and sober in band mode and especially in the company of Joe, I don't see a problem with an illicit tipple.

To quote Told You So which I assume are Joe's rather than Felder's words

What you do in own your room
On your own time
Nobody's cause for alarm
If it don't do, if it don't do
Nobody no harm

[Freypower]

According to Joe's manager:

However, Felder invited Bernie for a beer in his dressing room, so maybe the rules got relaxed, or Frey wasn't the only one who didn't keep to them.

I assumed that Felder suspected Frey of drinking and smoking dope, not of womanising.

In Felder's book he was referring to the HFO tour, not to the 70s.

The anecdote is typical of the cheap shots at Glenn which are taken throughout the book & should be read with an extremely large grain of salt.

[UndertheWire]

In Felder's book he was referring to the HFO tour, not to the 70s.

The anecdote is typical of the cheap shots at Glenn which are taken throughout the book & should be read with an extremely large grain of salt.

Joe's manager was referring to the HFO tour, and Felder's invitation to Bernie was backstage at a date on the HFO tour.

It seems fairly clear that Felder resented being told what to do by Frey and this stopped him from seeing the bigger picture ie the rules were about making it easier for Joe and the rest of them to remain clean and sober.

[VAisForEagleLovers]

Found this amusing tweet about something Harry Styles said during a One Direction concert:

Harry told the dads to pretend they were at the Eagles and clap along

[AlreadyGone95]

. Well, at least he was trying to be a bit funny because I'm sure no parents would want to be there.

[VAisForEagleLovers]

Some of you may remember the poor reviews of the Eagles concert at the Salmon Festival two years ago, and it sounds like the festival has had significantly less attendance the last two years, and this year they were plagued by nearby competition and cold temps. Given what I remember reading about the Eagle show there, I have to say, given the logistical problems of getting to the festival, perhaps they really should consider only expecting those who live relatively locally.

http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Loca...estival-2015/1

[jms18222]

They must have some good food to stay in business that long!

It is really good food, heart attack food but good. Haven't been there in a few years though.

[sodascouts]

I believe the idea was that Glenn was drinking when it was supposed to be a 'no drug, no alcohol' tour.

Sorry for the late reply, but that's how I've always taken it.

Now, that comparison with higher education... "strained" is an understatement. As a college professor, I was cringing throughout.

[UndertheWire]

This is a slightly contentious subject, but Rolling Stone have done a reasonably fair piece on Randy's departure from the band (mostly based on Eliot's book). It's an improvement on the simplistic take I usually see.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/vi...-1977-20150716

[VAisForEagleLovers]

It is reasonably fair, but as with anything quoted from Eliot's book, there are so many known factual errors, I have a hard time believing anything that isn't backed up by another source. Other direct quotes were taken out of context, so again, I never know what to believe. For myself, personally, I have to believe that everything worked out the way it was supposed to.

As for the single event quoted about the scuffle between Randy and Glenn, and the apology later, from other sources, including the documentary, it seems it wasn't just one time that Randy complained about singing. Glenn may have frozen him out after the apology, which seems unfair, but what is not said is Glenn's confidence level of it not happening again, and how much that factored into 'the freeze'.