Don in the Press/Blogs/etc.

[Funk 50]

.....I'm a little disappointed that Environmentalist Don has an SUV (if the article is correct, which you never know). Especially after his sarcastic jibe on them in The Long Road Out of Eden (title song).......

Good disguise I suppose I'm more disappointing with the 8ft high wall and the purchase of both neighboring properties. If you want to boost a town's economy, you don't buy property and then leave it empty for the majority of the year.

I recently read an article where Sheryl Crow compared working for Michael Jackson and Don Henley. She said she only saw MJ on stage whereas Don cheerfully hung out backstage with his backing band. I think I need another source to support that Henley anecdote

Great to hear that Don offered to sing on Chris Holt's Stargazer album. I'm Wasted is on YouTube;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdZtGZGKtvw.

Here's an article that suggests Henley is open to doing some writing with former One Direction idol Niall Horan.

https://www.yahoo.com/music/niall-ho...152016274.html

In a recent SiriusXM interview, Horan also teased a potential collaboration with Don Henley. "I've got quite a close relationship with [Henley], and Don had spoke about before maybe doing some writing together," he said. "So even just sitting there having a jam with him would be enough for me."

Wouldn't that be something!

[RudieCantFail]

Wow, they write how he tries to maintain his privacy by building an 8 ft fence and buying the adjacent property, and then they tell us which Whole Foods in the Dallas area he shops at. *grumble, grumble* Dirty Laundry *grumble, grumble*

I'm sure that Don has his reasons for driving an SUV, since those are such a pain to drive as a rental car. If I had a choice, I'd rather drive a pick-up truck instead of a bulky SUV. He has 3 kids, right? So that may have been the reason why, as well as what Funk 50 suggested that it may be a disguise.

It's pretty cool that he's willing to work with a younger artist, like Niall Horan. Thanks for sharing Funk 50!

[shunlvswx]

Don probably has a pickup truck and a car. The SUV is probably to drive his kids around especially if they had to go places(games or practices if they did do any of those) or have to drive them and their friends around just like any parent would do if their kids are not driving yet. Will, Annabel and Sophie probably got a car when they were old enough to drive.

[Delilah]

The issue isn't whether Don has justifiable reasons for driving an SUV, it's why is it ok for him and not other Americans, plenty of whom also have kids. When I read he was in an SUV, I also thought about that line from LROOE. His finger-wagging is one of the reasons I'm not crazy about the album.

[New Kid In Town]

Rudie - I have to agree with you. He builds a 8 ft. wall around his home and buys the adjourning pieces of property on both sides of his home and then they list the Whole Foods he shops at. Crazy !
Delilah - I also dislike when Don, or for that matter any other artist, does their preaching/lecturing in their music.

[Funk 50]

Henley's finger-wagging is unattractive, imho. He did write;

Have you noticed that an angry man
Can only get so far
Until he reconciles the way he thinks things ought to be
With the way things are(My Thanksgiving)

though

I think it's impossible for a highly principled, true environmentalist to earn money in such a throwaway profession as a global entertainer. It's a major compromise however forthright the views expressed are

[New Kid In Town]

In MHO there are others ways to show your concern for the environment than lecturing people in your songs.
However, thanks to Don's work, Walden Woods was saved instead of being plowed over for condos or a strip mall.

[RudieCantFail]

Oh gotcha on the SUV thing. Yeah, you're right that Don shouldn't be lecturing in his songs about that if he has an SUV himself.