Press and Disussion about Don Henley's new album Cass County available Sept. 25, 2015

[Tiffanny Twisted]

I have, but I forget why!! Someone here will know...

ETA: He is one of the guitarists that Don has had play for him both live and in the studio.

He's played guitar for don on solotours


Va .......he's the one jahh and I ran in to when we were looking for the correct bar you hh and kay were in at the revel after dh solo show that febuary
I have my oicture with him lol
Nice dude

I have enjoyed all the articles and photos .

Very excited

As hh says .......id pay to hear him sing the phone book
I second that emotIon

While I am a die hard eagles fan.....I love the solo works as well since they get to work with such a wide Range of talent.
This can only make people grow.

Just can't wait

[Funk 50]

I'm still not sure about the impact of the History Of The Eagles documentary. I'd guess that more people own the Eagles records but perhaps more people have sat through the doc than have listened to 3 hours of Eagles music.

I hope Don doesn't judge his new tunes by the reaction they get in concert, as the Eagles seem to have done with their, number one, worldwide hit album Long Road Out Of Eden. No matter how good the new tunes are, they wont get a better cheer than when the audience hears the opening bars of The Boys Of Summer, Hotel California and Desperado

The History Of The Eagles tour kinda confirmed how insignificant their solo careers have become. It's down to Don to help redress the balance. I'm rooting for him,

Maybe the Eagles should do a short "2K Tour" consisting only of songs from this Century (ok, an encore of oldies) as an antidote to the HOTE tour. I hope the guys, both solo and as a band, amount to more than a "jukebox" of classic rock oldies.

I raised an eyebrow when I read that, Don feels he needs "to get a move on". At his current rate, when his follow up to Cass County is ready for release, if CC does indeed come out in 2015, Don will be in his eighties! Beyond that I think we're definitely talking posthumous

[AlreadyGone95]

I think that a "2k" tour would be cool. I'd love to hear several songs from LROOE, and some from their solo albums. Unfortunately, the majority of the "fans" would be upset to go to a concert and not hear the "jukebox". I wonder how many tickets they would sell if they do a tour like that and marketed it as a "2k" tour?

The old songs are still going strong, and that won't stop anytime soon. LROOE was a success (7x platinum here in the states iirc), but for some reason, a vast majority of the fans refuse to give the nee music a chance at live shows, and that really sucks.

Now, with Don solo, I'm not sure since it's been 15 years since Inside Job. Hopefully most will like to hear 5 songs from CassCounty in the set.

[Funk 50]

You're amazing AlreadyGone95!

You've responded to my post before I'd even finished typing it.

I pressed "Submit reply" accidentally, before I'd completed the last bit.

I know a few artists have done a "not the hits" tour. Kylie Minogue, surprisingly for one. They must get something out of it.

Don's Inside Job did indeed come out in 2000.

I'm really rushing to submit this AG95

[AlreadyGone95]

You're amazing AlreadyGone95!

You've responded to my post before I'd even finished typing it.

I pressed "Submit reply" accidentally, before I'd completed the last bit.

I know a few artists have done a "not the hits" tour. Kylie Minogue, surprisingly for one. They must get something out of it.

Don's Inside Job did indeed come out in 2000.

I'm really rushing to submit this AG95

Well, when you accidentally hit the 'submit reply" button, I instantly got an email, which I then read and responded too, lol.

I would think that the guys would get something out of performing the non hits. Are they doing "James Dean" on the HoTE tour? Because if not, that's a "non hit" I'd like to see they do(ok it's popular, but not HC or Lyin Eyes popular). If Don's tired of being a jukebox, he should say something to Glenn if they do tour again!

[shunlvswx]

I have to say this. One of my favorite old groups from the 70s, The Osmonds put out a new studio album for the first time since actually the 80s a few years ago and a lot of us fans wanted to hear new music from them. When they finally put out their new album 3 years ago, the fans loved the album and we actually wanted to hear a lot of the new songs in their show. OF course they are more bigger in Europe than their own country they are from, so us in the US really didn't get a nice tour of that album like Europe did. They can't fill the arenas like they can in Europe. They do casinos, small theaters and of course they're in Branson a lot throughout the year, but the good thing is. They do have 3 or 4 new songs in their set now which us fans love to hear.

For them, they also said the fans didn't want to hear the new music. Which was not true. With a band who hasn't put out new music (not counting cover albums, greatest hits albums or gospel album) since the 80s, we wanted to hear new songs. Sometimes The Osmonds don't even play their hit songs in their set(well not all of them). They have Heartache Tonight also in their set(they made this song a country sing in the 80s and that's why I don't like the song), their country hits and sometimes songs from other people. And the funny thing is. Their excuse of not playing the new music or their hits is because of the audience. They say majority of the audience is older people who remembered them from the Andy Williams show, but they have to remember. The fans who are their age(their ages are 62, 60 and 52) will want to listen to hard rocking songs. I hear it every time I go to their shows in Branson every year. The people from the 60s will be long gone soon and they(who were fans during their stardom in the 70s) will be the blue haired ladies(its a joke among us Osmond fans because the buses that come from everywhere across the US is older people) they will be playing too.

I guess it just depends. To me. If you haven't put out an album for 15 or 20 years, the fans will be so happy to hear them. If Don. NO let me rephrase that. If his record company and PR do a great job promoting Cass Country and not pull a David Geffen, CC will be a great success. The record company has to be behind you 100%. Don has been screwed before(heck twice), he's probably being cautious with Capitol.

If you go into the tour or album release thinking the fans will not want to hear it, then its not going to be successful. Don will have to do the late shows, the talk shows, Today, Good Morning America, heck SNL (he did it for twice for his albums) to make this album work. Do the CMAs in November and the other awards shows(I don't know how long Don will do a tour for CC) to promote CC. The Eagles did it for How Long and Busy Being Fabulous, he can do it for CC. IMO I know it will be successful.

[AlreadyGone95]

Yeah, the guys' track record for releasing new material since 1990 (past 25 years) is very subpar. 4 songs on HFO,1 on the best of, 2 on F1, then 13 years later after they reformed, LROOE. Maybe we'll get a new album in 2020 ? Solo career-wise it's just as bad: Glenn- 2 albums (one of which he ignores and the other a covers album except for the title track), and 4 new songs on the solo collection. Don- one album, Joe- 2 albums. (I don't know about Timothy sorry). So over the past 25 years, we have a combined 6 albums and 11 singular new songs released. Not very active!

ETA: ok, make that 7 new albums, including Timothy's. (Thanks Shum)

[shunlvswx]

Timothy did put out a new albumafter the guys got back together. It was called Expando(SP?) I forgot what year it came out, but it came out in the 2000s.

[AlreadyGone95]

I guess it just depends. To me. If you haven't put out an album 15 or 20 years, the fans will be so happy to hear them. If Don. NO let me rephrase that. If his record company and PR do a great job promoting Cass Country and not pull a David Geffen, CC will great success. The record company has to be behind you 100%. Don has been screwed before(heck twice), he's probably being cautious with Capitol.

If you go into the tour or album release thinking the fans will not want to hear it, then its not going to be successful. Don will have to do the late shows, the talk shows, Today, Good Morning, heck SNL (he did it for twice for his albums) to make this album work. Do the CMAs in November and the other awards shows(I don't know how long Don will do a tour for CC) to promote CC. The Eagles did it for How Long and Busy Being Fabulous, he can do it for CC. IMO I know it will be successful.

Shun, I do believe that you hit the nail on the head here! I truly hope that Capitol supports Don to the best of their abilities. Don said exactly what you said in the doc.

A few days ago, I mentioned promotion of Cass County. I wondered if Don would wait until the mothership landed at the end of July to start focusing solely on Cass County. We've already seen/read a good dozen articles about the preview of the album, so I think that Don will do some promotion. Given how many well known names are on this album, he kinda has to. Heck, some of the people on the album might give Cass County some free promotion. "Hey I sang on Don's Henley's new album. It's great. Check it out"... something like that.

[shunlvswx]

I also seeing Don being nominated for a Grammy, CMA (Vocal Event of The Year) and probably other country music awards next year.