I've taken a liberty in diverting an off-topic thread that drifted into on-topic territory here. I hope you don't mind Freypower and UndertheWire.
Here's a link to the original thread titled
New Songs Or Old?
https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/...ead.php?t=5935
I'm not sure about Steuart Smith. There were some unfortunate compromises on
Long Road Out Of Eden. I think bringing in Steuart Smith was one of them but the band still produced a great Eagles album.
Don's
Target version of
Cass County album is only two tracks shorter than the
Long Road Out Of Eden double album which shows that the medium has changed since 2007. If LROOE was released now it'd surely be a single disc with extras, rather than a double disc with compromises.
Although it has no stand out hit to focus on, I think the
Cass County success story is good news for the Eagles future. Don's eager to release more new music,
there is new Eagles music already in the can. A lengthy break from touring gives them all a chance to work on new material, part of which can be diverted to an Eagles project.
I'll despair if they reconvene with the intention of continuing the HOTE show.
Both Joe and Don have said that they hold a belief that their best work is in front of them. I hope future Eagles projects will be a part of that, not a diversion.