A few song questions

[scottside]

I remember that Dan Fogelberg was the opening act, but I believe it was just the five of them on stage. As for the string effect, that I can't recall. I just remember after first hearing this song, that I was a bit concerned what the rest of the album might sound like. It's not that I didn't like it, but it was so out of character or so it seemed at the time.

[UndertheWire]

I can understand your concern as I think it was a few years before I warmed to it. These days I love it because it takes me to that happy - "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" on the radio place.

[Jonny Come Lately]

I've found a Youtube video of the Eagles playing JOTS live in 1975:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ufdz0BbEjc

Bernie will almost certainly have been playing the banjo as on the record. It sounds to me as though there's definitely a synthesiser in there - I would guess this was probably played by Glenn as he was generally the go-to live keyboard player but without video footage it's difficult to tell for sure. Unlike the original I think there's some vocals (I'm sure I can hear some 'ahs' towards the end, not sure though). Randy and Don H would have been on bass and drums as normal. Not sure what Don F would have been playing though.

[chaim]

I remember Don F discussing his lead guitar work in JOTS in an interview from that era. I think it was the same interview I have mentioned here a hew times - where he emphasizes his contributions to the writing.
Glenn plays some mean licks in Too Many Hands.

[UndertheWire]

Could the "whale song" sounds have been done on electric guitar?

[chaim]

Interesting. I've never really thought about those "whale song" sounds, but I think they are Don on guitar (unless Bernie did them on steel guitar), although I don't know. Don was a brilliant guitarist even at that point, so he certainly could have done stuff like that easily.

[DJ]

Could the "whale song" sounds have been done on electric guitar?

Ask our guitar expert Austin????

[RhodesFender]

I have a question about an instrumental song at the end of disk 2 of the Live Farewell 1 Tour Melbourne DVD. After Desperado has ended, the guys go off stage and the end titles will start and also a piano/ synth melody will start at time 1:00:58 till 1:01:33. Can anyone tell me from which Eagles song this is? Thanks in advance,

Edwin
The Netherlands.

[thelastresort]

Not got time to check (exams ), but I think that's a Glenn solo song, Silent Spring. It's played in concert at the start of the second half before Tequila Sunrise.

[thelastresort]

Thinking about it it may also be Wasted Time (Reprise), which was from the Hotel California album. Both play over the credits I think.