The night started with a watchman putting a vinyl copy of "Hotel California" on a turntable, dropping the needle and then the Eagles emerged from behind a curtain, with Henley at the drum kit braying, "On a dark desert highway/ Cool wind in my hair." Dressed like extras from TV's "Deadwood" series, he and a supporting cast of eight musicians visited "Hotel California," a musical treatise on the disillusionment of the American dream from the perspective of jet-setting rock stars who became one percenters. It was a long, satisfyingly nostalgic evening filled with painstakingly precise sounds, gorgeous vocal harmonies and enough guitar fireworks to make you think the Eagles rock. Paul, the Eagles re-created two of the 10 bestselling albums of all time - 1976's "Hotel California" in its entirety, and every track from "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975" (though not in order), plus odds and ends from Don Henley's and Joe Walsh's non-Eagles work. On Friday, the first of two nights at Xcel Center in St.
Members can check out anytime, but the Eagles can never leave.įive years after the death of co-founder Glenn Frey, four years after returning to the road with additions Vince Gill and Deacon Frey (Glenn's kid), and 50 years after they started, the Eagles are on tour celebrating their two biggest albums.
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