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Timothy B. Schmit / Re: In the News

« on: December 10, 2011, 02:21:37 PM »

I remember that interview.  I'd love to listen to it again, is it anywhere here on the site?

Not that I know of.  I would be happy to send it to L&M, but I have it all in one file and it's too big to email.  But I found it on the radio station's website.  It's broken up into several parts, so you might have to look around on Kathy Wagner's blog a bit to find the whole thing, but it's there.  Here is the link to Part 1.

http://www.wmgk.com/shows/kathy-wagner/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10091450

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Timothy B. Schmit / Re: In the News

« on: December 08, 2011, 11:44:37 AM »

The interviewer either really knew his stuff or actually did some research!

It was a rare pleasure either way.  Like that radio interview Kathy Wagner did with him a couple of years ago.  I'm so glad I recorded that!  I figured she either had to be a fan or did some serious research.  Turns out she is a fan.  I hope she gets to interview him again.

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Timothy B. Schmit / Re: Fall Tour

« on: December 06, 2011, 11:04:15 AM »

I think I've said it before, but I think that Parachute would be an excellent song to do during an Eagles show. It's also a different side of Timothy and would be a welcome addition to the live act.

I'm still scratching my head at the reason for this fall tour. Expando is old news yet it's being promoted like it came out yesterday.

Timothy said he doesn't think that many people have actually heard "Expando" so that is probably why he's promoting it, concurrent with the tour.  The reason for the tour I think is just because he enjoys it and felt like going out.  I'm sure he's correct that not that many people have heard the album, but it's quite good and deserves to be heard.

I agree about "Parachute".  However, I won't be holding my breath. 

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Joe Walsh / Re: "Analog Man"

« on: November 28, 2011, 12:40:12 AM »

I just found out that "Personal Manager" (intro Joe did to Funk #49 on this tour) is not a goofy song Joe made up.  It's a real song by Albert King, although Joe did take liberties with the lyrics.  I feel like an idiot for not knowing that.  Clearly my blues education is sorely lacking. 

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

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General Eagles Discussion / Re: Grooveshark

« on: November 01, 2011, 11:31:08 AM »

I didn't either, but apparently it's some sort of cloud sharing site like Spotify.

I don't think Spotify is a sharing site, is it?  I thought Spotify was a centralized streaming service, licensed by the major labels.  If Grooveshark is a streaming service fed by user uploads, paying no rohyalties to anyone, but supported by advertisers, then I can understand why the artists would be upset.

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General Eagles Discussion / Re: Grooveshark

« on: November 01, 2011, 10:16:39 AM »

Am I the only one who doesn't know what the heck Grooveshark is?

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Eagles Live!! / Re: Timothy LIVE

« on: October 24, 2011, 10:11:25 AM »

we found your alcohol quite cheap, compared to ours but $15 ...wow
I must be out of the loop as we rarely pay for alcohol, we usually go to BYO places as our alcohol is free and we only pay corkage.

It's not really about the price of the alcohol itself.  The price really has almost entirely to do with the type of establishment you are visiting.  The more "upscale" or trendy a place is, the more likely the drinks are to be expensive.  I would imagine you can find decent bars in most US cities where you can get a basic drink for under $5.  But any time live entertainment is involved the economics change drastically.  The US concert business is pretty f---ed up.  I think the venues mostly make their money on concessions, not tickets, so they jack up the prices in order to compensate.

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Joe Walsh / Re: "Analog Man"

« on: October 20, 2011, 11:06:23 AM »

Hey Zermie!  You know it's funny, I thought "Pretty Maids" was fine in Houston and it went over well enough with the crowd.  But it's true that it's not the same without the Eagles' backing vocals.  I was sitting next to a young guy (maybe 20 at most, I think) who was there with a man I'm assuming was his dad.  The kid was obviously there for Kenny Wayne Shepherd and the dad was a Joe fan.  During "Pretty Maids" the kid was clearly unfamiliar with the song and his dad was telling him about it, and I could see the kid was appreciating Joe's playing even though the song didn't seem to be quite his thing.  It was fun to see those two enjoying the show together, the dad introducing the kid to Joe and the kid clearly digging it. 

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Eagles Live!! / Re: Timothy LIVE

« on: October 19, 2011, 08:55:01 PM »

It's more than ten days....the show is at the end of November.

Oh, sorry!  I was looking at October calendar!

Karen, many places here in theaters require you buy 2 drinks before the show whether you want to or not.  Most of the shows in Vegas and many casino shows are known for this. It's just another way to get more $$$ out of you.  Although in this case the tix are so cheap it wouldn't be a problem for most.

Yep, there was a two drink minimum at The Bitter End in NYC when Timothy played there a couple of years ago.  He's played a few other places where, in order to get the best seats, you had to reserve dinner seating and there was a minimum dinner purchase.  Like Judi said, given how cheap the tickets are, it's not a problem.

California here I come!!!   

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General Eagles Discussion / Re: Anyone know this song?

« on: October 18, 2011, 12:23:44 PM »

Just found another one called

"Spank It"

Ummmmm not very Eagles type lyrics IMHO

This is the link if you want to see it.....

http://www.elyrics.net/read/e/eagles-lyrics/spank-it-lyrics.html

Uh, I'm not clicking that link at work! 

Needless to say, those are not Eagles songs.  It's probably someone Eagles-hater's idea of a joke.  You never know about these lyrics sites.  I think a lot (most?) of them are like WikiPedia--anyone can post content, regardless of whether they know what they are talking about.  I've seen lyrics posted that are hilariously inaccurate, but definitely entertaining.

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Don Henley / Re: "It Don't Matter to the Sun" recording

« on: October 16, 2011, 11:38:22 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikfR_euM9Ls#noexternalembed
Don't know if this one is any better.

For those who don't know the song It Don't Matter To The Sun was a Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines song.

I have that one, but thanks.  I did find a couple of good audio recordings from the LA show last month.  I still think Don sounds slightly hoarse, but they are pretty good.

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Glenn Frey / Re: New Glenn album!

« on: October 14, 2011, 09:41:09 PM »

Well, Timothy gave an interview in the mid-'70s where he was asked if he read music and he said he used to but hadn't in a while, but he didn't think it would take him long to get back into it.  I'm guessing he probably didn't ever take up reading music again.  However, I suppose it's possible with all the session work he did in the '80s to keep body and soul together, he may have had to brush up on his sight-reading.

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Joe Walsh / Re: "Analog Man"

« on: October 14, 2011, 09:47:42 AM »

I went to Joe's show in Houston on Wednesday and it was great.  He did make an addition to the setlist.  Before LITFL he played ILBT.  Frankly I could have done without that one, but Joe seemed to enjoy it rather a lot.

He did mention that the album would be out in February.

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General Eagles Discussion / Re: "Several Projects"

« on: October 08, 2011, 07:54:35 PM »

that spoiled snobbish long-haired dude-looks-like-a-lady veggie on bass Tim makes booking the band so expensive for struggling promoters by demanding fresh salad and French table water as his payment.

Wini - I know you like to say it like you see it and I applaud you for having the guts to do so.

Normally I would let a remark like this wash over me but I think your above description of Tim is way out of line.

Do you have any proof he is spoiled and snobbish?

I am a veggie as well and if I were in his shoes I would be asking for fresh salad and maybe bottled Highland spring water. Does that make me spoiled and snobbish?

He was being ironical. 

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General Eagles Discussion / Re: "Several Projects"

« on: October 02, 2011, 03:48:01 PM »

If they want to give me a 40th anniversary present, just mix up the setlist a little bit and add a couple of old songs they haven't played in a really long time (or ever).

As it's actually the 40th birthday of the 1st album. Is there anything on there barring the 3 all-time classics, Take It Easy, Witchy Woman and Peaceful Easy Feeling that you'd like to see them perform live

I know the band actually got together in 1971, so technically the 40th anniversary of the band should've been celebrated this year.  However, I'm assuming the reason they didn't do that is because of the terrible state of the U.S. economy.  They probably figured even 40th anniversary tickets would be a difficult sell in this economy.  I'm not sure the economy will be much better next year, but evidently they've decided to go ahead with the celebration next year.  Regardless of the technicalities surrounding how you count the anniversary, I fully expect them to bill the celebration as the 40th anniversary of the band, not the first album.  And no, there really isn't anything on the first album other than the three songs you mentioned that I'd like to hear.

However, I would like to hear them do "Doolin Dalton" with the "Desperado" reprise (which they haven't done since about '79), "On the Border", "Saturday Night", "The Last Resort" or "The Sad Cafe".  There are some other album tracks I have a fondness for I know they'd never play, but nonetheless I wouldn't mind hearing like "You Never Cry Like a Lover", "After the Thrill is Gone" and "Hollywood Waltz".  Those are almost all ballads, so if they want to dig up something up-tempo, I think "Good Day in Hell" would be a nice choice.  I don't expect more than two vintage nuggets added to the set, at best, but pretty much any of those I listed above would make me happy.  And I hope they keep doing "The Best of My Love" because I somehow have never seen them perform that live.