Happy Independence Day!

Hope all the Americans had a Happy Independence Day! I'd meant to do this update earlier, but it was time to see the fireworks and I had to save it for when I got back. However, belatedly, I'd encourage you to listen to a live version of Better in the USA to enhance those patriotic feelings!

Now, as I've posted before, I got a bit backed up on updates for GFO. As a result, I've got a huge amount to dump on you now. Here goes:

Multimedia downloads: an MP3 of Chug All Night from Lenox in 1974 and a video of Lyin' Eyes from Seattle 1976, in honor of the song winning the One Of These Nights Survivor game.

Wallpapers: three wallpapers by Maleah.

MP3s: I finally got a Japanese copy of Strange Weather and added a MP3 of the studio version of Ain't It Love to the Fun Stuff Downloads (Great song!)

Photos: new photos can be found in the One of These Nights gallery, the Hotel California gallery, the Long Run gallery, the Allnighter gallery, the Soul Searchin' gallery, the Strange Weather gallery, the South of Sunset gallery, the late nineties gallery, the millennium gallery, the Farewell 1 First Legs era, and the Farewell 1 Last Legs era.

Golf pages: more screen shots have been added to the Pebble Beach 2007 page.

Tour pages: I've made a page for the recent Starkey Benefit, including photos, and added material to the Irvine 1982 show, the Revlon 2004 Benefit, the Lupus LA 2006 Benefit, and the Las Vegas Cannery Show in 2004 (including a review by Mag.)

Frey sightings:

• It has been reported by sites such as Undercover that Don Henley has announced that the Eagles album will be out on October 30. However, when a spokesman for Henley was asked about it, he had no comment on the matter. Make of that what you will. I think we can at least have cautious optimism.

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Pebble Beach, Pepsi, and Already Gone

I put up the clips of Frey from Day 2 of Pebble Beach (thanks Julie!) They're on my Pebble Beach 2007 page.

I also put up one of the versions of Frey's 1985 Pepsi commercial with Don Johnson on the Fun Stuff Video Page. It's the version where you have both "You Belong to the City" and "Better in the USA" (or, rather, the Pepsi-fied counterpart "Pepsi in the USA").

Finally, in honor of its winning On the Border Song Survivor, Already Gone is both the video and audio featured multimedia download. The video is from Houston 1976 and the audio is from Boston 1974. While I was personally pulling for Best of My Love to win, I have to give AG its props - it is one rockin' song.


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Pebble Beach 2007 Page Updated

I've got more meat to my Pebble Beach 2007 page now. Thanks to Brooke who sent me the video tape of the Day 3 Pebble Beach coverage and also Julie who made the larger screen caps.


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Updates, Updates, Updates

Since my trip out of town, I've been remiss on updating. Here's some new stuff:

New downloads: a video of Lyin' Eyes from Houston 1976, and a MP3 of Peaceful Easy Feeling from Frey's solo show at Casino Rama 2005.

New wallpaper: This one is from HFO.

New articles: Scanned in articles from Circus (1973), BAM (1982), and Rolling Stone (1990). While doing research for the golf section of the site, I also came across a nice article about his charity work in The Patroit Ledger (2000).

New video: I put up a pretty good quality version of Frey's video Livin' Right, and redid the screen caps for it. (Note: there is both a .mpg and .wmv version of the file. I've decided I'm going to put up .wmv aka "Windows Media Video" compressed versions of all permanent GFO videos because the loss of quality is not great and the download size is more manageable for people with dial-up. For those who want the highest quality, however, I will still put up .mpg versions).

Frey Sightings

• This article from Inside Bay Area contains a quote from Frey about playing in the rain on Saturday
• This article from SFGate.com has a quote from Frey on receiving the invitation for Pebble Beach
• This article from the Golf Channel has a quote from Frey on which Eagles song best represents the game of golf

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Back from Pebble Beach

As some of you know, I went to Pebble Beach again this year! It was loads of fun. Going there motivated me to create a section of GFO just for Frey's golfing tournaments. It contains my Pebble Beach 2007 page, which is still under construction as people send me more goodies for it. Enjoy!


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Eagles working on Eagle-izing new song

At Pebble Beach this week, Glenn Frey mentioned something interesting. He said that the song he performed in his solo concerts last July entitled "I Love to Watch a Woman Dance" was currently being worked on by Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit in his absence. He said that the song had been around for about eight years, but that Don and Timothy were laying down harmonies in order to "Eagle-ize" it, in his words. I guess we can assume this track will be on the upcoming album!

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Time for Frey at Pebble Beach!

This week is the Pebble Beach golf tournament. Practice rounds start Monday, but the official ones don't start until Thursday. Here is the TV schedule the site specifies:

TELEVISION COVERAGE
(All times are Pacific Standard Time)

• Thursday 2/8/07
  12:00-3:00 p.m. (Live)
  5:30 - 8:30 p.m. (Replay)
  The Golf Channel
• Friday 2/9/07
  12:00-3:00 p.m. (Live)
  5:30 - 8:30 p.m. (Replay)
  The Golf Channel
• Saturday 2/10/07
  12:00-3:00 p.m. (Live)
  CBS
• Sunday 2/11/07 (Live)
  12:00-3:30 p.m.
  CBS

Of course no one knows when Frey will be on, but I imagine he'll get shown at least once or twice.

Just for fun, I'm linking to a cute snippet regarding the Frey/Stadler team in 2004, an MP3 of the golf parody Struggler's Blues.

Henley is also getting his MusiCares award this week. In honor of that, I've put up downloads where Frey and Henley share lead vocals. The video is Good Day in Hell from the Kirshner Rock Concert 1974 and the audio is Seven Bridges Road from Denver 2001.

Other Frey/Henley co-lead audio moments that are on the site: How Long (Berkeley 1973), Doolin-Dalton / Desperado Reprise (Springfield 1975), King of Hollywood (Long Beach 1980), After the Thrill Is Gone (Long Beach 1980), and Seven Bridges Road (Oklahoma City 2002).

Other Frey/Henley co-lead video moments that are on the site: How Long (Holland 1973), Ol' 55 (Kirshner Rock Concert 1974), Good Day in Hell (Houston 1976), and Seven Bridges Road (Seattle 1976).

Finally, regarding the new album, Don has given some more information to Billboard.

Frey Sightings:

• An article in The Independent discusses the Eagles' new album as well - not 100% accurate, but still interesting.

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Downloads and Wallpaper and Baseball

The downloads for this week are an MP3 of the Eagles performing Tequila Sunrise from the second night of the Hell Freezes Over taping; the video is Already Gone from Christchurch, New Zealand in 1995.

I made a new Glenn Frey early-90s-era wallpaper - check it out on the Glenn Frey / Eagles Wallpaper page.

I also added some .pdf files of articles I scanned from Rolling Stone about the 1978 RS vs. the Eagles baseball game here and here, written by Frey/Henley and RS guys respectively. What a hoot!

Frey Sightings

• In this article from the Toronto Star, Frey is quoted as saying "Art is a dog on Neil Young's porch." Sounds deep.
• Golfer Joey Sindelar names Frey as one of the celebrities who he's enjoyed meeting at pro-am golf tournmaments in this Star-Gazette article.

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Pebble Beach Approaches... Downloads Rotate!

Time to change the downloads! This week, the audio is also courtesy of Yury from Italy: Heartache Tonight from the Lucca 2001 show. For the video, I have the Doolin-Dalton/Desperado Reprise from the Kirshner Rock Concert in 1974. Because the file was so big as an .mpg, I compressed it into a Windows Media file. I think you'll find there's not too much loss of quality or pixelation.

And as Pebble Beach approaches - just two more weeks! - I decided to link to a cute moment with Glenn Frey from the 2002 Pebble Beach tournament.


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Glenn's Rockin' Pebble Beach!

Finally, they add his name to the list! Glenn Frey is golfing at Pebble Beach this year - more details on the Pebble Beach official website.


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And here comes 2007!

Happy new year, everybody! It's almost 2007 on the East Coast, which begins the 35th anniversary year of the inception of the Eagles. Pretty amazing! OK, you know what I'm going to say next, don't you? Have a Funky New Year!

Frey Sightings

• You can find more photos from the Target Pro/Am on the official Tiger Woods site and Tiscali's Sports Gallery, or click here, here, and here for the photos by themselves.
• A quote about Frey by Tim Petrovic made The Orange County Register's Best Quotes from 2006 - it's the fifth one (note: it says a Frey/Henley show, but it was actually a Frey/Walsh show)
  
• On a less pleasant note, the Eagles are suing a Korean company for using Desperado without permission - read more at Channel News Asia.

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

I hope everyone has a lovely holiday. Best wishes and joy to all!

Frey Sightings

• You can find another photo of Frey and Tiger Woods from the Target Pro-Am in the Ventura County Star. The image is bigger when you download it - or, you can just click for the photo itself.
• Bob Seger quotes Frey in this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article - scroll down to the bolded "How does it feel to be touring again and interacting with your fans?"

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New Message Board!

I decided to switch from the old private message board to a new-and-improved open Eagles message board called The Border. Check it out!

I also upgraded the screen caps for I Found Somebody. They're still not terrific, but they're better than they were.

The downloads for this week: audio from one of the Millennium shows in 1999 - Seven Bridges Road. The video is Tequila Sunrise from Holland 1973. These will be the last download updates for 2006, as on Tuesday I'm heading to Houston to visit the family. I'll still do a brief "remote" update here and there, but no uploads from that painfully slow dial-up connection.

Frey Sightings

• Last Thursday, Frey played at Tiger Woods' Target World Challenge Pro-Am golf tourment in Thousand Oaks, California according to Yahoo News (check out the photo)! Also, there is a brief clip with Frey in it from that same event (thanks Kath).

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Got Glenn Wallpaper. Someone stop me!

I have made yet another wallpaper. I figure this mania will end soon, so let's get the most out of it while it lasts. Anyway, the latest posits that you've "got milk," but have you Got Glenn?

Frey Sightings:

• The Belfast Telegraph asks here, "Are you Desperado for tickets?" Yeah, and for money to fly to Ireland, too!
• Not everyone got a chance to talk to Glenn at Pebble Beach, as this reporter expresses with dismay here (scroll down to the paragraph starting "Next was Glenn Frey..." four paragraphs above "Sunday.")
• Even famous British dart throwers can be dweeby Frey fans. Keith Deller fondly remembers reciting the lyrics of "Desperado" to Glenn Frey here (scroll all the way down to the paragraph beginning with "How good is Phil Taylor?" to read that sentence in his own words, but there's not much more to it)

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Back from Pebble Beach - HOLY CRAP - and downloads

Well guys, I got back from Pebble Beach and I have to say that Glenn Frey is an awesome guy. He signed my Longbranch Pennywhistle album, gave me a signed golf ball, and was just really kind to me and my friend the whole time we were there (see photos of my goodies here). It's a long story that I posted in detail on Flip City, but suffice it to say he is definitely worthy of our fandom! While I didn't get a photo with him, here are some professional ones. And he was only two strokes off of the cut!

Also, put up new downloads on the multimedia page: my favorite live version of Peaceful Easy Feeling from the second night of the Hell Freezes Over taping, and a video of Outlaw Man from Seattle 1976

Frey Sightings

• The Party of Two strikes again at Fantasy Springs Resorts according to this
• HDNet is showing the first episode of the Wiseguy "Dead Dog" Arc featuring Glenn this Friday, Feb. 17, at 5:00 am EST
• TBS is showing Jerry Maguire Saturday Feb. 18 at 8:00 pm EST and Sunday Feb. 19 at 5:00 pm EST

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Updated multimedia - and Pebble Beach beckons

This week on the multimedia page, we have an MP3 of Glenn doing an Eagles song in Tokyo in 1986, Take It To the Limit, and a video of him doing a solo song with the Eagles in St. Louis in 1994, You Belong to the City.

And of course Glenn is golfing at Pebble Beach this year. Guess who else is gonna be there?

Frey Sightings

• Glenn motivates folks to sell as much spa equipment as possible here
• A cute story about Glenn doing a special thing for the Superbowl a few years ago here

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Another multimedia update and more Party of Two fun in Hawaii

Updated the multimedia page again - as you guys may guess, I'm trying to change the downloads on a quasi-weekly basis now that I'm back from vacation. This week, I put up an .mpg file of Desperado Frey-style from Dublin 1992. It's a very passionate rendition - I love it. Also, I put up an MP3 of After Hours from the Royal Oak 2000 solo concert. I know it's not the best quality audio, but it's an unreleased song that I believed he never played in concert before or since (except doing it on a radio program once). Definitely worth a listen - it's gorgeous. I wish he had released it.

Frey Sightings

• Check this out guys! Glenn and Joe did karaoke at Japanese restaurant while in Hawaii! It's in the second paragraph under "Sight 'ems" here.
• Glenn and Joe's show also enabled golfer Tim Petrovic to make a pun. As stated in about the middle of this article, "The gusts had so wearied competitors that a day after rockers Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh performed a Friday night bash for golfers and their families at the Ritz-Carlton, Tim Petrovic told GolfWorld, 'That's two more eagles than we've seen in two days.'"

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Putting on the green and pocketing the greenbacks

Frey Sightings

• Spotted on the golf course in Hawaii (scroll down to find the item)! What a surprise!
• The Eagles are right behind U2 in 2005 concert gross, according to this article. Imagine what they could've made if they'd have had a new album!

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