Back again

I've returned with downloads! The video is The Girl from Yesterday from St. Louis in 1994. Warning: the quality is not that great - lots of people walking in front of the cameraman - but hey, if you want to see this song in great quality, pull out your copy of Hell Freezes Over! I still think it's a good performance of the song, though. The MP3 is a 1979 performance of Lyin' Eyes from Chicago.

Frey sightings

• The Eagles played a gig for Walmart shareholders in Fayetteville, Arkansas last week - details in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The article also says the new album is scheduled to be released in the fall, but again, this has not been officially confirmed.

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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More Info on the New Album

Don made a statement at his recent Las Vegas concert that's all over the news with info about the new album. According to him, it will be done in 60-90 days! See Yahoo News, MSN News, The Washington Post, The Review-Journal, ABC News, Fox News, Australian West (all of which say pretty much the same thing, just with different photos).

While I realize the fact that they were working on a new album was reported a few months ago, it's good to have more specific information.


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Kicking Off the Covers

In my never-ending quest to put as much information on this site as possible, I added a page of all the covers of Frey songs I could find. However, there are SO MANY out there that the list can't be exhaustive. I think it's a good start, though. If you know of some covers that are missing, e-mail me and I'll add them. The same is true if you spot an inaccuracy, such as the release year - sometimes I found conflicting information on that.

I also finally updated the downloads with two covers: the video is the Eagles doing JD Souther's How Long back in 1973 (although the video says 1972) and the audio is the Eagles doing Sea Cruise at Alpine Valley in 1980.

Frey Sightings

• Several radio stations like this one have announced that the Eagles have new music out
• Frey is mentioned in this article about producer Elliot Scheiner winning an Outstanding Sound Mixing Emmy for Farewell 1

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Fast Company

I prepared the Fast Company lyrics page, as well as the Bonus CD index page. It's so great to have something new to put up!

I also added an old article from a 1977 issue of Phonograph Record which I thought had some interesting insights into band dynamics. Enjoy!


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NEW Eagles songs!

If you head to your local Walmart or go to Walmart.com, you'll find a bonus CD packaged with Farewell 1 which contains two never-before-heard songs and a studio version of No More Cloudy Days! The two new songs are Fast Company (lead sung by Don Henley; written by Henley/Frey) and Do Something (lead sung by Timothy B. Schmit mainly - Henley sings one of the bridges; written by Henley/Schmit/Steuart Smith). You may have to ask for help if you don't see it right away, and if the sales associates don't know what you're talking about, have them look it up in their system. I had to do that, but I eventually got it!


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FYI

I won't be able to update the downloads this weekend because I am indulging in one of my other fandoms. Lindsey Buckingham is touring for the first time in 14 years and I'm making the most of it, catching him in Cincinnati, Detroit, and Chicago (Frey still has the edge over Buckingham for me, though! But don't tell my fellow Buckingham fans. They don't even know I have a Frey site in addition to my old Buckingham Nicks site which has been woefully neglected since I started GFO - they want me to get back to updating that site and might feel a bit betrayed).

But back to Frey. There's some news here that might be of interest to Eagles fans - but not everyone is happy about it!


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Download Rotation and New Information

Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh will be playing at another Tiger Woods benefit on October 7! It's in Anaheim, California. According to a recent news release, tickets start at $750. Find out more information on the official Tiger Woods Foundation Site or call (714) 816-1806.

More and more press is coming out about the new Eagles album thanks to Joe and Billboard.com. "The first half of next year" as a probable release time sounds good to me!

Now, for site updates. Barbara attended the Frey private show in Milwaukee and wrote a great review of it. Going back a little further, Jay sent in a few comments on a Party of Two show he saw back in 1993 in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

I also added some comments by Frey on On the Border to the song page in Quotable Frey, and a new Fun Fact that Frey was voted "Most Likely to Inhale" at Dondero High School. Of course, the sitemap has been updated for all this stuff!

Can't forget the downloads for this week - an MP3 of The One You Love from the Del Mar Fair in 1985 and a video of Take It Easy from Japan in 1995.

Frey Sightings

• Frey's comments on hybrids at the Michigan show didn't come out of the blue. As this 2003 article states, he and his wife Cindy have been involved with Laurie David's anti-SUV (and other environmentally harmful vehicles) crusade for a while now. Thanks to SS for the link.
• Miami Vice's incorporation of music such as Smuggler's Blues is blamed for popularizing the marketing of music through television programs in this article in the Age
• This article in the Denver Post asks why the Eagles' Greatest Hits is the best-selling album of all time

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