Eagles at Morehead State University, December 4th, 1973

On December 4th, 1973, the Eagles, along with opening act, McKendree Spring, played Wetherby Gymnasium on the campus of Morehead State University (home of the MSU Eagles) in Morehead, KY.

Notable about this concert at Morehead, were the shirts that Randy and Bernie Leadon purchased the the MSU library, which were later worn during the Eagles’ appearance on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert.

Nearly forty-nine years later, on September 2nd, 2023, Randy’s Morehead jersey was displayed at his memorial service in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, in a shadowbox display created by his eldest son, Dana. 

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Concert

Below is the somewhat lackluster review from the student paper. Randy is identified merely as “An Eagle” in the photo. Although the crowd was “so enthused” that they “formed a line and danced to the music around the fieldhouse,” they were less impressed by the band’s lack of showmanship. Nevertheless, the Eagles weren’t skewered nearly as hard in the review as McKendree Spring, who could play well enough, but made the mistake of yodeling instead of singing. The crowd didn’t seem to mind, however, and during one square dance number, they were “jumping up and down, dancing and going buck wild.”

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Images of the Eagles and McKendree Spring from the MSU yearbook, Ranconteur (1974):

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Comments about the show from Morehead State University’s Facebook page. The last comment mentions that the band played songs from their first two albums, plus several songs from their forthcoming album, ON THE BORDER. No setlist exists for this concert, however, other setlists from this time period show that Randy often sang both “Certain Kind Of Fool” and “Tryin’.” Therefore, it’s quite possible he performed those songs on this night as well.

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