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.

A picture of Randy accompanied the mostly negative review of the concert in Morehead State’s student publication, The Trail Blazer.

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

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.

The Morehead concert has become notable due to the shirts bearing the school’s name that Randy and Bernie Leadon wore during the Eagles’ performance on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert, which aired in April 1974.

Nearly fifty years after the Morehead State concert, Randy’s yellow jersey was displayed at his memorial service in Scottsbluff, Nebraska on September 2nd, 2023. The shadowbox display was created by his eldest son, Dana.