Eagles At The Forum, 1976
The Eagles played four sold-out concerts at The Forum in Inglewood, CA, October 19-22, 1976. Get all the details and hear audio from the shows, plus one complete concert.
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McKale Center/Univ. Of Arizona – Tucson
October 16th, 1976
The Eagles played the McKale Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson on October 16th, 1976. J.D. Souther was the opening act.
Photo ©Jim Davis/Arizona Daily Star
The Tucson Daily Citizen reported that the Eagles performed three tracks from their upcoming album Hotel California. Although, not listed, those songs were most likely the title track, “Wasted Time” and “New Kid In Town.”
Below: Photos from the 1977 University of Arizona yearbook.
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Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
December 31st, 1974
The Eagles played Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve 1974. Among their guests were Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Dan Fogelberg, J.D. Souther and Joe Walsh.
For this show, Randy played a Hagstrom HII BN bass. This bass has a different headstock than the red Hagstrom he often played during the mid-70s.
“When midnight arrived, the Eagles treated everybody to a bluegrass treatment of ‘Auld Lang Syne,’ released a passelfull of balloons and let loose a gorilla who threw bananas to the audience. Then they invited a few of their friends, including Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne and opening act Dan Fogelberg–on stage to join them for ‘Take It Easy.'” (San Pedro News-Pilot, January 4, 1975)
Randy performed on New Year’s Eve at least eleven times over the course of his career. Here are the other ten appearances:
Drivin’ Dynamics, Little Moon Lake, Torrington, Wyoming, December 31, 1962
Drivin’ Dynamics, Sutherland Community Hall, Sutherland NE, December 31, 1963
Drivin’ Dynamics, Terry’s Arena, Terrytown NE, December 31, 1964
Pogo, Shrine Hall, Los Angeles, December 31, 1968
Roberts-Meisner Band, Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, December 31, 1987
Roberts-Meisner Band, Sheraton Harbor Island, San Diego, December 31, 1988
Meisner, Swan & Rich, Lake Of The Torches Casino, Green Bay, WI, December 31, 1996
World Classic Rockers, Hyatt Regency Kauai, Koloa, HI, December 31, 1999
World Classic Rockers, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hilo, Hawaii, December 31, 2003
World Classic Rockers, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hilo, Hawaii, December 31, 2005
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Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, TX
November 2nd, 1976
J.D. Souther opened for the Eagles.
“The turning point of the show occurred when Randy Meisner, bass guitarist, sang ‘Take It To The Limit.’ Meisner reached incredible high, sustained pitches with his strong, forceful voice that just sent shivers up the crowd’s spines. Crazed fans screamed and dashed toward the stage, where they remained until the end of the concert. Meisner received a standing ovation that lasted several minutes. When he realized the crowd wouldn’t stop, he danced and skipped around the stage which made the audience applaud even more.”
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Felt Forum, New York City
September 29th, 1972
The Eagles played Felt Forum in New York City on September 29th, 1972. Jackson Browne and J.D. Souther were their guests. Felt Forum was a smaller venue located at Madison Square Garden. The Eagles would play the latter in 1977.
Photo by Chuck Pulin.
Photo Archive: Eagles by Eve Babitz, October 21, 1971
The four Eagles are posed with three friends: Ned Doheny, Jackson Browne and John David Souther.
Location: Corner of Santa Monica Blvd and Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, CA.
Back row: Ned Doheny, Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon
Front row: Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther
Front row: Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther
The location as it appears today. This fountain also appears in the background of a photo of Poco taken in 1968.
Photo Archive: Eagles by Henry Diltz
Desperado Cover Shoot, December 18th, 1972
Location: Paramount Ranch, Agoura Hills, CA
Photos from this session were used on the front and back cover of Desperado, released in 1973. Additional photos were published in the Desperado Songbook the same year.
“The original concept was to depict The Eagles ‘gang’ alive on the front cover and dead at the hands of the posse on the back –with pictures of the bank robbery and ensuing shoot-out in which they met their grisly fate displayed across a double spread in the middle. ‘Then, at the last minute, without telling anybody, David Geffen scrapped the centerfold,’ Diltz says. ‘He was always doing stuff like that to save three cents on the production costs.'”
Uncut, May 2007
Diltz also filmed the session and a short film showing the band members in a staged gunfight was later shown during the Eagles’ performance of “Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (reprise)” on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert in 1974.
In 1989, Randy told radio personality, Redbeard, some funny stories about the making of the short film and the horses here:
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