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Audio and Video on the Fastlane

We just wanted to let you all know that we've removed all performance and recorded/released audio and video clips from our archives. This is an action we've been considering for a while and we hope that you'll all understand. This means that there may be broken links on the blog or elsewhere on the site. If you see any, please let us know. We still have up interviews and television appearances. Back to your regularly scheduled Fastlane :)

Order Your 2010 Fan Calendar

It's that time again! If you are new to our community, every year, we assemble photos taken by fans into a commemorative calendar. We print them at cost at Kinkos and send them out to you. All we ask is a small donation to our server fund.  For a little background, this site costs about $130 a month to run (that's the hosting, the bandwidth, the messageboard and chatroom). Our calendar sale funds about 2-3 months. We're very appreciative of those who order calendars or who make donations to the site. 

This year's calendar theme is "A Fan's Experience" and features an original poem about what attending a show is like for a fan.  Please check out our Calendar Blog if you are interested in placing an order.

Thanks so much!

ETA: The link should be working now. Sorry!

A Cornucopia of Thanksgiving Goodness!

We've got some odds and ends for you as we wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving.

First...

Timothy has a new blog post up at his official site.  He's also recently tweeted that he'll be adding another concert date soon.

The Dallas Morning News has a short story on Henley pal Richard Bowden.

Here's our podcast from the Norfolk show!  We forgot to mention how great it was seeing Bernie again.  She came all the way from England for Don!

Norfolk podcast

Finally, we're working on the calendar and should have ordering information up in a day or two.  Have a great day!

The Top 10 Parts of Don Henley's Fall Tour

We just got back to the hotel from the Norfolk show, and thought that since this was the end of Don's tour, we'd sum up what we loved about these shows.

10.  New Boots. Don's not sporting his familiar old work boots, but rather a shiny new pair. They look super-cool.

9.  The "Vibe".  While most people are sick of the suits from the Long Road Out of Eden Tour, with the rest of the band sporting black on black outfits, Lance and Michael Thompson's cool Fedoras and the vintage-cladbacking singers, there's a cool kind of sophistication going on on the stag

8.  Don's guitar playing. He's playing more than we've ever seen him before. It's awesome!

7.  The Jack Nicholson impression.  Yes, many of us have heard the story behind Last Worthless Evening before, but it's evolved into a wonderful tale with an extended Jack Nicholson impression. "Excellent Work, Henley" indeed.

6.  The thought and time Don puts into creating a set-list. His autumnal theme brings home the idea of the passage of time. Don selects songs like "September Song" and "I Put a Spell on You" to set the mood.

5..  Rocking out on the hits.  Don hits his groove in the second half of the show and Dirty Laundry and I Will Not Go Quietly ROCK!

4.  Don's amazing band. Steuart Smith is such a melodic guitar player.  Will Hollis' piano intro to "It Don't Matter to the Sun" is stirring.  Lance and Michael add a cool vibe to the mix and Scott Crago is amazing as always.

3.  Peter Thorn.  We've singled him out because he's new and he is awesome! His guitar solo in Life in the Fastlane shows that he has what it takes and we hope he becomes a permanent member of Don's band.

2.  Hanging out with other fans.  It's always such a pleasure to see old friends and meet new ones at these shows. 

1.  "It Don't Matter to the Sun".  There are no words to describe how perfect this song is. Don's vocals were the best of the night and he puts so much emotion into it. You'd swear he wrote it. It would be a CRIME if he didn't record this (as well as Ghost in this House which he covered in Linden last year). This song was the highlight of both shows we saw...but especially tonight in Norfolk. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing.

Thank you Don for more wonderful shows to add to our memories!

**y'all are right. Because this is rock and roll, we can go to 11. A bonus? Hearing Please Come Home for Christmas

Happy Birthday Joe Walsh!

Today is Joe's birthday. Here's hoping he has a good one! To celebrate, we have some German magazine articles assembled and translated by Caudine and Ulli. Thanks, ladies!!!

Guitarre & Bass January 2008

Download JW Interview (original-colour)
Download JW Interview (translation)

Guitarre & Bass September 2009

Download JW_Interview_G&B_September_2009
Download JW_Interview_G&B(translation)

Timothy B. Schmit Interview

It's been a great week for interviews.  Karen let us know about this interview Timothy did recently with the country music blog, The 9513.

Excellent and Introspective Don Henley Interview

Dan Brown sent us this link to an interview he did with Don. It's one of the better email exchanges we've seen. In it Don talks about writing the story of his life, the future plans of the Eagles and all sort of other things. Enjoy! And thanks, Dan!

Calendar Time Coming Up

We've had several people ask about this year fan calendar. We're in the process of making it and should have it available after Thanksgiving weekend. If you are new to the site, we create a calendar of fan photos each year. We order them at cost to you and ask for a small donation to help with the costs of running this site (about $100 a month). This year's theme will be "Albums". If you'd like to see what we've done in the past, you can check out last year's pages. Stay tuned :)

Don Henley and Timothy B Schmit Tour Updates

We just added a heap of reviews to the Don Henley TourBlog. In addition, we've updated Timothy's TourBlog to include his new dates. Finally, we updated our podcast page with the two new podcasts we've made.

Timothy B. Schmit Reveals His Favorite Artists

Thanks to all who sent this in. Timotnhy talks to AOL radio about his favorite artists. his picks include The Beach boys, The Beatles and Allison Krauss. Read more on the AOL site.

Chat

I have absolutely nothing to do tonight so I'm hanging out in the chat room.

Don Henley in Chicago Photos

A local radio station has photos from Don's Chicago show. They're a great way to see the "vibe" of the show including the new backing singers and Lance's Fedora.