Weekly News Update

Quote of the Week:  "Strive for perfection; Accept excellence" -- Glenn Frey

There's not a lot going on this week. The band has been in the studio working on the upcoming album so things have been a bit sparse. Here are a few tidbits for you, though.

Glenn Frey

• Glenn played at the Starkey Hearing Foundation Benefit and helped raise 4.5 million dollars. We were hoping for photos or a review, but so far we have this report that merely mentions him.

Eagles

• The Eagles aren't touring this summer, so to help pretend that they are you can read this review of cover band Talon's show in Worcester, England on June 22nd.
• Rick wrote to let us know about a new book that may be of interest to Eagles fans. Some of you may remember that Joe was here in Austin during the South by Southwest music festival to support his friend, photographer, Tom Wright. Well, Mr. Wright has a new book out. It's called "Roadwork: Rock and Roll Turned Inside Out." Rick let us know about the Eagle-y parts. It's due out on July 1st and can be ordered from Amazon:
  
  • A bunch of pictures of Joe Walsh over the years and talks about him mostly in the late 60's and 70's. Best of all it has the hand written songlist of Long Run concert. There was a couple pages of Eagles shows in 1980 and a back stage picture of Don Henley I haven't seen before. Another of Tim and Joe backstage I haven't seen before. The reading goes on about the rehersal songs did prior a concert they would pick and old number and play it. Worth the read about the Eagles and Joe's friend that looked after him after his daughter got killed in the car crash.

This Week in Eagles History

• June 28, 1982 No Fun Aloud is Released

Message Board Topics of Interest

• New Album Specifics--Care to Speculate?
• Most Underrated Eagle
• Who Have You Seen in Concert? (old thread, but lots of great summer concert reviews)

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Comments

[Marlene]

The "Roadwork" book is already out. I ordered it from Amazon and have had it for about three weeks.

I'm interested in anything that the Eagles are in so I bought it to see what their take was of the guys in the '60s and '70s.

[sandy]

roadwork is available now, actually, i think it was released last month. has there been anything more on the don felder book? wasn't that due in august ? with as many times as this book as been scheduled to be published, i wonder if we'll ever get to really see it come out. (postponed almost as many times as the next eagles album... ) :)

[J wilder]

Are they coming to Ireland by any chance might be worth checking them out.

[Mags]

Regarding the comment about tribute band "Talon" - I have seen them here in Scotland and they are excellent. I just closed my eyes and it was the Eagles!!!