Hockey Mom's Review

The Bossier City concert was great! Don Henley's voice is still strong and he lost his afro! The last time I saw the Eagles live was the 70's can you tell? Loved it!!

Shreveport Times Review

Review: Eagles still fly high after all these years
Tim Greening / The Times
Posted on July 2, 2002
Joe Walsh is the man.

The singer-guitarist stole the show at Monday night's
Eagles concert, and that's saying a lot because it was
quite an incredible show to steal.

The four remaining members of the seminal rock group -
Walsh, founders Don Henley and Glenn Frey, and bassist
Timothy B. Schmidt, who joined the group later in
its '70s incarnation - gave the sold-out crowd at
CenturyTel Center in Bossier City a show to remember.

Joined by an impressive group of sidemen, particularly
guitarist Steuart Smith, proving an able replacement for
ousted lead guitarist Don Felder, the group confidently
tore through a two-hour-plus set of songs from its
biggest hits as a group mixed with a good selection of
the players' music made outside the Eagles.

All four members, now in their 50s, all proved to be in
fine vocal form, and they proved it early, taking the
stage to the incredible harmonies of Seven Bridges Road.

The band continued on for its hourlong first set with
more signature hits, with fine renditions of New Kid in
Town and Wasted Time, the Henley-led ballad that brought
down the house, much like it did when he performed it as
an encore for his solo concert at Municipal Auditorium
this Spring.

The ballad-heavy first set concluded with One of These
Nights, after which the band took a 30-minute break. It
returned with more of its slower material - Witchy
Woman, during which Frey showed great fretsmanship, and
I Can't Tell You Why, with Schmidt impressively hitting
the high notes.

But the concert really opened up when Walsh - clad in
bright yellow pants with Gumby all over them - kicked
into his Walk Away. Walsh, who had spent the first set
remarkably subdued, came alive, singing and clowning
around and showing off his remarkable chops as a
guitarist during that song and his ode to the
absurdities of rock stardom, Life's Been Good. During a
show in which practically every song received an
ovation, the latter song drew one of the loudest of the
night.

Walsh remained the star of the second set, drawing loud
cheers for his remarkable solos during Frey's You Belong
to the City and the Eagles' Life in the Fast Lane, the
last song of the regular set.

The band returned for perhaps its biggest hit, Hotel
California, with Walsh and Smith trading licks during
the song's instrumental coda. That was followed by Rocky
Mountain Way, a Henley solo of All She Wants to Do is
Dance, Take It Easy, Henley reminiscing about visiting
Bossier City with a fake ID as a teen-ager, and the
closing Desperado.

It was an incredible concert by four of rock's legendary
figures, still proving to be outstanding musicians. No
wonder these guys have sold a billion records.
 

LoneStarBeth's Review

I've never written a review before, so you all bear with me here.

The setting for this wonderful show was the Century Tel Center located in Bossier City, Louisiana.  For those of you not familiar with the area, it is adjacent to Shreveport.  The mood was high before the show and you could feel the electricity in the air.  That may have been because of the humidity in the arena, it was almost foggy in there.  I spoke to Richard Bowden prior to the show, and he indicated that he would be playing guitar during Hotel California, and if you looked behind Don on the drums, you could see him.  They didn't hardly let him get on the stage (ha ha).

Don Henley brought his entire family, and they were sitting right next to the stage, directly across from us.  His mother was looking terrific and I could tell that she totally enjoyed the show, though the family left before the final songs.  The kids also seemed to have a good time.

The guys opened with Seven Bridges Road just as always, but I wish that they would have finished the song.  I guess that they aren't doing that anywhere this time around.  The first set really belonged to Don Henley.  You could tell that he was the 'home town' boy by the fans reaction during 'Wasted Time'.  Every pause in the song was met with screams of the adoring (including me of course).  And kudos to Timothy too.  He was also showered with the screams of the females in the audience.  Glenn also did a fantastic job on ‘New Kid In Town’ much to my surprise.  I never thought that I would care for it by anyone other than Randy.  From what I could tell, there was not a single off key moment in the entire show.  By the end of the first set, we could tell that this would be a night to remember.

The second set opened with 'Witchy Woman' and all was going really well.  And then IT happened.  I don't know what got into Joe, but he transformed into this total maniac.  It all seemed to start with Glenns 'You Belong To The City'.  Joe was SMOKIN'.  That is the only way to describe it.  He was running around there in those neon yellow pants with Gumby on them, just blowing away the crowd with the tunes and his antics.  I guess they don't call him the clown price of rock for nothing.  He had all of us in the palm of his hand and he knew it.  He just blew us all away with the guitar licks and he and Steuart were totally awesome together.  I don't think that they could have chosen anyone who could complement the band any better.  Great going guys.

Joes 'Walk Away' and 'Funk #49' seemed to draw the biggest ovations, though it was hard to keep track, as the whole group just seemed totally in sync the entire evening.  I had never attended an Eagles concert before, but I don't see how they could have been any better.  The vocals were crisp and their harmonies crystal clear.  The show was just indescribable to me. I hope that all of you get a chance to see the guys this summer.  It is completely worth the price of the tickets and the traveling that may be involved.  Everyone who attends will have a good time, guaranteed!!!!