I WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL ABOUT PAYING THE TICKET PRICES FOR THE EAGLES

CONCERT IN SPOKANE, BUT THE BETTER HALF JUST HAD TO SEE THE EAGLES.

BOY, WAS SHE EVER RIGHT ON THIS ONE.

FROM "THE LONG RUN" TO "DESPERADO", THE SHOW WAS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.

THE SOUND SYSTEM WAS AWESOME, THE VOCALS WERE AWESOME, AND THE GUITAR

WORK WAS AWESOME.  THE WIFE WAS MISTY EYED AFTER THE FIRST SONG.

MY HAT GOES OFF TO ALL INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION.  THE TWO BIG

SCREENS AND THE HAND HELD CAMERAS ON STAGE REALLY GAVE EVERYONE THE

FEELING OF BEING IN THE FRONT ROW, AND THE SOUND SYSTEM FILLED THE

SPOKANE ARENA WITH AWESOME AND POWERFUL CLARITY.

THE SHOW STARTED AT 8:20 PM, AND IT ENDED AT 11:20 PM.  ALL OF THEIR

SONGS CAME OFF VERY WELL, AND I LIKED HOW THEY MIXED THE (GROUP) EAGLES

SONGS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL SOLOS.  IT WAS LIKE SEEING 5 DIFFERENT

CONCERTS IN ONE.

ALL OF THE EAGLES HAD GREAT STAGE PRESENCE ABOUT THEM, AND THEY ALL

LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE HAVING A GREAT TIME.  THEY ALL SEEMED FRESH, NOT

BURNT OUT FROM THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, AND THEIR VOCALS WERE GREAT.  NONE OF

THEM SEEMED TO BE IN A BIG HURRY TO GET THE SHOW OVER WITH.

SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE SHOW THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AT A

CONCERT, AND IT HAPPENED TWICE.  THE CROWD ERUPTED INTO A SCREAMING

FRENZY MID SONG DURING STEUART'S INCREDIBLE LEAD GUITAR ON "ONE OF THESE

NIGHTS", AND THEY ALSO ERUPTED MID SONG DURING JOE WALSH'S INCREDIBLE

GUITAR WORK AND CRAZINESS IN "FUNK #49".  THE CROWD WAS EXTREMELY

APPRECIATIVE AFTER ALL OF THE SONGS, BUT WHEN THEY ERUPTED MID SONG, IT

SENT SHIVERS DOWN THE BACK OF MY NECK.

THE EAGLES PUT ON AN AWESOME SHOW, AND I AM REALLY GLAD THAT I GOT TO

SEE IT.

Pat the DeeJay

The twelfth show of the current tour, the Eagles came on stage at about 8:10
to a sold-out Spokane Arena for what was being hyped as the biggest rock
show to ever hit Spokane. Unlike much of the previous tour, they opened
with The Long Run as opposed to Seven Bridges Road to thundering applause.
They spent much of the first set zig-zagging between lead vocals to
tremendous applause with each song sounding as crisp and clear as the
recorded versions. The accompanying musicians were quite amazing led by an
amazing guitarist who's name I've sadly forgotten who played lick for lick
with JoeW all night. The first set while smooth and fun was just a prelude
for set two which rocked the house and had us all dancing in the aisles and
singing along to every song in unison. As seems to be the case, Joe Walsh
was the show stealer with his amazing slide guitar, crazy antics and sly
lyrical changes. The only thing that seemed to be amiss was a little more
interaction with the crowd from the others. TimothyB said a few words and
Glen even less. Not to be mistaken though, the boys were definitely into
the music and the playing for us, we just wished they'd have spoke a little
bit more. Glen took a small wisecrack at Randy Meisner for disappearing
from the band in the 70's right before Take It To The Limit while promising
us more of Don's solo-stuff later in night (we'd just heard Boys Of Summer).
The high point of the night (there were so many) may have been Funk #49 from
an energy standpoint....while the only time they sounded a bit off was
during the following song Heartache Tonight (but they may have spent
themselves on Funk, they'd gone all out).
3 encores had them back.....

Hotel California was first....then they returned for second encore of Rocky
Mountain Way and All She Wants To Do (which I've heard hadn't been played at
all other shows so we were psyched) and then a final encore of Take It Easy
and Desperado.

So many songs, so little time. We were saddened to miss New York Minute and
Heat Is On (the amazing horn section on this night had us hoping if not
assuming we'd hear it) and surprised to not hear Get Over It. There were
other songs I missed toobut how can you get it all in over 30 years? In the
end, the guys played hard, they played tight and they played long. It's
been wayyyy to long since they hit Spokane and we have to hope they loved
the response enough to come back again, cause we gave our hearts to 'em.
It's not that often I can't walk the aisles because everyone jumped out of
their seats to dance and sing along!