THE CONCERTS

 

DATE:	MARCH 24, 2009
VENUE:	QUICKEN LOANS ARENA
TOUR NAME:	LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN TOUR
TICKETS:	$68.00 - $190.00
SHOW TIME:	8:00PM
OPENING ACT:	NONE

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SETLIST:

How Long, I Don't Want to Hear Anymore, Guilty of the Crime, Hotel California, Peaceful Easy Feeling, I Can't Tell You Why, Witchy Woman, Lyin' Eyes, Boys of Summer, In the City, The Long Run

(intermission)

No More Walks in the Wood, Waiting in the Weeds, No More Cloudy Days, Love Will Keep Us Alive, Take It to the Limit, Long Road Out of Eden, Somebody, Walk Away, One of These Nights, Life's Been Good, Dirty Laundry, Funk #49, Heartache Tonight, Life in the Fast Lane

ENCORE:
Take It Easy, Rocky Mountain Way, Desperado

 

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The Eagles returned to the nest last night. Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Timothy B. Schmidt, and Cleveland's adopted son Joe Walsh played a rousing 27 song, 3 hour show at Quicken Loans Arena.

The first time I saw the Eagles was 1975 and have been a fan of the band since their first album but in full disclosure I was not that thrilled with their latest album "Long Road Out Of Eden", that is until last night. Hearing the new material played live changed my impression of the album. There is something special hearing the Eagles do their material live. The musicianship, the harmonies, the overall energy of the show put a new life into this album for me.

The show started with three songs off "Long Road" and right off the bat you could tell we were in for a night of great music. The voices sounded great, even though at times you could tell slight cracks, a little bit of aging came out but the unmistakable Eagles sound was there. Glen Frey even joked "Welcome to the geriatric tour".

The crowed cheered and clapped after each song but on the opening refrains of Hotel California the first sign of real life from them as they jumped to their feet cheering. It was for a few moments as they slowly relaxed into their seats to listen. This was a theme of the audience for the first set except for when the band broke into "In The City". Joe Walsh's outstanding song from "The Long Run". The crowd stayed on their feet dancing and singing along with the loudest ovation so far in the show coming at the end.

The second set started with the band in their new familiar role since the reunion with the four of them sitting in the front of the stage with stools and with their acoustic guitars . They started with the a-cappella song "No More Walks In The Woods" that showcased their amazing voices then two more choices off the new album brought us to Timothy B. Schmidt telling the audience they were now in the "love song ballads section of the show" as he started "Love Will Keep Us Alive". Glenn then told the crowd "as long as were out here we'll do one more song" and launched into what I felt was the highlight of the night musically. "Take It To The Limit" seemed to hit on all cylinders as I felt it was the best version of the song I have ever seen them play. The vocals, the guitars, it was one of those moments you just knew magic happened.

The lights went down for a moment and gone were the stools and the band seemed poised to rock the rest of the night. "Long Road Out Of Eden" and "Somebody" were next and with the imagery played on the huge screen behind them really brought out the significance of the words for "Long Road Out Of Eden".  The crowd was back on it's feet with Joe's "Walk Away" and they stayed there for the rest of the show as the Eagles brought out crowd favorite, "One Of These Nights" followed by "Life's Been Good To Me" with Joe being Joe to the fullest. He introduced the song wearing the now famous Hat Cam as he took blame for all of the kids in the audience actions because their parents listened to the song the whole time they were growing up, blame him! The images on the screen behind the band were great to see and funny. Images of the band members from the old days, doing things you don't normally see matching to the words of the song was a definite highlight of the show. The song brought the loudest ovation of the night.

They followed with Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry" which had it's own moments as they showed clips of all of the "pseudo-news shows" and Enquirer like magazines with their headlines. It was Don being Don and making his statement loud and clear. The next song started with Joe and Glenn trading screaming guitar licks which brought cheers from the crowd for each lick thrown back and forth, then Joe fell into a more jazzed up version of Funk #49 with the horn section being featured in the song. One thing I felt last night listening to " Walk Away", "Funk #49", and "Rocky Mountain Way" was how sometimes you forget what a great guitar guitar player Joe Walsh really is especially with the slide work using the old standby glass bottle on his middle finger. It was entertaining reminder of what made Joe so loved by fans with his early works.

The second set ended with "Heartache Tonight" and "Life In The Fast Lane" as they exited the stage for a few minutes as the crowd cheered and clapped wishing the night wasn't coming to an end. The band came back out and launched into "Take It Easy" which sounded as good as I heard in '75 then onto Joe's "Rocky Mountain Way" which was infectious fun as one of the cameras even showed a smiling, laughing Don Henley near the end of the song.

The show closed with a somber rendition of "Desperado". The band stood a little behind Don as he stood at the center of the stage alone with just the microphone and brought the lyrics to life. The song was fantastic and a little sad at the same time  as you knew the show was coming to and end and you wondered is this the last time you'll see this great band live. After the song was over and the crowd gave them a deserving standing ovation, the four members seemed to linger a little longer than usual as they walked slowly to all sides of the stage waving and acknowledging their fans, hopefully not for the last time. - Bear (clevelandrockandroll.com)