AN EAGLE TAKES OFF – Don Henley & ‘I CAN’T STAND STILL’ (1982) [email protected] August 22, 2022 ‘Dirty Laundry’ is an indignant critique of an increasingly intrusive media and one of the most important rock songs of the 1980s. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Danny Kortchmar, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Hotel California, I Can't Stand Still, Joe Walsh
EARLY CAREER MASTERPIECE: Jackson Browne – ‘LATE FOR THE SKY’ [email protected] May 20, 2022 LATE FOR THE SKY (1974): Inducting Browne into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen called ‘Late for the Sky’ a ‘masterpiece.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Don Henley, Eagles, J.D. Souther, Jackson Browne, Late for the Sky, Linda Ronstadt
Borderline sublime: Eagles & ‘ON THE BORDER’ [email protected] January 22, 2022 ‘ON THE BORDER’ (1974) dispelled any notion of the Eagles losing their early momentum and became an immediate best-seller. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bernie Leadon, Bill Szymczyk, Desperado, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Hotel California, J.D. Souther, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, On the Border, Randy Meisner
NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME – Eagles & ‘ONE OF THESE NIGHTS’ [email protected] July 7, 2021 ‘ONE OF THESE NIGHTS’ (1975) emphasised how much the Eagles were developing as writers and performers, but also the isolation of Bernie Leadon within the band. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bernie Leadon, Bill Szymczyk, Desperado, Don Felder, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Hotel California, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, On the Border, One of These Nights, Randy Meisner
YOU CAN BE SERIOUS – Joe Walsh & ‘BUT SERIOUSLY FOLKS’…….. [email protected] May 20, 2021 With enough self-deprecating humour to avoid sounding boastful, ‘Life’s Been Good’ is an important statement on rock stardom. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bill Szymczyk, Don Henley, Eagles, Hotel California, Joe Vitale, Joe Walsh, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, The James Gang, The Long Run, The Who
WAY OUT WEST – the EAGLES & ‘DESPERADO’ [email protected] December 14, 2020 With ‘Desperado’ the Eagles took the biggest chance of their career, recording a cowboy-concept album with no obvious hit singles. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bernie Leadon, Desperado, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Glyn Johns, Hotel California, Jackson Browne, JD. Souther, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, On the Border, Randy Meisner
‘THE SOUND OF MY VOICE’ Linda Ronstadt documentary review [email protected] April 24, 2020 Linda Ronstadt is among the handful of artists blessed with the creative integrity to match her raw talent. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Aaron Neville, Bonnie Raitt, Dolly Parton, Don Henley, Eagles, Emmylou Harris, Glenn Frey, Jackson Browne, JD Souther, Linda Ronstadt
LIGHTS, CAMERA, MUSIC – Twenty songs that share their title with a film…… [email protected] January 6, 2020 Twenty Songs Sharing Their Title with a Film: BOB SEGER ‘Started thinking about a film from 1975’…. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Don Henley, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Clash, The Who, Warren Zevon
THE WRONG ONE – Eagles fall to earth with ‘The Long Run’ [email protected] August 17, 2019 If ever an album cover reflected the state of a group the tombstone sleeve of ‘THE LONG RUN’ could not have been more appropriate. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Seger, Don Felder, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Hotel California, JD Souther, Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, The Long Run, Timothy B Schmit
THE EAGLE WHO DARED – The solo career of Don Henley [email protected] February 22, 2019 ‘The End Of The Innocence,’ (1989) is an embarrassment of riches, barely wasting a second through ten superbly constructed songs. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Seger, Building The Perfect Beast, Cass County, Danny Kortchmar, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Hotel California, I Can't Stand Still, Inside Job, JD Souther, Joe Walsh, The End Of The Innocence, Timothy B Schmit