Deacon Frey Leaving the Eagles

[SPUDCASTER]

Other than the "Frey" aspect. What really was his role for being there?

I hope he moves on with what he really wants to do.

I question the illness. I hope it's nothing serious. Maybe that will be revealed.

 

[brookdalebill]

Other than the "Frey" aspect. What really was his role for being there?

I hope he moves on with what he really wants to do.

I question the illness. I hope it's nothing serious. Maybe that will be revealed.

I think Deacon sings and plays great.
I bet we’ll all be hearing his new thing ASAP.
He might have just been learning the “big time” ropes with the “flock”.
The “illness” (hopefully) could be the palest of white lies.
It’s really all big business, as I see it.
Probably not much real drama.

 

[rand z]

I think he was Henley's fantasy.

Maybe he wants to do something else.

imo.

 

[Killing Floor]

Stand-in players of show bands come and go. Eagles we’re great and no knock against them. But at this point they’re a band playing Eagles songs. Maybe that’s not his jam. Maybe they’re not paying him as well as a full surviving member. Maybe Timothy Schmit kept farting on the bus?
I agree with the others, this ends his musical career as he’s easy to replace and not entirely special as a musician.

 

[That Cal Webway]

Reports are he left bc he was afflicted with,

DEACON BLUES BABY!!


(he missed flattted 5ths and augmented 27ths).

.

 

[That Cal Webway]

Maybe he will learn to work the saxophone, and play just what he feels. I hope he doesn't drink Scotch whiskey all night long and die behind the wheel.

Ooops, just saw your post but I guess I'll leave mine above because I'm kid Charlamagne's son!

 

[wabashslim]

Other than the "Frey" aspect. What really was his role for being there?

1. So it would seem more like the Eagles instead of "Henley & Superstar Friends."

2. So when introduced at shows he'd get a massive ovation from the sympathetic audience...similar to Moby Grape who employed Omar Spence, Skip's son.

3. Maybe some legal requirement for using the Eagles' name, similar to the long ignored Lynyrd Skynyrd contract requiring at least 2 original members to use the LS name.

4. To hopefully attract some under-60 chickies for the notorious "Third Encore".

5. Maybe Glenn & Don had some dark, secret blood pact that indentured their children to each other in the event of one's death to complete standing contractual obligations?

Maybe Timothy Schmit kept farting on the bus?

So he sometimes Schmit himself?

 

[bsman]

...and in other news, The Dude still abides...

 

[wabashslim]

The monkey is on the ladder

I had to look this up. Turns out the fictitious version precisely explains a church I attended for a while.

"Five Monkeys" would be a more appropriate name for the current group than "The Eagles".

 

[omahaaudio]

Is Deacon actually talented?

Are you?

 

[Toto'sDad]

You know I'll probably get ragged on for saying this, but shouldn't there be some kind of limit on bands just keeping on going forever? I mean, c'mon man, fashions come and go, something is all the rage today, then fades away but with musicians we're supposed to keep supporting them until they die? The never retire, only threaten to. Should be like in the working world, when they get 65 at least, they should have to go on out to the cow pasture.

 

[getbent]

You know I'll probably get ragged on for saying this, but shouldn't there be some kind of limit on bands just keeping on going forever? I mean, c'mon man, fashions come and go, something is all the rage today, then fades away but with musicians we're supposed to keep supporting them until they die? The never retire, only threaten to. Should be like in the working world, when they get 65 at least, they should have to go on out to the cow pasture.

Supporting Ageism when you are o a f is a curious stance.

 

[wabashslim]

Should be like in the working world, when they get 65 at least, they should have to go on out to the cow pasture.

Two words - Bob Hope. If he was allowed to do TV specials 50 years after his sell-by date then there's obviously no public demand for enforced euthanasia no matter how necessary.

 

[Toto'sDad]

Supporting Ageism when you are o a f is a curious stance.

Au contraire mon fraire, I practice what I preach. There comes a time when no matter how talented you may have once been, it's time to just simply quit. Though I don't speak of it, I had my triumphs in playing and singing in front of people, but those days are gone for good, just like my 280 yard golf drives never to return.

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[Toto'sDad]

Two words - Bob Hope. If he was allowed to do TV specials 50 years after his sell-by date then there's obviously no public demand for enforced euthanasia no matter how necessary.

I didn't say anything about killing them just putting them out to pasture where the old bulls go to at the end of their days.

 

[Toto'sDad]

Two words - Bob Hope. If he was allowed to do TV specials 50 years after his sell-by date then there's obviously no public demand for enforced euthanasia no matter how necessary.

If you were to be painfully honest, Bob Hope and many other old ducks of his day performed WAY past the time they SHOULD have.

 

[getbent]

Au contraire mon fraire, I practice what I preach. There comes a time when no matter how talented you may have once been, it's time to just simply quit. Though I don't speak of it, I had my triumphs in playing and singing in front of people, but those days are gone for good, just like my 280 yard golf drives never to return.

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I'm just guessing, but, like me, you are probably a fan of choosing for yourself and deciding what you want to do and then doing that without some do gooder or smarty pants directing you as to what the rules are... but, maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Peegoo]

These days, I just want all the young bulls to know I'm a bull

 

[Toto'sDad]

My reference to golf is real. When I look at how much less distance I hit shots now than I once did, I KNOW my skills have depleted. When people play music, often they can't see how badly they are compared to their younger selves, but their audience sees, and hears the difference. Compassion not talent keeps them on the road.

 

[Toto'sDad]

I'm just guessing, but, like me, you are probably a fan of choosing for yourself and deciding what you want to do and then doing that without some do gooder or smarty pants directing you as to what the rules are... but, maybe I'm wrong.

While that is true, I employ that same mechanism on choosing who I listen to or watch also.