The Eagles really have had an amazing career. I’ve been a fan of the band ever since hearing their first album and soaring harmonies of Don Henley and Glenn Frey. Then they merged rock and roll with that cool southern California progressive country sound on their Desperado album, which is one of my favorites still today. Hotel California is the other album that just had one great song after another, plus it featured their new band member Joe Walsh.
Then as all great bands do, they had problems and disbanded. The record company issued the usual greatest hits albums, volumes one and two. And as most classic rock bands go, they also reformed after a long absence, did the usual tour, recorded a live album of mostly old material with a few new songs, and then hell froze over. A DVD followed. We all heard…”Thank you, and goodbye.”
Then we got the farewell tour, followed by another DVD. Sometime later the record company decided another generation needed to hear about the group, and we got selected works in a box set. More of the same ‘ol …

2007 was an amazing year for classic rock! We flashed back to the Summer of Love in 1967 and celebrated musical milestones like the Monterey Pop Festival. We saw some of our favorite groups reunite for a world tour, like Genesis and Van Halen. And Eric Clapton hosted his second Crossroads Guitar Festival featuring guitarists B.B. King to Steve Winwood. I give thanks for such great music, when 40 year anniversaries ping back to 1967 and it all came together in San Francisco and down in Monterey.
I saw Clapton live in concert back in March with Doyle Bramhall II and Derek Trucks on slide guitar, and they just tore it up at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. They played alot of tunes from the early 70’s like “Motherless Children,” “Anyday and Tell the Truth” from the Layla album.
The 30th Annual Dallas International Guitar Festival featured guitars on display from Clapton, Hendrix, Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Leo Fender and the first Marshall amps. Eric Johnson performed along with others like Andy Timmons and Rick Derringer
R.I.P. Dan Fogelberg 1951–2007:
Dan Fogelberg may be gone but he’s not …