1977 Eagles Hotel California Tour outdoor stadium show -- went with friends who had tickets hoping to score one there. Trouble was I had no funds on hand and they were tapped too. Painful hearing the opening chords of the set opener and the crowd going wild as the Eagles played the title track to the album first. And chubby me not able to squeeze under the fence.....
This would be the one that got away! There they were singing Welcome to the Hotel California and for me no room at the inn...
I did see the Eagles in concert a few years earlier (1975) at The Cotton Bowl in Dallas Texas. An all day affair in the hot Texas sun. So hot in fact, they used fire hoses to douse the crowd to keep them cool. Imagine it. That day the Eagles were not the headliners.....it was The Rolling Stones everyone really wanted to see. The Eagles were a name I barely recognized. But there they were up there playing hit after hit. Couldn't really see them from the way way back. The Rolling Stones lived up to the hype, and Mick Jagger at one point even grabbed a fire hose and pointed it in the direction of the still overheated crowd. Perhaps my earliest memory of dripping cool......thank you, I'm here all week!
Just found a website that shows what the Rolling Stones were up to that particular week........July 4, 1975: The Rolling Stones perform in Memphis, Tennessee on Independence Day, with the
penis balloon inflated against police wishes.
July 5, 1975: On a drive down to Dallas, Keith Richards and Ron Wood are arrested for possession of an illegally
concealed dagger in Fordyce, Arkansas, then released on bail. Cocaine is also found in the trunk of the car but
Keith & Ron manage to escape charges. The weapon charge is later dropped.
July 6, 1975: The Rolling Stones perform at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas.
July 7, 1975: Now in Los Angeles, the Rolling Stones attend a surprise birthday party for Ringo Starr at the Beverly
Wiltshire Hotel, which Keith Moon also attends.
July 9-13, 1975: The Rolling Stones perform five concerts at the Forum in Los Angeles, California. George
Harrison and Ringo Starr are among the celebrities attending some of the concerts.
July 15-20, 1975: The Rolling Stones continue their western swing with concerts in San Francisco,
Seattle, and Fort Collins, Colorado where Elton John guest stars for the entire concert.
And I thought I was cool hitting the road for music. In hindsight I guess it was......and my very first roadtrip for music. The Rolling Stones 1975 Chronicles