It’s Your World Now gave me solace that Glenn Frey found the secret Chapin’s grandfather discovered. I am good tired and they can take me away.” Chapin then said, “If there is a process in yours and my lives where you can have that level of equanimity so close to the end, that level of non-fear, I want in.” The late Harry Chapin once spoke on stage about his grandfather, who told the singer/songwriter on his death bed, “There are two kinds of tired in this world, good tired and bad tired. In the long run, I’m glad I made it to the end of the "Long Road Out Of Eden." I like to believe Glenn Frey was singing about his own acceptance that the end, a few short years from the time he recorded the song, was drawing near. Watching him on stage you’d never know he suffered from debilitating arthritis, his magical fingers strumming his acoustic six-string as he did when he was young, his voice manipulating the audience while his sharp business acumen remained ever mindful of the image of The Eagles brand. He died of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia. ![]() Glenn Frey was 67 years old, not much older than I am right now. My world was still ahead of me, and The Eagles were providing the soundtrack for the as-yet unwritten script. Did that mean what it sounded like? Was the immortal Glenn Frey singing about his own mortality?Īn instrumental interlude provided a moment of reflection as thoughts about high school, riding around in my 1965 Ford Galaxy 500 listening to The Eagles on eight-track, my girlfriend (at the time) sitting next to me on the bench seat (no seat belts) while belting out “Take It Easy” or “Hotel California” and wondering what it would be like to see them in concert. Just like a dream, we knew it couldn’t last I was first lulled into it with the relaxing strains of strings and horns that evoke a Mexican beach sunset, ushering in Frey’s unmistakable voice:Īs evening falls, the gentle breezes blow ![]() Then came the final song of the album, “It’s Your World Now,” the song repeated twice to make sure I heard it right. So, although I can’t tell you why, I let disc two stream from my phone into my car’s audio system as I was running down the road. But like a desperado out riding fences for so long now, I had nothing on this road trip but time to kill. Doubt quickly morphed into wishful thinking, then denial before - finally reading about it on the Eagles’ own Facebook page - reluctant acceptance.Īlthough I had often enjoyed disc one of the two-disc Long Road out of Eden album, I’d never made it to the end of the second set of songs. When my wife sent me an e-mail asking me if I had heard Glenn Frey had died, I immediately dismissed it as another of a then-recent round of false social media postings intended to get the user to click. I always thought I’d get to see them again. My first chance to see them in concert was during the Farewell II Tour stop in Charlotte, followed a couple of years later in the Long Road Out Of Eden tour- during which they promoted their swan song album of the same title - and finally two years ago with their History of the Eagles Tour. The Eagles captured me with “Take It Easy” and never let me go. I’ve been listening to them a lot lately, likely because of the profound impact the recent passing of the band’s front man, Glenn Frey, has had on me. ![]() With not much else to do other than watch the countryside fly by at interstate speeds, listened to the band that provided the soundtrack of my teenage years, The Eagles. The hotel up ahead in the distance was a Courtyard by Marriott, and while it didn't serve as any kind of metaphor, it was a nice place to stay a couple of nights. Up ahead in the distance was Washington, D.C., four hours into a six-plus hour drive on my way to spend a day observing a day in the life of U.S. On a bright Virginia highway, cool air conditioning in my hair, and only the warm smell of car exhaust rising up through the air. To me, it's as poignant today as it was the day I wrote it: Watching the video reminded me of a column I wrote for my former newspaper, the Lake Norman Citizen, about the late, great Glenn Frey. I was privileged to be in the audience of their concert tour stop in Charlotte that year. ![]() For about the 15th time, I watched The Eagles Farewell I Tour concert video from Melbourne Australia recently.
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