The Day on the Green Eagles concert was June 29, 1975. Also there that day in Oakland, CA were the Doobie Brothers, Commander Cody, and Kingfish. Elton John made a surprise visit to both the Eagles and Doobie Brothers on stage. This concert was just a week after the Eagles returned from the Wembley Mid-Summer Music concert in London.
In addition to 1975, the Eagles were at the Day on the Green concerts in 1976 and 1977. Bill Graham was the organizer and promoter for Day on the Green.
Neal Preston, photographer
Day on the Green Eagles concert
Bernie Leadon, Don Henley, Don Felder, Glenn Frey, and Randy Meisner
Elton John (at piano), Randy Meisner (with different shirt), Bernie Leadon, Glenn Frey, and Don Felder
Irving Azoff, Glenn Frey, Elton John, and Don Henley
Connie Pappas Hillman (worked for Elton and married to Chris Hillman), Elton John, and Glenn Frey
Elton John, Connie Pappas Hillman (worked for Elton and married to Chris Hillman), and Glenn Frey
Newspaper ad and concert flyer
Day on the Green Eagles concert 1975
Newspaper ad in the San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA) – June 15, 1975
1975 “Day on the Green” schedule, per Wikipedia
Napa Valley Register (Napa, CA) – June 14, 1975
San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA) – June 30, 1975
“After morning performances by Kingfish and Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, the Eagles took over for 90 minutes of smooth vocal harmonies, hot country rock guitars and disco soul rhythm sounds.”
“The Eagles returned for a first encore, introduced piano player Elton John, and launched a version of Chuck Berry’s ‘Oh Carol’.”
San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA) – July 1, 1975
The Argus (Freemont, CA) – July 4, 1975
The 1975 concert is the best ever!!! Is there a video or audio of it ??? bjonbullard@hotmail.com
I sure wish there was audio or video, but I could not locate any.
Thanks Diana. That would have been amazing if there had a been an audio or a video of this day. Plenty of great photos and articles though so grateful for those.
I sure would love to come across an audio or video. Who knows, maybe eventually something will surface.
This must have been a great concert! I can’t believe the crowds in the photos. Thanks, Diana. You’ve pulled together so many photos of this day many of them new to me.
The crowd is huge! This would be a concert to stay away from if a person hates crowds, but I bet the music was grest.