This Day on the Green Eagles concert at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA included a total of four bands:
- Renaissance
- Loggins & Messina
- Linda Ronstadt
- Eagles
This was Day on the Green #6 for 1976, and it started out in the afternoon with Renaissance. By the time the Eagles took the stage it was evening, and this was the first time a Day on the Green performance was after dark. There’s a great photo of Linda Ronstadt backstage below.
Bill Graham was the promoter for Day on the Green, and the Eagles also performed in 1975 and 1977. This was one of the last shows on the One of These Nights tour. Less than a week later the Eagles were at the Mile High Stadium in Denver, which was their last show of the tour.
Day on the Green Eagles concert
Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Don Felder
Glenn Frey, Don Felder, and Joe Walsh
Don Felder and Joe Walsh
Glenn Frey and Don Felder
Don Felder and Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, and Don Felder
Linda Ronstadt
Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina
Kenny Edwards (Stone Ponys) and Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt and Kenny Edwards (Stone Ponys)
Linda Ronstadt backstage at Day on the Green
Ira Resnick, photographer
Linda Ronstadt
Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Don Felder
Richard McCaffrey, photographer
Day on the Green Schedule for 1976
Wikipedia
“Following the completion of this tour, Loggins and Messina will disband after eight albums together.”
San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA) – July 17, 1976
Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA) – Aug. 1, 1976
San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA) – Aug. 2, 1976
San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA) – Aug. 1, 1976
“The first twi-night ‘Day on the Green’ rock show at the Oakland Coliseum stadium was a winner.”
“The addition, recently, of Joe Walsh to the Eagles front line, which now boasts three first-rate guitarists plus bassist Randy Meisner (of the lovely voice) makes it a group of apparently unlimited potential.”
San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA) – Aug. 4, 1976
“Bassist Randy Meisner hit his near-inhuman falsetto note at the close of ‘Take It to the Limit’ with apparent ease.”
“A real, live golden eagle was brought on to assist producer Bill Graham in introducing the headline act.”
(Photo of eagle that was on stage with Bill Graham is below.)
San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA) – Aug. 5, 1976
“Opening the show was a farewell appearance by Loggins and Messina offering a chronology of the light-hearted music that made them famous.”
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) – Aug. 6, 1976
“The Eagles were preceded on stage by a real eagle borrowed from Marine World.”
(Photo of eagle borrowed from Marine World is below.)
The Argus (Fremont, CA) – Aug. 13, 1976
This article incorrectly states that Joe Walsh replaced Don Felder and that Bernie Leadon is in the band’s line-up. Joe replaced Bernie Leadon after Bernie left in late 1975.
Joe Walsh, Bill Graham, Glenn Frey, and Irving Azoff
“After Ronstadt saluted the Eagles by encoring with their ‘Desperado,’ and a short intermission, the crowd erupted as the headliner act appeared wearing matching warmup jackets emblazened with a large ‘E,’ with recently hatched Eagle Joe Walsh standing far stage left.”
Billboard – Aug. 21, 1976
I feel for the live Eagle. It reminds me of butterflies from butterfly farms being released at weddings. It seems wrong. Meanwhile the articles are a good read and the photos are great as usual.
I know, I feel bad for the Eagle, too. It’s not visible in the photo, but I am assuming the poor Eagle is chained to the perch so he can’t attack anyone.