The Eagles at the Warehouse in New Orleans on July 14, 1972 was one of the first shows on their first tour. This stop was early in the tour, and they were there in support of Procol Harum. Another concert with Procol Harum was at Pierrefonds Arena in Quebec, Canada just five days later on July 19.
The Warehouse was in operation from 1970-1982, and the Allman Brothers played there so often that they were considered the house band. Jim Morrison’s final concert was at this venue. The building was finally demolished in April 1989, and a memorial has been erected at the site. A couple of videos are below with interviews of the people and employees who were in on the opening of the venue at the very beginning.
The Eagles also had a show at the Warehouse the following year on June 2, 1973.
Backstage after the Warehouse concert
(accompanying Figaro newspaper article below)
Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, and Bernie Leadon
Procol Harum and Eagles concert ads for the show
Warehouse concert ticket
The band was very new in 1972, so maybe Don Henley wasn’t too upset that the newspaper got his name wrong.
Figaro (New Orleans, LA) – July 15, 1972
Figaro was an underground weekly newspaper published in New Orleans from 1972-1981.
This newspaper article has the date of the Warehouse show incorrect. It was July 14, not July 15.
“The moment you hear it–wow–you know it is right. It’s got the movement, the power, and some kind of magic to be great. ‘Take It Easy’ by the Eagles is that kind of song.”
“What they do is funky, countrified rock that borrows a lick from every Los Angeles soft-rock band imaginable (i.e., the Byrds, Poco, the Flying Burrito Bros., et al).”
Vieux Carre Courier (New Orleans, LA) – July 14-20, 1972
Vieux Carre Courier (New Orleans, LA) – July 14-20, 1972
Excerpt from lengthy review of primarily the Procol Harum portion of the show
“Not just another band from L.A., they’ve got Bernie Leadon (from the Flying Burrito Bros.) playing ‘any stringed instrument he can get his hands on,’ and Randy Meisner (from Poco) on bass.”
Figaro (New Orleans, LA) – July 29, 1972
Figaro was an underground weekly newspaper published in New Orleans from 1972-1981.
Bernie is wearing one of the special Warehouse shirts on stage at the Carolina Coliseum on Oct. 2, 1972.
You couldn’t buy them back then, but they were given to the musicians playing at the Warehouse. Bernie was probably given his shirt while the Eagles were at the Warehouse a few weeks earlier for this July 14 show.
Warehouse – capacity of 3,500
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