The Eagles Jerry Brown Benefit was May 14, 1976 at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. The purpose of the benefit was to raise money for his presidential campaign. Guests on stage with the Eagles for the Jerry Brown Benefit were Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and Kenny Edwards. Kenny Edwards was a founding member of the Stone Poneys and Bryndle and a long-time collaborator with Linda Ronstadt and Karla Bonoff.
Not quite a year later on March 21 and 22, 1977 the Eagles had their well-known shows at the Capital Centre where Randy had a flawless performance of “Take It To the Limit”. (Eight songs from the performances of those two nights in 1977 are on the third disc included with the History of the Eagles documentary. Maybe someday the Eagles will release the remaining songs from the 1977 Capital Centre shows on DVD.)
There are several audios of songs from this Benefit at the Capital Centre in 1976 directly below, and Jerry Brown’s video segment from HOTE giving his thoughts on the legacy of the Eagles is at the end of this page.
Richard Aaron and Paul Kasko, photographers
Eagles Jerry Brown Benefit at the Capital Centre
This is a short audio/video compilation of some of the evening at the Capital Centre. It’s only about 3 minutes long and is primarily audio with a little bit of video at the end. The audios of several of the songs performed that night are below this.
This is the audio setlist of the songs performed at the Eagles Jerry Brown Benefit.
(The full concert is below the individual songs):
01 Jackson Browne – “Fountain of Sorrow”
02 Jackson Browne – “Song For Adam”
03 Jackson Browne – “For Everyman”
04 Jackson Browne – “Before the Deluge”
05 Jackson Browne – “The Pretender”
06 Jackson Browne – “Doctor My Eyes”
07 Linda Ronstadt – “I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You)”
08 Linda Ronstadt – “Heart Like A Wheel”
09 Linda Ronstadt – “Silver Threads and Golden Needles”
10 Linda Ronstadt – “Desperado”
11 Linda Ronstadt – “When Will I Be Loved”
12 Eagles – “James Dean”
13 Eagles – “Best of My Love”
14 Eagles – “Take It Easy”
15 Eagles – “Funk #49”
16 Dan Fogelberg – “There’s A Place In the World For A Gambler”
Jerry Brown Benefit
Full Audio Concert
Capital Centre setlists for Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, the Eagles, and Dan Fogelberg
Eagles Jerry Brown Benefit
Chuck Pulin, photographer
David Lindley, Don Henley, Don Felder, Linda Ronstadt, Glenn Frey, Jerry Brown, Randy Meisner, Dan Fogelberg, Joe Walsh, and Jackson Browne
Linda was being a little flirty and flipped her dress up just as the picture was snapped. In the Rolling Stone magazine photo caption below she is called Linda “Legs” Ronstadt.
David Lindley, Don Henley, Don Felder, Linda Ronstadt, Glenn Frey, Jerry Brown, Randy Meisner, Dan Fogelberg, Joe Walsh, and Jackson Browne
Don Felder, Linda Ronstadt, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, Jerry Brown, and Joe Walsh (behind Jerry Brown)
Rolling Stone magazine – July 1, 1976
Randy Meisner
Randy Meisner and Glenn Frey
Randy Meisner and Glenn Frey
Randy Meisner and Don Felder
Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Don Henley (on drums), Don Felder
Randy Meisner, Don Felder, and Joe Walsh
Randy Meisner, Dan Fogelberg, Don Henley, Jackson Browne, Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, Kenny Edwards
Randy Meisner, Dan Fogelberg, Don Henley, Jackson Browne, Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, Kenny Edwards
Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Dan Fogelberg, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, Kenny Edwards, Don Felder
Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Don Felder, Dan Fogelberg, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, Kenny Edwards
Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Don Felder, Joe Walsh
Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, Don Felder
Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Dan Fogelberg, Don Felder, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, Kenny Edwards
Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, Don Felder, Joe Walsh
Glenn Frey, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, Don Felder
Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne
Kenny Ewards, Glenn Frey, Linda Ronstadt
Glenn Frey and Linda Ronstadt
Randy Meisner
Randy Meisner and Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh and Randy Meisner
Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Jerry Brown, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh
Record World – June 12, 1976
Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Jerry Brown, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh
Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Jerry Brown, Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh
Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Jerry Brown, Joe Walsh
Glenn Frey and Don Felder (rare photo of Don with a ponytail)
Don Felder
Paul Kasko, photographer
Glenn Frey
Paul Kasko, photographer
Linda Ronstadt
Paul Kasko, photographer
Jackson Browne
Paul Kasko, photographer
Joe Walsh
Paul Kasko, photographer
View from the back of the stage
Paul Kasko, photographer
Eagles Jerry Brown Benefit
Ad in the Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) – May 9, 1976
Ticket
York Daily Record (York, PA) – May 15, 1976
The Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, IL) – May 15, 1976
“Jackson wanted to cancel, and I did, too. The Eagles were on the fence. So we were in a bad position.”
An excerpt from a lengthy article in the Miami Herald (Miami, FL) – Aug. 29, 1976
“And then there was the stilted atmosphere surrounding him at the party that night. Browne’s wife had just committed suicide and the other artists on the benefit bill had gone out of their way to be solicitous toward him.”
Evening Star (Washington, DC) – Oct. 24, 1976
Jackson’s wife had committed suicide in March 1976.
Jerry Brown segment from HOTE remarking on the legacy of the Eagles
Preachy Politics and entertainment! Linda Ronstadt got it right in the article. She was uncomfortable with it. Lots of great photos in here.
Because of Linda’s relationship with Jerry Brown, I was surprised to read her comments in that article.