The Seattle Center Coliseum Eagles concert in Seattle, WA , was Aug. 21, 1975. This performance was part of the One Of These Nights tour, and the Roger McGuinn Band opened for the Eagles. The Seattle Times review below reports that Roger’s band did really well. Richard Bowden, formerly of Don Henley’s Shiloh band, was part of Roger’s band. Roger’s bass player, Stephen Love, was Randy Meisner’s one-time partner in their Scottsbluff band, Goldrush.
The concert was an hour late in starting due to an accident on the road in Oregon with the sound truck. According to the Seattle Daily Times article below, both Roger McGuinn’s Band and the Eagles more than made up for the delay in the show starting. Randy is wearing a Rolling Stones shirt with the special logo of an eagle on the front from the Tour of the Americas. The Eagles were on that tour opening for the Rolling Stones for stops in Kansas City, Milwaukee, and Dallas in June and July 1975. He also wore that shirt at the Summer of Stars concert in Homewood, IL on August 9, 1975.
Seattle Center Coliseum Eagles concert
Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Don Felder, and Bernie Leadon
Glenn Frey
Glenn Frey
News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) – Aug. 15, 1975
Seattle Daily Times (Seatle, WA) – Aug. 19, 1975
Seattle Center Coliseum ticket for Eagles concert
“But the night belonged to the Eagles and it was one of those nights when everything was going right and the music soared. The harmonies were as tight as on the albums and every member of the band showed himself to be a fine musician as well as a singer. The sound system, except for a few squeaks and squawks, spread all that fine music really well and the reserved seating setup, rare in the Coliseum for a rock show but specifically ordered in the contract by the band, at least allowed almost everybody a good view.”
“The show was opened by the Roger McGuinn Band and I hope every local fan of the Byrds was there because most of the material was/were Byrd classics.”
Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, WA) - Aug. 22, 1975
“The audience McGuinn played before in the nearly full Coliseum Thursday night was assembled to see the Eagles.”
“The Eagles’ songs were familiar to anyone with an AM radio and from the opening ‘Take It Easy’ to the finale, ‘Tequila Sunrise,’ they drew whoops of recognition and appreciation.”
“The rock and roll that came next grew in stages from a sweet, harmonious ‘Midnight Flyer’ to a pile-driving ‘Glory Bound’.”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) – Aug. 23, 1975
“The Eagles have come a long way since they made their Spokane debut three years ago as a backup band to Joe Cocker.”
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) – Aug. 25, 1975
Seattle Center Coliseum – capacity 14,000+
The Coliseum originially opened in 1962 for the 1962 World’s Fair. It is now called the Climate Pledge Arena.
Witchee Woman made me laugh! Great article! I guess it really is unusual for all the members of a band to play guitar and sing lead vocals.
The ability of all the members to do that made them definitely unique.
I think Randy wore his vocal chops out when he formed The Silverados and performed as the only lead singer. The rest of the band were great at harmonising so when Randy moved on with Black Tie, Meisner, Rich and Swan, Rick Roberts and his time with the World Classic Rockers he wasn’t the solo lead singer. Maybe he was more comfortable with that.
I think you hit the nail on the head, there. Being the only lead singer in the Silverados had to be much more of a challenge compared to the Eagles.
I hadn’t thought of it before, even though I’ve seen many videos, that by switching around from acoustic to electric guitars the Eagles and only the Doobie Brothers were able to accomplish.
Coming from myself who can’t play ANY guitar, I’m super impressed that Randy can switch from Electric bass to acoustic. He was just that good!
I can’t play any instrument but I would love to learn!