1972: Cameron Crowe interviews the Eagles for the first time backstage after a San Diego concert opening for Procol Harum. The interview was for an underground newspaper called the 'San Diego Door'. The 'Door' ran from January 1968 to August 1974. Cameron was just 15 years old at the time of meeting the Eagles for... Continue Reading →
Eagles concert at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, with Neil Young, benefits Red Wind Indians – Mar. 16, 1974
An Eagles concert at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, California, included Neil Young on the bill. It took place on March 16, 1974, and it was a charity benefit for the Red Wind Indian tribe that lived in the area so they could buy building materials to construct a work/cultural center on 200 acres... Continue Reading →
McHenry High School Eagles concert and WCFL radio station visit – May 12, 1975
The McHenry High School Eagles concert came about because an entire high school of determined students at McHenry Community High School in McHenry, IL won a concert with the Eagles and Dan Fogelberg (with his band Fool's Gold). They won it in the School Spirit contest sponsored by WCFL radio station in Chicago for May... Continue Reading →