The University of Cincinnati Eagles concert was May 8, 1975 in the Armory Fieldhouse on campus. Dan Fogelberg opened for the Eagles, and the concert was part of the One of These Nights tour.
The Eagles were presented with the Key to the City of Cincinnati by the Vice-Mayor backstage prior to the concert. A photo is below of the Eagles and the Vice-Mayor.
This concert was just a few days after the Kent State Ohio concert of May 3, 1975 (which was Kent States’ memorial weekend for the 5-year anniversary of the campus shootings), and it was just 2 days prior to the two nights of shows at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago May 10-11. Then, the McHenry Illinois High School special concert in McHenry, IL was on May 12. The McHenry concert was a free Eagles & Fogelberg concert for the students held at the high school, and it was won by the students by participating in a contest sponsored by WCFL radio station in Chicago.
University of Cincinnati Eagles concert
Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, and Don Felder
Bernie Leadon
The News Record (U of C student newspaper) – May 13, 1975
“The presentation was made before the Eagles took the stage and seemingly served as an inspiration because they really outdid themselves and played some great sounds that rocked the house.”
Presentation of the “Key to the City”
Cincinnati Herald (Cincinnati, OH) – May 31, 1975
Concert advertisement in the Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH) – Apr. 20, 1975
Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) – May 3, 1975
The Eagles with guest star “Dan Fogelbert”?
Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH) – May 4, 1975
Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH) – May 10, 1975
Cincinnati’s curmudgeon, Cliff Radel, wrote his usual less-than-enthusiastic review of the Eagles.
Journey TO the Sorcerer?
What a nasty review. Insulting Bernie for his “paucity of talent” Cliff Radel likes the sound of his own voice. Certainly wasn’t listening to the music.
Cliff is something else. I remember reading that the Eagles had a “punch-’em-on-sight” list of critics. Cliff was probably at the top of that list. He just wasn’t able or refused to be nice when writing about them.