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Soundtrack Of My Life – R I P Glenn Frey
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Soundtrack Of My Life – R I P Glenn Frey It is kind of a weird thing for me to have posted about my first year of blogging about parts of my life My First Year Of Blogging Here within an half hour of when I read, here, that Glenn Frey had passed. Frey and Don Henley formed the Eagles in my SoCal hometown and they lived close to me. Frey and The Eagles are/were the soundtrack of my life. Like many guys I was in lust with Linda Ronstadt, this was also when I first learned of Glenn Frey and the guys who eventually became The Eagles. The first song of theirs I ever heard was “Witchy Woman” soon followed by “Take It Easy” and “Peaceful Easy Feeling”. The last 2 made “country” sounding music palatable and interesting as hell – I was hooked. Then I heard 1 of 2 songs that describe me, in the past and in some ways still – “Desperado”. I’ll let you ponder on what parts and when. The other was “James Dean”. When my pals heard the lyrics, “Sock hop, soda pop, basketball and auto shop, The only thing that got you off was breakin' all the rules” they said “that’s you clown”. Everyone loved telling the story of our senior year when a couple guys and me brought our dirt bikes to high school one afternoon – we had “a plan”. The running track was on the far side of the campus and at the farthest corner (behind the grandstands) was a vehicle gate, which lead on to the track. “The plan” was to see how many laps flat track style (no brakes all gas) we could do before someone caught us. The answer was 1 and about a quarter. As we came down the “back straight”, toward the coach’s offices, 2 of them ran out of the office and to the edge of the track. That was just as we had come out of a corner and cranked up the gas. When we saw those 2 big guys in white polo shirts and we were all over the brakes, then we turned tail a got the hell outta Dodge and the neighborhood. We strolled back into school the next day and everyone was looking at us like we were guilty of something. Huh, what? Luckily we were only some of the many likely suspects, no one knew who for sure, except for a few other guys. It was announced at a grad party who the “culprits” were – no one was surprised. But I’ve digressed. That story was told over many refreshing beverages at a local bar (The Oar House/Buffalo Chips) where we misspent a lot of time ‘Any time of year, you could find us there’, it was – ‘a lovely place’. The bar always cranked up the Joe Walsh songs especially “Rocky Mountain Way” and "Walk Away" – I “perfected” my air guitar there. Then Joe joined the Eagles and Frey for "Hotel California" written by Frey and Henley – Walsh and Frey were together, life was insanely fun. But when they broke up “All Ready Gone” took on a sadder meaning. Then the 80s came along and I was able to get into auto racing. We often had to get up early AMs to get to the track – that required music to wake myself and the crew with. “The Heat Is On” by Glenn Frey was one of the go to songs we cranked up. The 80s also gave us “Miami Vice” (yup I liked it) and Glenn Frey’s character was one I liked along with Elvis the gator. My g/f remembered I had a stuffed gator I had won as a carnival prize; it became “Elvis The Racin Gator”. He rode in the car, belted in the passenger space from ’84 – ‘88. Also from Frey and Miami Vice came “You Belong To The City”. The g/f and I were kind of sick of the big city really and talked about getting out but didn’t have any idea where we wanted to go. In my mind I was “All Ready Gone” and eventually left, she stayed. In 2012 I had a profile on a vanilla site. It wasn’t getting me much “action” so I added something I heard while listening to the radio. “One Of These Nights” came on and the line “I've been searching for the of the devil himself, I've been searching for an angel in white. I've been waiting for a woman who's a little of both”. I thought that was kind of what/who I am looking for and I placed it on the profile with a line that read: ‘If you know where this came from we may be a good match’. A day later I got a message from a woman that read “The Eagles of course”. I have mentioned her, “MG”, here a few times last time being here: My First Year Of Blogging Here . She is also the subject of a post which is brewing about domestic violence and she is who I was thinking of when I wrote the DV part of this post Not Just In October . With her there is also a hint of “Desperado” in the background, “Don't you draw the Queen of Diamonds boy She'll beat you if she's able . . . But you only want the ones that you can't get“. That situation is what eventually lead me to A*F*F/Pazzion and “One Of These Nights” is part of my profile here. Those lyrics came into play again when I was contacted last year by the first woman, ST, I mentioned in my My First Year Of Blogging Here post. She is also a big Eagles fan. Our first two dates included, in part; watching, “singing” and playing air guitar to the “Farewell 1 Tour” DVD – we had fun doing that and watching the outtakes and interviews. It is a great concert; 2 really, one acoustic and one full blown crank it WAY UP rock. If you want to see Glenn and Joe playing lights out great, having fun with and appreciating each other I highly recommend you get that DVD. I’ve also posted about or mentioned Frey/Eagles songs in other posts here. On a full moon post Since it is a Full Moon, which was in response to Lala’s post [post 3686529] and on Food For Thought I Cant Tell You Why . And, throughout the years “All Ready Gone” has played a part for obvious reasons. My favorite line from that is “You can see the stars and still not see the light” . . . that’s right. The Eagles are one of the few bands I bought every album of vs. just a greatest hits recording, and I had that too. There is a lot more I could write cause I haven’t even mentioned half of Glenn Frey’s songs. He is someone I would loved to have met and be able to hang around with when he was telling the stories from the days. My only regret is I never had the funds to see Eagles in concert and now I am bummed that I never will. When I look up in the sky and see the stars I’ll see Glenn Frey and raise a glass of pink champagne on ice. There is a hole in the world . . . I give my most sincere honor and sincerely thank The Eagles and Glenn Frey for their big part in the soundtrack of my life. Glenn, you have earned a Peaceful Easy Forever . . . R I P Glenn Frey. Please see my followup to this post The Soundtrack of YOUR Life What Is Yours  When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. 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Did you happen to see the article in Motorsport about the Jim Russell Racing school?My best friend went to racing school there. I think that magazine is probably the best one on the market.I've subscribed to it for years.Just can't seem to ever throw them away. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Did you happen to see the article in Motorsport about the Jim Russell Racing school?My best friend went to racing school there. I think that magazine is probably the best one on the market.I've subscribed to it for years.Just can't seem to ever throw them away. Using more than all the road!
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I can't read emails I'm a standard member, just put the link here and I cut/paste. Thank you 
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Yes it is online, I will email you the link. I did find it an interesting read. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Is the article online? It sounds interesting.
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Loved his music, still do. I grew up to his music as well. I read an article written by a friend of his who is a journalist, who knew him from almost the beginning of his career. It was a great read. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Loved his music, still do. I grew up to his music as well. I read an article written by a friend of his who is a journalist, who knew him from almost the beginning of his career. It was a great read.
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I this case it is like losing a friend since Frey wrote, played and sang through and "about" a bunch of my life. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Here a while back, one of the pay cable movie channels,had a show about the Eagles, from the start to probably a couple of years ago. well worth watching, lots of great tunes, and a lot of back drop, or history of the group. Myself, loved their music, and Frey was a great musician, songwriter, singer. May he Rest In Peace !!! When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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I had a harder time with his passing then I did Bowie Me too, Bowie was great but I had more of a "connection" to the Eagles. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Great post!Saw a couple of races at Del mar.Talk about control!Got to see a lot of great bands in the seventies.One of my dad's patients used to get us tickets and a few backstage passes.Saw the eagles once and Joe Walsh a couple of times. Since you did mention it and I am an avid fan.I have to ask what were you racing during your years as a hot shoe.Just curious. In the 80s I ran in an SCCA regional class called ITB, mostly at Riverside (closed now), Willow Springs, Las Vegas (the old track that is now “under” the current one), Holtville (closed now), Carlsbad (closed now). Sears Point for the West Coast Championships. In the 90s I ran in an SCCA national class called H Production, mostly at Firebird, Phoenix Int’l (no more road course now), Willow Springs, Las Vegas (the old track that is now “under” the current one), Holtville (closed now), Pueblo, Second Creek (closed now). Plus 2 times, of 3 qualified, at Road Atlanta for the National Championships. I’ve done one Off road race which I referred to in: Alcohol amp Final Lap When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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The first Eagles album I bought was 'One Of These Nights'. We played versions of Lyin' Eyes and the title track in the band I was in at the time. I was on bass guitar and my brother was on drums. So, I'll always have a soft spot for The Eagles. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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So many wonderful musicians....REAL musicians came out of that era. It is incredibly sad to see them go because there are not so many coming up to replace them. R.I.P. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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It's been a bad year for many of our stars. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Those are all great songs. It still amazes me how much fine pop music came in that small window of time. I was a James Gang fan, and I heard 'em live at Goose Lake International Music Festival in 1970. I have no idea what was international about it, but then, I was pretty high. Joe Walsh, Glen Frey...there are still a lot of fine musical talents out there. But corporations have stolen the music. They've co-opted it. Remember that term- co-opted?   When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Here a while back, one of the pay cable movie channels,had a show about the Eagles, from the start to probably a couple of years ago. well worth watching, lots of great tunes, and a lot of back drop, or history of the group. Myself, loved their music, and Frey was a great musician, songwriter, singer. May he Rest In Peace !!! When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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True Kinks, they are one of THE bands. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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The first Eagles album I bought was 'One Of These Nights'. We played versions of Lyin' Eyes and the title track in the band I was in at the time. I was on bass guitar and my brother was on drums. So, I'll always have a soft spot for The Eagles. 
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So many wonderful musicians....REAL musicians came out of that era. It is incredibly sad to see them go because there are not so many coming up to replace them. R.I.P. ~~Anais Nin~~
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We lost another good one again. All in one week we lost also Bowie too. hugss V May he rest in peace. Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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Great post!Saw a couple of races at Del mar.Talk about control!Got to see a lot of great bands in the seventies.One of my dad's patients used to get us tickets and a few backstage passes.Saw the eagles once and Joe Walsh a couple of times. Since you did mention it and I am an avid fan.I have to ask what were you racing during your years as a hot shoe.Just curious. Using more than all the road!
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Those are all great songs. It still amazes me how much fine pop music came in that small window of time. I was a James Gang fan, and I heard 'em live at Goose Lake International Music Festival in 1970. I have no idea what was international about it, but then, I was pretty high. Joe Walsh, Glen Frey...there are still a lot of fine musical talents out there. But corporations have stolen the music. They've co-opted it. Remember that term- co-opted? Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Great post, well said. Drop in and visit my blog sometime, but you'll probably regret it 
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Here a while back, one of the pay cable movie channels,had a show about the Eagles, from the start to probably a couple of years ago. well worth watching, lots of great tunes, and a lot of back drop, or history of the group. Myself, loved their music, and Frey was a great musician, songwriter, singer. May he Rest In Peace !!!
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