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Infiniti finance review10/11/2023 ![]() That meant playing crisply psychedelic, fuzzily rhythmic and slippery slide solos on big-beating cuts such as “Heartache Tonight,” joining in with Smith on the guitar-army tone of “Hotel California,” and singing his way through marvelous Eagles moments (a heartily harmonious “In the City”) as well as soulful career highlights such as the jiving “Life’s Been Good” and the snorting “Funk #49,” talk-box-bit and all. For that, Walsh got the lion’s share of the standing applause and whoops-and-hollers of the MSG crowd for… well, frankly just being Joe Walsh. ![]() Since 1975, the manic, good-natured wild card of the Eagles has been its most vivacious showman – mugging, shuffling, bark-singing. ![]() Though his mastery of the slow finger slide on songs such as “Best of My Love” was impeccable, Smith made the old school double neck guitar that filled the ringing “Hotel California” look as good as it sounded. Though Gill got out a few awesome licks, so much of the winsome, high lonesome, manic, magic guitar work during Thursday’s show came down to Smith – the forever touring Eagles member who played as part of Rodney Crowell’s band, Cicadas – whose every lick was wiry, bold and inventive. While beloved as a guitarist and for his role as part of the legendary Pure Prairie League, Gill’s time as an Eagle has been filled with finding the soul of Frey’s roaming country heart, as defined at MSG with his takes on the shushing acoustic “Take it to the Limit,” a brushed-denim “Lyin’ Eyes” and the hopelessly romantic “New Kid in Town,” complete with its gentle Mexicali twitches. Gill is still a godsend to the Eagles, having joined with Henley and company after Glenn Frey’s death. “He’s having cheeseburgers with Glenn and Randy,” said Henley of his fellow “’70s survivor” before paying tribute to Buffett - with Schmit soulfully singing “Come Monday,” and Walsh donning a Parrothead hat for his dippy version of “Fins.” Later in the show, Henley took his time to commemorate “dear friend” Jimmy Buffett, who died September 2. Stepping from behind his drum kit early in the set, a white-haired Henley celebrated the late Glenn Frey, as well as original Eagles bassist Randy Meisner (“we will miss him”) who died in July. Starting their tight, two-hour-plus show lined up and bathed by stark white light, the Eagles’ vocalists (including longtime touring guitarist Steuart Smith, the evening’s MVP) harmonized in pristine unison to the righteous, folky “Seven Bridges Road” before Deacon Frey took center stage for “Take It Easy.” Looking even more like his old man, circa 1972 – porn stache, wavy hair – young Frey emulated dad’s buttery, high-plains-via-Michigan baritone to perfection, and did so again, later in the show, to the two-stepping victory song “Already Gone” and “Peaceful Easy Feeling.” To that end, across a 23-song set, yhe Eagles (and their countless guitar techs) divided their two hour-plus time on MSG’s stage between pastoral country songs written by Henley, Frey and one-time bandmember Bernie Leadon (truly, the countriest of all Eagles) and grungy rockers whose cheerful weirdness emanated from the mischievous Walsh.
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