Telling my age....
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In Jax for the Stones and Tampa for the Who, Pink Floyd, and Yes. Granted, they were already as old than as I am now.
Yes is my favorite all time ( they share the title with Zeppelin). Pink Floyd would be fantastic. Stones...meh...except for the historical importance.
About a month ago, I had dinner with David Crosby and his wife. His show that night was at a very small venue in a wealthy Jacksonville beach suburb. We arrived way too early before the show, so I waited outside for an hour and watched the crowd park.
The only thing more impressive than the amount of bentleys, Porsches, and other expensive cars was the variety of ways these wealthy 60+ year olds created to wear bandanas. It seemed like every other guy, which accounted for 100% of the crowd (seriously, I couldn't see a female in there other than workers), was wearing a bandana and sandals.
I imagine eagles and the who concerts are very similar with just some more redneck added in.
The only thing more impressive than the amount of bentleys, Porsches, and other expensive cars was the variety of ways these wealthy 60+ year olds created to wear bandanas. It seemed like every other guy, which accounted for 100% of the crowd (seriously, I couldn't see a female in there other than workers), was wearing a bandana and sandals.
I imagine eagles and the who concerts are very similar with just some more redneck added in.
David Crosby? I thought he would be dead by now. Didn't he have done pretty severe heart trouble? Seems like he may have even had a transplant. Going on memory so not sure. Crosby Stills and Nash still remains my favorite all time concert. The only thing that would have made it better would be a Neil Young surprise show up.
The Eagles had very strong country harmonies. They were considered country rock/folk rock.
Much of their fan base consisted of rednecks. Nothing to take offense to, E.T.
By your definition, most if not all American rock and roll bands had much of their fan base as red necks.
The Eagles crossed all lines of music in the 70's. They started with strong country rock influences but transitioned to harder rock by the mid 70's and completed that transition when Joe Walsh was added to the band in the late 70's. They were "the" band in decade of the 70's.
Saw them in the late 90's......Still the best concert I've ever seen.
Saw them in the late 90's......Still the best concert I've ever seen.
Bruce Springsteen and the e street band
Metallica
Nirvana
The beach boys
Aerosmith
Van halen
Bon jovi
The ramones
Guns n roses
The doors
Linkin park
Green day
Kiss
Poison
Mötley Crüe
That's not counting those considered solo rockers like Alice cooper, billy idol, etc., or a lot of the more modern rock bands.
Well, that's a fine list. Now show us that a bunch of rednecks didn't listen to them. I'll concede on Beach Boys and Doors.
Yeah.....Sorry that list is mostly a fail.
Outside of Green Day, Linkin Park, Beach Boys you've got a lot of "Redneck", Southern, Country Fans.
And Billy Idol!!! White Wedding and Rebel Yell......He had huge southern fan base.
Ok, you guys have conceded on Beach boys, the doors, linkin park, and green day.
Do you think the number of rednecks at an Eagles concert is anywhere close to those at a nirvana concert? I have a hard time imagining a single redneck at a nirvana concert, let alone a third of the arena or more.
Metallica? Kiss? Bon jovi? Please, by all means, find pictures of the crowd at an Eagles concert and compare it to any of those. Besides the obvious change in decades, the type of people are entirely different. Are there rednecks fans of Motley Crüe and the ramones? Sure, but nothing like the percentage of fans the Eagles had who were rednecks.
Face it, the Eagles spent their first handful of years as a big band playing country rock. Rednecks are far more prone to support and like country rock than they are a grunge rock band from Seattle, a mainstream rock band from jersey, or any of the hair bands.
Do you think the number of rednecks at an Eagles concert is anywhere close to those at a nirvana concert? I have a hard time imagining a single redneck at a nirvana concert, let alone a third of the arena or more.
Metallica? Kiss? Bon jovi? Please, by all means, find pictures of the crowd at an Eagles concert and compare it to any of those. Besides the obvious change in decades, the type of people are entirely different. Are there rednecks fans of Motley Crüe and the ramones? Sure, but nothing like the percentage of fans the Eagles had who were rednecks.
Face it, the Eagles spent their first handful of years as a big band playing country rock. Rednecks are far more prone to support and like country rock than they are a grunge rock band from Seattle, a mainstream rock band from jersey, or any of the hair bands.
You're wrong. There is no doubt in my mind that you would have categorized the entire Wayne high school I attended as redneck. In the 4 years I attended there, and in the subsequent 2-3 years, I don't recall a single country band playing at the school dances. Always rock and roll. Bands usually covered such groups as Santana, Allman Brothers, Deep Purple, Iron Butterfly, Speedwagon, Uriah Heep, Alice Cooper, Edgar Winter, Stones, Black Sabbath, CSNY, Foghat, ZZ Top.........
That was in the early 70's. I'm satisfied there were thousands of other redneck high schools doing the same thing with similar song selection.
That was in the early 70's. I'm satisfied there were thousands of other redneck high schools doing the same thing with similar song selection.
