This was during the long cold war among the former members of the Eagles, so it was encouraging to see two of them join forces and go out on the road. In fact, who could have predicted at the time that the egos would finally die down enough for a full Eagles reunion several years later?

Be that as it may, this looked likethe best and brightest opportunity to see anything close to The Eagles in a long time. So it was great to hear some of those classics mixed into the set.

This was kind of an odd show in that it wasnt real clear who was headlining or if this was to be a co-headline show. The tshirts as I recall were Joe Walsh shirts on the front with Party of 2 on the back where both Frey and Walshs names were mentioned together.

But basically they had a full band and traded songs. I recall at one point during a Glenn Frey song, Joe laid down on the stage to pass the time. They took a break midway through and as they were leaving the stage, Joe spoke into the mic, "I gotta take a poop."

FIRST SET:
Long Hot Summer
Sexy Girl
The One You Love
Ordinary Average Guy
New Kid In Town
Pretty Maids All In A Row
I've Got Mine
Lyin' Eyes
Part Of Me, Part Of You
Take It Easy
Walk Away

SECOND SET:
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Help Me Through The Night
You Beloing To The City
True Love
Funk 49
Smuggler's Blues
Life's Been Good
The Heat Is On
Life In The Fast Lane
Heartache Tonight

ENCORE:
Rocky Mountain Way
Desperado

JOE WALSH and GLENN FREY

Another summer night with the Grateful Dead in Noblesville

FIRST SET
Good Times (Sam Cooke cover)
Hell in a Bucket
Lazy River Road
Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Bob Dylan cover)
Loser
Broken Arrow (Robbie Robertson cover)
Easy Answers (Rob Wasserman song)

SECOND SET
Samson and Delilah (traditional)
Way to Go Home
Wave to the Wind
Terrapin Station
Drums/Space
Dark Star
The Wheel
Good Lovin' (The Young Rascals cover)

ENCORE:
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (Beatles cover)

GRATEFUL DEAD

Imagine two of the greatest arena rock bands to come out of California on the same stage. Well, sort of. Eddie Van Halen and company, fronted by Sammy Hagar, and the throat of Motley Crue, Vince Neil, supported by a guitar great in his own right, Steve Stevens. What a great night for Rock N Roll.

VAN HALEN SETLIST:
Mine All Mine
Why Can't This Be Love
Poundcake
Judgement Day
Panama
Love Walks In
Runaround
Bass Solo
Top Of The World
Pleasuredome
Drum Solo
Dreams
Right Now
Give To Live
Eagles Fly
Finish What Ya Started
Best Of Both Worlds
Guitar Solo
Unchained
There's Only One Way To Rock
Ain't Talkin' Bout Love

ENCORE:
Jump
You Really Got Me
Rockin In The Free World

VINCE NEIL BAND SETLIST:
Look In Her Eyes
Kickstart My Heart
Set Me Free
Can't Have Your Cake
Girls Girls Girls
Home Sweet Home
You're Invited But Your Friend Can't Come
Guitar Solo - Steve Stevens
Sister Pain

VAN HALEN
VINCE NEIL BAND

A rather unseasonably cold evening for an outdoor show, but this was the first that Steely Dan had toured in avery long time and I wasnt about to miss it.

This was a good show. Not a great show. Clearly missing from the classic Steely Dan sound on such hits as Royal Scam, Aja, Black Friday etc was the guitar work of Larry Carlton. This was also the first that I noticed Donald Fagen playing the melodica, an annoying little instrument that sounds something like harmonica, but not exactly. I really dont care for it and it's something Fagen went on to use frequently after this tour. It changed the sound of classic Steely Dan.

FIRST SET:
The Royal Scam
Bad Sneakers
Aja
Green Earrings
Bodhisattva
The Nightfly
Josie
Hey Nineteen
Book Of Liars
Chain Lightning
Green Flower STreet
Home At Last
Black Friday

SECOND SET:
Deacon Blues
Tomorrow's Girls
Babylon Sisters
Reelin In The Years
The Fall Of 92
Peg
Third World Man
Countermoon
Teahouse On The Tracks

ENCORE:
My Old School
FM

STEELY DAN