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ROCKOLLECTIONS: DESPERADO- WHAT A CONCEPT! PT.1

I have been on vacation, and a good one it was, so I apologize to anyone who may have noticed a lack of Rockollections.
I will be at the studio this Tuesday, and new shows will be done, including one for Martin Luther King’s Birthday I am still putting together.
Dipping into my own vault, here is Part One of a show that was broadcast November 6, 2007.
THE BEST CONCEPT ALBUM YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD!
Years ago, Engineer Ken told me the Eagles’ Desperado LP was a concept album. I hadn’t noticed.
It is a terrific, smart piece of work, and about time we got around to it.
I never posted it as a podcast, feeling any dope can just simply play an album straight through.
So, in a pinch, armed with my own endearing dopiness and some reviews (including Paul Gambacini’s original Rolling Stone review from 1973), here I am playing and talking about Desperado.
It was only the Eagles 2nd album, so a rather brash act to do a concept album so soon.
I think they succeeded with this effort, see if you do.
Some songs will be familiar, some will not- and one song contains some of the best lyrics in the history of rock & roll.
Let’s ride!