Lisa Meets Glenn Frey
It was January of '93 and my company was having a sales meeting in Palm Springs, CA. We'd had a number of years of incredible sales, so
the bosses had decided to surprise the sales force of a thousand with a really big party that was kept utterly hush hush. We walk in and
find incredible food, free bars (not just wine & beer) set up all over and this stage set up. Suddenly the lights go black, then come up and there's Glenn Frey and his band. They immediately break into Smuggler's Blues. They played for a really long time, all his current hits, then most of the Eagles songs too. When they finished the set, everyone went insane, so the VP went up & whispered to Glenn. (I feel assured this was a set up.) Then he came back out and said..'ok Glenn's gonna play some more and that's another $25 grand for you folks.' He played 3 encores, the last one he led into with this exact comment: "He says I can't play this, but ---- it, I'll play what I want!" And then played Hotel California.
Afterwards, Glenn and the band came down into the ballroom area. They munched and drank with all of us. He chatted and was a really nice
guy, willing to sign autographs and just talk about stuff. He seemed interested in the work we did & why a company would pay for a private concert. While he was clearly enjoying the eye candy of all the young female sales reps & some of his band was making 'good friends', he didn't seem interested in more than looking and talking
I'm really disappointed that I didn't get copies of the pictures that were taken that evening as I know I'm with him in at least two shots. DARN!
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