Wednesday October 7, 2020 “New Kid in Town” Eagles

As harmonies continue we definitely need to include the Eagles.

Don Henley and Glenn Frey joined Linda  Ronstadt's touring band in 1971 and played on her third solo album in 1972 along with Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon. With Ronstadt's blessing, they formed the Eagles in 1972 and quickly became even more popular than she was.

“New Kid in Town” was written by Glen Frey, Don Henley and J.D. Souther who said that it was inspired by a cowboy theme where there was always a faster gun coming into town to challenge the current fast gun.  Souther felt that it symbolized their lives as songwriters where there was always someone younger looking to replace them.

In the world of rock band revolving doors, Meisner was in the group Poco before joining the Eagles. Poco replaced Randy with Timothy B. Schmit, who replaced Randy when he left the Eagles.  I ran into Timothy B. Schmitt in Central Park one summer afternoon a while back and when I acknowledged him and thanked him for his music, he simply walked away.  He was with either his mother or one of the oldest groupies I could have imagined.

Stay safe and well...and is that cousin (not really) and guitar god Joe Walsh on keyboards? Who knew. You're also welcome for the Spanish lesson in the video.

There's talk on the street; it sounds so familiar.

Great expectations, everybody's watching you.

People you meet, they all seem to know you.

Even your old friends treat you like you're something new.

Johnny come lately, the new kid in town.

Everybody loves you, so don't let them down.

You look in her eyes; the music begins to play.

Hopeless romantics, here we go again.

But after a while you're looking the other way.

It's those restless hearts that never mend.

Johnny come lately, the new kid in town.

Will she still love you when you're not around?

There's so many things you should have told her,

But night after night you're willing to hold her, just hold her.

Tears on your shoulder.

There's talk on the street; it's there to remind you

It doesn't really matter which side you're on.

You're walking away and they're talking behind you.

They will never forget you till somebody new comes along.

Where you been lately? There's a new kid in town.

Everybody loves him, don't they?

And he's holding her, and you're still around. Oh, my, my.

There's a new kid in town, just another new kid in town.

Ooh, hoo. Everybody's talking 'bout the new kid in town.

Ooh, hoo. Everybody's walking like the new kid in town.

There's a new kid in town. I don't want to hear it.

There's a new kid in town. I don't want to hear it.

There's a new kid in town. There's a new kid in town.

There's a new kid in town. Everybody's talking

There's a new kid in town. People started walking

There's a new kid in town.

There's a new kid in town.