Eagles
appeared to be finished after the 2016 death of
Glenn Frey
--
Don Henley
said some words to that effect that year -- but in 2017,
Henley
,
Joe Walsh
, and
Timothy B. Schmit
revived the band with
Vince Gill
and
Glenn
's son
Deacon
taking
's place. After playing a pair of festivals in 2017, the group went on tour in 2018, a jaunt that included a three-night stop at the Forum in Los Angeles. Highlights of these shows were assembled as the concert film and album
Live from the Forum MMXVIII
, a double-disc 2020 album.
may be missed, but
Gill
are pros who smooth over the founding
Frey
's absence;
sounds sturdy on
's songs, while it's quite nice to hear
's 1992 hit "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" in this set list. "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" is the main surprise in an album that delivers familiar songs in expected fashion, but the real noteworthy thing about
is how the surviving
don't seem crass carrying on without
. Instead, they seem to be gaining sustenance from their interplay and the songs they've played many times over the decades. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine