The Eagles/Jackson Browne/Linda Ronstadt: Live at Staples Center, Los Angeles
Erik Himmelsbach, Rolling Stone, 17 February 2000
THE KINGS of Country Rock have been on ice for the better part of two decades. Still, they earned most of their reported $7 million keep at this rare but less-than-capacity homecoming, skillfully puttin on the hits for nearly three hours with the relaxed confidence of a band that could look back and laugh at its combustible legacy, and itself, all the way to the bank.
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