Timothy B. Schmit on Yorin Entertainment with HenJan Smits
June 30, 2005, 11:50 pm

Introduction:

I'm standing here in front of one of the most luxurious hotels along the Amstel (The Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam) and I have an appointment with one of The Eagles, Timothy B. Schmit. Yes, I know, he is not the most well known of the four. He joined The Eagles in 1977, they already had their biggest hits by then and in 1980 they split up. They said "We will reunite when Hell Freezes Over." Nevertheless, that reunion did come and Hell Freezes Over became the best-selling DVD ever. And now there is the release of a new DVD called Farewell I, Live in Melbourne.

Hotel California is playing.

Timothy and HenkJan are sitting at the hotel-terrace along the Amstel...

HenkJan: Why is it called the Farewell I tour?

Timothy: It's just sort of a tongue in cheek. It's almost a joke. A lot of our contemporaries are starting to make their Farewell tours but they never say goodbye. So we just named ours and we numbered ours.

HenkJan: Is it still fun to be on the road?

Timothy: I enjoy it. It's not fun like it used to be.

HenkJan: Boozing , drugs, women.

Timothy: Yeah.

HenkJan: That's all history?

Timothy: Well, we are all older, we all have families and we all pretty much live in daylight hours now. So, it's different but I can't...it's not...it's still enjoyable to me.

Playing I Can't Tell You Why.

HenkJan: In the time that the Eagles split, before...uh...you did a lot of solo stuff. Don, Glenn and Joe play their solo stuff during the tour. It's even on the DVD.

Timothy: Yeah.

HenkJan: None of your material is on the DVD?

Timothy: Yeah, I know....I don't even know how to answer that. I mean, i think most of my stuff didn't really...wasn't really on the radio that much.

Playing Boys of Summer

HenkJan: I see a lot of pretty girls and attractive women in your audience. Are they hired especially for the DVD to sit in the front?

Timothy: (laughing) Not that I know of.

HenkJan: Be honest.

Timothy: If that was happening I knew nothing about it (smiling). No, we have a really great variety of people including beautiful young women who come to see us.

HenkJan:: I know the Rolling Stones worked that way, so...

Timothy: I certainly...I never heard of people being hired to sit in front, no (still laughing)

Playing New Kid in Town

HenkJan: The DVD is called the Farewell I Tour, can we still expect a studio album of the Eagles?

Timothy: I honestly don't know (laughing). We have worked on and off on a studio album for...over a couple of years now. And... it seems to always get stalled at a certain point. I'm not really clear as to why that is, honestly...there are distractions in our life, we go away and then we don't come back for a while. I personally wish and hope that we can complete it. I think that it will be good for us and for our audience. Hopefully that will happen.