# Dear Don Henley & Kennedy Center Coordinators **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-don-henley-kennedy-center-coordinators/775756 "2016-12-28T04:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-don-henley-kennedy-center-coordinators/775756/1 "2016-12-28T04:16:17Z")
What, you couldn’t spare a few seats for Randy Meisner, Don Felder and JD Souther? You couldn’t smile politely and sit together for an hour? Really? Okay, I understand. We don’t always get happy endings in life. But couldn’t someone, ANYONE, mention their names? Was there any need for the Stalinesque excision of their faces from photos and old video footage? ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-don-henley-kennedy-center-coordinators/775756/2 "2016-12-28T04:46:24Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > What, you couldn’t spare a few seats for Randy Meisner, Don Felder and JD Souther? You couldn’t smile politely and sit together for an hour? Really? > > Okay, I understand. We don’t always get happy endings in life. But couldn’t someone, ANYONE, mention their names? Was there any need for the Stalinesque excision of their faces from photos and old video footage? Because, if you believe Don Felder, the band was run in a Stalinesque manner as well. This is just more of the same. I didn’t get to see it yet - was Joe Walsh included? I guess everyone but the three mentioned was there. Even Don Henley can’t pretend that the band was just Don and Glenn. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-don-henley-kennedy-center-coordinators/775756/3 "2016-12-28T05:01:00Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Because, if you believe Don Felder, the band was run in a Stalinesque manner as well. This is just more of the same. > > I didn’t get to see it yet - was Joe Walsh included? I guess everyone but the three mentioned was there. Even Don Henley can’t pretend that the band was just Don and Glenn. Yeah, from footage I’ve seen earlier, Walsh and Tim Schmit were both there side by side with Henley. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-don-henley-kennedy-center-coordinators/775756/4 "2016-12-28T15:23:49Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > What, you couldn’t spare a few seats for Randy Meisner, Don Felder and JD Souther? You couldn’t smile politely and sit together for an hour? Really? > > Okay, I understand. We don’t always get happy endings in life. But couldn’t someone, ANYONE, mention their names? Was there any need for the Stalinesque excision of their faces from photos and old video footage? Yeah - sad. Henley is a huge talent and a huge jerk, but I would’ve thought he would’ve gotten out of his own way on this one. Regardless of why it went went down this way, he comes off like a twit for this. ---
**Author:** ![Theodore\_Striker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Theodore\_Striker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theodore_Striker)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-don-henley-kennedy-center-coordinators/775756/5 "2016-12-28T15:37:44Z")
Yeah, Henley and Frey have both come across as just generally crap people with some immense talent (especially Henley, whose lyrics run more than skin deep). This is not entirely surprising, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-don-henley-kennedy-center-coordinators/775756/6 "2016-12-29T17:52:39Z")
Is it possible they were invited but declined? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-don-henley-kennedy-center-coordinators/775756/7 "2016-12-29T19:32:01Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Is it possible they were invited but declined? No, Felder has been putting public pressure on the organizers to invite him and Randy Meisner. Bad form, Henley. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-don-henley-kennedy-center-coordinators/775756/8 "2016-12-30T02:03:18Z")
Sounds as bad as the CCR feud. Eh, fuck 'em all.