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1975 One of These Nights Tour Tour Dates :: Line-up :: Set List For additional information on these shows, go to Deliverin's Randy Meisner page .

Tour Dates Location Venue Date Auckland, N. Zealand Unknown 01/18/75 Sydney, Australia Hoernan Pavilion 01/22/75 Melbourne, Australia Festival Hall 01/28/75 Melbourne, Australia Festival Hall 01/29/75 Tokyo, Japan Festival Hall 02/02/75 Tokyo, Japan Festival Hall 02/03/75 Honolulu, HI HIC Arena 02/12/75 Lexington, KY Unknown 04/25/75 Indianapolis, IN Unknown 04/26/75 Des Moines, IA Drake Stadium 04/27/75 Macomb, IL Unknown 04/28/75 Chattanooga, TN Unknown 04/29/75 Nashville, TN Muncipal Auditorium 04/30/75 Kent, OH Kent State University 05/03/75 St. Louis, MO Unknown 05/06/75 Columbus, OH Unknown 05/07/75 Cincinnati, OH Edgewater Raceway Park 05/08/75 Chicago, IL Unknown 05/10/75 Chicago, IL Unknown 05/11/75 Boston, MA Music Hall 05/14/75 Springfield, MA Unknown 05/15/75 New York City, NY Academy of Music 05/16/75 Philadelphia, PA Spectrum 05/17/75 Passaic, NJ Capitol Theater 05/19/75 Hershey, PA Hershey Park Arena 05/20/75 Largo, MD Capitol Center 05/22/75 Roanoke, VA Civic Center 05/23/75 Hampton, VA Coliseum 05/24/75 Richmond, VA Coliseum 05/25/75 Atlanta, GA Unknown 05/27/75 Birmingham, AL Civic Auditorium 05/28/75 Jacksonville, FL Unknown 05/30/75 Tampa, FL Tampa Stadium 05/31/75 Nashville, TN Unknown 06/04/75 Memphis, TN Jeppson Stadium 06/05/75 Kansas City, MO Unknown 06/06/75 Milwaukee, WI Unknown 06/08/75 London, England Wembley Stadium 06/21/75 Clarkson, MI Pine Knob Music Theater 06/26/75 Clarkson, MI Pine Knob Music Theater 06/27/75 Oakland, CA Coliseum 06/29/75 Sacramento, CA Unknown 06/30/75 Los Angeles, CA The Forum 07/??/75 Fresno, CA Sellend Arena 07/03/75 Phoenix, AZ Unknown 07/05/75 Dallas, TX Cotton Bowl 07/06/75 Syracuse, NY War Memorial Auditorium 07/19/75 Jersey City, NJ Roosevelt Stadium 07/19/75 Buffalo, NY Rich Stadium 07/21/75 Cleveland, OH Richfield Coliseum 07/22/75 Dayton, OH Hara Arena 07/23/75 South Bend, IN Convocation Center 07/24/75 Des Moines, IA Iowa State Fairgrounds 07/27/75 Edwardsville, IL Mississippi River Festival SIU 07/29/75 Charleston, WV Civic Center 07/30/75 Greensboro, SC Coliseum 08/01/75 Portland, ME Unknown 08/05/75 Chicago, IL Washington Park 08/09/75 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Ampitheater 08/18/75 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Ampitheater 08/19/75 Seattle, WA Paramount Northwest 08/21/75 Portland, OR Coliseum 08/22/75 Salt Lake City, UT Unknown 08/26/75 Las Vegas, NV Unknown 08/27/75 Tuscon, AZ Unknown 08/28/75 El Paso, TX Unknown 08/29/75 Honolulu, HI Waikiki Shell 09/04/75 Cincinatti, OH Edgewater Raceway Park 09/21/75 Phoenix, AZ Phoenix Municipal Stadium 09/25/75 San Diego, CA Balboa Stadium 09/27/75 Anaheim, CA Convention Center 09/28/75 Providence, RI Civic Center 10/08/75 Boston, MA Boston Garden 10/09/75 Boston, MA Boston Garden 10/10/75 Bloomington, IN University of Indiana 10/12/75 Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan 10/13/75 Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan 10/14/75 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena 10/17/75 Pittsburgh, PA Civic Arena 10/18/75 Cleveland, OH Richfield Coliseum 10/20/75 Cleveland, OH Richfield Coliseum 10/20/75 Itinerary Information Compiled by Deliverin' .   Line up Glenn Frey: guitar, piano, vocals Don Henley: drums, vocals Bernie Leadon: guitar, banjo, mandolin, vocals Randy Meisner: bass, vocals Don Felder: guitar, vocals    

Take It Easy Outlaw Man Doolin-Dalton/Doolin-Dalton - Desperado (Reprise) Train Leaves Here This Morning Peaceful Easy Feeling Desperado Ol’ 55 One of These Nights Blackberry Blossom Midnight Flyer Journey of the Sorcerer Too Many Hands Already Gone Good Day in Hell James Dean Witchy Woman Chug All Night The Best of My Love Oh Carol Tequila Sunrise

Randy Meisner: A Retrospective

Hotel California Tour

Eagles at jeppesen stadium houston, tx, july 9th, 1977.

The Eagles gave their last concert of the Hotel California tour at Jeppesen Stadium in Houston, TX on July 9th, 1977. Jimmy Buffett was the opening act. This was Randy Meisner’s final show with the Eagles.

The reviews below both mention Randy’s performance of “Take It To The Limit,” which proves that Randy performed the song right up until the end of the tour. This further discredits the claims made by Glenn Frey and Don Henley in the History Of The Eagles documentary that Randy was refusing to perform the song on the tour. It was also performed early in the concert, not as an encore. The encores that evening were “James Dean,” “Take It Easy,” and Chuck Berry’s “Oh, Carol.” The latter would mark the final song Randy performed as a member of the Eagles. 1

Beaumont Enterprise , July 13, 1977

“Especially memorable from the impeccably-performed set were ‘Already Gone’ and ‘Life In The Fast Lane’ with the flying fingers of Glenn Frey, Don Felder and Joe Walsh trading guitar lines. But the crowd was no less enthusiastic about Randy Meisner’s rendering of ‘Take It To The Limit’ or the long and haunting version of ‘Witchy Woman.'” (Pete Churton, Beaumont Enterprise , July 13, 1977)

Houston Post, July 10, 1977

But, from then until I had to leave some 50 minutes later, it was a typical Eagles-set, one old favorite after another, including ‘Doolin-Dalton,’ ‘Desperado,’ ‘Lyin’ Eyes,’ and ‘Take It To The Limit,’ along with an occasional, lesser-known album cut, such as ‘Victim Of Love.'” (Bob Claypool, Houston Post , July 10, 1977)

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Debunking The Myths: The Knoxville 1977 Concert, “Take It To The Limit,” and Randy Meisner’s Departure From The Eagles

The real story behind the Eagles’ Knoxville 1977 concert, using facts from published reviews, plus Randy’s own words.

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New York Post Interview, July 1977

An interview with Randy Meisner published in the New York Post, July 15th, 1977.

Eagles at Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY, March 15-16-1977

The Eagles played two sold-out nights at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. It was the second stop on the first leg of the Hotel California tour. Jimmy Buffett was the opening act.

The two shows at Nassau Coliseum were the first of four concerts in New York. The Eagles’ next two stops were at Madison Square Garden on the 18th, then the War Memorial Auditorium in Rochester on the 19th The band made the Drake Hotel in Manhattan their home base for their entire New York visit (see itinerary below):

Photos exist for both Uniondale concerts, however I’m not sure which photos are from which show. Glenn Frey wore a New York Islanders jersey both nights. The Islanders are a hockey team from nearby Elmont, NY. In the 1970s, Nassau Coliseum was their home base.

Glenn in his Islanders jersey:

In this first set of photos, Randy is wearing a blue hoodie, possibly the same blue jacket from the Tour of the Pacific from January-February 1976:

In this second set of photos, Randy is wearing a gray sweatshirt. Glenn is once again in the Islanders jersey.

Both reviews are for the March 15th concert.

Greenwich (CT) Times, March 17, 1977

A less positive review from the The New York Times, March 17, 1977:

Eagles Bingley Hall, Stafford, England May 3-4, 1977

Following the four-night stand at the Wembley Empire Pool , plus two shows at the Apollo in Glasgow , the Eagles ended the first leg of the 1977 European tour with two sold-out shows at Bingley Hall in Stafford. One thing the band set out to prove was that they were no longer a laid-back, easy-going country-rock band:

“Any doubts about whether their sweet-sounding California dreaming songs might turn out to be monotonous and dirge-like when performed live were swiftly dispelled by their gig in Stafford. The difference between the country-rock outfit I saw…in 1973, and The Eagles as they are today, lies In their Extra Added Ingredients. The blend has been enriched by the addition of guitarist Don Felder, a late arrival for the On The Border LP, who stamped his mark on One Of These Nights. But it Is the newest member, Joe Walsh, who has really transformed the group into a world-beating act. His credentials are envious–a period with the James Gang followed by a series of solo albums–a man rated as one of the best guitarists in the world by Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend.” North Wales Weekly News, May 12th, 1977

Setlist for Bingley Hal l , Stafford May 4th, 1977 Hotel California Walk Away Victim Of Love Doolin-Dalton Desperado (Reprise) Lyin’ Eyes Take It To The Limit New Kid In Town Turn To Stone Already Gone Rocky Mountain Way James Dean Best Of My Love Take It Easy

The Stafford audience was treated to two-hours of “non-stop exhilaration”:

“There wasn’t a bad number in the whole set. No lull in the proceedings, Just a series of highlights… The first was ‘Doolin-Dalton,’ the opening track from Desperado, which struck home early in the set. Then it was Walsh’s thumping rendition of ‘Turn To Stone,’ ending in a slide-guitar crescendo, all perfectly controlled. North Wales Weekly News, May 12th, 1977

Praise for Randy’s performance of “Take It To The Limit”:

“Then it was Randy Meisner’s ‘Take It To The Limit’ from One Of These Nights, which showed off another of their assets, those harmonies, to the full. In whichever department you look, The Eagles are either competent, good or brilliant.” (North Wales Weekly News, May 12th, 1977)

“Bass guitarist Randy Meisner, together with his super voice on”Take It To The Limit,” provided the 12,000 plus crowd with the perfect foil for the rest of the band.” (Coleshill (England)Chronicle, May 13, 1977)

Read the full-length reviews quoted in this section here:

The Eagles took a three-day break before their week-long tour of Germany on May 7th.

Eagles War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, NY March 19th, 1977

The Eagles played the War Memorial Auditorium in Rochester on March 19th, 1977.

Randy performed both “Take It To The Limit” and “Try And Love Again” at this show. According to the review, his high note in TITTL was “nothing short of amazing…and about three octaves above any sound human beings are usually able to sing.”

The Eagles In Nashville, 1977

The Eagles played the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville on June 23rd, 1977. The day before, the band played a game of softball against radio and record company personnel.

The Eagles onstage in Nashville. Andrew Gold opened.

Review from the Nashville Tennessean.

The day before the concert, the Eagles, aka “The Party Plane,” played a softball game against Elektra-Asylum personnel and local radio celebrities. Randy is in the background in the top right photo.

Randy’s yellow and white “Party Plane” shirt (photos courtesy of Jennifer Meisner):

Playing for the opposing team was slide guitar aficionado, Mac Gayden. Below Gayden recalls (via Facebook) the softball game and mentions that he was initially considered as Bernie Leadon’s replacement before Walsh was added.

In 1976, when the Eagles were recording Hotel California at Criteria Studios in Miami, Gayden was in an adjacent studio at Criteria recording his album, Hymn To The Seeker . Gayden asked Randy to sing background on the song, “Someone Whispered.” It’s an overlooked gem in the Meisner canon of guest appearances. Check it out .

Footage of the Nashville softball game from the History Of The Eagles documentary. ©Alison Ellwood, Jigsaw Productions, 2013

Eagles Miami Baseball Stadium July 2nd, 1977

Jimmy Buffett and Andrew Gold opened.

Photo by Cindy Garcia White .

Miami Herald review, July 3rd, 1977

Eagles The BJCC Birmingham, AL, June 24, 1977

Photos by William S. Allen

Randy is playing a black Hagstrom here. A switch from his usual Rickenbacker 4001, which was his go-to bass on the 1977 Hotel California tour. See more of Randy’s basses here.

Eagles Omni, Atlanta, GA June 19th-20th, 1977

Andrew Gold opened both shows. Steve Miller made a guest appearance on the 19th.

“Randy Meisner, the bass guitarist, lifted the show to a new level of excitement with his singing of ‘Take It To The Limit.'” Scott Cain, Atlanta Journal-Constitution , June 20th, 1977

“Bassist Randy Meisner gave an outstanding singing performance on ‘Take It To The Limit.'” Bill King, Atlanta Journal-Constitution , June 21st, 1977

Eagles onstage, June 20th, 1977. Photo ©Kelly Campbell.

Review: Atlanta Journal-Constitution , June 21st, 1977

Randy at the Omni

Eagles at Day On The Green, 1977

The Eagles headlined two concerts at Day On The Green in Oakland, CA over Memorial Day weekend, 1977. They also played a softball game.

EAGLES Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC June 27, 1977

The Eagles played Greensboro Coliseum on June 27, 1977. Andrew Gold opened. This concert was one night before the infamous Knoxville show where Randy and Glenn Frey had a backstage fight.

Randy handed out water to sweltering fans. His high note on “Take It To The Limit” was compared to opera soprano, Anna Moffo.

“Bassist Randy Meisner gave the crowd a good rush when he took a note in ‘Take It To The Limit’ that Anna Moffo would be proud to call her own. Meisner had a great rapport with the crowd. At least twice he came to the aid of fans sweltering on the front lines of the surging floor crowd with some liquid relief. They appreciated it and showed so by making him come to the mike to take a bow for his high note.” Russ Edmonston, Greensboro Daily News, June 28, 1977

Notice that Randy is playing a black Hagstrom bass. A change from his usual Rickenbacker 4001 from the Hotel California tour. He played the black Hagstrom a few days earlier in Birmingham as well. Find out more about Randy’s basses here.

Photo by Marc Y. Chenevert:

At some point during this stop in Greensboro, Randy did a phone interview with Lou O’Neill, Jr from the New York Post. The short interview was published on July 15, 1977. Read it below:

EAGLES Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario March 30th, 1977

The Eagles played Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on March 30th, 1977. It was the second-to-last date on the first leg of their 1977 Hotel California tour . Jimmy Buffett was the opening act.

The Eagles in Toronto: Photo ©Doug McClement

Although their musicianship was flawless, many reviews from the Hotel California tour criticized the Eagles for just standing around like statues onstage. The reviews for the Toronto show were no different in this regard. However, the critic for the Globe And Mail complimented Randy for bringing some much-needed humanity to the show, albeit temporarily, with his dazzling performance of “Take It To The Limit”:

“When humanity breaks through, it can often dazzle. Randy Meisner’s vocals were a case in point: he appeared throughout to be only passingly interested in the performance, but then stepped to the front for is impassioned vocal on ‘Take It To The Limit.’ Only then was it apparent that this man’s seeming disinterest actually hid some real emotion. The revelation passed as he returned to his bass.” Paul McGrath, Globe and Mail, March 31, 1977 (see full review below)

Randy with his Rickenbacker 4001 at Maple Leaf Gardens. His shirt bears the name and logo for Criteria Recording Studios, where Hotel California was recorded. Photos © John Rowlands.

At a reception following the show, the Eagles were presented with a platinum record for Hotel California . Below they are photographed at the gathering with representatives from WEA (the international distributor for Asylum) and Toronto radio stations, CHUM & CFTR. Randy is not pictured.

EAGLES MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MARCH 18th, 1977

On March 18th, 1977, the Eagles played Madison Square Garden in New York City. This was the third date on the Eagles’ 1977 Hotel California tour . Jimmy Buffett was the opening act. Although this was the Eagles’ first appearance at Madison Square Garden, the band played the Garden’s smaller venue, Felt Forum, back in 1972. For this sold-out appearance, the Eagles were backed by an orchestra for three songs: “Desperado Reprise,” “Wasted Time,” and “Take It To The Limit.” Randy also performed “Try & Love Again” from their latest album, Hotel California . Three members of the Rolling Stones attended the concert: Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, and Bill Wyman. Wood accompanied the Eagles onstage for their last encore of Chuck Berry’s “Carol.”

An after-show party was given by Elektra/Asylum at the Garden’s Penn Plaza Club. Praise for Randy:

“The event of the evening came with bassist Randy Meisner’s stunning vocalization of ‘Take It To The Limit.’ In addition to sing-along support from the total audience, he received a standing ovation after each chorus.” (Kristeen Nicholson, Record World , April 23, 1977)

Setlist (Compiled from concert reviews)

Hotel California Turn To Stone Try & Love Again Lyin’ Eyes Doolin-Dalton/Desperado Reprise (with orchestra) Wasted Time (with orchestra) Take It To The Limit (with orchestra) New Kid In Town Desperado One Of These Nights Turn To Stone Already Gone Life In the Fast Lane Victim Of Love Rocky Mountain Way Welcome To The Club Witchy Woman James Dean Take It Easy Best Of My Love Oh Carol (with guest Ron Wood)

Reviews for the show were mostly positive. Musically they were top notch, but had little or no stage presence.

New York Post , March 19, 1977

This review mentions Randy’s performance of “Try & Love Again,” although it is misspelled as “Trying Love Again.” The reviewer, Jan Hodenfield, referred to the song as “The Eagles meet Hall and Oates, at the intersection of San Bernardino and South Philly.”

Rolling Stone , May 5, 1977:

“Certainly the Eagles stage presence and show are not intended to drive anyone to the brink of Rollermania…the Eagles strike no rock & roll stage poses, flaunt no athletic grace, if anything, they loiter….

“The tunes — and the Eagles must be celebrated for their tunesmithing — were certainly fun to listen to. Don Henley, who has a problem drumming and singing at the same time (admittedly, not the easiest of ttasks), wasn’t miked loudly enough, a problem since he’s taken over most of the lead singing. But Randy Meisner’s tenor cut through the instrumental mix well, and Glenn Frey, the original California dreamer, was surprisingly forceful.” (Peter Herbst, Rolling Stone )

Record World , April 23, 1977:

Variety , March 23, 1977:

The After-Show Party

Among the guests were Faye Dunaway, Paul Simon, John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther. Although members of the Rolling Stones were present at the concert, they did not attend the post-concert party. According to Rolling Stone magazine: “The guests dined on Mexican food, but only had one brand of cheap white tequila to wash down their tacos.”

Below: Glenn with Faye Dunaway and Joe with his mom. Photos from Rolling Stone , May 5th, 1977:

Below: Glenn at the buffet table which included an ice eagle sculpture.

The Eagles At The Capital Centre, March 1977: A Closer Look

On March 21st and 22nd, 1977, the Eagles played sold-out shows at the Capital Centre in Largo, MD. Both of the shows were filmed. Here we take a deep dive into the concerts and existing footage.

Randy Meisner Hearts On Fire

This website highlights Randy Meisner's musical career and legacy. There are many posts related to Randy's history as the original bass player with the Eagles. There's also posts about his other bands (both before and after the Eagles) like: The Drivin' Dynamics; Soul Survivors; The Poor; Poco; Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band; Roberts Meisner Band; Meisner, Swan and Rich; The Silverados; World Classic Rockers; and his solo career.

Eagles concert at The Summit in Houston, TX – Nov. 6, 1976

The Eagles concert at the Summit in Houston, Texas was part of a long 24-city and 27-concert tour of the western United States in support of their Hotel California album , which was released December 8, 1976. They also played at the Tarrant County Convention Center on Nov. 3, 1976.

JD Souther opened for this Summit show and later joined the Eagles on stage for “Best of My Love”. JD announced to the crowd that it was Glenn Frey’s 28th birthday.

November 1976 was a very busy month for the Eagles, since they played somewhere almost every night. The Summit indoor arena opened just a year earlier on Nov. 1, 1975.

Summit Concert Video:

The video of the full concert is below. Both Randy and Joe are wearing their Criteria shirts, and this is the show where the two of them come skipping out onto the stage for the first encore. It also has the extra-long intro to “Witchy Woman” and the extra verse to “Tequila Sunrise”.

Eagles concert at the Summit in Houston, TX – Nov. 6, 1976 This is the full concert, but the last encore song on the setlist, “Take It Easy”, is omitted from the end of the video.

“Take It To the Limit” starts at approx. 19:35.

The Summit ticket and setlist

Summit concert was broadcast on KLOL-FM radio

Randy Meisner on stage at The Summit

Screenshot of the start of “Take It To the Limit”

Eagles concert at the Summit in Houston

Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, and Don Felder

Joe Walsh, Don Felder, Glenn Frey, and Randy Meisner

“Concert dates at the Los Angeles Forum Oct. 19 and 20 sold out less than two hours after the box office opened.”

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Lubbock, TX) – Sept. 26, 1976

Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX) – Oct. 27, 1976

“Souther may be uncomfortably introverted at times, but he has a remarkable knack for writing and singing logically fluid melodies that carry you along with him easily even into his darkest moods.”

Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX) – Nov. 7, 1976

“Also, the group has always had a reputation for working hard on its compositions, agonizing over every element and changing things right up until the moment the recorded tapes are sent off to be turned into albums.”

Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, TN) – Nov. 27, 1976

Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX) – Jan. 2, 1977

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This historic Tampa church’s bell hasn’t rung in years, but soon it will again

• Paul Guzzo Times staff

TAMPA — It took two years for St. John’s Episcopal Church’s founding parishioners to raise the $100,000 needed to erect their yellow brick house of worship in the 1920s.

It has taken today’s parishioners less than a year to raise $2 million of the $3 million needed to rehabilitate the 96-year-old structure at 906 S. Orleans Ave. in Hyde Park.

“We’re restoring just about everything in this sacred space,” said Rev. Christian Wood, the church rector.

That includes the bell, which Wood has never heard ring.

In 2020, the tower was deemed too unstable, so the half-ton bell was silenced. Wood arrived two years later and was charged with leading the renovation of the church that is listed as a contributing structure in the Hyde Park Historic District.

The bell was removed and placed in the courtyard.

“When I got here, there was a fear that the bell may fall through the tower,” Rev. Wood said.

Fundraising began at the start of this year, with most of the money coming from parishioners.

Recently, Hillsborough County awarded the church a nearly $100,000 Historic Preservation Challenge Grant that is, in part, earmarked for repairing the bell tower damaged by water intrusion and termites.

The goal is for the bell to ring by the end of 2025. That will likely mark the completion of the restoration project.

The building recently received a new roof, and the exterior’s mortar is currently being fixed. Inside, a new air conditioning will be installed, water intrusion damage to the ceiling will be repaired and the stained glass windows and 4,000 organ pipes will be cleaned.

The church leaders and the estimated 600 parish families will continue to fundraise for the final million dollars. If they fall short, money will come from reserves.

Founded in 1912 as a mission, the church was originally known as St. John’s By the Sea and operated out of a wooden structure on the southeast corner of Orleans and Morrison avenues.

They became a parish in 1917 and then, in 1922, purchased the adjacent lot for home of a future church building.

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Two years later, the parish held the groundbreaking ceremony after a Sunday mass. Several hundred parishioners, including children, removed “one shovel of earth from the place where the foundations of the northern wall of the channel will be laid,” the Tampa Times reported in 1924

Fundraising for the new building began two years after that and it opened in 1928.

The original wooden church building was razed in 1941 to make way for a new parish hall and school, which opened a decade later and remains active. The current stained glass windows and organ were added in the 1950s.

The church purchased a new bell in 1976 to commemorate the nation’s bicentennial. Adorned with etchings of the apostles and biblical symbols like eagles, bulls and lions, it rang 200 times on the Fourth of July that year. The old bell, which had a crack, was placed in the church courtyard, where it remains on display.

When the bell was installed, it had to be lifted through a window because the tower was built without an entrance. It was removed through that same window.

“It fit by a millimeter,” Rev. Wood said.

The difficulty in reaching the bell and tower led to the disrepair, he said. So part of the restoration work includes adding a hatch leading into the tower.

Once that work is finished, the plan is for the bell to ring 15 minutes before each Sunday mass and then during key moments of the service.

“It’s a wonderful part of the history,” Rev. Wood said. “I look forward to hearing it for the first time.”

Paul Guzzo is a culture reporter who covers all things interesting in Florida, from pro wrestling to the film industry. Reach him at [email protected].

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• Already Gone by Robb Strandlund
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• Outlaw Man by David Blue
• Rocky Mountain Way by Joe Walsh
• Turn to Stone by Joe Walsh
• Walk Away by James Gang
• Best of My Love
• Good Day in Hell
• Midnight Flyer
• Doolin-Dalton
• Tequila Sunrise
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• Take It to the Limit
• Take It Easy
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