Five years ago, local journalist Paula Tutman won an Emmy for her WDIV report titled 'Hell, Michigan, Freezes Over.' In one memorable scene, a local shows the camera freshly laid chicken eggs that. Jan 31, 2019  HELL, Mich. (CNN/WDIV) — Right now might be a good time to take a gamble on an unlikely scenario. If it doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in Hell, bet on it, because not only is there snow in Hell it has literally frozen over.

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Hell Freezes Over is the second live album by the Eagles, released in 1994. The album is the first to be released after the Eagles had reformed following a fourteen-year-long break up. The band's lineup was that of the Long Run era: Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Don Felder, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit. It contains four new studio tracks and eleven tracks recorded live in April 1994 for an MTV special. Two Top 40 Mainstream singles, 'Get Over It' and 'Love Will Keep Us Alive', were released from the album. It also features an acoustic version of 'Hotel California'. The four new studio recordings are the last to feature Don Felder, who was terminated from the band in 2001.

The album went to No. 1 on the Billboard album chart upon its release where it stayed for two weeks. The album has sold over 9 million copies in the United States.^[4]

Hell Freezes Over was also released in video form on VHS, LaserDisc and DVD. Before the album was released, the Eagles also started a tour, which would last from 1994 to 1996 and became one of the most successful tours in music history.^[5][6]

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Background[edit]

The album name is in reference to a quote by Don Henley after the band's breakup in 1980. Henley was asked in an interview about when the band would play together again, to which he responded 'when Hell freezes over'.^[6] Henley also said in 1982 on the break-up: 'I just rule out the possibility of putting the Eagles back together for a Lost Youth and Greed tour'.^[7]

In 1993, an Eagles tribute album, Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, was recorded by several country artists. Travis Tritt, who covered 'Take It Easy' in the album, asked the band to appear in his video for the song.^[8] The former Eagles band members agreed, and it would be the first time the group had appeared together in 13 years. Two months later, Glenn Frey and Henley had lunch with their management and decided to reunite.^[8]

The band members performed live for the first time in April 1994 at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California for an MTV special.^[8] The recording sessions produced 11 tracks for the Hell Freezes Over album, including a new arrangement of 'Hotel California' that features an extended acoustic guitar and percussion opening. At the beginning of the concert, Frey joked to the audience: 'For the record, we never broke up; we just took a 14-year vacation'. The tour began on May 27, and the Hell Freezes Over album was released on November 8, 1994.^[8] The album is the band's second live album, after their live album in 1980.

The new song 'Get Over It' became a modest hit, and another new song, 'Love Will Keep Us Alive', reached No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

The DVD is one of the first music releases to feature a DTS format soundtrack in addition to a PCM stereo soundtrack. The DVD also featured the song 'Seven Bridges Road' in DTS audio only. The DVD has since been re-released with an additional Dolby Digital soundtrack. The album was also released as a DTS CD in 1997.

Track listing[edit]

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• All new songs, which were released as studio recordings on the album, but can be seen live on the VHS and DVD versions.

• 'Seven Bridges Road' – DTS – A remastered version of the recording featured on Eagles Live, with a clearer separation of the five vocal parts to exploit the full potential of a 5.1 speaker set-up: Timothy B. Schmit is on the rear-right, Glenn Frey as the singer of the song's main melody on the front-right, Don Henley on the front-left and Joe Walsh on the rear-left. Don Felder is on the front-center channel.

Personnel[edit]

Compiled from Hell Freezes Over liner notes.^[9]

Eagles

• Don Felder – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Glenn Frey – electric and acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals
• Don Henley – drums, acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals
• Timothy B. Schmit – bass guitar, vocals
• Joe Walsh – electric, acoustic, and slide guitar, organ, vocals

Additional personnel

• John Corey – piano
• Scott Crago – percussion, drums
• Timothy Drury – keyboards, vocals
• Stan Lynch – percussion
• Jay Oliver – organ, keyboards, piano
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
• Gary Grimm – percussion
• Brian Matthews – Electro-Theremin
• Al Garth – trumpet on 'New York Minute'
• Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra – backup on 'New York Minute'

Production

• Eagles – production (all tracks)
• Elliot Scheiner – production (all tracks except 'Learn to Be Still')
• Rob Jacobs – production (all tracks)
• Stan Lynch – production ('Learn to Be Still' only)
• Joel Stillerman – executive producer
• Carol Donovan – program producer
• Beth McCarthy – program director
• Audrey Johns – program line producer
• Rob Jacobs, Elliot Scheiner – engineers
• Charlie Bouis, Carl Glanville, Barry Goldberg, Andy Grassi, Tom Trafalski, Tom Winslow – second engineers
• Todd Bowie and Chris Buttleman – guitar technician
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Rob Jacobs, Dave Kob, Dave Reynolds, Elliot Scheiner – mixing
• Adam Armstrong – vocal technician
• Ted Jensen – editing
• Don Davis, The Eagles, Jay Oliver – horn and stringarrangements
• David Hewitt – live recording coordinator
• John Halpern, David Skernick – photography
• Keith Raywood – production design
• Robin Sloane, Janet Wolsborn – art direction
• Dwaine 'The Peachin' Trucker' Wise – road manager
• Andrew Lopez – head driver

Charts[edit]

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Singles[edit]

Certifications[edit]

References[edit]

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Hell is an unincorporated community in Putnam Township, Livingston County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is near the border with Washtenaw County, about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Ann Arbor. Hell is three miles (4.8 km) southwest of Pinckney via Patterson Lake Road. The community is served by the Pinckney post office with ZIP Code 48169.

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History[edit]

Hell developed around a sawmill, gristmill, distillery and tavern. All four were operated by George Reeves, who moved to the area in the 1830s from the Catskill Mountains in New York. He purchased a sawmill on what is now known as Hell Creek in 1841. In addition to the sawmill, Reeves purchased 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land surrounding the mill. Reeves then built a gristmill on Hell Creek which was powered by water that was impounded by a small dam across the creek. Farmers in the area were quite successful in growing wheat and had an abundance of grain. Reeves opened a distillery to process the excess grain into whiskey. Reeves also opened a general store/tavern on his property.^[3]

The tavern and distillery soon became a thriving business for Reeves. He built a ballroom on the second floor of the establishment and a sulky racetrack around his millpond. Reeves also sold his alcohol to nearby roadhouses and stores for as little as ten cents a gallon.^[3] His operation came under the scrutiny of the U.S. government in the years after the American Civil War. When tax collectors came to Hell to assess his operation, Reeves and his customers conspired to hide the whiskey by filling barrels and sinking them to the bottom of the millpond. When the government agents left the area, the barrels were hauled to the surface with ropes.^[3] As Reeves aged he slowed down his business ventures, closing the distillery and witnessing the burning of the gristmill. He died in 1877.^[3]

Reeves' family sold the land to a group of investors from Detroit in 1924. The investors increased the size of the millpond by raising the level of the dam, creating what is now Hiland Lake. The area soon became a summer resort area, attracting visitors for swimming and fishing. Henry Ford considered building some manufacturing facilities in the area but decided against it.^[3]

Etymology[edit]

There are two theories for the origin of Hell's name. The first is that a pair of German travelers stepped out of a stagecoach one sunny afternoon in the 1830s, and one said to the other, 'So schön hell!' (translated as, 'So beautifully bright!') Their comments were overheard by some locals and the name stuck.^[3] Soon after Michigan gained statehood, George Reeves was asked what he thought the town he helped settle should be called and replied 'I don't care. You can name it Hell for all I care.' The name became official on October 13, 1841.^[3] The second theory is tied to the 'hell-like' conditions encountered by early explorers including mosquitos, thick forest cover, and extensive wetlands.^[3] Hell has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.^[4]

Arts and culture[edit]

In the early 1930s, Pinckney, Michiganpostmaster W. C. Miller began to receive requests from stamp and postmark collectors for cancellations: Hell had no post office, instead being served by the one for Pinckney, three miles away. On July 15, 1961, a postal substation was established at Hell, operating from May 1 through September 30. It remains at the back of the general store, although the United States Postal Service does not recognize Hell as a town; it instead uses the name of nearby Pinckney as the mailing address.^[5]

In 1963, the Hell Chamber of Commerce sponsored a two-day 'fun festival' which began with Satan's arrival by helicopter at 'Satan's Hills', a local housing development.^[6][7]

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An all-hearse auto show, Hellfest, is held annually in Hell. A Guinness World Record was set in 2011 for the longest parade of hearses.^[8]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hell, Michigan
2. ^'American FactFinder'. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
3. ^ ^abcdefgh'The Long History of Hell, MI'. Hell2u.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
4. ^Parker, Quentin (2010). Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places. Google Books. Adams Media. pp. x.
5. ^USPS.com ZIP code lookup
6. ^'Hell Awaits Satan's Visit'(PDF). Pinckney Dispatch. June 26, 1963. pp. 1, 4.
7. ^'Satan Hills Housing Development In Hell, Michigan, September 1962'. Ann Arbor District Library. September 1962.
8. ^Whitesell, Amanda (September 18, 2014). 'Hearse Parade Set for Saturday in Hell (Michigan)'. Detroit Free Press.

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