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The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. With five number-one singles and six number-one albums, six
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s and five
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s, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s in North America. Founding members
Glenn Frey Glenn Lewis Frey (; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American singer, guitarist and a founding member of the rock band Eagles. Frey was the co-lead singer and frontman for the Eagles, roles he came to share with fellow member Don ...
(guitars, vocals),
Don Henley Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947) is an American musician and a founding member of the rock band Eagles. He is the drummer and one of the lead singers for the Eagles. Henley sang the lead vocals on Eagles hits such as "Witchy Woman", "Despe ...
(drums, vocals),
Bernie Leadon Bernie Leadon (pronounced ''led-un''; born July 19, 1947) is an American singer, musician, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member ...
(guitars, vocals), and
Randy Meisner Randall Herman Meisner (born March 8, 1946) is a retired American musician, singer, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles. Throughout his professional musical career, Meisner's main role was that of bassist and backing high-harmony vocal ...
(bass guitar, vocals) were recruited by
Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is a retired American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American ...
as band members, some touring with her, and all playing on her third solo album, before venturing out on their own on
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's new
Asylum Records Asylum Records is an American record label, founded in 1971 by David Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts. It was taken over by Warner Communications (now the Warner Music Group) in 1972, and later merged with Elektra Records to become Elektra/As ...
label. Their debut album, ''
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'' (1972), spawned two top-20 singles in the US and Canada: "
Take It Easy "Take It Easy" is the debut single by the American rock band Eagles, written by Jackson Browne and Eagles band member Glenn Frey, who also provides lead vocals. It was released on May 1, 1972, and peaked at No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 10 ...
" and "
Witchy Woman "Witchy Woman" is a song written by Don Henley and Bernie Leadon, and recorded by the American rock band Eagles. Released as the second single from the band's debut album ''Eagles'', it reached No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' pop singles chart. Backg ...
". The next year's follow-up album, ''
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'', peaked at only number 41 in the US, although the song "
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" became a popular track. In 1974, guitarist
Don Felder Donald William Felder (born September 21, 1947) is an American musician who was the lead guitarist of the rock band Eagles from 1974 until his termination from the band in 2001. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 with th ...
joined, and ''
On the Border ''On the Border'' is the third studio album by American rock group the Eagles, released in 1974. Apart from two songs produced by Glyn Johns, it was produced by Bill Szymczyk because the group wanted a more rock‑oriented sound instead of the ...
'' produced the top-40 hit " Already Gone" and the Eagles' first number-one song in the US and Canada, " Best of My Love", which made the top 15 in Australia, their first hit overseas. In 1975, the album ''
One of These Nights ''One of These Nights'' is the fourth studio album by the Eagles, released in 1975. In July that year, the record became the Eagles' first number one album on ''Billboard''s album chart, yielding three Top 10 singles: " One of These Nights", "Lyi ...
'' became their first number-one album in the US and a top-10 album in many countries. It included the US number-one hit "
One of These Nights ''One of These Nights'' is the fourth studio album by the Eagles, released in 1975. In July that year, the record became the Eagles' first number one album on ''Billboard''s album chart, yielding three Top 10 singles: " One of These Nights", "Lyi ...
", which was their first top-10 hit outside of North America, and US top-five songs "
Lyin' Eyes "Lyin' Eyes" is a song written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey and recorded in 1975 by the American rock band Eagles, with Frey singing lead vocals. It was the second single from their album '' One of These Nights'', reaching No. 2 on the ''Billbo ...
" and " Take It to the Limit". Also in 1975, guitarist and vocalist
Joe Walsh Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has been a member of three successful rock bands: the James Gang, Eagles, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr B ...
replaced Leadon. ''
Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) ''Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)'' is the first compilation album by the American rock band the Eagles, released by Asylum Records on February 17, 1976. It contains a selection of songs from the band's first four albums, which were released fro ...
'' (1976) is the best-selling album in the United States, with 38 million sold, and primed the public for the late 1976 release of ''
Hotel California "Hotel California" is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics). Joe Walsh came ...
'', which would sell more than 26million copies in the US (ranking 3rd all-time for US sales), and more than 32million copies worldwide. The album yielded two number-one singles in the US and Canada, "
New Kid in Town "New Kid in Town" is a song by the Eagles from their 1976 studio album ''Hotel California''. It was written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther. Released as the first single from the album, the song reached number one in the U.S. and num ...
" and "
Hotel California "Hotel California" is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics). Joe Walsh came ...
", the latter of which became their only top-10 hit in the United Kingdom, while also reaching the top 10 in New Zealand and many European countries, including number two in France. Meisner was replaced by
Timothy B. Schmit Timothy Bruce Schmit (born October 30, 1947) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He has performed as the bassist and vocalist for Poco and the Eagles (band), Eagles, having replaced bassist and vocalist Randy Meisner in both cases ...
in 1977. The Eagles released their last studio album for nearly 28 years in 1979 with '' The Long Run'', spawning the North American number-one song "
Heartache Tonight "Heartache Tonight" is a song written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bob Seger and J. D. Souther, recorded by the Eagles and features Glenn Frey on lead vocals. The track was included on their album '' The Long Run'' and released as a single in 1979. ...
", which became their biggest hit in Australia (number 13), and the North American top-10 hits " The Long Run" and "
I Can't Tell You Why "I Can't Tell You Why" is a song by the American rock band Eagles that appeared on their 1979 album '' The Long Run''. It was written by band members Timothy B. Schmit, Glenn Frey and Don Henley. Recorded in March 1978, it was the first song fi ...
". The Eagles broke up in 1980 but reunited in 1994 for the album ''
Hell Freezes Over ''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: Gle ...
'', a mix of live and new studio tracks, and toured consistently. In 2007, the Eagles released ''
Long Road Out of Eden ''Long Road Out of Eden'' is the seventh and most recent studio album by American rock band the Eagles, released in 2007 on Lost Highway Records as their first ever double album. Nearly six years in production, it is the band's first studio ...
'', their sixth number-one album in the US, and in 2008 launched the
Long Road Out of Eden Tour The Long Road Out of Eden Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Eagles, whose beginning coincided with the release of their 2007 album ''Long Road Out of Eden''. The tour began in London, at The O2 arena on March 20, 2008, and ended on Novem ...
. In 2013, they began the extended
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in conjunction with the documentary release, ''
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''. Following Frey's death in January 2016, the Eagles re-formed in 2017, with Glenn's son Deacon Frey and
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sharing lead vocals for Frey's songs prior to the former's departure in 2022. The Eagles are one of the world's best-selling bands, having sold more than 200million records, including 100million sold in US alone. They were inducted into the
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in 1998 and were ranked number 75 on ''
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''s 2004 list of the " 100 Greatest Artists of All Time".


History


1971–1973: Formation and early releases

The Eagles had their origin in early 1971, when
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and her manager John Boylan recruited local musicians
Glenn Frey Glenn Lewis Frey (; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American singer, guitarist and a founding member of the rock band Eagles. Frey was the co-lead singer and frontman for the Eagles, roles he came to share with fellow member Don ...
and
Don Henley Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947) is an American musician and a founding member of the rock band Eagles. He is the drummer and one of the lead singers for the Eagles. Henley sang the lead vocals on Eagles hits such as "Witchy Woman", "Despe ...
for her band. Henley had moved to Los Angeles from Texas with his band Shiloh to record an album produced by
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, and Frey had come from Michigan and formed
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; they had met in 1970 at The Troubadour in Los Angeles and became acquainted through their mutual record label, Amos Records.
Randy Meisner Randall Herman Meisner (born March 8, 1946) is a retired American musician, singer, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles. Throughout his professional musical career, Meisner's main role was that of bassist and backing high-harmony vocal ...
, who had been working with
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's backing band, the Stone Canyon Band, and
Bernie Leadon Bernie Leadon (pronounced ''led-un''; born July 19, 1947) is an American singer, musician, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member ...
, a veteran of
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, also later joined Ronstadt's group of performers for her summer tour promoting the '' Silk Purse'' album. While on the tour, Frey and Henley decided to form a band together and informed Ronstadt of their intention. Frey later credited Ronstadt with suggesting Leadon for the band, and arranging for Leadon to play for her so Frey and Henley could approach him about forming a band together. They also pitched the idea to Meisner and brought him on board. These four played live together behind Ronstadt only once for a July concert at
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, but all four appeared on her eponymous album. It was later proposed that
J. D. Souther John David "J. D." Souther (born November 2, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He has written and co-written songs recorded by Linda Ronstadt and the Eagles. Souther is probably best known for his songwriting abilities, especi ...
should join the band, but Meisner objected. The four were signed in September 1971 to
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, the new label started by
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, who was introduced to Frey by
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. Geffen bought out Frey's and Henley's contracts with Amos Records, and sent the four to
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, to develop as a band. Having not settled on a band name yet, they performed their first show in October 1971 under the name of Teen King and the Emergencies at a club called The Gallery in Aspen. The idea of naming the band "Eagles" came during a
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-and
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-influenced group outing in the
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. Accounts of the origin of the name however vary; Don Felder (who had yet to join the Eagles and was not at the desert) credited Leadon with originating the name when he recalled reading about the
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s' reverence for the eagle, while Souther suggested that the idea came when Frey shouted out, "Eagles!" when they saw eagles flying above.
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, a friend of the band from their early days at The Troubadour, recounts in his autobiography that he suggested that they should be referred to as "the Eagles", but Frey insists that the group's name is simply "Eagles". Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts initially managed the band; they were later replaced by
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while the Eagles were recording their third album. The group's eponymous debut album was recorded in England in February 1972 with producer
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. Johns was impressed by the harmony singing of the band, and he has been credited with shaping the band into "the country-rock band with those high-flyin' harmonies". Released on June 1, 1972, ''
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'' was a breakthrough success, yielding three
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singles. The first single and lead track, "
Take It Easy "Take It Easy" is the debut single by the American rock band Eagles, written by Jackson Browne and Eagles band member Glenn Frey, who also provides lead vocals. It was released on May 1, 1972, and peaked at No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 10 ...
", was a song written by Frey with his neighbor and fellow country-folk rocker Jackson Browne. Browne had written the first verse of the song, but got stalled on the second verse after the line "I'm standing on a corner in
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." Frey completed the verse, and Browne carried on to finish the song. The song reached number 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and was followed by the bluesy "
Witchy Woman "Witchy Woman" is a song written by Don Henley and Bernie Leadon, and recorded by the American rock band Eagles. Released as the second single from the band's debut album ''Eagles'', it reached No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' pop singles chart. Backg ...
" and the soft country rock ballad "
Peaceful Easy Feeling "Peaceful Easy Feeling" is a song written by Jack Tempchin and recorded by the Eagles. It was the third single from the band's 1972 debut album ''Eagles''. The single reached No. 22 on the charts and is one of the band's most popular songs. Glen ...
", charting at number 9 and number 22 respectively. The group were one of the support acts for Yes on their
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. Their second album, ''
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'', took
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outlaws for its theme, drawing comparisons between their lifestyles and modern rock stars. During these recording sessions, Henley and Frey began collaborating. They co-wrote eight of the album's eleven songs, including " Tequila Sunrise" and "
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", two of the group's most popular songs. The album was less successful than the first, reaching only number 41 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and yielding two singles, "Tequila Sunrise", which reached number 61 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and "Outlaw Man", which peaked at number 59. With Henley and Frey co-writing the bulk of the album, the album marked a significant change for the band. The pair also began to dominate in terms of leadership; the early assumption had been that Leadon and Meisner as veteran musicians would have a greater influence on the band.


1973–1975: ''On the Border'' and ''One of These Nights''

For their next album, ''
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'', Henley and Frey wanted the band to break away from the
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style and move more towards
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. The Eagles initially started with
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as the producer for this album, but he tended to emphasize the lush side of their double-edged music. After completing only two usable songs, the band turned to
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to produce the rest of the album. Szymczyk wanted a harder-edged guitarist for the song "Good Day in Hell" and the band remembered
Bernie Leadon Bernie Leadon (pronounced ''led-un''; born July 19, 1947) is an American singer, musician, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member ...
's childhood friend
Don Felder Donald William Felder (born September 21, 1947) is an American musician who was the lead guitarist of the rock band Eagles from 1974 until his termination from the band in 2001. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 with th ...
, a guitarist who had jammed backstage with the band in 1972 when they opened for Yes in Boston. Felder had been nicknamed "Fingers" at the jam by Frey, a name that stuck due to his guitar proficiency. In January 1974, Frey called Felder to add
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to the song "Good Day in Hell" and the band was so impressed that they invited him to join the group as the fifth Eagle the next day. He appeared on one other song on the album, the up-tempo breakup song " Already Gone", on which he performed a guitar duet with Frey. "Already Gone" was released as the first single from the album and it reached number 32 on the charts. ''On the Border'' yielded a number 1 ''
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'' single (" Best of My Love"), which hit the top of the charts on March 1, 1975. The song was the Eagles' first of five chart-toppers. The album included a cover version of the
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song "
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" and the single "
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", which reached number 77 on the charts. The band played at the
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festival in
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, on April 6, 1974. Attracting more than 300,000 fans and billed as "the Woodstock of the West Coast", the festival featured
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, and Rare Earth. Portions of the show were telecast on
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television in the United States, exposing the Eagles to a wider audience. Felder missed the show when he was called away to attend the birth of his son; Jackson Browne filled in for him on piano and acoustic guitar. The Eagles released their fourth studio album, ''
One of These Nights ''One of These Nights'' is the fourth studio album by the Eagles, released in 1975. In July that year, the record became the Eagles' first number one album on ''Billboard''s album chart, yielding three Top 10 singles: " One of These Nights", "Lyi ...
'', on June 10, 1975. A breakthrough album for the Eagles, making them international superstars, it was the first in a string of four consecutive number 1 albums. The dominant songwriting partnership of Henley and Frey continued on this album. The first single was the title track, which became their second consecutive chart-topper. Frey has said it is his all-time favorite Eagles tune. The second single was "
Lyin' Eyes "Lyin' Eyes" is a song written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey and recorded in 1975 by the American rock band Eagles, with Frey singing lead vocals. It was the second single from their album '' One of These Nights'', reaching No. 2 on the ''Billbo ...
", which reached number 2 on the charts and won the band their first Grammy for "Best Pop Performance by a duo or group with vocal". The final single, " Take It to the Limit", was written by Meisner, Henley, and Frey, and it is the only Eagles single to feature Meisner on lead vocals. The song reached number 4 on the charts. The band launched a huge worldwide tour in support of the album, and the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The group was featured on the cover of the September 25, 1975 issue of ''
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'' magazine and on September 28, the band joined
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for a show in front of 55,000 people at
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. ''One of These Nights'' was their last album to feature founding member Bernie Leadon. Leadon wrote or co-wrote three songs for the album, including "I Wish You Peace", written with his girlfriend Patti Davis (daughter of
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''. Leadon was disillusioned with the direction the band's music was taking and his loss of creative control as their sound was moving from his preferred country to rock and roll. His dissatisfaction, principally with Frey, boiled over one night when Frey was talking animatedly about the direction they should take next, and Leadon poured a beer over Frey's head, and said: "You need to chill out, man!" In December 1975, after months of denials, it was announced that Leadon had left the band.


1975–1977: Major success with ''Hotel California''

Leadon's replacement was guitarist and singer
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, who had been a friend of the band for some years. He had previously performed with
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, Barnstorm, and as a solo artist; he was also managed by Azoff and used Szymczyk as his record producer. There was some initial concern as to Walsh's ability to fit in with the band, as he was considered too "wild" for the Eagles, especially by Henley. After the departure of Leadon, the Eagles' early country sound almost completely disappeared, with the band employing a harder sound with the addition of Felder and Walsh; however, Felder also had to play
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on future tours, something that had previously been Leadon's domain. In early 1976, the band released their first compilation album, ''
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''. The album became the highest-selling album of the 20th century in the United States, and has since sold 38million copies in the U.S. (excluding streams and tracks) and 42million copies worldwide. It stayed the biggest seller of all time until it was taken over by
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's '' Thriller'' following the artist's death in 2009. The album cemented the group's status as the most successful American band of the decade. The following album, ''
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'', released on December 8, 1976, was the band's fifth studio album and the first to feature Walsh. The album took a year and a half to complete, a process that, along with touring, drained the band. The album's first single, "
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", became the Eagles' third number-one single. The second single was the
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, which topped the charts in May 1977 and became the Eagles' signature song. It features Henley on lead vocals, with a guitar duet performed by Felder and Walsh. The song was co-written by Felder, Henley, and Frey. The mysterious lyrics have been interpreted in many ways, some of them controversial. Rumors even started in certain quarters that the song was about Satanism. The rumor was dismissed by the band and later by Henley in the documentary film ''
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''. Henley told ''
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'' in 2007 that "it's basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American Dream and about excess in America, which was something we knew about." With its hard rock sound, "
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" was also a major success that established Walsh's position in the band. The third and final single from ''Hotel California'', it reached number 11 on the charts. The ballad "Wasted Time" closes the first side of the album, while an instrumental reprise of it opens the second side. The album concludes with " The Last Resort", a song that Frey once referred to as "Henley's opus", but which Henley described as "fairly pedestrian" and "never fully realized, musically speaking". The run-out groove on side two has the words "V.O.L. Is Five-Piece Live" etched into the vinyl, which means that the instrumental track for the song "Victim of Love" was recorded live in the studio, with no overdubs. Henley confirms this in the liner notes of '' The Very Best Of.'' However, the song was a point of contention between
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and the rest of the band. In the 2013 documentary, Felder claimed that he had been promised the lead vocal on "Victim of Love", for which he had written most of the music. After many unproductive attempts to record Felder's vocal, band manager
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was delegated to take Felder out for a meal, removing him from the mix while Don Henley overdubbed his lead vocal. ''Hotel California'' appeared at number 37 on ''Rolling Stone''s list of the best albums of all time, and is the band's best-selling studio album, with more than 26million copies sold in the U.S. alone and more than 32million copies worldwide. The album won Grammys for "Record of the Year" ("Hotel California") and "Best Arrangement for Voices" ("New Kid in Town"). ''Hotel California'' topped the charts and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 1978 Grammy Awards, but lost to
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's '' Rumours.'' The huge worldwide tour in support of the album further drained the band members and strained their personal and creative relationships. ''Hotel California'' is the last album to feature founding member Randy Meisner, who abruptly left the band after the 1977 tour. The Eagles had been touring continuously for eleven months; the band was suffering from the strain of the tour, and Meisner's stomach ulcers had flared up by the time they arrived in
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in June 1977. Meisner had been struggling to hit the crucial high notes in his signature song, "Take It to the Limit", and was unwilling to perform the song, Frey and Meisner then became engaged in arguments about Meisner's reluctance to perform. Meisner decided to not sing the song as an encore at the Knoxville concert because he had been up late and caught the
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. Frey and Meisner then got into an angry physical confrontation backstage, and Meisner left the venue. After the incident, Meisner was frozen out from the band, and he decided to leave the group at the end of the tour and return to Nebraska to be with his family. His last performance was in
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, on September 3, 1977. The band replaced Meisner with the same musician who had succeeded him in
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, after agreeing that Schmit was the only candidate. In 1977, the group, minus Don Felder, performed instrumental work and backing vocals for
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's album '' Little Criminals'', including "
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", which has backup vocals by Frey and Schmit.


1977–1980: ''The Long Run'', breakup

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" became their last single to top the Hot 100, on November 10, 1979. The
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" both reached number 8. The band won their fourth Grammy for "Heartache Tonight". " In the City" by Walsh and "The Sad Cafe" became live staples. The band also recorded two Christmas songs during these sessions, "Funky New Year" and "
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", which was released as a single in 1978 and reached number 18 on the charts. Frey, Henley and Schmit contributed backup vocals for the single release of "
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. A different version with female backing vocals appears on the ''
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'' soundtrack, along with the Eagles' 1975 hit "Lyin' Eyes". On July 31, 1980, in
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, tempers boiled over into what has been described as the "Long Night at Wrong Beach". The animosity between Felder and Frey boiled over before the show began, when Felder said, "You're welcome – I guess" to California Senator
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's wife as the politician was thanking the band backstage for performing a benefit for his re-election. Frey and Felder spent the entire show telling each other about the beating each planned to administer backstage. "Only three more songs until I kick your ass, pal," Frey recalled Felder telling him near the end of the band's set. Felder recalls Frey telling him during "Best of My Love", "I'm gonna kick your ass when we get off the stage." It appeared to be the end of the Eagles, but the band still had a commitment with
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to make a live record from the tour. ''
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. "We were fixing three-part harmonies courtesy of Federal Express," said producer
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. Frey refused to speak to the other Eagles, and he fired Irving Azoff as his manager. With credits that listed five attorneys, the album's liner notes simply said, "Thank you and goodnight." A single released from the album – "
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" – had been a live concert staple for the band. It was written by
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in an arrangement created by
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for his ''Valley Hi'' album in 1973. The song reached number 21 on the charts in 1980, becoming the Eagles' last Top 40 single until 1994.


1980–1994: Hiatus

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'' album. Henley achieved commercial solo success. In 1981, he sang a duet with
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), " Leather and Lace". In 1982, he released ''
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" (number 9), "Not Enough Love in the World" (number 34) and " Sunset Grill" (number 22). Henley's next album, '' The End of the Innocence'' (1989), was also a major success. It included " The End of the Innocence", "
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" and "
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". His solo career was cut short due to a contract dispute with his record company, which was finally resolved when the Eagles reunited in 1994. Frey achieved solo success in the 1980s. In 1982, he released his first album, ''
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'', which spawned the number 15 hit " The One You Love". '' The Allnighter'' (1984) featured the number 20 hit "Sexy Girl". He reached number 2 on the charts with " The Heat Is On" from the ''
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'' soundtrack. He had another number 2 single in 1985 with "
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'' soundtrack, which featured another Frey song, "
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'' soundtrack and "Part of Me, Part of You" to the soundtrack for ''
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.'' Former music writer
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had written articles about Poco and the Eagles during his journalism career. In 1982, his first screenplay was produced as the feature-length movie ''
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.'' The film was co-produced by Eagles manager Azoff, who also co-produced the soundtrack album, released by Elektra. Henley, Walsh, Schmit and Felder all contributed solo songs to the film's soundtrack. The band playing at the dance toward the end of the movie covers the Eagles song "
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" (with Henley and Schmit providing backing vocals) and "All of You". He also had a minor hit, "Bad Girls", off his solo album ''
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.'' Schmit had a prolific solo career after the band's initial breakup. He had a hit song on the ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' soundtrack with "
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". He contributed vocals to the
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album ''
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'' on the songs "Southern Cross" and " Wasted on the Way" when that band needed an extra vocalist due to
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's drug overindulgence. Schmit sang backup vocals on Toto's ''
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" and appeared with the group on their 1982 European tour. He spent three years (1983–1985) as a member of
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's Coral Reefer band. He had a Top 40 solo hit in 1987 with "Boys' Night Out" and a top-30 Adult Contemporary hit with "Don't Give Up", both from his album ''Timothy B.'' Schmit appeared with Meisner and Walsh on
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's debut single "
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". In 1992, Schmit and Walsh toured as members of Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band and appeared on the live video from the
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. Schmit released two solo albums, ''Playin' It Cool'' in 1984 and ''Tell Me the Truth'' in 1990. He was the only Eagle to appear on the 1993 Eagles tribute album '' Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles,'' singing backing vocals on
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's cover of "I Can't Tell You Why". Meisner hit the top 40 three times, including the number 19 "Hearts on Fire" in 1981.


1994–2001: Reunion, ''Hell Freezes Over''

An Eagles country tribute album, titled '' Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles'', was released in 1993, 13 years after the breakup.
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insisted on having the ''Long Run''-era Eagles in his video for "Take It Easy" and they agreed. Following years of public speculation, the band formally reunited the following year. The lineup comprised the five ''Long Run''-era members—Frey, Henley, Walsh, Felder, and Schmit—supplemented by
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(drums), John Corey (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals),
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(keyboards, guitar, backing vocals), and former
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sideman Al Garth (sax, violin) on stage. "For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation," said Frey at their first live performance in April 1994. The ensuing tour spawned a live album titled ''
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'' (named for Henley's recurring statement that the group would get back together "when hell freezes over"), which debuted at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' album chart. It included four new studio songs, with " Get Over It" and "
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" both becoming Top 40 hits. The album proved as successful as the tour, selling six million copies in the U.S. The tour was interrupted in September 1994 because of Frey's serious recurrence of diverticulitis, but it resumed in 1995 and continued into 1996. In 1998, the Eagles were inducted into the
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. For the induction ceremony, all seven Eagles members (Frey, Henley, Felder, Walsh, Schmit, Leadon, and Meisner) played together for two songs, "Take It Easy" and "Hotel California". Several subsequent reunion tours followed (without Leadon or Meisner), notable for their record-setting ticket prices. The Eagles performed at the
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in
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on December 28 and 29, 1999, followed by a concert at the
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in Los Angeles on December 31. These concerts marked the last time Felder played with the band and the shows (including a planned video release) would later form a part of a lawsuit filed by Felder against his former bandmates. The concert recordings were released on CD as part of the four-disc '' Selected Works: 1972–1999'' box set in November 2000. Along with the concert, this set included the band's hit singles, album tracks and outtakes from ''The Long Run'' sessions. ''Selected Works'' received
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from the
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(RIAA) in 2002. The group resumed touring in 2001, with a line-up consisting of Frey, Henley, Walsh, and Schmit, along with
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(guitars, mandolin, keyboards, backing vocals; essentially taking over Felder's role), Michael Thompson (keyboards, trombone), Will Hollis (keyboards, backing vocals),
Scott Crago Scott Francis Crago (born July 26, 1963) is an American session drummer, songwriter, and producer. He has worked with the Eagles as their backup and touring drummer since 1994. Other artists he has played with include Venice, Sheryl Crow, Bo ...
(drums, percussion), Bill Armstrong (Horns), Al Garth (sax, violin), Christian Mostert (sax), and Greg Smith (sax, percussion).


2001–2007: Don Felder lawsuit

On February 6, 2001, Don Felder was fired from the Eagles. He responded by filing two lawsuits against "Eagles, Ltd.", a California corporation; Don Henley, an individual; Glenn Frey, an individual; and " Does 1–50", alleging wrongful termination, breach of implied-in-fact contract and breach of fiduciary duty, reportedly seeking $50million in damages. Felder alleged that from the 1994 ''Hell Freezes Over'' tour onward, Henley and Frey had "...insisted that they each receive a higher percentage of the band's profits ...," whereas the money had previously been split in five equal portions. Felder accused them of coercing him into signing an agreement under which Henley and Frey would receive three times as much of the ''Selected Works: 1972–1999'' proceeds. On behalf of Henley and Frey, attorney Daniel M. Petrocelli responded by saying " enley and Freyfelt—creatively, chemistry-wise and performance-wise—that he should no longer be part of the band ... They removed him, and they had every legal right to do so. This has been happening with rock 'n' roll bands since day one." Henley and Frey then countersued Felder for
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, alleging that Felder had written a "tell-all" book, '' Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974–2001)''. The initial U.S. release was canceled after publisher Hyperion Books backed out in September 2007, when an entire print run of the book had to be recalled for cuts and changes. The American edition was published by
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on April 28, 2008, with Felder embarking on a full publicity campaign surrounding its release. The book was published in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2007. On January 23, 2002, the
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consolidated the two complaints, set a trial date for September 2006, and the single case was dismissed on May 8, 2007, after being settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. In 2003, the Eagles released a greatest hits album, '' The Very Best Of''. The two-disc compilation was the first that encompassed their entire career from ''Eagles'' to ''Hell Freezes Over''. It debuted at number 3 on the Billboard charts and eventually gained triple platinum status. The album included a new single, the
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-themed " Hole in the World". Also in 2003,
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, a longtime Eagles friend, began work on his final album, '' The Wind'', with the assistance of Henley, Walsh, and Schmit. On June 14, 2005, the Eagles released a new 2-DVD set, ''
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'', featuring two new songs: Frey's "No More Cloudy Days" and Walsh's "One Day at a Time." A special edition 2006 release, exclusive to
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and affiliated stores, includes a bonus audio CD with three new songs: a studio version of "No More Cloudy Days", "Fast Company", and "Do Something".


2007–2012: ''Long Road Out of Eden'' world tour and possible eighth album

In 2007, the Eagles consisted of Frey, Henley, Walsh, and Schmit. On August 20, 2007, " How Long", written by
J. D. Souther John David "J. D." Souther (born November 2, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He has written and co-written songs recorded by Linda Ronstadt and the Eagles. Souther is probably best known for his songwriting abilities, especi ...
, was released as a single to radio with an accompanying online video at
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. It debuted on television on
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on August 23, 2007. The band had performed the song as part of their live sets in the early to mid-1970s, but did not record it at the time because Souther wanted to reserve it for use on his first solo album. Souther had previously worked with the Eagles, co-writing some of their biggest hits, including "Best of My Love", "Victim of Love", "Heartache Tonight", and "New Kid in Town". On October 30, 2007, the Eagles released ''
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'', their first album of all-new material since 1979. For the first year after the album's release, it was available in the U.S. only via the band's website, at Walmart, and at
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stores. It was commercially available through traditional retail outlets in other countries. The album debuted at number 1 in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, and Norway. It became their third studio album and seventh release overall to be certified at least seven times platinum by the
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. Henley told
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that "This is probably the last Eagles album that we'll ever make." The Eagles made their awards show debut on November 7, 2007, when they performed "How Long" live at the
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. On January 28, 2008, the second single of ''Long Road Out of Eden'' was released. "
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" peaked at number 28 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart and at number 12 on the U.S. ''Billboard''
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chart. The Eagles won their fifth Grammy in 2008, in the category
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for "How Long". On March 20, 2008, the Eagles launched their world tour in support of ''Long Road Out of Eden'' at
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in London. The
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concluded the American portion of the tour at
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in
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, on May 9, 2009. It was the first concert ever held in the new soccer stadium. The tour traveled to Europe, with its final concert date on July 22, 2009, in
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. The band spent the summer of 2010 touring North American stadiums with the
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and
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. The tour expanded to England as the headline act of the Hop Farm Festival on July 1, 2011. Asked in November 2010 whether the Eagles were planning a follow-up to ''Long Road Out of Eden'', Schmit replied, "My first reaction would be: no way. But I said that before the last one, so you never really know. Bands are a fragile entity and you never know what's going to happen. It took a long time to do that last album, over a span of years, really, and it took a lot out of us. We took a year off at one point. I'm not sure if we're able to do that again. I wouldn't close the door on it, but I don't know." Walsh said in 2010 that there might be one more album before the band "wraps it up". Frey later stated in a 2012 interview that the band has had discussions about releasing an EP of potentially 4–6 songs that may contain both original and cover material.


2013–2016: ''History of the Eagles'', Glenn Frey's death, and second hiatus

In February 2013, the Eagles released a career-spanning documentary called ''
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'' and began the supporting tour with 11 US arena concerts in July. Henley said that the tour, which expanded internationally and continued until July 2015, "could very well be our last...we're gonna include at least one former band member in this tour and kinda go back to the roots, and how we created some of these songs. We're gonna break it down to the fundamentals and then take it up to where it is now." Original Eagles guitarist Bernie Leadon also appeared on the tour. Walsh stated, "Bernie’s brilliant, I never really got a chance to play with him, but we've been in contact. We see him from time to time, and I'm really glad he's coming because it's going to take the show up a notch, and I'm really looking forward to playing with him, finally." Former members Randy Meisner and Don Felder did not appear. Meisner had been invited but could not participate for health reasons, while Felder was never asked. Though his lawsuits against the Eagles were settled in 2007, Henley claimed that Felder continued to "engage in legal action, of one kind or another" against the band, but did not state what those actions were. The Eagles (Frey, Henley, Walsh, and Schmit) were slated to receive
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in 2015, but this was deferred to 2016 due to Frey's health problems. On January 18, 2016, founding member Glenn Frey died at the
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in
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at the age of 67. The causes of his death were
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, acute
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, and
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while recovering from
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surgery. At the
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in February, the Eagles, joined by Leadon, touring guitarist
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, and co-writer
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, performed "
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" in honor of Frey. In subsequent interviews, Henley stated that he didn't think the band would perform again.


2017–present: Return to touring

Despite Henley's statements the previous year, the band continued on and headlined the Classic West and Classic East concert in July 2017, which were organized by their manager Irving Azoff. Glenn Frey's son Deacon performed in his father's place, along with country musician
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. At the Classic West concert, the band was joined by
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who sang "
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", which he co-wrote. The band then continued to tour in the fall in the U.S. The first and only studio recording by the band without Glenn Frey to date was released in autumn 2017, a cover of
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's "Part of the Plan" for the album ''A Tribute to Dan Fogelberg''. Further touring occurred again in North America with Gill and Deacon Frey, beginning in March 2018. Henley's son Will joined the touring band as a guitarist for this run of shows. The band also toured Europe and
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in early 2019. The first live release of the new lineup came in 2020, when footage of the band's 2018 leg was released as a concert TV special on
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with the soundtrack released in October, the first live release without Glenn Frey. The band performed their 1976 album ''Hotel California'' in its entirety during three concerts at the
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in Las Vegas, Nevada in September and October 2019. The shows also included another set of the band's greatest hits. The line-up included a 46-piece orchestra and a 22-voice choir. Following the Las Vegas shows, the band announced the Hotel California 2020 Tour to take place in six cities between February 7 and April 18, 2020. After just ten shows in early 2020, the remainder of the Hotel California Tour was postponed due to the
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. The tour resumed in 2021, with North American dates spanning August to November. The band then announced the tour would continue into 2022, with dates in both the U.S. and Europe. On April 6, 2022, the band announced on their
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page that Deacon Frey was leaving the group in order to pursue a solo career.


Musical style

Influenced by 1960s
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,
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, bluegrass, and
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bands such as
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and
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, the Eagles' overall sound has been described as "California rock". In the words of Sal Manna, author of the CD liner notes of the band's 1994 album ''
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'', "no one knew quite what 'California rock' meant – except perhaps that, because in California anything was possible, music that came from that promising land was more free-spirited and free-ranging." The group's sound has also been described as
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,
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and
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, and in later years the band became associated with the
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and
arena rock Arena rock (also known as AOR, melodic rock, stadium rock, anthem rock, pomp rock, corporate rock and dad rock; ; ) is a style of rock music that originated in the mid-1970s. As hard rock bands and those playing a softer yet strident kind of po ...
labels. On their early records, the group combined
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,
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, and
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music styles. For their third album ''
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,'' the band widened their style to include a prominent hard rock sound, a genre the band had only touched upon previously. The 1975 follow-up album ''
One of These Nights ''One of These Nights'' is the fourth studio album by the Eagles, released in 1975. In July that year, the record became the Eagles' first number one album on ''Billboard''s album chart, yielding three Top 10 singles: " One of These Nights", "Lyi ...
'' saw the group explore a softer sound, notably exemplified on the hit singles " Take It to the Limit", and "
Lyin' Eyes "Lyin' Eyes" is a song written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey and recorded in 1975 by the American rock band Eagles, with Frey singing lead vocals. It was the second single from their album '' One of These Nights'', reaching No. 2 on the ''Billbo ...
". Leadon, who was the principal country influence, left the band after the album was released, and the band moved away from country rock to a more rock direction in ''
Hotel California "Hotel California" is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics). Joe Walsh came ...
''. The band's 2007 comeback album ''
Long Road Out of Eden ''Long Road Out of Eden'' is the seventh and most recent studio album by American rock band the Eagles, released in 2007 on Lost Highway Records as their first ever double album. Nearly six years in production, it is the band's first studio ...
'' saw them explore country rock,
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Band members

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– lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, rhythm guitar *
Joe Walsh Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has been a member of three successful rock bands: the James Gang, Eagles, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr B ...
– lead and rhythm guitars, backing and lead vocals, keyboards *
Timothy B. Schmit Timothy Bruce Schmit (born October 30, 1947) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He has performed as the bassist and vocalist for Poco and the Eagles (band), Eagles, having replaced bassist and vocalist Randy Meisner in both cases ...
– bass guitar, backing and lead vocals, harmonica *
Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman of the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s and as a solo artist b ...
– rhythm and lead guitars, backing and lead vocals Current touring musicians * Scott F. Crago – drums, percussion *
Steuart Smith Steuart Smith (born 24 June 1952) is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, writer and producer from Arlington, Virginia, United States. He is a touring member of the American rock band Eagles, where he has performed as one of ...
– lead and rhythm guitars, mandolin, backing vocals *Will Hollis – keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals *Michael Thompson – piano, keyboards,
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, backing vocals Former members *
Glenn Frey Glenn Lewis Frey (; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American singer, guitarist and a founding member of the rock band Eagles. Frey was the co-lead singer and frontman for the Eagles, roles he came to share with fellow member Don ...
– lead and backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitars, keyboards, harmonica *
Bernie Leadon Bernie Leadon (pronounced ''led-un''; born July 19, 1947) is an American singer, musician, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member ...
– lead and rhythm guitars,
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, backing and lead vocals *
Randy Meisner Randall Herman Meisner (born March 8, 1946) is a retired American musician, singer, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles. Throughout his professional musical career, Meisner's main role was that of bassist and backing high-harmony vocal ...
– bass guitar, backing and lead vocals, rhythm guitar, guitarron *
Don Felder Donald William Felder (born September 21, 1947) is an American musician who was the lead guitarist of the rock band Eagles from 1974 until his termination from the band in 2001. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 with th ...
– lead and rhythm guitars, banjo, mandolin, pedal steel guitar, organ, backing and lead vocals *
Deacon Frey Glenn Lewis Frey (; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American singer, guitarist and a founding member of the rock band Eagles. Frey was the co-lead singer and frontman for the Eagles, roles he came to share with fellow member Don H ...
– rhythm and lead guitars, lead and backing vocals Former touring musicians * Joe Vitale – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals *John Corey – piano, backing vocals, percussion, additional guitars *
Timothy Drury Timothy Drury (born July 5, 1961) is an American composer, keyboardist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and visual artist. His big breakthrough came in 1989 when Don Henley invited him to join The End of the Innocence tour as his pianist, keybo ...
– keyboards, vocals, additional guitars *Al Garth – saxophone, violin, percussion *Bill Armstrong – trumpet *Chris Mostert – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone *Greg Smith – baritone saxophone *Les Lovitt – trumpet *Richard H. W. Davis – keyboards, backing vocals *Will Henley – rhythm guitar


Timeline


Touring members timeline


Discography

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On the Border ''On the Border'' is the third studio album by American rock group the Eagles, released in 1974. Apart from two songs produced by Glyn Johns, it was produced by Bill Szymczyk because the group wanted a more rock‑oriented sound instead of the ...
'' (1974) *''
One of These Nights ''One of These Nights'' is the fourth studio album by the Eagles, released in 1975. In July that year, the record became the Eagles' first number one album on ''Billboard''s album chart, yielding three Top 10 singles: " One of These Nights", "Lyi ...
'' (1975) *''
Hotel California "Hotel California" is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics). Joe Walsh came ...
'' (1976) *'' The Long Run'' (1979) *''
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Awards and honors

*The group were inducted into the
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in 1998. *The Eagles are four-time
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nominees, being nominated in 1976, 1977, 2008 and 2009. *On December 7, 1999, the Recording Industry of America honored the group with the Best Selling Album of the Century for ''
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.'' *The Eagles were inducted into the
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in 2001. *The group ranked number 34 on ''
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's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music'' in 2003. *The group were chosen for the 2015
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to be held on December 6 of that year, but postponed the award for a year because of Glenn Frey's poor health. Frey died a month later.


Grammy Awards

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New Kid in Town "New Kid in Town" is a song by the Eagles from their 1976 studio album ''Hotel California''. It was written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther. Released as the first single from the album, the song reached number one in the U.S. and num ...
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Heartache Tonight "Heartache Tonight" is a song written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bob Seger and J. D. Souther, recorded by the Eagles and features Glenn Frey on lead vocals. The track was included on their album '' The Long Run'' and released as a single in 1979. ...
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Love Will Keep Us Alive "Love Will Keep Us Alive" is a song written by Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack, and Peter Vale and produced by the Eagles, Elliot Scheiner, and Rob Jacobs. It was first performed by the Eagles in 1994, during their ''Hell Freezes Over'' reunion tour, ...
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See also

* List of country rock musicians *
List of highest-certified music artists in the United States This is the list of the highest-certified music artists in the United States based on certifications of albums and digital singles (but not physical singles) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). RIAA certifications are based ...
*
List of highest-grossing live music artists The highest-grossing live music artists (also known as "highest-grossing touring artists") are reported by ''Billboard'' and ''Pollstar'' boxscores. The cumulative figures may be incomplete because not all concert dates are reported by either pub ...
*
Standin' on the Corner Park Standin' on the Corner Park is a public park in Winslow, Arizona, opened in 1999, commemorating the song "Take It Easy" which was written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey and most famously recorded by the Eagles. The song includes the verse "''W ...
– a public park in Winslow, Arizona, featuring a large mural commemorating the song "Take It Easy"


References


Sources

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External links

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