Eagles | New Music And Songs | Eagles About Eagles With five number one singles, 14 Top 40 hits, and four number one albums, the Eagles were among the most successful recording artists of the 1970s. At the end of the 20th century, two of those albums -- Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) and Hotel California -- ranked among the ten best-selling albums ever, and the popularity of 2007's Long Road Out of Eden proved the Eagles' staying power in the new millennium. Though most of its members came from outside California, the group was closely identified with a country- and folk-tinged sound that initially found favor in Los Angeles during the late '60s, as championed by such bands as the Flying Burrito Brothers and Poco (both of which contributed members to the Eagles). But the band also drew upon traditional rock & roll styles and, in its later work, helped define the broadly popular rock sound that became known as classic rock.

As a result, the Eagles achieved a perennial appeal among generations of music fans who continued to buy their records many years after they had split up, which helped inspire the first of the Eagles' reunions in the mid-'90s. The band was formed by four Los Angeles-based musicians who had migrated to the West Coast from other parts of the country. Singer/bassist Randy Meisner (born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, on March 8, 1946) moved to L.A. in 1964 as part of a band originally called the Soul Survivors (not to be confused with the East Coast-based Soul Survivors, who scored a Top Five hit with "Expressway to Your Heart" in 1967) and later renamed the Poor. He became a founding member of Poco in 1968, but left the band prior to the release of its debut album in order to join the Stone Canyon Band, the backup group for Rick Nelson. Meanwhile, singer/guitarist/banjoist/mandolinist Bernie Leadon (born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 19, 1947) arrived in L.A.

in 1967 as a member of Hearts and Flowers, later joining Dillard & Clark and then the Flying Burrito Brothers. Singer/drummer Don Henley (born in Gilmer, Texas, on July 22, 1947) moved to L.A. in June 1970 with his band Shiloh, which made one self-titled album for Amos Records before breaking up. Finally, Glenn Frey (born in Detroit, Michigan, on November 6, 1948) performed in his hometown and served as a backup musician for Bob Seger before moving to L.A. in the summer of 1968. He formed the duo Longbranch Pennywhistle with J.D. Souther, and the two musicians signed to Amos Records, which released their self-titled album in 1969. In the spring of 1971, Frey and Henley were hired to play in Linda Ronstadt's backup band. Meisner and Leadon also played backup for Ronstadt during her summer tour, though the four only did one gig together: a July show at Disneyland.

They did, however, all appear on Ronstadt's next album, Linda Ronstadt. In September 1971, Frey, Henley, Leadon, and Meisner signed with manager David Geffen, agreeing to record for his soon-to-be-launched label, Asylum Records; soon after, they adopted the name the Eagles. In February 1972, they flew to England and spent two weeks recording their debut album, Eagles, with producer Glyn Johns. It was released in June, reaching the Top 20 and going gold in a little over a year and a half on the strength of two Top Ten hits -- "Take It Easy" and "Witchy Woman" -- and one Top 20 hit, "Peaceful Easy Feeling." The Eagles toured as an opening act throughout 1972 and into early 1973, when they returned to England to record their second LP, Desperado, a concept album about outlaws.

Produced by Glyn Johns and released in April 1973, it reached the Top 40 and went gold in a little less than a year and a half, spawning the Top 40 single "Tequila Sunrise" in the process. The title track, though never released as a single, became one of the band's better-known songs and was included on the Eagles' first hits collection. After touring to support Desperado's release, the Eagles again convened a recording session with Glyn Johns for their third album. Their desire to make harder rock music clashed with Johns' sense of them as a country-rock band, however, and they split from the producer after recording two tracks, "You Never Cry Like a Lover" and "The Best of My Love." After an early 1974 tour opened by singer/guitarist Joe Walsh, the band decided to hire Walsh's producer, Bill Szymczyk, who handled the rest of the sessions for On the Border.

Szymczyk brought in a session guitarist, Don Felder (born in Gainesville, Florida, on September 21, 1947), an old friend of Bernie Leadon's who so impressed the rest of the band that he was recruited to join the group. On the Border was released in March 1974. It went gold and reached the Top Ten in June, the Eagles' fastest-selling album yet. The first single, "Already Gone," reached the Top 20 the same month. But the most successful song on the LP -- the one that broke them through to a much larger audience -- was "The Best of My Love," which was released as a single in November. It hit number one on the easy listening charts in February 1975 and topped the pop charts a month later. The Eagles' fourth album, One of These Nights, was an out-of-the-box smash. Released in June 1975, it went gold the same month and hit number one in July.

Moreover, it featured three singles that hit the Top Five: the chart-topping title song, "Lyin' Eyes," and "Take It to the Limit." "Lyin' Eyes" won the 1975 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group, or Chorus, and the Eagles also earned Grammy nominations for Album of the Year (One of These Nights) and Record of the Year ("Lyin' Eyes"). The group went on a headlining world tour, beginning with the U.S. and expanding into Europe. But on December 20, 1975, it was announced that Bernie Leadon had quit the band, and Joe Walsh (born in Wichita, Kansas, on November 20, 1947) was brought in as his replacement. He immediately joined the tour, which continued to the Far East in early 1976. The Eagles' extensive touring kept them out of the studio, and with no immediate plans for a new album; they agreed to release a compilation, Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975), in February 1976. The album's success proved to be surprisingly meteoric.

It topped the charts and became a phenomenal success, eventually selling upwards of 25,000,000 copies and dueling with Michael Jackson's Thriller for the title of the best-selling album of all time in the U.S. It took the Eagles 18 months to follow One of These Nights with their fifth album, Hotel California. Released in December 1976, the record was certified platinum in one week, hit number one in January 1977, and eventually sold over 10,000,000 copies. The singles "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California" hit number one, and "Life in the Fast Lane" made the Top 20. Meanwhile, "Hotel California" won the 1977 Grammy for Record of the Year and was nominated for Song of the Year; the album itself was nominated for Album of the Year and for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group, or Chorus. The Eagles embarked on a world tour in March 1977 that began with a month in the U.S., followed by a month in Europe and the Far East, then returned to the U.S. in May for stadium dates.

At the end of the tour in September, Randy Meisner left the band; he was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit (born in Sacramento, California, November 20, 1947), formerly of Poco, in which he had also replaced Meisner. The Eagles began working on a new album in March 1978 and took nearly a year and a half to complete it. The Long Run was released in September 1979. It hit number one and was certified platinum after four months, eventually earning multi-platinum certifications. "Heartache Tonight," its leadoff single, hit number one, and "I Can't Tell You Why" and "The Long Run" became Top Ten hits. "Heartache Tonight" won the 1979 Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The Eagles toured the U.S. in 1980, and at a weeklong series of shows at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, they recorded Eagles Live.

(Also included were some tracks recorded in 1976.) Released in November 1980, the double LP (since reissued as a single CD) reached the Top Five and went multi-platinum, with the single "Seven Bridges Road" reaching the Top 40. The Eagles were inactive after the end of their 1980 tour, but their breakup was not officially announced until May 1982. All five released solo recordings. (Walsh, of course, maintained a solo career before, during, and after the Eagles.) During the rest of the '80s, the bandmembers received several lucrative offers to reunite, but they declined. In 1990, Frey and Henley began writing together again, and they performed along with Schmit and Walsh at benefit concerts that spring. A full-scale reunion was rumored, but did not take place. Four years later, however, the Eagles did reunite. In the spring of 1994, they taped an MTV concert special and then launched a tour that ended up running through August 1996.

The MTV show aired in October, followed in November by an audio version of it, the album Hell Freezes Over, which topped the charts and became a multi-million seller, spawning the Top 40 pop hit "Get Over It" and the number one adult contemporary hit "Love Will Keep Us Alive." The Eagles next appeared together in January 1998 for their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, when the five present members performed alongside past members Leadon and Meisner. On December 31, 1999, they played a millennium concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles that was recorded and included on the box set retrospective Selected Works: 1972-1999 in November 2000. All was not well within the band, however, and Felder was expelled from the lineup in February 2001.

A protracted legal battle ensued as the Eagles soldiered on as a quartet, releasing The Very Best of the Eagles in 2003 and achieving minor success with the single "Hole in the World." Felder's case was settled out of court in 2007; that same year, the Eagles returned with the band's seventh studio album, Long Road Out of Eden, a double-disc album that quickly went multi-platinum. In 2013, the band made the documentary History of the Eagles, and toured behind it until mid-2015. Six months later, Glenn Frey became ill and passed away on January 18. 2016. He was 67. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi Eagles | Rolling Stone artists > E > Eagles > Bio Eagles Bio No other band did as much to translate the explosively creative, politicized rock of the 1960s into the massively popular, de-politicized rock of the 1970s as the Eagles. Specializing in broadly appealing, masterfully crafted tunes, the southern California band has sold more than 100 million albums.

The 1976 compilation, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, was the first album ever certified platinum and has sold 29 million copies in the U.S., second only to Michael Jackson's Thriller on the all-time list. The Eagles' songs merge country-tinged vocal harmonies with hard-rock guitars and lyrics that are alternately yearning ("One of These Nights," "Best of My Love") and romantically jaded ("Life in the Fast Lane," "Hotel California"). The band released an album every year from 1972 to 1976, with increasingly better sales, culminating in 1976's Hotel California, which has sold 16 million copies. After releasing one more album, 1979's In the Long Run (which sold "only" eight million copies), the band broke up in 1980. Subsequently, each of the members pursued solo careers, with Henley's the most commercially and critically successful. The band reunited for a tour in 1994 and followed it with an album, Hell Freezes Over, which has sold over 10 million copies.

They continued to tour throughout the 1990s and 2000s, perennially ranking among the country's most successful tours. They returned to the studio once again in 2007, with Long Road out of Eden, which was sold exclusively at Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, and Eagles.com for its first year of release and has sold 7 million copies so far. The group originally sprouted from L.A.'s country-rock scene. The four original Eagles—Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bernie Meisner, and Bernie Leadon—were already experienced professionals when they were assembled as Linda Ronstadt's backup band. Leadon had played in the Dillard and Clark Expedition and the Flying Burrito Brothers; Meisner, with Poco and Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band; Frey had played with various Detroit rock bands (including Bob Seger's) and Longbranch Pennywhistle (with J.D. Souther, a sometime songwriting partner); and Henley had been with a transplanted Texas group, Shiloh. After working with Ronstadt, Henley and Frey decided to form the Eagles, recruiting Leadon and Meisner.

Intending to take the country rock of the Byrds and Burritos a step further toward hard rock, the Eagles recorded their eponymous debut album with producer Glyn Johns (Rolling Stones, the Who) in England. "Take It Easy" (Number 12, 1972), written by Frey and Jackson Browne, went gold shortly after its release, as did the album. (Another single, "Witchy Woman," reached Number Nine that year.) Desperado was a concept album with enough of a plot line to encourage rumors of a forthcoing movie. The LP yielded no major pop hits, but its title track, a ballad penned by Henley and Frey, has become a classic rock standard, covered by Linda Ronstadt, among others. With On the Border, the Eagles changed producers, bringing in Bill Szymczyk (who worked on all subsequent albums through 1982's Greatest Hits Vol. 2) and adding guitarist Don Felder, who went to high school with Leadon in Gainesville, Florida (and once gave guitar lessons to another Gainesville High School classmate, Tom Petty).

The increased emphasis on rock attracted more listeners—mid-1970s hits included "Best of My Love" (Number One, 1975), "One of These Nights" (Number One, 1975), "Lyin' Eyes" (Number Two, 1975), and "Take It to the Limit" (Number Four, 1975)—but alienated Leadon. After One of These Nights, Leadon left the band to form the Bernie Leadon-Michael Georgiades Band, which released Natural Progressions in 1977. (Leadon went on to become a Nashville session musician, and in the 1990s formed Run-C&W, a jokester group who played a blend of country and R&B.) Leadon was replaced by Joe Walsh, who had established himself with the James Gang and on his own. His Eagles debut, Hotel California, was their third consecutive Number One album (the second was their record-breaking 1976 greatest-hits compilation).

"New Kid in Town" (Number One, 1976), the title cut (Number One, 1977), and "Life in the Fast Lane" (#11, 1977) spurred sales of more than 16 million copies worldwide. Meisner left in 1977, replaced by Timothy Schmit, who had similarly replaced him in Poco. Meisner has released the solo albums Randy Meisner (1978) and One More Song (1980), and Randy Meisner (1982)—yes, again. (In 1981, he toured with the Silveradoes; later, in 1990, Meisner reemerged in a group called Black Tie, alongside Billy Swan and Bread's James Griffin.) Henley and Frey sang backup on One More Song, and in the late 1970s they also appeared on album by Bob Seger and Randy Newman.

In 1981 Henley duetted with Stevie Nicks on the Number Six single "Leather and Lace." Between outside projects and legal entanglements, it took the Eagles three years and $1 million to make the multi-platinum LP The Long Run. The album included the hit singles "Heartache Tonight" (Number One, 1979), "The Long Run" (Number Eight, 1980), and "I Can't Tell You Why" (Number One, 1980). Walsh release solo albums throughout his tenure with Eagles and after, though his biggest hit to date has been 1978's cheeky "Life's Been Good" (Number 12). Felder and Schmit also put out their own albums and contributed songs to film soundtracks. Schmit's second LP, Timothy B, included "Boys Night Out" (Number 25, 1987). The band's stew of strong personalities finally boiled over in 1980, notably at a show in Long Beach, California that has since been dubbed "Long Day at Wrong Beach," during which band members threatened each other with beatings backstage.

In November, 1980, the band released Eagles Live, fulfilled fulfill their contract wit Elektra, though band members shared mixes and made decisions via Federal Express from opposite coasts. The album's liner notes read, "Thank you and goodnight." With that, the Eagles were finished. In 1982 Henley and Frey both embarked on solo careers. Frey charted with "The One You Love" (Number 15, 1982) and "Sexy Girl" (Number 20, 1984) before a movie proved his ticket into the Top Ten: "The Heat Is On," featured in Beverly Hills Cop, shot to Number Two in 1985. Frey followed this success by becoming an actor, making a guest appearance as a drug dealer on the popular TV series Miami Vice. The episode was based on a track from his album The Allnighter, "Smuggler's Blues," which consequently reached Number 12 (1985). Later in 1985, Frey's "You Belong to the City" hit Number Two.

While still dabbling in acting with roles in the short-lived TV series South of Sunset, the movie Jerry Maguire, and a guest spot on Don Johnson's post–Miami Vice series Nash Bridges in the 1990s, Frey also co-founded a music label, Mission Records, in 1997. Ultimately, though, Henley was the ex-Eagle who had the most success as a solo artist. His "Dirty Laundry" (from his first solo effort, I Can't Stand Still) made it to Number Three, but the 1985 album Building the Perfect Beast marked his true arrival as solo hit maker. The kickoff single, "The Boys of Summer," went to Number Five—supported by an evocative black-and-white video that fast became an MTV staple—and earned Henley a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance. The hits "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" (Number Nine, 1985) and "Sunset Grill" (Number 22, 1985) followed.

The title track of his third album, The End of the Innocence (1989), went to Number Eight (1989), while subsequent singles "The Last Worthless Evening" and "The Heart of the Matter," both hit Number 21. The LP won Henley another Grammy, in the same category as before. In the early 1990s, Henley sought release from his Geffen Records contract, initiating a long and bitter legal dispute. After participating in the release of a solo best-of album in 1995, Henley was freed from his contract. Five years later, he released a solo album of all-new material, Inside Job (co-produced by former Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch), and embarked on a solo tour to support it. Henley married for the first time in May 1995 and had three children before releasing Inside Job. This life-altering change for the longtime bachelor resulted in a new theme in his songwriting; several Inside Job tracks were clearly about marriage and family, including the gentle ballad "Taking You Home" (Number 58 pop, Number One Adult Contemporary, 2000).

Much of the rest of the album, however, still explored Henley's cynicism toward the business world and the media. In 1990, Henley founded the Walden Woods Project, dedicated to preserving historic lands around Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts (where Henry David Thoreau and others reflected and wrote), from corporate development. The singer has held charity concerts with other top rock artists and donating proceeds from some of his own recordings—including a reggae version of the Guys and Dolls standard "Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat" (1993)—to benefit the group. And in 1993, Henley co-ordinated Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, featuring Clint Black, Trisha Yearwood, Travis Tritt, and others, which benefited Walden Woods. In 1994, after years of fending off reunion rumors, Henley, Frey, Walsh, Felder, and Schmit —who had appeared together in the video for Tritt's version of "Take It Easy"— hit the road for a massively successful concert tour.

The tour went on hiatus toward the end of 1994, due to Frey's gastrointestinal surgery, but it continued in 1995. In November 1994, the band released Hell Freezes Over, which featured four new songs, including the singles "Get Over It" (Number 31, 1994), "Love Will Keep Us Alive" (Number One, Adult Contemporary, 1994), "Learn to Be Still" (Number 15, Adult Contemporary, 1995), and 11 hits culled from the band's 1994 live appearance on MTV. Within months, the reunion LP had sold more than 10 million copies and gone to Number One on the pop album chart. In 1998 the Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. All seven past and present members of the band performed together for the first time at the induction ceremony. The core members of the group — Frey, Henley, Walsh, Felder, and Schmit — reunited again for a few concerts at the end of 1999, including a New Year's Eve show in L.A.

A four-CD retrospective set, Eagles 1972-1999: Selected Works (Number 109) was issued in November 2000. In February 2001, the Eagles fired Felder, who retaliated by suing the band, its organization, and Henley and Frey individually; the latter pair countersued. The case was finally settled out of court in May 2007. (Felder's book about his time in the band, Heaven and Hell was published in November 2007.) 2003's The Very Best of the Eagles covered the band's entire 1970s output as well as the new single "Hole in the World." In 2007, Eagles released its first all-new album in 28 years, the double-CD Long Road Out of Eden, exclusively through Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, and Eagles.com in the U.S. It debuted at Number One on the Billboard chart.

In 2008, the band won a Grammy—it's fifth—for the single "How Long." The band toured through 2008 and much of 2009, and have announced co-headlining 2010 tour of arenas and stadiums with Fleetwood Mac. Portions of this biography appeared in The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001). Evan Serpick contributed to this article. Timothy B. Schmit Biography Downloads Timothy B. Schmit Biography Timothy Bruce Schmit was born October 30, 1947 in Oakland, California. In his early years, Timothy’s father (musician Danny Schmit) was frequently away. This issue was resolved when Timothy’s parents purchased a trailer and the whole family joined Schmit senior on the road! After two years of traveling, the family settled in Sacramento, California. Timothy first showed his enthusiasm for the arts at a young age, taking tap dance lessons as a child. Timothy was also a talented gymnast with his specialty being the parallel bars. At the age of 15, Tim created a folk trio named Tim, Tom and Ron with his two of his friends.

The next year the band added a drummer, switched to surf music and took the name the Contenders. As the British invasion hit, the band changed directions AGAIN! This time they were singing a more Beatles-style of music and changed their name to The New Breed. In 1965 the band put out a single “Green Eyed Woman”, which was actually relatively successful. The New Breed proceeded to record an album's worth of material but it didn’t get released until 1985 due to difficulties with their label. However, they did record and release two more singles: “Fine With Me” and “The Sound of Music”. During this time Timothy was also going to school, studying psychology at American River College and Sacramento State College. He soon left school to pursue his musical endeavors full time. In the late 60’s the band found a new label and changed their name once more. Now under the moniker of Glad, Timothy and his bandmates set about recording an album. This was not an easy task, as the boys had very little creative control over the album. After many stops and starts (including one point where Timothy walked away for a short while), the album Feelin’ Glad was completed.

This would be Timothy’s last effort with this particular band. In 1968 while recording the Feelin’ Glad LP, Timothy was invited to audition for the bass guitarist spot in the new band Poco (then known as Pogo). However, Randy Meisner was chosen instead of Timothy. Within a year, Randy had departed to join the Eagles and Tim auditioned again, becoming a member of Poco in 1969. During those early years with Poco, young Timothy married a woman named Noreen and in 1971 they had a child, Jeddrah (who would later become a recording artist in her own right). Unfortunately, Timothy and his first wife would separate in the mid 70’s. In the span of seven years, Timothy and the other members of Poco released 11 albums. Poco was always the band that never made it, the band that should have been more. They watched many of their contemporaries, who formed bands after them, surpass them on the road to success. They were a fantastic band and put on a good concert, but never seemed to have that breakthrough of a record that made people take notice.

Throughout the years that Timothy was in the band, there were many personnel changes and with each personnel change Timothy became more of a leader within the band. This continued until September of 1977 when, in a twist a fate, Glenn Frey called and asked Timothy to replace Randy Meisner once more. Timothy was extremely enthusiastic and joined the Eagles soon after. After joining the Eagles, Timothy toured with the band. He performed the catchy Keep on Tryin’, a Poco classic, every night. Soon after, the band started work on the album The Long Run. Timothy co-authored one song on the album with Glenn Frey and Don Henley called "I Can't Tell You Why. “ It was a song that Tim had begun before he joined the Eagles. This was the first song on the album to be completed and peaked at #8 on the charts. Once The Long Run album was released, Timothy and the Eagles again toured extensively to support the album. Yet trouble was brewing in the land of Eagles. Timothy, being a veteran of many bands, believed the squabbling was just regular band tension.

It was much more than that, however, as the hostilities and tensions between the other members of the Eagles had grown to an unbearable level. After difficult sessions completing their Live album, it was officially announced in 1982 that the Eagles were no more. Through all this turmoil and uncertainty, Timothy had the support of a very special lady: Jean, whom he had been seeing for a number of years. They married in 1983 and welcomed their first child, a daughter Owen Faye, in 1984. In 1991 Timothy and Jean became parents once more, as they welcomed a healthy son, Ben, to their family. After the Eagles disbanded, Timothy turned his attention to session work, singing with such greats as Crosby Stills and Nash, Toto and touring with Jimmy Buffet and Warren Zevon. In 1982 Timothy performed "So Much In Love” on the Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack. Finally, in 1983, Timothy began to record his first solo album and Playing it Cool was released in 1984. The album had a broad variety of songs from pop to R&B to light jazz.

One song on the album “Voices” is rather unique as it is almost completely acapella and all of the voices are Timothy’s. In 1987, Timothy released his second solo effort. Timothy B was an album with a much harder edge to it. With a definite R&B flavor, Timothy's album was obviously saying ‘hey, I am MORE than just an ex-Eagle!’ The first single “Boys Night Out” was the biggest hit from the album, making it to #26 on the charts and remaining on the charts for 6 weeks. Later that year, Timothy appeared with another ex-eagle (and the man he has replaced twice!) Randy Meisner at a Richard Marxx concert. The three of them performed the Eagles classic “Take it to the Limit” to rave reviews. There was some talk of an Eagles reunion in 1990, but for various reasons, this reunion never occurred. Thus, Timothy once again turned to his solo endeavors, releasing yet another album: Tell Me the Truth. As with his first album, this album featured a variety of styles.

Perhaps the most noteworthy song was “For the Children”, an almost gospel sounding song featuring a children’s choir including Timothy's two daughters Jeddrah and Owen Faye and Joe Walsh's daughter Lucy. In 1992, Timothy joined Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band touring the globe. On the Ringo tour, Timothy performed “I Can’t Tell You Why” and “Keep on Tryin”. The next year Common Thread, a tribute album to the Eagles, was produced. This album would prove to be a very important part of Eagles history. Timothy happened to be in Nashville when Vince Gill was recording a remake of “I Can’t Tell You Why” for the album. Vince invited Timothy to join him in the studio to sing background vocals on the song. Later, Vince and Timothy would also appear at a Nashville benefit together and perform an “I Can’t Tell You Why” duet. In January of 1994, Travis Tritt wanted to make a music video for his cover of “Take it Easy” from Common Thread and requested that the Eagles participate. Timothy and the rest of the band agreed and for the first time in 14 years all five Eagles were jamming as one!

It was a very special day filled with jokes, singing, laughter and FUN! Now the wheels were truly moving on an Eagles reunion, and fast! In April of 1994 the band performed two shows where Timothy sang a new song “Love Will Keep Us Alive”. The Eagles soon began to tour in earnest. The “Hell Freezes Over” tour was only supposed to last for six months but due to demand was extended to two and a half years! In mid-1996, the tour ended and Timothy said goodbye to his bandmates, believing that was the end of the Eagles. However, Timothy had long since learned to never say never… In 1998, it was announced that the Eagles would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and would perform at the ceremony. The amazing news from this was that all seven Eagles, past and present, would perform together onstage for the first time! It was an amazing night highlighted by Timothy’s speech where he noted that “I was not in the trenches with this particular band, so thank you to my predecessor Randy Meisner for being there and paving the way for me to be here tonight with him here beside me.” It was a very touching moment.

Later in the show, the Eagles performed “Hotel California” and “Take It Easy” with both Timothy and Randy singing the harmony with Glenn. After a short series of millennium concerts, the Eagles began touring again in 2001. Timothy also released his first solo album in eleven years. Feed the Fire was released on Timothy’s own Lucan record label and had been recorded at his home studio. The CD features many great songs and shows definite growth in Timothy as a songwriter and musician. The highlights of this CD are “The Shadow”, a song that features an acoustic guitar solo by Timothy at the beginning (you can even hear Timothy’s fingers on the strings if you listen carefully) and “Top of the Stairs”, an acapella song where all vocals are Timothy’s. A quite poignant song on Timothy’s CD is “Song for Owen”, a song he wrote to his 17-year-old daughter which speaks about the difficulties and fears of being a parent to a teenager. Timothy and the Eagles continued touring all the way through to 2006, naming the tour tour Farewell 1 in 2003.

While many fans worried that this meant it was their final tour, it was actually a tongue-in-cheek joke. In 2004, the band recorded a concert in Melbourne, Australia. The Farewell 1 DVD was released in 2005 and fans got the full three-hour Eagles concert experience from the comfort of their living rooms. Timothy did much of the promoting for this DVD, traveling for interviews and speaking engagements with his family. In 2007, the Eagles finally released their new album called Long Road out of Eden. Timothy sang lead vocal on two songs: “Do Something” and “I Don’t Want to Hear Any More”. He also had co-writing credits on two others. The Eagles soon headed out on the road for a concert tour to promote the album. With songs from Long Road Out of Eden being added to the set, many felt that Timothy would lose one of his older songs in favor of a song off the latest album; however, the Eagles had other ideas and simply added “I Don’t Want to Hear Any More." During breaks in his Eagles touring schedule, Timothy had been working diligently on a new solo album.

Finally, Timothy’s new CD Expando was released on October 20, 2009. This CD features eleven songs, all of them written by Timothy. They showcase his first love: folk music. Also for the first time EVER it was announced that Timothy would be doing some small solo shows in Los Angeles, Nashville, Chicago and New York City. These certainly were some very special nights! Timothy is a very fan friendly individual. With his sweet, calm, caring demeanor he always manages to make a fan feel special. Whether it is at an Eagles or solo concert, a meet and greet or through his website, Timothy always takes the time to go the extra mile to connect with his fans. And whether Timothy is singing to crowds of twenty thousand or to crowds of a hundred, one thing is for certain: he loves to create music and is extremely grateful for all of his good fortune. Eagles - MusicBrainz Eagles Hole in the World 1 Showing official release groups by this artist. Show all release groups instead , or show various artists release groups .

Artist information Joe Walsh Biography Downloads Joe Walsh Biography Joseph Fidler Walsh was born on November 20, 1947 in Wichita, Kansas, but in his youth he lived in Columbus, Ohio and then later New York City and Montclair, New Jersey. He attended college at Ohio's Kent State University, where he first joined the group the James Gang in 1968. At that time, the James Gang consisted of Walsh on guitar and vocals, Jim Fox on drums, and Tom Kriss on bass in a power trio form. They released their first album, Yer' Album, in 1969. Afterwards, Kriss left the band and was replaced by Dale Peters, creating the most successful incarnation of the James Gang. Walsh's dynamic and creative playing featuring his famously catchy guitar riffs made the band memorable. Their next two albums, James Gang Rides Again (1970) and Thirds (1971), produced such classics as Funk #49 and Walk Away. While the power trio format worked well for the James Gang, Walsh was beginning to become dissatisfied with its limitations.

After the release of James Gang Live in Concert in 1971, Walsh left the band to pursue a solo career. Not quite ready to leave the band format entirely, however, he called himself and his two core backing band members Kenny Passarelli and Joe Vitale "Barnstorm" and released an album of the same name. Passerelli and Vitale would also be the core backing band members for The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get (1973). While the albums were categorized by many as solo efforts, the three men functioned as a unit, and even played together on Friends and Legends by Michael Stanley. Even after Barnstorm broke up, Vitale continued to be a collaborator and friend of Walsh. Their most famous collaboration is the magnificent Pretty Maids All in a Row which appeared on the Eagles' Hotel California (1976). Walsh made a name for himself as a solo artist with the hit Rocky Mountain Way off of The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get (1973). The song was inspired by Walsh's move to Colorado with his wife Stephanie and small child Emma Kristen.

Tragically, Emma was killed in a car accident in 1974 while on her way to nursery school, an event which haunts Walsh to this day. He had a small drinking fountain built in her memory in her favorite park in Boulder, denoted by a simple plaque. His next album, So What (1974), contained a tribute to her entitled Song for Emma. He has said that even the album name was a result of Emma's death - that nothing else seemed meaningful or important in the months that followed. The strain would eventually contribute to Walsh's divorce from his second wife Stephanie (Walsh had already been briefly married in the sixties to a lady named Margie). Unable to enjoy Colorado anymore, he moved back to L.A. He released a live album called You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind in 1976, but by that time he was tired of working alone and was looking for a band to join. He found it in the Eagles, who had just lost their main guitarist Bernie Leadon to creative differences. Once on board, he helped the Eagles craft their most famous album Hotel California which was released later that year.

Adding a more rock-oriented edge to the Eagles in the place of Leadon's more country-flavored style, his contributions to the guitarwork of the title track and the famous riffs of Life in the Fast Lane are especially notable. Walsh's tenure with the Eagles did not preclude him from releasing more work as a solo artist at the same time. The Eagles' slow pace making The Long Run (1979) was convenient in this aspect. He had time to release But Seriously Folks (1978) which produced his famous satire on rock stars, Life's Been Good. He also wrote In the City for the Warriors soundtrack, a song which would later appear on The Long Run. All was not well within the ranks of the Eagles, however. Walsh's dissatisfaction with the heavy-handedness of Glenn Frey and Don Henley when it came to creative decisions led him to go so far as to discuss forming another band with bassist Randy Meisner and co-lead guitarist Don Felder (his seriousness here is debatable; when Meisner left and tried to pursue the idea, Walsh definitely wanted to stay with the Eagles).

Regardless, the discord in the band led to tensions and hostility so pronounced that Henley was to call Walsh an "insidious troublemaker." The amount of alcohol and drugs circulating didn't help much either; Walsh had developed a drinking problem that he wouldn't be able to shake until the nineties, and the amount of money that some of the band members were snorting up their noses would have been enough to buy a small country. It reached the breaking point when Felder and Frey got into a confrontation at a benefit show in 1980. Frey called it quits and the band broke up. Interestingly enough, Walsh seemed to think they were only on hiatus. He told an interviewer in 1981 that they weren't broken up but were just taking a break for solo careers. He stated that the band would no doubt get together again in a bit to record once more. While his hopes were dashed by the official announcement of the Eagles' breakup in 1982, ironically, he turned out to be right in the long run!

In the eighties, Walsh released the solo albums There Goes the Neighborhood (1981), You Bought It - You Name It (1983), The Confessor (1985), and Got Any Gum (1987). He also got married a third time and fathered a daughter, Lucy, who has entered the music business herself as a singer/pianist/songwriter. After that marriage failed, he was involved with Stevie Nicks for a brief period; Stevie wrote "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You" for Walsh. In 1989, he went on tour as a member of Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band, a collection of former solo musicians that toured together, each one playing a couple songs. These "all-starrs" included musicians like Nils Lofgren and Billy Preston. (He was to tour with the band again in 1992, this time joined by former and future Eagles bandmate Timothy B. Schmit). He also recorded an MTV Unplugged in 1989.

Despite these positives, a brief attempt to reunite the Eagles in 1990 failed largely due to Frey's disapproval of the lifestyles of Walsh as well as Henley, and Walsh became discouraged. By 1991, he was even telling interviewers that he didn't care about his albums anymore when "promoting" Ordinary Average Guy (1991). His alcoholism was just as bad as ever, if not worse, and it had gotten to the point where he couldn't even remember the words to his songs half the time in his 1991 concerts opening for the Doobie Brothers. His 1992 album Songs for a Dying Planet quickly slid into obscurity. In 1993, though, things started looking up. Walsh and Frey mended fences and toured together briefly as the "Party of Two." To this day, the Party of Two occasionally resurfaces for corporate gigs and even a public gig once in a blue moon. Then, the Travis Tritt video for Take It Easy that same year sparked the famous Hell Freezes Over reunion in 1994. The reunion had a condition that Walsh couldn't ignore: Frey demanded that everyone be sober.

Finally, Walsh was able to kick the habit that had plagued him for so many years. (In 2005, Walsh's struggle was the inspiration for his song One Day at a Time, and he has appeared at functions to inspire recovering alchoholics many times. Walsh has speculated that his addiction may have been triggered by "self-medicating" for his ADD). The MTV special, album, and tour were wildly successful, thrusting Walsh into the spotlight once again as he proved to audiences that he had not lost it - that he was in fact better than ever. The upswing continued when a few years later, Walsh married a fourth time to a lady named Denise. While the marriage is now over, she gave him two sons. Additionally, in 1998, he joined the rest of the Eagles as an inductee into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2001 he received an honorary doctorate from Kent State University. The Eagles have toured off and on since 1999, releasing a couple greatest hits packages and a live DVD called Farewell 1 (2005).

In 2007, they released their long-awaited studio album, Long Road Out of Eden. This album included the Walsh/JD Souther song "Last Good Time in Town," as well as Walsh's cover of the Frankie Miller song "Guilty of the Crime." They toured extensively for this as well. Despite the busy schedule of the Eagles, Walsh found time for projects of his own. In 2006, his old band the James Gang reunited for a short tour. Walsh also conducted a brief solo tour in the summer of 2007. On a personal note, he married once again; his current wife is Marjorie Bach, sister-in-law to Ringo Starr. With her encouragement, he released his first solo album in twenty years: Analog Man (2012). He engaged in a tour to promote the album, including filming a special CMT Crossroads, in between Eagles tour stops. Currently, Walsh is touring with the Eagles to promote their new DVD History of the Eagles. Fans look forward to seeing what he'll be up to next! If you are aware of any inaccuracies in the above, please contact me .

the Eagles | American music group | Britannica.com American music group country rock The Eagles, American band that cultivated country rock as the reigning style and sensibility of white youth in the United States during the 1970s. The original members were Don Henley (b. July 22, 1947, Gilmer, Texas, U.S.), Glenn Frey (b. November 6, 1948, Detroit, Michigan—d. January 18, 2016, New York City, New York), Bernie Leadon (b. July 19, 1947, Minneapolis, Minnesota), and Randy Meisner (b. March 8, 1946, Scottsbluff, Nebraska). Later members included Don Felder (b. September 21, 1947, Topanga, California), Joe Walsh (b. November 20, 1947, Wichita, Kansas), and Timothy B. Schmit (b. October 30, 1947, Sacramento, California).

Los Angeles-based professional pop musicians, the Eagles recorded with Linda Ronstadt before the 1972 release of their eponymous debut album. Clearly, from the band’s earliest laid-back grooves on hits like “ Take It Easy ” to the title song of their 1973 Desperado album—the “Ave Maria” of 1970s rock—to the later studio intricacies of One of These Nights (1975), Henley’s band felt a mission to portray emotional ups and downs in personal ways. However, the Eagles were content to do so within the boundaries of certain musical forms and music industry conventions, pushing and expanding them gently or aggressively at different junctures along the way. This willingness to play by the rules may have been as responsible for the success of their resolutely formal, exceptionally dramatic songs as was the Eagles’ hankering for the fiddles and dusty ambiences of the country rock movement they polished for popular consumption . Before the Eagles recorded, country rock was a local alternative in late 1960s Los Angeles .

After they recorded, it became the soundtrack for the lives of millions of 1970s rock kids who, keen on the present yet suspicious of glam rock and disco , donned suede jackets and faded jeans to flirt with the California dream restyled as traditional Americana. Similar Topics Metallica The band’s Hotel California (1976) was, in this respect, their masterpiece. With the craft of songwriting as central to their approach as it is to that of any country singer, the Eagles’ music had begun as well-detailed melodies delivered by Henley and Frey with some nasality. The arrangements, with percussion far more forward than anything Nashville producers would have brooked, started out in a starkly rock mode with rustic accents. By the time they began work on Hotel California, they were joined by ex-James Gang guitarist Walsh, who combined technical expertise with native rambunctiousness. His contribution, mixed with an increasingly assured blend of country directness and Hollywood studio calculation, made for an unmatched country rock–pop fusion that started with One of These Nights and reached its apex with The Long Run (1979).

Hotel California, coming at the midpoint of the band’s later period, captured the style at its most relaxed and forceful. Afterward, as punk and new wave repeated country rock’s journey from underground to mainstream, the Eagles’ music subsided. Beginning in the 1980s, Henley enjoyed a solo career as an increasingly subtle singer-songwriter . As the Eagles had done in the 1970s, he engaged stylistically with his times, staring down electropop on 1984’s moving “ Boys of Summer ” smash. The Eagles’ music, although never exactly replicated, became the envy of mainstream Nashville artists who longed for some sort of mainstream edge. In 1993 Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, a tribute album performed by country artists like Vince Gill and Travis Tritt, became a blockbuster in that field. The group’s nostalgia-tinged yet still musically vibrant reunion tour and album in 1994 featured four new songs and proved even more successful. In 1998 the Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Music: Fact or Fiction?

The band reunited again for Long Road Out of Eden (2007), a double album that represented the Eagles’ first collection of completely new material in almost three decades. It was a hit with both critics and fans, and the album also signaled the group’s departure from the traditional industry model of production and distribution. Released on the band’s own Eagles Recording Company label, the North American version of the album was available only through the Eagles’ official Web site and at Wal-Mart stores. In 2009 “ I Dreamed There Was No War, ” a track from Long Road Out of Eden, won the Grammy Award for best pop instrumental performance. The band released the two-part documentary History of the Eagles in 2013. Britannica Stories Eagles - Eagles Live 1980 CRC ELEKTRA A5 8-TRACK TAPE Eagles - Eagles Live 1980 CRC ELEKTRA A5 8-TRACK TAPE Only 1 available Description Eagles Live is the first live album by the American rock band Eagles, a two-LP set released in 1980. The Eagles unofficially disbanded on July 31, 1980 after their concert at Long Beach.

However, the band still owed Elektra/Asylum a live record from the tour. Eagles Live (released that November) was mixed by Glenn Frey and Don Henley on opposite coasts - the two decided they could not stand to be in the same state, let alone the same studio, and as Bill Szymczyk put it, the record's perfect three-part harmonies were fixed "courtesy of Federal Express." The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide said it is "perhaps the most heavily overdubbed [live album] in history." "Seven Bridges Road" was released as a single and would become a top-40 hit. The song was a showcase for the band's close harmony singing; the first and last verses feature all five Eagles singing in five-part harmony. The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1971 by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner. With five number one singles and six number one albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful recording artists of the 1970s.

At the end of the 20th century, two of their albums, Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) and Hotel California, ranked among the 20 best-selling albums in the U.S. according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Hotel California is ranked 37th in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and the band was ranked #75 on the magazine's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. They also have the best selling album in the U.S. with Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975), which sold more than 29 million copies. The Eagles broke up in July 1980, but reunited in 1994 for Hell Freezes Over, a mix of live and new studio tracks. They have toured intermittently since then, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2007, Eagles released Long Road out of Eden, their first full studio album in 28 years. The next year they launched The Long Road out of Eden Tour in support of the album.

The tour continued on into 2009, crossing North America and Europe, and will continue in 2010 with additional North American, as well as Australian, tour dates. Retrieved from Glenn Frey - Glenn Frey of the Eagles 1948 - 2016 - Pictures - CBS News Next Glenn Frey A look back at the career of Glenn Frey, best known as a founding member of the rock band the Eagles, who died January 18, 2016 at the age of 67 in New York City. Frey was a singer and songwriter who played both guitar and keyboards. An Eagles greatest hits collection from the mid-1970s, the first album to be certified platinum, and "Hotel California" are among the best-selling albums in history. The band sold more albums in the Seventies than any other American band. In this photo, Frey performs at the 12th Annual Starkey Hearing Foundation "So The World May Hear" Gala on August 4, 2012 in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Credit: Diane Bondareff/Invision/AP Glenn Frey The Eagles' Glenn Frey, left, and band mate Don Henley, right, talk with 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft in Dan Tana's Restaurant in West Hollywood, where the two creative forces first met before forming the legendary band in 1971. Frey was born in Detroit and raised in its suburbs. He played in local bands before moving to Los Angeles with his then-girlfriend, Joan Sliwin, to pursue their music careers. Once Frey and drummer Henley connected, they joined Linda Ronstadt's backup band in the summer of 1971. It was shortly after that the two teamed up with Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon to form the Eagles, releasing their first studio album, "Eagles," in 1972. Frey and Henley wrote many of the band's lyrics including hits, like "Take it Easy" and "Hotel California." The band won six Grammys.

Credit: CBS/Dustin Eddo The Eagles The band members in 1977: Don Henly, drums; Joe Walsh, guitar; Randy Meisner, bass; Glenn Frey, guitar; and Don Felder, guitar. Leadon left the band in 1975 and was replaced by Walsh, who made his debut on the album "Hotel California." Between 1975 and 1979 the band had four consecutive number one albums: "One of These Nights," "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975," "Hotel California" and "The Long Run." All told, those four albums topped the charts for 27 weeks. Credit: AP The Eagles The Eagles, from left: Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Don Henley and Glenn Frey in an undated file photo. Meisner left the band in 1977 and was replaced by Schmit. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website says the band began "as wide-eyed country-rockers on the fertile Los Angeles music scene and evolved into purveyors of grandiose, dark-themed albums about excess and seduction.

Emblematic of the darker side was "Life in the Fast Lane" on their Hotel California album, which went to #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Credit: AP Graphics Bank Schmit & Glenn Frey Schmit, left, and Frey of the perform at Hong Kong Stadium during their Final 1 world tour on Oct. 20, 2004. The band's most famous song "Hotel California" was a worldwide hit. Credit: Lo Sai Hung/AP The Eagles From left, Schmit, Henley, Frey and Walsh of the Eagles perform at the new Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, Oct. 18, 2007. The Eagles reunited in 1994 and released an album in 2007, called "Long Road Out of Eden," which opened at No. 1 on the Billboard charts and went platinum. The new band was made up of Frey, Henley, Schmit, Walsh, Felder plus Scott Crago, John Corey, Timothy Drury and Al Garth.

Credit: AP Photo/Gus Ruelas The Eagles From left to right, Schmit, Frey, Henley and Walsh of the "Eagles" perform at the 42nd Annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 12, 2008. When "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft asked Frey the secret to the band's staying power, he answered, "Take It Easy, Witchy Woman, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Desperado, Tequila Sunrise, Already Gone, Best of My Love, One of These Nights, Lying Eyes, Take It to the Limit, Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane, New Kid in Town, I Can't Tell You Why, The Long Run, Heartache Tonight." Credit: AP Photo/Mark Humphrey The Eagles Schmit of the Eagles, Henley of the Eagles, Prince Albert II, Charlene Wittstock, Walsh and Frey of the Eagles pose prior to the band's concert at Louis II Stadium to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince Albert II of Monaco to Charlene Wittstock on June 30, 2011 in Monaco.

Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Glenn Frey Henley, left, and Frey of the Eagles perform at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 8, 2013 in New York City. Bandmate Henley said of Frey, "He was like a brother to me ... We were two young men who made the pilgrimage to Los Angeles with the same dream: to make our mark in the music industry -- and with perseverance, a deep love of music, our alliance with other great musicians and our manager, Irving Azoff, we built something that has lasted longer than anyone could have dreamed. But, Glenn was the one who started it all. He was the spark plug, the man with the plan. He had an encyclopedic knowledge of popular music and a work ethic that wouldn't quit." Credit: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP The Eagles From left, Schmit, Henley, Frey and Walsh of the Eagles take part in a Q&A session with reporters at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 19, 2013, in Park City, Utah. "History Of The Eagles Part One" was screened at the festival.

The documentary was a two-part one about the band which aired on Showtime. Credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP The Eagles (L-R) Henley, Frey, Walsh and Schmit of the Eagles attend "History Of The Eagles Part One" screening during the Sundance London Film And Music Festival 2013 at Sky Superscreen O2 on April 25, 2013. The first of the two-part documentary covers the band through the 70s while the second part covers the band's reunion. Credit: Danny E. Martindale/Getty Images for Sundance London Glenn Frey Frey is awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music at the Berklee College of Music Commencement in Boston, May 12, 2012. Credit: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters Glenn Frey Glenn Frey speaks at the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April, 10, 2014 in New York City. In addition to six Grammys, the band won five American Music Awards. The Eagles had five number-one singles and six number one albums.

With more than 150 million records sold, the Eagles are one of the world's best-selling bands ever. Credit: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Glenn Frey Musician Glenn Frey poses for pictures during the 29th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York in April 10, 2014. After the Eagles went their separate ways in 1980, Frey embarked on a solo career, releasing "No Fun Aloud" in 1982. His hits include the easily recognizable "The Heat Is On," which can be heard in Eddie Murphy's movie "Beverly Hills Cop," and "Smuggler's Blues." Credit: Carlo Allegri/Reuters Glenn Frey Honorees Glenn Frey and his wife, Cindy, pose together at the 10th Annual Lupus LA Orange Ball in Beverly Hills, May 6, 2010. The two married in 1990 and had three children. Frey's first wife was Janie Beggs.

Credit: Chris Pizzello/AP The Eagles Members of the Eagles (L-R) Walsh, Frey, and Schmit wave to the audience as they attend the Berklee College of Music Commencement Concert in Boston, May 11, 2012. Frey died January 18, 2016 of "complications from Rheumatoid Arthritis, Acute Ulcerative Colitis and Pneumonia" according to his family. His family released a statement on the Eagles' website and posted the lyrics to the Eagles song "It's Your World Now," co-written by Frey. The lyrics include, "It's your world now. Use your time. Be part of something good. Leave something good behind." "The curtain falls. I take my bow." Credit: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters

Question: Which US band released a 2007 album entitled ‘The Long Road Out of Eden’?
Answer: The Eagles