The Eagles
History of the Eagles
One of the biggest rock acts
in the world during the '70s, the Eagles seem to have had their
primary impact on country music. Chief ambassadors of the
Southern California rock scene, the Eagles took the country-rock
sounds of groups like the Flying Burrito Brothers and the
latter-day Byrds and brought them to the masses with songs like
"Best Of My Love," "One Of These Nights" and "Heartache Tonight."
| he four original Eagles--drummer Don Henley, guitarists Glenn
Frey and Bernie Leadon and bassist Randy Meisner--first played
as a unit on Linda Ronstadt's 1970 Silk Purse, though they
didn't form the band until after recording that album. The
Eagles recorded their first album, The Eagles, for Asylum in
1972 with British rock producer Glyn Johns. They added guitarist
Don Felder for the second album, Desperado, in 1973. The group
headed in more of a rock direction with 1974's On The Border,
and Leadon left after One Of These Nights, to be replaced by
former James Gang guitarist Joe Walsh.
TMeisner left in 1977 and
was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit, who had once replaced Meisner
in Poco. Waits between albums became longer--Hotel California
and the group's final studio album, The Long Run, each came two
years after the previous album of new material. |
A live album followed in 1980 as a farewell souvenir, for the band disbanded
soon after. All the members have continued in music with solo
albums or new groups, although Henley and Frey have been the
most successful on their own.
By the '90s, their sound had
had such an impact on contemporary country music that most
people in Nashville considered them a country group. Common
Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles, a tribute album featuring the
likes of Clint Black, Alan Jackson and Travis Tritt, came out in
1993; the Eagles followed with a tour and an album featuring
four new songs and live recordings of old favorites; the band
called the album Hell Freezes Over because that's when members
had said the band would get back together. The Eagles' Their
Greatest Hits 1971-1975 ranks just behind Michael Jackson's
Thriller as the best-selling ever, with more than 24 million
copies.
The Eagles tabs:
Already gone tab
by The Eagles and chord
Desperado guitar
tab by The Eagles and chord
Hotel
California tab by The Eagles and chord
Life in
the fast lane tab by the eagles and chord
The Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
tab and chord
The
Eagles - One of these nights tab and chord
The
Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feeling tab and chord
Take it easy tab
by the eagles and chord
The
Eagles - Take it to the limit tab and chord
