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Eagles

The Eagles in 2008 during their Long Road Out of

Eden Tour (left to right): Glenn Frey, Don Henley,
Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit (behind them is
touring drummer Scott F. Crago)
Background information
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
 Rock
 country rock
Genres  soft rock
 folk rock

 1971–1980
 1994–2016
Years active
 2017–present

 Asylum
 Geffen
Labels  Polydor
 Lost Highway

Associated acts  Linda Ronstadt

  J. D. Souther
 Jackson Browne
 James Gang
 Barnstorm
 Poco
 Longbranch Pennywhistle
 the Flying Burrito Brothers

Website eagles.com
 Don Henley
 Joe Walsh
Members
 Timothy B. Schmit

 Glenn Frey
 Bernie Leadon
Past members  Randy Meisner
 Don Felder

The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. The founding
members were Glenn Frey (guitars, vocals), Don Henley (drums, vocals), Bernie
Leadon (guitars, vocals) and Randy Meisner (bass guitar, vocals). With five number-
one singles, six number-one albums, six Grammy Awards, and five American Music
Awards, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s. Their
albums Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) and Hotel California rank first and third,
respectively, among the best-selling albums in the United States, with 38 million and
26 million album units in sales.[1] The Eagles are one of the world's best-selling
bands, having sold more than 100 million albums.[2] They were ranked number 75 on
Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[3]

Their debut album, Eagles (1972), spawned three top 40 singles: "Take It Easy",
"Witchy Woman", and "Peaceful Easy Feeling". Desperado (1973) was less
successful, only reaching number 41 on the charts; neither of its singles reached the
top 40. However, its songs "Desperado" and "Tequila Sunrise" became two of the
band's most popular tracks. On the Border (1974) added guitarist Don Felder and
produced two top 40 singles: "Already Gone" and the Eagles' first number one, "Best
of My Love".

Their 1975 album One of These Nights included three top 10 singles: "One of These
Nights", "Lyin' Eyes", and "Take It to the Limit", the first hitting the top of the charts.
Guitarist and vocalist Joe Walsh also joined the band in 1975, replacing Leadon. The
Eagles continued that success and hit their commercial peak in late 1976 with the
release of Hotel California, which would go on to sell more than 26 million copies in
the U.S. alone and more than 42 million copies worldwide. The album yielded two
number-one singles, "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California". Meisner left the
band in 1977 and was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit. They released their last studio
album for nearly 28 years in 1979 with The Long Run, which spawned three top 10
singles: "Heartache Tonight", "The Long Run", and "I Can't Tell You Why", the lead
single being another chart-topping hit.

The Eagles broke up in July 1980 but reunited in 1994 for the album Hell Freezes
Over, a mix of live and new studio tracks. They toured consistently and were
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2007, the Eagles released
Long Road Out of Eden, their first full studio album in 28 years and their sixth
number-one album. The next year they launched the Long Road Out of Eden Tour in
support of the album. In 2013, they began the extended History of the Eagles Tour in
conjunction with the band's documentary release, History of the Eagles.

Following Frey's death in January 2016, the Eagles continued performing in 2017,
with Deacon Frey and Vince Gill sharing lead vocals for Frey's songs.[4]

Contents
 1 History
o 1.1 1971–1973: Formation and early releases
o 1.2 1973–1975: On the Border and One of These Nights
o 1.3 1975–1977: Major success with Hotel California
o 1.4 1977–1980: The Long Run, breakup
o 1.5 1980–1994: Hiatus
o 1.6 1994–2001: Reunion, Hell Freezes Over
o 1.7 2001–2007: Don Felder lawsuit
o 1.8 2007–2012: Long Road Out of Eden world tour and proposed
eighth album
o 1.9 2013–2016: History of the Eagles, and Glenn Frey's death
o 1.10 2017–present: Return to touring
 2 Musical style
 3 Band members
 4 Discography
 5 Awards and honors
 6 See also
 7 References
o 7.1 Citations
o 7.2 Sources
 8 External links
History
1971–1973: Formation and early releases

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The Eagles began in early 1971, when Linda Ronstadt and her then-manager John
Boylan recruited local musicians Glenn Frey and Don Henley for her band.[5] Henley
had moved to Los Angeles from Texas with his band Shiloh to record an album
produced by Kenny Rogers,[6] and Frey had come from Michigan and formed
Longbranch Pennywhistle; they had met in 1970 at The Troubadour in Los Angeles
and became acquainted through their mutual record label, Amos Records.[7][8] Randy
Meisner, who had been working with Ricky Nelson's backing band, the Stone Canyon
Band, and Bernie Leadon, a veteran of the Flying Burrito Brothers, also later joined
Ronstadt's group of performers for her summer tour promoting the Silk Purse
album.[5][9]

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.[10] These four played live together behind Ronstadt only
once for a July concert at Disneyland,[5] but all four appeared on her eponymous
album.[11] It was later proposed that J. D. Souther should join the band, but Meisner
objected.[12] The four were signed in September 1971 to Asylum Records, the new
label started by David Geffen, who was introduced to Frey by Jackson Browne.[13]
Geffen bought out Frey's and Henley's contracts with Amos Records, and sent the
four to Aspen, Colorado to develop as a band.[14] 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.[15][16] The idea of naming
the band "Eagles" came during a peyote and tequila-influenced group outing in the
Mojave Desert. Accounts of the origin of the name however vary; Don Felder
credited Leadon with originating the name when he recalled reading about the Hopis'
reverence for the eagle,[17] while J.D. Souther suggested that the idea came when Frey
shouted out, "Eagles!" when they saw eagles flying above.[18] Steve Martin, 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."[19] Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts initially
managed the band; they were later replaced by Irving Azoff while the Eagles were
recording their third album.[20]
 "Take It Easy"

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The first hit of the Eagles, "Take It Easy." The band became noted as a
harmony-singing country rock band in their early years. Here Frey sings lead
vocals and Meisner on harmonies, with the rest of the band joining in later.

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The group's eponymous debut album was recorded in England in February 1972 with
producer Glyn Johns.[5] Johns was impressed by the harmony singing of the band,[21]
and he has been credited with shaping the band into "the country-rock band with
those high-flyin' harmonies."[22] Released on June 1, 1972, Eagles was a
breakthrough success, yielding three Top 40 singles. The first single and lead track,
"Take It Easy," was a song written by Frey with his then-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
Winslow, Arizona." Frey completed the verse, and Browne carried on to finish the
song.[23] The song reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and propelled the
Eagles to stardom. The single was followed by the bluesy "Witchy Woman" and the
soft country rock ballad "Peaceful Easy Feeling," charting at number 9 and number
22 respectively. The group supported the album with a US tour as the opening act for
Yes.

Their second album, Desperado, took Old West 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 "Desperado," 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.[24]

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

For their next album, On the Border, Henley and Frey wanted the band to break away
from the country rock style and move more towards hard rock. The Eagles initially
started with Glyn Johns 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 Bill Szymczyk to produce the rest of the album.[25][26] Szymczyk
wanted a harder-edged guitarist for the song "Good Day in Hell" and the band
remembered Bernie Leadon's childhood friend Don Felder, a guitarist who had
jammed backstage with the band in 1972 when they opened for Yes in Boston.[27]
Felder had been nicknamed "Fingers" at the jam by Frey, a name that stuck due to his
guitar proficiency.[28] In January 1974, Frey called Felder to add slide guitar 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.[29] He appeared on one other song on the
album, the uptempo 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 Billboard 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.[30] The album included a cover version of the
Tom Waits song "Ol' '55" and the single "James Dean," which reached number 77 on
the charts.

The band played at the California Jam festival in Ontario, California on April 6,
1974. Attracting more than 300,000 fans and billed as "the Woodstock of the West
Coast," the festival featured Black Sabbath, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Deep Purple,
Earth, Wind & Fire, Seals & Crofts, Black Oak Arkansas, and Rare Earth.[31] Portions
of the show were telecast on ABC 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.[32]

The Eagles released their fourth studio album, One of These Nights, 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.[33] The second single was "Lyin' Eyes," 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 Rolling Stone magazine and on September 28, the band
joined Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and Toots and the Maytals for a show in
front of 55,000 people at Anaheim Stadium.[34]

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 girlfriend Patti Davis (daughter of California governor Ronald Reagan
and Nancy Reagan); and the instrumental "Journey of the Sorcerer," which would
later be used as the theme music for the BBC's radio and television versions of The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 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.[35] 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!"[36][37] On December 20, 1975, after months of denials, it was
announced that Leadon had left the band.[35]

1975–1977: Major success with Hotel California

"Hotel California"

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After Bernie Leadon left, little country influence remained in the Eagles' next
album which became more rock. Here Felder and Walsh play guitars on
"Hotel California" with Henley on lead vocals.

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Leadon's replacement, officially announced on December 20, 1975, was guitarist,

singer, and keyboardist Joe Walsh, who had been a friend of the band for some years.
He had previously performed with James Gang, Barnstorm, and as a solo artist; he
was also managed by Azoff and used Szymczyk as his record producer.[38] 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.[38] 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 banjo, pedal steel and mandolin on future tours, something that had previously
been Leadon's domain.[39]

In early 1976, the band released their first compilation album, Their Greatest Hits
(1971–1975). The album became the highest-selling album of the 20th century in the
United States,[40] and has since sold 29 million copies in the U.S. (excluding streams
and tracks) and 42 million copies worldwide.[41][42] It stayed the biggest seller of all
time until it was taken over by Michael Jackson's Thriller following the artist's death
in 2009.[42] The album cemented the group's status as the most successful American
band of the decade.

The following album, Hotel California, 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 which, along with touring, drained the band. The album's
first single, "New Kid in Town," became the Eagles' third number-one single.
The second single was the title track, 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.[43] 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 History of the Eagles. Henley told 60 Minutes 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."[44]

With its hard rock sound, "Life in the Fast Lane" 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."[23]

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 Don
Felder 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
Irving Azoff 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,[45] and is the band's best-
selling studio album, with more than 17 million copies sold in the U.S. alone[46] and
more than 32 million copies worldwide.[47]

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
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. The huge worldwide tour in support of the album further
drained the band members and strained their personal and creative relationships.

"Take It to the Limit"

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The climax of "Take It to the Limit" at a concert in 1976 (from Eagles Live).
Meisner's reluctance to sing the song, in part due to concerns over not hitting
 the high notes, led to disputes and eventually his departure from the band.

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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 Knoxville in June 1977.[48]
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.[49] Meisner
decided to not sing the song as an encore at the Knoxville concert because he had
been up late and caught the flu.[49][50] 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,[48] 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
East Troy, Wisconsin on September 3, 1977.[51] The band replaced Meisner with the
same musician who had succeeded him in Poco, Timothy B. Schmit, after agreeing
that Schmit was the only candidate.[52]

In 1977, the group, minus Don Felder, performed instrumental work and backing
vocals for Randy Newman's album Little Criminals, including "Short People," which
has backup vocals by Frey and Schmit.

1977–1980: The Long Run, breakup

The Eagles went into the recording studio in 1977 to begin work on their next album,
The Long Run. The album took two years to complete. It was originally intended to
be a double album, but the band members were unable to write enough songs. The
Long Run was released on September 24, 1979. Considered a disappointment by
some critics for failing to live up to Hotel California, it proved a huge commercial hit
nonetheless; the album topped the charts and sold seven million copies. In addition, it
included three Top 10 singles. "Heartache Tonight" became their last single to top the
Hot 100, on November 10, 1979. The title track and "I Can't Tell You Why" 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 "Please Come
Home for Christmas," 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 "Look
What You've Done to Me" by Boz Scaggs. A different version with female backing
vocals appears on the Urban Cowboy soundtrack, along with the Eagles' 1975 hit
"Lyin' Eyes."
On July 31, 1980, in Long Beach, California, tempers boiled over into what has been
described as the "Long Night at Wrong Beach."[53][54] The animosity between Felder
and Frey boiled over before the show began, when Felder said, "You're welcome – I
guess" to California Senator Alan Cranston's wife as the politician was thanking the
band backstage for performing a benefit for his reelection.[55] 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.[56] Felder recalls Frey telling him during
"Best of My Love," "I'm gonna kick your ass when we get off the stage."[53][57]

It appeared to be the end of the Eagles, but the band still had a commitment with
Elektra Records to make a live record from the tour. Eagles Live (released in
November 1980) was mixed on opposite coasts. Frey had already left the band and
would remain in Los Angeles, while the other band members each worked on their
parts in Miami.[58] "We were fixing three-part harmonies courtesy of Federal
Express," said producer Bill Szymczyk.[6] Frey refused to speak to the other Eagles,
and he fired Irving Azoff as his manager.[58] With credits that listed five attorneys, the
album's liner notes simply said, "Thank you and goodnight." A single released from
the album – "Seven Bridges Road" – had been a live concert staple for the band. It
was written by Steve Young in an arrangement created by Iain Matthews 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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After the Eagles broke up, the former members pursued solo careers. Elektra, the
band's long-time record label, initially owned the rights to solo albums created by
members of the Eagles. Walsh had established himself as a solo artist in the 1970s,
but it was uncharted waters for the others.

Walsh released a successful album in 1981, There Goes the Neighborhood, but
subsequent albums throughout the 1980s were less well received. During this period,
Walsh performed as a session musician for Dan Fogelberg, Steve Winwood, John
Entwistle, Richard Marx and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, among others, and produced
and co-wrote Ringo Starr's Old Wave album.

Henley achieved commercial solo success. In 1981, he sang a duet with Stevie Nicks
(Fleetwood Mac), "Leather and Lace." In 1982, he released I Can't Stand Still,
featuring the hit "Dirty Laundry." The next album, Building the Perfect Beast (1984),
featured "The Boys of Summer" (a Billboard number 5 hit), "All She Wants to Do Is
Dance" (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," "The Last Worthless
Evening" and "The Heart of the Matter." 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, No Fun
Aloud, 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 Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack. He had another number 2 single
in 1985 with "You Belong to the City" from the Miami Vice soundtrack, which
featured another Frey song, "Smuggler's Blues." He appeared as "Jimmy" in the
episode titled after the song and contributed riffs to the episode's soundtrack. He also
contributed the songs "Flip City" to the Ghostbusters II soundtrack and "Part of Me,
Part of You" to the soundtrack for Thelma & Louise.

Former music writer Cameron Crowe had written articles about Poco and the Eagles
during his journalism career. In 1982, his first screenplay was produced as the
feature-length movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High. 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 "Life in the Fast Lane."

Felder released a solo album, and contributed two songs to the soundtrack of the
movie Heavy Metal: "Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)" (with Henley and Schmit
providing backing vocals) and "All of You." He also had a minor hit, "Bad Girls," off
his solo album Airborne.

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 "So Much in Love." He
contributed vocals to the Crosby, Stills & Nash album Daylight Again on the songs
"Southern Cross" and "Wasted on the Way" when that band needed an extra vocalist
due to David Crosby's drug overindulgence. Schmit sang backup vocals on Toto's
Toto IV album, including the song "I Won't Hold You Back" and appeared with the
group on their 1982 European tour. He spent three years (1983–1985) as a member of
Jimmy Buffett'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 Richard Marx's debut
single "Don't Mean Nothing." In 1992, Schmit and Walsh toured as members of
Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band and appeared on the live video from the Montreux Jazz
Festival. 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 Vince Gill'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. Travis Tritt 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 Scott Crago (drums), John Corey (keyboards, guitar,
backing vocals), Timothy Drury (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals), and former
Loggins and Messina sideman Al Garth (sax, violin) on stage.

"For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation," announced Frey
at their first live performance in April 1994. The ensuing tour spawned a live album
titled Hell Freezes Over (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
"Love Will Keep Us Alive" 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.[59] In 1998, the Eagles were inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 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.[60][61]

The Eagles performed at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on December
28 and 29, 1999, followed by a concert at the Staples Center 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 band mates. 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 platinum
certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2002.[62]
The group resumed touring in 2001, with a line-up consisting of Frey, Henley, Walsh,
and Schmit, along with Steuart Smith (guitars, mandolin, keyboards, backing vocals;
essentially taking over Felder's role), Michael Thompson (keyboards, trombone), Will
Hollis (keyboards, backing vocals), Scott Crago (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 $50 million in damages.[63][64] 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

"[Henley and Frey] felt—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.[63]
Henley and Frey then countersued Felder for breach of contract, 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 2001, when an entire print run of the book had to be recalled for cuts and
changes. The American edition was published by John Wiley & Sons 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.[65]

On January 23, 2002, the Los Angeles County Court consolidated the two
complaints, set a trial date for September 2006,[66] and the single case was dismissed
on May 8, 2007, after being settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.[66]

In 2003, the Eagles released a greatest hits album, The Very Best Of.[67] 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 September 11 attacks-
themed "Hole in the World." Also in 2003, Warren Zevon, 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, Farewell 1 Tour-Live from
Melbourne, 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 Walmart 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."[68]

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

In 2007, the Eagles consisted of Frey, Henley, Walsh, and Schmit. On August 20,
2007, "How Long," written by J. D. Souther, was released as a single to radio with an
accompanying online video at Yahoo! Music. It debuted on television on Country
Music Television during the Top 20 Countdown 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 Long Road Out of Eden, 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 Sam's Club
stores.[69] It was commercially available through traditional retail outlets in other
countries. The album debuted at number 1 in the U.S.,[70] 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
RIAA.[71] Henley told CNN that "This is probably the last Eagles album that we'll
ever make."[72]

The Eagles made their awards show debut on November 7, 2007, when they
performed "How Long" live at the Country Music Association Awards.

Eagles performing in Berlin, 2009

On January 28, 2008, the second single of Long Road Out of Eden was released.
"Busy Being Fabulous" peaked at number 28 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country
Songs chart[73] and at number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary
Tracks chart.[73] The Eagles won their fifth Grammy in 2008, in the category Grammy
Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "How
Long."

On March 20, 2008, the Eagles launched their world tour in support of Long Road
Out of Eden at The O2 Arena in London. The Long Road Out of Eden Tour
concluded the American portion of the tour at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah on
May 9, 2009. It was the first concert ever held in the new soccer stadium. The tour
travelled to Europe, with its final concert date on July 22, 2009, in Lisbon. The band
spent the summer of 2010 touring North American stadiums with the Dixie Chicks
and Keith Urban. 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."[74] Walsh said in 2010 that there might be one more album before the band
"wraps it up."[75] 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.[76]

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

History of the Eagles tour, 2014, from left to right: Schmit, Leadon, Frey, and Walsh
(Henley on drums not pictured).

In February 2013, the Eagles released a career-spanning documentary called History

of the Eagles and began the supporting tour with 11 US arena concerts in July.[77]
Henley said that the tour, which expanded internationally and continued until July
2015,[78] "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."[79] 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."[80] Former members Randy Meisner and Don Felder did not appear.[78]
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.[78]

The Eagles (Frey, Henley, Walsh, and Schmit) were slated to receive Kennedy Center
Honors in 2015, but this was deferred to 2016 due to Frey's health problems.[81]

On January 18, 2016, founding member Glenn Frey died at the Columbia University
Medical Center in New York City at the age of 67. The causes of his death were
rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis, and pneumonia while recovering from
intestinal surgery.[82][83][84]

At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards in February, the Eagles, joined by Leadon,
touring guitarist Steuart Smith, and co-writer Jackson Browne, performed "Take It
Easy" in honor of Frey.[85] In subsequent interviews, Henley stated that he didn't think
the band would perform again.[86][87]

2017–present: Return to touring

Despite Henley's statements the previous year, it was announced in March 2017 that
the band would be headlining the Classic West and Classic East concert events in
July 2017, which were organized by their manager Irving Azoff.[88] Glenn Frey's son
Deacon performed in his father's place, along with country musician Vince Gill.[89][90]
At the Classic West concert on July 15, the band was joined by Bob Seger who sang
"Heartache Tonight", which he co-wrote.[91]

A North American tour, again with Gill and Deacon Frey, began in March 2018.[92]
Henley's son Will joined the touring band as a guitarist for this run of shows.[93] In
October 2018, the Eagles formally announced a worldwide tour, visiting Europe and
Oceania in early 2019.

In 2019, the band announced that, for the first time, it would perform their 1976
album Hotel California in its entirety on September 27, 2019 and September 28, 2019
at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada with another set including
the band's greatest hits.[94]

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed the Eagles among hundreds
of artists whose master tapes were reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.[95]

Musical style
Influenced by 1960s rhythm and blues, soul, bluegrass, and rock bands such as the
Byrds and Buffalo Springfield,[96] the Eagles' overall sound has been described as
"California rock."[97] In the words of Sal Manna, author of the CD liner notes of the
band's 1994 album Hell Freezes Over, "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."[98] Rolling
Stone described the Eagles' sound as "country-tinged vocal harmonies with hard rock
guitars and lyrics."

The group's sound has also been described as country rock,[80][99][100][101][102] soft
rock[60][103][104][105][106] and folk rock,[107][108][109] and in later years the band became
associated with the album rock and arena rock labels.[5][110]

On their early records, the group combined rock and roll, country, and folk music
styles.[111] For their third album On the Border, the band widened their style to
include a prominent hard rock sound,[112] a genre the band had only touched upon
previously. The 1975 follow-up album One of These Nights saw the group explore a
softer sound, notably exemplified on the hit singles "Take It to the Limit," and "Lyin'
Eyes.[98] 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.[113] The band's 2007 comeback album Long Road Out
of Eden saw them explore country rock, blues rock, and funk.[114]

Band members
Current members Former members

 Don Henley – lead and backing  Glenn Frey – lead and backing
vocals, drums, percussion, rhythm vocals, rhythm and lead guitars
guitar (1971–1980, 1994–2016, 2017– (1971–1980, 1994–2016; his death),
present) keyboards (1973–1980, 1994–2016)
 Joe Walsh – lead and rhythm  Bernie Leadon – lead and rhythm
guitars, backing and lead vocals guitars, banjo, mandolin, pedal
(1975–1980, 1994–2016, 2017–present), steel guitar, dobro, backing and
keyboards (1975–1980, 1994–2010, lead vocals (1971–1975, live guest
2017–present) 2013–2016)
 Timothy B. Schmit – bass guitar,  Randy Meisner – bass guitar,
backing and lead vocals, backing and lead vocals, rhythm
harmonica (1977–1980, 1994–2016, guitar, guitarron (1971–1977)
2017–present)  Don Felder – lead and rhythm
guitars, banjo, mandolin, pedal
Current touring musicians steel guitar, organ, backing and
lead vocals (1974–1980, 1994–2001)
 Scott F. Crago – drums, percussion
(1994–2016, 2017–present)
  John Corey – piano, backing Former touring musicians
vocals, percussion, additional
guitars (1994, 2017–present)  Joe Vitale – drums, percussion,
 Will Hollis – keyboards, keyboards, backing vocals (1977–
synthesizers, backing vocals (2001– 1980)
2015, 2017–present)  Timothy Drury – keyboards,
 Steuart Smith – guitars, mandolin, vocals, additional guitars (1994–
backing vocals (2001–2016, 2017– 1999)
present)  Al Garth – saxophone, violin,
 Michael Thompson – piano, percussion (1994–2012)
keyboards, backing vocals (2001–  Bill Armstrong – trumpet (2005–
2015, 2017–present) 2010; died 2010)
 Deacon Frey – vocals, rhythm and  Chris Mostert – tenor saxophone,
lead guitars (2017–present) alto saxophone (2005–2010)
 Vince Gill – vocals, rhythm and  Greg Smith – baritone saxophone
lead guitars (2017–present) (2005–2010)
 Les Lovitt – trumpet (2010)
 Richard H. W. Davis – keyboards,
backing vocals (2007–2010)
 Will Henley – rhythm guitar (2018)

Timeline

Discography
Main article: Eagles discography
Studio albums

 Eagles (1972)
 Desperado (1973)
 On the Border (1974)
 One of These Nights (1975)
 Hotel California (1976)
 The Long Run (1979)
 Long Road Out of Eden (2007)

Awards and honors

 The Eagles have won six Grammy Awards:
o (1975) Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus:
"Lyin' Eyes"
o (1977) Record of the Year: "Hotel California" (single)
 o (1977) Best Arrangement for Voices: "New Kid in Town"
o (1979) Best Rock Vocal performance by a Duo or Group: "Heartache
Tonight"
o (2008) Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals:
"How Long"
o (2009) Best Pop Instrumental Performance: "I Dreamed There Was No
War"
 The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
 On December 7, 1999, the Recording Industry of America honored the group
with the Best Selling Album of the Century for Their Greatest Hits (1971–
1975).[115]
 The Eagles were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001.
 The group ranked number 34 on Country Music Television's 40 Greatest Men
of Country Music in 2003. They were one of four artists who were either a
duo or a group on the list with the others being Alabama at number eleven,
Flatt & Scruggs at number 24 and Brooks & Dunn at number 25.
 The group was chosen for the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors to be held on
December 6 of that year, but postponed the award for a year because of Glenn
Frey's poor health.[81] Frey died a month later.[82][83]

See also
 Rock and Roll portal

 Book: Eagles (band)

 List of best-selling music artists

 List of highest-certified music artists in the United States
 List of country rock musicians
 List of highest-grossing concert tours
 Standin' on the Corner Park – a public park in Winslow, Arizona, featuring a
large mural commemorating the song "Take It Easy"

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