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How Clint Eastwood inspired the final album from Eagles legend Glenn Frey

"Music isn't about how many records you've sold, it's about showing that you still care"

Louder

“I played that on just about every Eagles record”: Don Felder names the most important guitar in his 300-strong collection

Every guitar is painstakingly ordered in his vault, but there's one he finds himself grabbing more than most

Guitar World

“He wrote some of the best parts of Hotel California and Desperado. He wrote some pivotal lines that I wouldn’t have thought of in a million years”: Don Henley’s praise for his Eagles bandmate Glenn Frey

“We wrote the soundtrack to a lot of people’s lives”

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“Don Henley’s looking at me like I’m crazy, and finally I said, ‘What?’ He goes, ‘I thought you were a bluegrasser…’” Vince Gill on the importance of versatility – and how the Eagles enabled him to flex his hidden rock chops

Gill shocked everyone – including Henley – when he proved himself to be capable of playing bona fide rock riffs

Guitar World

“I don’t think we’ll have to go out into the desert and take peyote and puke like we did in the old days – when we were the hip young LA cowboys”: How Don Henley and Glenn Frey remembered the Eagles’ wild years as they created the band’s swan song

“Certainly, we don’t want to fail. We’ve never really known much failure”

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“I have to give credit to him… I was telling him that I was in a quandary about what to do about the band”: How Don Henley got the Eagles back on track after Glenn Frey’s death – with some help from Bono

The guitarist’s passing sewed doubts over the band’s future, but the U2 frontman steered Henley in the right direction

Guitar World

Greatest hits record becomes first album in US history to sell over 40 million units

Michael Jackson's ‘Thriller’ holds the second spot

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“They all thought it was a bonkers idea but it worked. It was already a great song, but that one little thing made it different”: How the Eagles made somebody else’s song their own – and defined the sound of country rock

"Those open chords felt like an announcement: ‘And now... the Eagles!’”

MusicRadar

“Glenn Frey said it best when he said we ‘created a monster with Hotel California, and it ate us’”: Don Felder on the making of the Eagles’ The Long Run

Just how does a band follow an album like Hotel California? With great difficulty, is the answer. Don Felder looks back at an triumph from a band that was coming apart at the seams

Guitar World

"I was afraid something inside of me was dying. Leaving was an act of survival": Life in the fast lane and the turbulent tale of the Eagles

Fistfights, ulcers and run-ins with the law were all part of the Eagles’ everyday life: A look behind the rise, fall and unexpected rise again of the ultimate Californian band

Louder

"We killed every night. So I knew I had something": The epic saga of one of rock's great live acts, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

Detroit rock veteran Bob Seger looks back on his early career and his transformation from regional hero to national treasure

Louder

"Peyote didn’t make me puke, but some of the other guys puked for all of us": The Eagles on Indian tribal rituals, playing with Guns N' Roses and the lyric police

In early 2001 the Eagles were about to start work on their comeback album, Long Road Out Of Eden – so we tracked them down

Louder

“I got a call from Glenn Frey. I just said. ‘Where do I sign?’ Here they were asking me to join The Eagles without playing one lick of music with them”: Timothy B. Schmidt joined The Eagles at the height of Hotel California – and didn't even audition

From Poco to Toto, Steely Dan to Spinal Tap, Timothy B. Schmidt has logged endless road miles and studio hours – and then there’s his main gig...

Guitar World

JD Souther obituary

American singer and songwriter who co-wrote some of the Eagles’ biggest hits including New Kid in Town

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"He was a crucial co-writer on many of our most popular songs": The Eagles pay tribute to their collaborator, celebrated songwriter JD Souther, who has passed away aged 78

Souther's credits include New Kid In Town, Best Of My Love and Heartache Tonight

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Eagles Lyrics Ownership Dispute Unfolds In Court

Eagles co-founder Don Henley disputes auction of iconic song lyrics in ongoing trial involving rare-book dealer and rock enthusiasts.

The Guardian - US

Bring your alibis: battle over Eagles’ Hotel California lyrics goes to court

Three men accused of conspiracy over possession of handwritten lyrics to songs from hit 70s album stand trial in New York

The Guardian - UK

January transfer window: Casadei returns to Chelsea and more – as it happened

Cesare Casadei is expected to be part of Mauricio Pochettino’s first-team plans after being recalled early from Leicester

Louder

"Music is like skiing - you don’t have to go down the black runs with the hairiest turns to get the thrill": An interview with late Eagles founder Glenn Frey

Glenn Frey on The Eagles, Lear jets, nice hotels, police escorts, sold-out stadiums, women, drugs, family, and aging in an age-appropriate manner

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