re: Jackson Browne and The Eagles- Take It Easy

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lso, Felder was brought in to replace Bernie Leadon (another guitarist/band member who got too big for his britches) and was a huge improvement. Walsh was the one who put on the hard edge rock'n roll.

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Walsh was brought in to replace Leadon. Bernie and Felder played together.

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Ask yourself.....why didn't the band ever recapture the glory of the period from when Felder was there? Just luck I guess that he was along for the ride?

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What?

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Bernie Leadon (another guitarist/band member who got too big for his britches)

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Bernie Leadon was no push over and was more than willing to trade punches with Frey or anyone else. He didn't take shite from anyone. When he quit the band he poured a beer over Glen Frey's head, and Glen didn't do a damn thing.

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Think about it, what type of chart success did the group have post Felder? Get Over It?

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Well Felder was in the band when they released Get Over It, which is why I was confused. They toured together for like 7 years and even with Felder never released any great new music.

And it's not like The Long Run was all that great outside of about 3 songs.

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And it's not like The Long Run was all that great outside of about 3 songs.

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We definitely agree on that.

Yeah its not that there arent good songs on the long run, it's just the bad ones are terrible.

And you wont find many bigger Eagles fans than me.

Watched their documentary on Netflix. Very surprised to see just how big they were (they were never my cup of tea, but did respect them).

Oh, and that guitarist left (according to the doc) because he wanted to stay with the countryish sound (and Frey wanted to rock).

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Speaks to the talent level within the group.

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Despite their "boring" stage presence, the 7 full members of the Eagles over the years brought a frightening level of talent.

Frey was an example of a "jack of all trades" musician of the era, able to play everything on the stage, but didn't excel at any of them. At the same time, he's somewhat underrated as he had to play a lot of lead guitar before Felder joined the band. Also overshadowed by Henley as a songwriter, but Frey wrote/co-wrote many of the band's hits.

Henley was not the greatest drummer in the world, but serviceable. He was a brilliant lyricist and one of the true geniuses of that style of pop/rock/country intersection, from a composition, lyrics and singing standpoint.

Bernie is a country picker of the highest order, almost equally capable on the six string and banjo. A really innovative musician, although out of place in both country and rock.

Meisner is one of the best high singing male voices in rock history - without going falsetto, he was able to hit the upper range of where female voices usually operate. His voice was not as clear as Mercury's, but he had more room at the top (while Mercury could sing lower). Another guy with, perhaps, a slight lean to country, he was a selfless back up singer and a solid, if unspectacular bass player. He's underrated as a songwriter too, overshadowed by the prolific team of Henley and Frey.

Schmit - probably the weakest of the Eagles from a songwriting and playing standpoint, still a great singer - particularly backing and harmony - and when you stand out as a backing and harmony singer in a band full of great singers like the Eagles - you've got something special. He was highly in demand as a session singer during the hiatus between 1980 and 1994.

Walsh - another truly unique personality in rock music. Crazier than Warren Zevon or Ted Nugent, and up there in ability to front a rock band/solo while singing and playing the guitar - really the only comparable musicians of the era were Frampton and the Nuge. Once he joined the band, his songs were some of my favorites of the Hotel California/Long Run era.

Felder - one of the best guitar players in rock and roll history. Learned slide guitar from Duane Allman. Taught Tom Petty how to play guitar. A real wizard. It's disappointing to me that he was more or less disregarded to make room for the overweening egos of Henley and Frey.


As far as the OP - if there were "unofficial" Eagles, the short list includes Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, and J.D. Souther. It is only fitting for JB to perform Take it Easy with the Eagles in tribute to Frey.

Pretty Maids is a lot like some of JWs solo stuff like Song for Emma and Help Me Through the Night

which one of them dated/sullied the Reagan daughter?