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of hits like.'Take ll'dasv.' lA.lre;t Cone,' 'Lyrn' Eyes.' 'N'ew Kid ii Ioun' arrd'l{eartache loni1ht.' i'!r'

197Os. I was co-writet,and lead singer

o you know me? I was c(F / /T\ learler of the most popular ! | L../ Arrreric,rn band o, the

L'V

EAGLE

enough gold and plal'inum rcr ords to open a hank vel people d,)n't alwdvs

wdn f(\ur Crammys, hav,, phye,l to nrcre.pruple tha; the pope, hare

i :
i I

Singapon' ur .r gram in Ghina. thc :Ameriean Express .eqrd:.lers'ino. live my life in the styler:to: whlch,t am accustomed. If I didn't qarrv rt, I,d be making a long run to the bank every Don't leaue home without it." Chances are y(|u won't be sccing Glenn Frey rloiirg this fantasy comY

klrow mV face. I hat's whv I L.rrrv lhis * the Amcrican Fxprets Larj. Whc.lhcr I'm buying a sir-pack in

ltrrue I A stul.lio requiJh lile trritarisr Dan Kurt< hmrr and ha:sist ljob (,lauh. Frrr all the varietv r>{ music,rl pdirinBs, the -rlhum has .i n:markablv altve .lrci !nheli\e soLrrri.t. Frev him. .seif iranr'lles irl.l. th*. lead guitai. ;rarts

Fun Ahiud, optinfi iristfarl ia wrk ivith the cream of Mrrscle $lloals, musician$ ; r]rummdi Roger FIiw&ins blssi't Oavid I{oorl, e.uit.rrist Dune:rr Carnoon and lihers"- plus

lrrrl soml kryhu.r.,J tj1r, r.

himseJi ro l.r. fln {'ridi,rdl stl
Wdy ar('un(i.

p11'y

day. The Amcrican Exnress

Card'.

mercial any tlmc soon, though he wordd be perfeet for'Jhe c{ev:er..arl (ampd,gn. Virtually evcryont. who past decade haq heard his voi. * warir with iusi a iouih of sandpaper rl$p *lydt he cduld,probably walk 'down the strcet of rriost fuierii;jn
has listened

io pup mrrsrc-during

the

citids wiihout drawing a

glanr:e.

from loqlg pepp.le who have committcd dntiae Eagles olbums .to T.cll]ry Thc Laglcs wcre alu:vs

Second

cliglrtJi mysttrious rnd strangeiy rlrrof .rn r,r'v bontl to hkc bur.rtritrr

ult

h.rnc.l

a prnblem

I /r.'l ti,'J
Fru1'

flri'firsl rnrr worfung tillet rrt l,is re'r'elrllv rclt,,r,e'l trlil rnitr ali-um nrrr, 1'r(lt,,lt it, t)h\tt,i,tt,rnrl /),, y,r, (,rorl
r,' tr,

ii you're * inember of a de. frrnrt banJ.rltemptlng to launLh d $o{o (areer. Glet* Frey is aware cf thi" pr,'blem. nnd thdt explains n lry

ttr Lnrrw. .^nd thdi ..rn

be

ts

Mffi
ffiV &kek Jaeksan

ln illP l'ilgle1' laicr dayq, gurtaristr loc lValsh rnd Don Feldcr . :lot uiost of, the cfedii foa: th* brthd's distinclive_guitar sound, but Frey was . alwa-ys right iil the fi.li{tr{tle of iha"t hiF ricane, totr, effortlesslr" intericctinq tastefuI rms and solog that lackei .ftagh ljrt'e)iuded tiste. His.solo nn..Ign f un .Aloud's "! Vdlunrupr' is an erample of Frey's erpresrive stvtc at fs
Five of thc nw album. ten songs 'were lo-wrilten b}' .$rev nnd Jail T*mpihin; besl known io; writing tlle enril Eaqles sma:h "11',rcciul La"1 l:eeling." ln addi+ion. [rey co-wrote 4 beautifui bullad , alled ;'Tiiil Uirt', (featunng rrlnlc 5lunltingj! -ovJtrloqs'i<
best-

lsi all thc

rg

f'

spht'ric t'leetric 1'i2ne Frev) with olti friend anrl fsljrcr Lctroit nd livI Bol: $eg|r; ".ill l-hos* i.ier ' \vJ< pennd.by lFiey alone; and tllere *rq trv(r (rlver tun(:c: [])t' rLrs-ji rrr-l.tr "Sea Ciuis*" anri an otterire krhriir:; 'Ir\ir'r srrrrl r{)mn cdll{J "l'rt iJet.n

!'lr.t .l:in Alitu { i his rJeLul, a ,rrllti:li*n oi.ien songs tliat, d'ilh *ir.ir oica: ,r,'nJl .irnil.triSr'r ir, vrnt.,tr FnEk,c turieg, sirculd instniltlv iniosh ra.lin

.oi: the iiile evenili:liy "r sellled

rllr:d "l l.il'lld qumcho(ir. ' is rl rerdy rn .'rNl hit. nrr cjoul,r tlic lir:,t oi {cv(';dl. I ike cren Ldi,lcs rcf,)!,1, lh{ albrrm offer- rrr,rJ'pcilinq blcnd ut rrritl tcnrpo rrrckcr- ancl b;ill,r.tr. t.;.. tlners n.ill hcar *r:hoes of ',Tho Lnirg Run" in 'l l-, rund \omehadv ' an.l Lhri
.

be." Tlre first.:;.ingl* puli*e1 lrom the alhum, an infeetious iove ttlebrltir;n

Jr-r '1r r

.'f

1r

i1., (,lq,rp, i IC\ ',1!.r.rj

i(1

nl(l,t l., .,ti(, Lt rhr, .. \:.1111,. t,. nl t . .,; lir;rr ' i r., .:Jrr,rr. ;., :rr,.d lrr rcll!.i: tl,, *rorrl . :(,tl{.) .,.t, r.rrl rv'th rlr* :liuirt tn.rn,; lrr 1,.. r".,..p. he was besl cidt{:r{ tar th!' Firup'$
''1

c*w1rti:..virtriaily er.*1, llagler hr't 'tilh l:rev anrl u:rr.rli' . i{' I,L t\\Ll '11ftss.' 3i,1e.',rliy -1,,q r!,a nr,.,, !t{B oriffite.i itrter"ial. lrrrill "lVirrhv l.!ir

vort tortciJcc l-rey s ,9r.r5 ir. \1olttn,,, httt s{ill t,rrrirrx bccarr',,, in tl.e i aglq.. dnrmnwi.,/vocilisi ilpn l{ellev f..*hrr

Born Again;i','&f albuft .$ i] wh{rie hc. m,ri' rrl rn li&B f(..1 Iirdn nr),i lJagiesi r*corrls, ilni gu4rdsiirq when

Jhe rlremrsltr' ll'rncrlt ]i, nk r arrrl 'Frey is clearlv rvhal i;iiile tht, ba:rc as grl{cei;$ful as ii was. lnrjeeri. it'wculd
McC,rrl r'cy, k 'r lh. r, irer e r wrllt. bad s*ng, -Iheir lyrics reiiedted

connlrv-$nfqerei maierjai -1cxan. I lenicv is r

*. ircnli s;icr.

noi bc.'verstJt;|! n,.rrtrr- i'r flml,Jn the duo fdvr:r*bh' with l.ernnoir -:rd

Spanish $lant, "she Ca{.'l l,|t Go,, brings 11' min(-l tbe nrega-lrit "Neu Ki,l in fon n" k' ,r ,le1irc. I r(,v tdi r hs Jrre.rr't think Ilu,rccord rurrncls
{

lilting "l V,'111q1eer. ' "All fhose I ics ' roealis "V{itchy W0man,', a hit on rhe first Sagles ;lbuffi. .with '-iii sott

mrr, h liLc .rn lirgles .rihum, but drrc. (\rnrn( nt, "l ltupe thdi whon they hr\)r ir f(1,plc wili:ry, Llcl I fecl hkc

I knuw

I ; ricirll' lhe .rlbrrtn has n,rne ol th( aci.i bite of an Eagl*s albun. The \(tfli:. -ux wilir thr. c\r.t,fir)n !,1

lhi: gr'1.'

.rlnroit lrightcnirrl rc,irrl,rnti (.)rri ol six itlblrms otr origifiiil mlttri;ll (the,r hlso put out a. grenlest hits roileciioe )jr(1 I li. c LI'\. ! ihink tlrre.' :lrr.rlilr .r5

consummdtp r ruf lsmat:shig lct r llplj soundcLi f()tc('J, dnrl Iheir'tanqq. 6.r,, pl('d with fint" ocrl rv,'rk .r,rd instnrmental anang,ements, lardecl dremlorr trr rrctr th| lo[' Dt llte rhd'i! hith Jn

;i

a tlrJul,irfftr;l]

gInuinf pof mJriarl"i(. c.:

cnrr, i\

t)t..1!,,/dtl.,.
hr

r'il .rrr,l

il-

Jr,,-. l.n.\'r1r,ril; thr- ut! t{r th,, lr.rllrt-.,rrtcs ,lls. brrrr.ir'cl Lrr hJ\ jnq lhc ,lc<t fime r)l

ihe rtltly _Iiat anlh,ein "faiiykrt,n,slan.lar.i tales cf kive iost and foincl. ,lbetr ulrr'ually lil.'r.rle dn(l rrrr, lichr,ri

irr'-, hr'r filt sincc the

LlF a titile
r

tiirle h).lifihten

uf r" llte Frgles. a Hredt weighi was li,h,d hnnr l-ie,v's shJuldcr.. though
he i* justifiably prou.l,oi that
bnni(,s

.dt. I wanted h c*it\./ ihis, vcu :know wh.r I mran?" !i'{.icJr thdt wilh llrt.brcak,

rn; !ih' r'ight ,rou," hc cd\ s. 'lt

wds

I rna'; t,!(l whn, lurn{'d oui lrr Lrr the qt\'lin r ld'i cfurlio all)urn tltp Lt!t; Bun, a dark-. per{eptive c*il*cticn cri
tuner ,iealinE
n

nccomplishments, he al:o 5sspq "n*,,, to leave the 6roup in the '/0s Frey used non! rrf ihe Eagles on No

oi infirr((.n(c, crtmrptiirir anJ ;un iral. I'rcHy weiglrtv 5tutr tur a grorrp ol ijuyq who slJfteLJ ou{ dq Linda R()rstarlt c Iit(k.up bdn(1.
|:hot0: Jim $h*a

rth !oilth thc

lo.5

t9B2

fhe a.iual hroak-up of thu taglcs is lrard t,r pin down. A* thpir mdnager

16

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Irving Azoff told Bob Hilbum of the LA firnes recently, "The

Eagles talked about breiking up from the dav I met them." There were severjl personnel changes during the group's eleven year history, but the core of Henley and Frey was strong until the making of The Lottg Rtn, The pressure on the Eagles to top Hotel Calilonio was intense, tb say the least, and in the end it was probably the group's per-

fairly quickiy. Horu utds

it

xuorki:ng

in

Muscle

was great, but it was haid. work. Up until.recently, Muscle 'Shoals was in a dry county, so
there was absolutely ro night life.

. It

Shoals compared lo LA?

fectionism and their oil'fi desire to

continually progress as. artists izing sessions for The Long Run, Henley and Frey iust sbrt of
drifted apart, each eventually bethat did them in. A{ter th6 agon,.

You have to drive 20 miles into Tennessee to even get a mixed drink. So lhere weten't as manv distractionb as there are in Ld. It's very serene. You get up, you do your work, and y.ou go home. I like that. I like to aror(when I'm "working." When you have five guys in a band like the Eagies, somebody's always late, and I
hate that. I did my first demos for David

ginning work on solo projects. (Henley's LP, which reportedly

has more of the Eagles'bld

lyrii

slants Lhan Frey's record, should

even put together, at Muscle

Shoals.

Geffen, before the Eagles were

be out this month.) The Eagles dissolved more than they split up. it's strange in a way that this

It was called "Chug All

Night," a song that's not exactly

etched in the mind of record buyers. ILaughs] I cut that tune
in 1971 and I cdme backto Muscle Shoals in'81. Those cits down
there can sure play.
giless yott get pretty gooduhen you play on a thousand rccords.

quote T.S. Eliot,. "not with

band of volatile talents ended, to.

a

bang, but a whimper." The Eagles were never forrd of interviews; in fact there were rumors at one time that theyused to carrv .r black book filled with names'of critics they were going to "get" for writing nasty reviews of the band. I once had a fim

commitment
piece

The Long Rrn tour, only to have it fall aparl two days before it was supposed to happen because another writer

in Dallas duing

to do an

Eaglqf

They work so well together. See, the Eagles weren't exactly the hest-rehearsed studio band in the world. It took us a long time to cut the tracks, partly, I think, because Don [Henleyl and I were more gifted songwriters and singers than players. It took us a while to get it together on tdpe.

published somethingHenley and Frey didn't like. So it was with some trepidation thai.l entered into this interview with Frev. His reputation, as they say, preieded

him. As usual, I found the man nothing like the reputation. ln a.lot phoroi Henry Dittz @ 1982 of ways Frey reminded me of his long-time fuend and occasional col- | for demos and we cut a few tunes. laborator J.D. Souther en- ] three takes each. It took us two days- wamly gaging, sometimes witty, and just a I to do everything, but I was real litde bit cautious. With his rugged I pleased with them. They were a little good looks and his obsession "#tttr I iough bur they sounded'great. sports, he comes off a little iike a I Then I stoirped to pioduce Karla grown up fratemity brother. The day ] Bonoffs record. I workid on that for we spoke.at a,Hollpryood sushi res- | six or eight weeks and then we went taurant (of course) he seemed as con- | our separate uays and Kenny Edcemed about how the LA Lakers were I wards iinished it'up. I went into the going_to do in the sixth game of thcir I studio to cut my longs again but I playoff with Dr. J and the Philadel- I realized that the demos were stronger phia '76ers that evening, as how his I than the new versions, so "I Vohin. record was doing on the chafts. (He I teer" and "Don't Give .Up" are actueven had flown to Philly for the previ- | ally the demos with iust aiittle polishous game.) At any rate, we did man- -l ing. After that t cui some new stuff age to get his mind off of Kareem and I an-d then did some more writing. I set Magic Johnson long enough to chat I out to not spend a lot of time o."it. l,d about his album, his production work I work in two week bursts and then live on Lou Ann Barton's impressive de- | a little. but LP (O/d Enough), and, of course, the Eagles. I That sounds like the antithesis of the
I

seven years of neuroqes coming to a head?" Tim was great, really. He followed the path of least resistance and was a joy to work with, which was great because making The Long Run was such a qtruggle. That's when I decided I had to work in a different way, taking more time off. The whole fime the Eagles were together fhaf's ail we did. I can count

to be a witness to

here s a lot of money. How'd you like

the number of two-week vacations I've had over the last five years on
one hand, and all of those weren't vacation as much as they were hospitalizing myself on the beach in Hawaii. [Fie-y owns a house on Kauai's lush north shore, as well as a house in
gas finally.

Coldwater Canyon.l I just ran out of

So you utere thinking about a solo career lhat long ago? I'm a schemer. It crossed my mind.

began thinking about

right about the time we started

Long Rutr.

it

seriously
Tfie

t-rl

Eagles' recording experience.

unclear on the chrouologu o/ your album, uhether you started it before or after the Eagles broke up.

I'm a little

It was after, basically. Two Septembers ago I had already told the band that it just wasn't happening and that I wasri't going to work on.the live album. This was after the tour for The Long Run. I'd had it. I was fed up. I had some musical ideas I wanted to put on tape as demos, although at the time I didn't really have any idea they would become an album. So I called

oif The Long Rat sessions l | months | (ound myself like a kid in high school that doesn't want to get up ind go to I | class in the moming. I fek like fd I rather sleep all day than work on the I record. Usually, my attitude about the I studio is, "This is fun. I have all these

I ""::i.,,y;#"":lit:t'T*.#1.ri,fi on you, and for the last nine I wear

I
]

fantashc instruments io play,with

I It should be uplifiing, but it got ro be j a drag. I m riot the only dne who I thougxt so, either. We all did. I
Poor Tim Schmit (the Eitgles' last bassist) coming into the band thei.

..."

wouldn't have called togethet except I

together some musicians that I I

Oh yeah. Poor guy. [Laughs] "Tin,

Before. I was spending some time in New York and I ran into Jerry Wexler, who got me involved in that project with him. I scouted her in Dallas; loved what I heard, and thn spent the summer of '81 working with ierry and her down in Muscld.Shoals. I. didn't work on my album at all during that period, but I was so impressed with the players down there that I told 'em I'd be back to work on my album, I even wrote a couple more songs. that I thought would be great for the Muscle Shoals rhvthm stiction; Those guys are the besi, man. After working there. on my recordi I went back to LA, wrote sotle more tunes with fack Tempchin and finished it up

Did tlou produce Lou Ann Barton's album before ar after you'd t'inished yoursT

Was it at aII strange zuorking with different plaqers for your own albumT I'd think thal being [n a band t'or a long tine ztould lorce you inlo writing fo, lhose particular players' eccentricities to a degree. It did. But I must say, the guys in the Eagles wre very versatile players.

The nice thing about having three

guitar players was that there wasn't a guitar part that one of the three of us couldn't handle. Unless a song absolutely called for an outside playerc like using a sax or adding skings we tried to cover it in the band. I can't think of a time when that didn't work out well, too. The Eagles was a strong

band, and we reallv tried to

use

evervbodv's talents to-the fu llest. Working with studio players is a lit-

JUty2Jgq2/SAM l?

tle diiferent in that you can match clifferent players witlr- the sound you,re aflcr antl you ro not lirnitcd. l,rch nay

duhr,

so T sunl'ryj.q'.1 recorrJing llre orr.r

lead voc.rls rrrJ nririirg.
'l.hLtt's Lt gteat sru"ttrisetl

of norking ha< its grrsd and

points.
V',u

bad

R{tB rcdard. l'n il JtJtt t Jo lt(tkr ,ontilut tfrllV

grcaL ,rrigin.rl .r,urrd. You

antl less rqtresentatiue of ultal vou ruert tltrt,l,ttty aud lctlittg tlnu !lte l.,t1y. ,6s ,it? lmd au: Nut at tll. [,rkt'a song likc ,.One ot

-ti,l llt,tt ,,,ttrtint'< VJu ttoril(! Tt.rrlt ;rillr Do't si\ti(t itr tjtitu{.4'f t4o' s,artc

I thrnl. it wrs too rual.5hl

lr.rs

ncrt to me making stuff up. ling I ho:e . Linds of songs r:ame easrly, beautifuJlv. The bc'i Eagles sonfs
Even so, I consider it c ntdjor accomplrshment any time I finish a
song. ILaughs] Yorr',t tt,tt prolilic. clt] sounded natural.

Jy voict', Dun w.rs the iiiedl candiddtc to sing anything that was in an R&ts or hard rock vein. So w6 wrote it with his voicc in mind. lcan picture me al lhe pianu playing chords and Don sit-

nroie and I still {cel reai close to. Wc wrolc lhdl_u hen we were iust EelhnB into our R&B periud. With his gravet-

lhlse Nights," which Don and

bLrcincs' to gct anywhere the.c .i.,1" and that sometirnes takes a few ilbums. She's going tu happ.en. Shc," got great press, and I think the word

.tilutiunili/c loursell irr Ihe

hav| io iil,
rc,.t,r.]

is out that this .gal is one hell of

singer.

slill hc lislcnirrg to rerr< from non.

i think

we made a record l,ll

greatest memories. What an inrredible guy he's tike the Jewish Magellan, "who-sailcd down the Mississippi and stopped in Memphis and

of my

Wtxlg's? Not at- all. He's so fatherly and warm. and together about c"verj;thing. T think working with hjm.will be one

Wn: it.ul all iuttttrtdafiry trtrkit4q iuitlt !..fr.od.ug* ioith clcdentials liki 1erry

anrl do Jreally want to put mycelt lhrough .thi. - sing thii .ong for anolitpr lhree days sJfour more noles . are in tune?" On No Fln Aloud I had Jim, Ed and Allan saying, ,Sounds great..Close enough.' And usua)ly I
agrc,ed.

bul ji Jucr,n'i tnafter. Hc s(,unds gr(,at. The rccords drc nnlural sounrJing.5o norv I'm thinking about that wlien I make records. \Jot that I'm gtring to chedt, bul yuu get l() the point where you sdy, "Arry more is just ftrr me,

Lisli:n lu Stones records. Mick.Jagger rlue"il" ,;..ru. sing in perferl hrne.

tc arr othemisr periect vor.rl

thlt rr,rr. I tcel like people li*lcrr trr what . rhout rriur iceorrl. Tlrr,l ',rrl to rlun l lr.ri,i orre note thar vou rans -lr.rrp ir tne -eclnd chrrrus n{ -Loi
track.

Wtrri No [:ruk-." ] npltaar ott "pnrhl,

Yc.rh. lark Icrrrp' hin ,rnd I !r.rrt urittrn quile ,r lvu Funny tunLr ti;r
tllLnt" t)tt Voilr
aLbunt.

The Morrsiertorrt'r that clirln't m.tke il out() ilte rllrum. \t,e r e q,rt orre c,rlic.l "lJre Iran,[onnttiorr." uitotrr a lekv]1, Hyd ciraracter, and another that,s an ode to I:r.rn(cnstcin called "Mr Vu'r stur I uves Yrru.' Auhnllv, tht,rr i

been some talk .rblrri pufting,'rrr

whole M0nsfcrtones alhr',,.
WltL'rt 'lrr- 1lir. r)/rca(cl')r/
j1/c
'

.r

You d0n't kn(!w nbout 'Mcrnstcr. ing"? llaughsl "h{onstering" is when you start imbibing foreign substandes we'll call them that for ihe sake of

rhilt:

mv political

future

consciuusness arrd

So yott did haue titical ears. I had tonrlertd zuhttlter you ntissed tht input funr Hn!ry anl thc othtrs.
I was never without critical ears and conspiratofs. But also, if I may toot my own hom for a mihute, I think I knotLi what sounds good. I don,t bring a song into the studio unless I'm totally satisfied with it. I like to have it wired top to bottorn bcfore I ppqelql it. At the sante time, I ll fiddle with aJrangements in the studio. I try to be flcrible. l'm like Don Shula lcoarh or lhc Miami Dolphins j. l'v,, got a ganre plan, but I can coa,.h du;ng the game, too. I wonder how many

then took the

Tennessee

rvet-ks

NJll. I start a Iot of sonss but I don'1 ;;n; L o,re unless I tijnk it,s grt'at. lI prolific merns churninB uut songs and having one oui of fi;e be grt'd, .ihcn.l'nr not pr(,lific. \4y rttitude is. if I :tari a trine ancl it hangs arou-ncl a liltle while * a couple irf
ancl

Muscle Shoals. Aretha, Wilson pickett, all those great soul singers did their best work with him
Has uwkitt.g
U,ttr:

lt*ver

to

dirlu t Lnou'l

tn vattr trtu llbum loughl .atrytltii-! about rttording tlnt you

Ior.me -ifter that, I can tell the song isn'f worth finishirrg so I don,t devote
Br(,wnc is prolif it. lle writer a k,t t,i songi and lher'rc n// good.

it doesn't do

an;tthing

rn\ elcrgy to it. I thjrrk ta: Ilill

Jack.on

ll,qc

itt

totrlr,l

oll,uut., I always s(,trti ttnt you tud llrnlry u.'ere rryht bcl,nd httn rtlit,tg
Ln,7le>

Szvtttc:vtk otr

tltt

my fdvorile recor(ls f,rcn'[ 1'erfe. l. Jim Ld \urman I' u-producer. witlr Frcv unel Allan tsl.rzek. of No t uu Alnfi: best known as a slring anangt,rl reminded me about that, und it heiped me gct through thc usual crise* about whelher cverythirg wu: good enough, or rn trrne enough, or in time enough.

ords. There is a diltercnrt, Vosl

le.rrnl'd lhat l'm [ired ot nraking la.d../ recotd\. I wdnt lo make nttural rcc.
uf

\ot terhnically. but I rhink lre

ing of life? [-aughs]

people in rock and roll knolv thi valu* of sports to a total understantl-

tlr,'s/r,'ts

record*. Bill provided a very unique .rnrl inr aluablc seruice for usl He ;as a grrlt "lislencr" antl he kncw what all of us could do. ',Producer,, is such a nebulou$ tenn. You look at cach persou who calls

Wc wele ull involved wilh

il

Lltt sfildi0.

fhosc

IInl .ort of parcuoin' Not"really. but I was exlrosed l,r a heavy dose of it from othei people in ihe Eagler. lLaughsj That's nut really true, because I wanted evcwthing to be pcrfect irr the tagles. foo. lt,sjust
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to

vru carry I cut-!ltroilt sfor!; ltltutnlwo*? I'm . highly competitive. [l-aughs] __ Thir i: a highly competitivc business we're in. There are a lot of bands, a lot of songwriiers, and thcres onlv a certarn dmount ol rodm on the top of Mount Moolah.

iltl

Di

lasi night?" or "How hig a monster were you Iast night? Oh, a hnlI nron" ster." Or "Hey, I saw you last night dnd yr)u were d h/l/ monster" you know, Vour face doe. tctuallv ch;rrgc when )1\t pdr[y too rnuLh. lL.rughsl Str The Monstertones are this bickup grouF/ and you can'f even be in it unless you're /sdllv fucked upr. you can't eveu get in unless you,v"e had six beers, a few joints, some margaritas, you name it. The Monslert(n6F don't even slnrl singing urtil midttight. \umal p-ople nt.etl n,'i dplly.
ILaughsl

ago in the Eagles, so that whcn we,d all see each oflrer the dav after a gigi we'd be getting on rhe flane for tire ne\t city saving, "Did you monster

"mon.ter." We started calling it "monslering" seven or eight years

pdrty pcrson vou

lum vou inlo

that. aiter vour the really are. a,k.a.

ttrt,) Vout

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Well. it'r a diftercnt thing. Jack and I workcd well tuqethtr anj we had a ii. But there was less plessure on us because.we'd never
great time doing

,illh iriting trith tlR taglti,

zor,itittg tuith lack Tempchitr

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ol

sLa

Tlrc MJilstprloilh ln

t'ild annlgau

written before.

lirst irtrodiced on The Long Run's "Tfte Greeks Don,t

crazed back-ttp singers

'if vou needed to, but youlve got to give the irrtisi some

startc.d producing is that the morp the.rrtiit knows the less I have to do. That dcesn't mean vou're less involved 0r'that vou couidn't get more invoived

T've found cut sinco I

thing diftc.reut. One thing

himself a producer and you'll find he.Joes some-

One of the problems Don and I had near the end is

th.ri u e'd used up our svmIove songs, lite songs, fast lane s()ngs. We'd sit down dnd try to wIitL'd c(rng anLl remember th.rl we'd used an idea in an eili{ier song.
I

bolism and it L'ecame hirder tc write. We'd written

thar lrar.inH him jack around with erverrv arrangement on everv basic
track.
WJrat I rjt,when I'm pr,r ducing is basicallv rhe sdnrc thinil Irlrd wrth thc E.rgJer ge't the basic track

stanrling in tlrnt regard, which was rnorc r aluabl.:

reins. Biil nias ve4/ under-

n sultiscl tflL
'Well,

,t\.1t tlttjl

..tIf -t01tsL iLtus ilnt1 t i l

we rrrcd. lVe dicin'f wallt t\) sdv the s,rmr,thrng_ over and over. qotrfs .lre

rJrlgenr, nt for thr rhythm .iftirrn.r.J lhe vt,crls. Iwas harir,.lli lhe .rrr.tnger for

hlgether,-work 0n

the ar;

larger thernes in rlilferent ways, but !'1)u have to kL"ep an eye on ii.

the rest of your life. yo* can certain!'/ deail with

like t.rttous. Y',u rve.rr'thtm

\iu:sirl it
fitr
'4tLtts

ihc L'and. especially

an iulrn,inu a rtltt tltal yttt rtttd

the

Don rcnsttaustlt; nun.t:d azuttt

vocr is-

0rr Lou Ann's album,

Jerry [WexlerJ worked with l ou Ann, leading her

done

ltntn -l$.r! ailti ?rt iLd it iluq\ L'nt ullff n 1t,irtl, lltat vtti Lt

it.

thrrrugh the recording,

whereas I worked with thi band more. Wexler had to leave after a point, though,

Eagles'72, ih loshua Treer (L-r{) Randy Meisner, Frcy, Bemie Leadon,

oo, u"nt"1. rt

oaiffi"-f6ir,*ifr

uez

so I don't have to do it again. flaughs] No, rhat,s true. On our first albums we used a iot of South-

Yeah, and l've also now riora'a five-piece rock banil

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L".xlor%X35:"'\.,f:, v:, started !1i9

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success so to our

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East

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li's" sometimes hard for me to think clearly

romiabecauseheret,,hat
the Eagles uere citicizing

fffi

false. First of all, we Iarse

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as though the lqst ye1re Eagles,, ,of .tiie

#gl#:Ti:llf# us. We always f.lt thut

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lt sems

1982

lau

, too We'd we'd had our out "r{ng "King ol of Hol- I | llvood" experiences.. We were nev.er throwing_ stones at glass houses. We I I alwaysteltwewete_bustingourselves when we wrote "Life in the Fast I I La_ne." lt wasn't just us pointing I a finger at other people. We were /iu- | ing it. I I Is the darkness ott lhat album st LongRun reftectiueof your*,'i^ili, i " | atthiline? atthitine? | I thirk Don and t r r were livine rivins.in in I

wood" that we were in lhosc songs,

years. Fuck that.

[Laughs] -

I th,ink people 2ill be surpised at lm soulful you sound on parts ol your atbum.

of. well, "white !*'r: im-age.is sorl palher vou pral brend," thoush bread," thwch I pnther srtu uo up tistening b s6ul muiic. I'm at least Roman Meal whole whear. wnear. lLaugnsl My roors are rn in R&8, K&b, [Laughs] lyly in Motown._ I grew up listening to the coolesl hlack records.in the world *-

ius1 eot too fuckin, bis. tt sot;;;; ;;;"i"";";;;;;'i"""1fi.ri,g" ri,."th' monster we,d created. lt ma arri underbelly. we couldn't courdn'r see "{or a a :l{,*b"]ly,

ins'tonearyouir"f.vlurana,goto :?:::-"?"T"::":,:^,H.::1,:.:i,r\: Dusrness. , around on on your dressing room, tune up, and vour Yt":,,o dnve :1:,"::.. I usd-to uoyle.va,l$ *il:l1i"; itr"n sudden$ you're out therl ptayll,t-. ,big,eight-lane | , I *';o*g,o"Ni:jil" I i '^'::::::'--:.:;,'-"-,._.-_l::':l*.,:'l | _.^:_i:^ mutuardarkness,thoughra."iif;i.'r rtual darkness,thoushldon'tthink 1 I Y:.:#i^"i;,i;."i,,;"ffi,trIri: ,J.,*;:i,J:::l;"i'J,lm:","",j If1]iaspanrpressuresasDondid l ;;;;;.Ar'i."irj'r""bealesandthe I | [f;,,jff*g0"il1fi""il$.:j" i:i"] t ne snort on conrroence ano ex- r crazy. There's r canrDeshorronconfidenceandexnbthing like that rush. You knori,' l've been havins so ] llTl" ]l i-l,"1tt.ll: 1,","1i* -rz' Thar-,.-h]hi^-riL-,L.]-,.h T|..tn" I can to do well in the entertainment | ail the Califor No_Jrug in the world"will you Pect get that I I much fun away from tf," eagli6s. ; I nia :16L.:l-tasim ^stuff, mucic thc Bcach Boys, B;nds. business. .Having_. a lot of. friends high. " htgl stoppedbeingtunnotbecauseofthe I i I I il:i,,T:'':;'j:,t"q*tj,"?,"1': I ?.:',',::';",*;'ifi,":-t:j-*,T*: I ] ;'J'"ii-t# "tofp"Jl"i"gil;;i;;;#;Ti# weprayedafewshowsatthesanra people involved, but because li;;/;i;";p'i"!ii"rfr lrroundherped.frhenoneofuswas, others wourd aet us uP iraon.i iiui. iraonici Civic.ror ro' the rive arbum, and g::,..f g::".f i-n{"n,iw i-ii".'i'Jiiir'1 u""ai-r,"lp"ai"l,r I ff:?:,^.':"1"^'::Tf u"i'iii"rp1ii"l* 9l::,i:931:,.*" I ",ll:f l ff:i:.^,':"1"^'::T*-::qlg. :^*1L.9:, H iI| --':1T9. "Hey Memphis and man, let's go down to. the New York. I "iir," that was a lot of fun because it does It

J I 1 i | Whydidyouchoose,LAaslheplaceloliue I whinyoicameouthere? when rcn you herel vou came out nere! i | Simple Siniple * more reord..companies, rec. | more smshine, more beauti{ul women. I /.D. Sou.ther told me that uh:en lhe hDo of I Vgy and -Jackson Browne were -lrutnt.tn I L::,:::!,:!.:,!-::f:1?,,:.t'!,:y:,!:: I I ?uentuatty youd make tl tt tn lhe the muctL muctL | | ?uenlually busi,ness. t'J:'j'

| | I I | I I I I I | I

a good quote. He said, "The '80s are going 1o punish the '70s for not being goingtopunishthe'TOsfornotbeing iiceito the'60s." I like that idea. "

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huge arena. eiclusirefy. Did you ner miistheintimacyof mi<< lhe intimacy of smaller smilleruenu'es? renue.i Sure, but realiv, there,s nothing

;,;t;il it;;;;;-,-,ij",,-*-r..nr" which I imagrne would supercede ihis _ than whe'n you take a y6t helicopter fro;'. M";h"ti;;, }lv arou.a tne ;l Libertv lil;itu 'unJ-' S;i"" of Statue and over to y-l
Meadowlands Stadium lciants Stadi-

"i.iil"" h2ysn'twihtssedthebirthof ach'ild,

i"

ii."'*".ia-_ ,n.r"t

and

see 90.00o

peoilethere wait-

i;:f:r;r':,J" I irrirrrirrrZt"" i l l:':"Xl"lf""^ll3:i y*illri:ly"1"1'ii:,H:%fTj l','.i:f!14::y:..p,:rt:rlT:.y,!rlT!.:-!:::,,,:::-::u:.!uy:,1*:j:',/l';Tf"'il,*":",ffi?ii'f-uha*stha'lsize r was . r qro reorars, the whole thing. nor rcuntry oi them. Neither ilauors hp rert honesr, hnne<r I trv rnl noto h^r r^ rhink rhintz abo-yt :hnrr+ | be rear I ;:,'"lj". iili;i"i;;': ;#;;'#"*. |I i:h7';:1,:;i;:'i";';;;;'i;;i;:;;:,;,iilr" *
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I Y9,o*:t: listened to it a1l. I L.,,

| Troubadou. Thev love us down ] some of rhar intimary. we I there." we met some great girls down I 1ul" hadn't played a 3,@0-seater'in six I I lttst srart phvtns an tnere tho: I years wnen we pEyeo j,li:",;}_T.':
Poco
1

.see. and meet exciting people. I did dll that and now t dlro I have nave otner other oreamq. dreams. I want wanr I I to be a, resPected.producer.who has never blown a project. I want to.make ] my,own records and have people en| iov I need to gel more involved with more things in mv 30s. I don't want to work that long. I'm basically lazy. If I I had my druthirs, I'd have my saiellite dish-and go to Kauai. I could pack it ] in...l don't have any problems finan- | cially, but I wanl to work for the next | ten years. I want to produce and be I involved uilh 40 or 50 songs a vear | inslead_of the <even or eight Don and ]

t::i,::o::: haue prcrtuce.d.o.re hit arter y::: ma-tle vou think the Eagres'woutd I anoth,erour,lhe-past.tpnv1ys, i*-th f""::1":!I:,:li,J S:ij I *'lfli*1, i$ I catchon?, I ncril.olookbackatall. ","'" lguitarabitlaler. 1nd11w I lo be I I Two things: we had some good i il looks like No Fun Aloud is going r9n years ago I what made you tlecide to moue to I co*mer.iut longs and we had D"avid I n bis hit. too. Do ydu coisciousti write LJ:* ]---:t 1yc]-e ] " was 2J, lake lt Edsy" was on the Califomia in thc late '60s? Detroit had a materiali is. was a big commercial Geffen behind Ceffen I ] radio and I wanted to be in a band rock srcne. It hai spain;i M;i;i I aiir"iu".". He was a star on radio bel You bei. I feel my job is to comI dec;nt rnatsorqarotolrecotos,maoeme.a that sold a lot of r6cords, made me_a I Ryderandafruothers. rii r-S* causehewasthemanagerofCrosby, -'ruu.rr I municaleand thatmeansreachinga ) iyiii I 'o"ru
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u. no;. i;o[;;

lot,of

& youig and Joni i;i;it;rt[. t;. noi *ifurg ,".Jrat I for 50'people in Coldwater C"anyon to ,,This get tos'ethir together and sav, "This say, is the best besr I eet | ilru oiu ."qu"n.er'ever done but no' bodv outside our elite wiJl know As"ylum Records. Because of h"im we ] aUoirt it." t write in the artfom of the those pop"r.1 ro"g. f *t"i.'-a-"rica wants il s;;;,;;; j 's;io';'i.itiut.oto'iuty. l ;;;4, I ".-t.ay ".."pt a single ounce'of tali'nt. As so"on a, I | I iongs it can"sing and tap it< foot to. got out of high schooJ I wanted to go I Hot does the u'hole Dcsperado imnge I That s what I'm writing. And it's hard Io Califomia."l'd sit and watch the srin | look to you in retnEppct? | to do. set in the west every night and wonIt looks like me when I was 24. der, "What's going things don't change. though, I Are you ready lor thc innilahle Fagles - on-in San Fran- | Some ciscorightnowl" I l'm still pissed off abouL a lot-of | rcmparisons) " l'd be proud to be compared with anil there dre are certain truths on I i things, and | Do you slill lcel an affection lor the lqte I Derirrado Istillbelieve, I the Eagles, just like when we were '60s? starting One thing we wcre of in out, we got compared with conscious | I "Nash, Sure. a bit. fhe 'o0s had the r'Bht I the early diys was keeping an under- | Crosby. Stills & the Everly Iwouldworkonforayearandahalf.lmesidgebutwithouttherightseiseldogframeofmindtokeepuswork-lBrothirs,Poco,lheBeachBoy<.Thjt That was good for my 20s, but I wanl of responsibility. I had a b;ll in the I ing hard. You never want to stop and I was fine, Being compared nith thc a saner life where I'm more in control I oO.. t didn't know what I was doing. I pal lourself on the back and sav, I Eagle. would put me in prcttv good now. I was a good soldier lor nine but I had a Sood lime. Ed qander* his I ;'\ou did it:'You've got hr think that I company. ]
money,.

let me

the

world |

I I p25 in a fake music boom. was b;;*. There Tlr;;;;were I all these r"rrrr i"*Lr" L"";;il;; I the attention'* the MC5, thJ Scoii -.onl I nicnara Case. As f"r ,t i *"r I

u r* ",tiirc *"i" *ut ine it out of O"troit. And in the late 'ds, Detroit

Mitchell. There was an a"rticle on iri. in Ti^, thar Time that called him music's music,s ;;coia"r Boy." we benefited by having him betome a star aiong with

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