A Chevy, a Budweiser, and a big belt buckle – what else do you need!
I didn’t take notice of the Eagles until Joe Walsh joined in 1975. We had Joe’s 8-tracks and thought he was a great rocker, but wondered how he would fit in a country-ballad band. Their next album, Hotel California, was the answer. Donna and I did see the Eagles at the Murph in 1994, with Big Head Todd and the Monsters as the opening act – were you there?
Here is Glenn playing lead guitar at the California Jam in 1974, with Jackson Browne filling in for Don Felder (whose wife was having a baby).
Did you know that in the later years, they cut back the lyrics of Tequila Sunrise? Here is the original version, with extra lyrics starting at 2:25-min mark:
Glenn talking about Hotel California:
Jackson Browne’s show last night was his first since Glenn passed. The video gets focused at the 1:12-min mark:
https://youtu.be/HUK2YbsnGQc
Jackson Browne had written half of this song, and got stuck after the ‘standing on a corner’ line. Glenn added ‘it’s a girl my lord, in a flatbed ford, slowing down to take a look at me’, and Jackson finished the rest. They share song writing credit.
In 1969 Glenn lived in the apartment above JB’s. He said later that he learned a lot about songwriting from hearing Browne work on songs in the apartment below.
Last night’s Bruce Springsteen show also paid tribute:
https://youtu.be/IrNoGA32H70