Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: The Eagles >Every great song has a story. Some are stranger, funnier, and more surprising than you ever imagined. Why did Take It Easy begin as an unfinished song in a tiny Los Angeles apartment? What was the real inspiration behind Hotel California? How did a late-night drive create Life in the Fast Lane? Why was Desperado never released as a single? And what inspired unforgettable classics like Peaceful Easy Feeling, Tequila Sunrise, Lyin' Eyes, Take It to the Limit, New Kid in Town, Heartache Tonight, The Long Run, and I Can't Tell You Why? Behind the Songs: The Eagles tells the fascinating stories behind thirty of the greatest songs ever recorded. This isn't simply the history of a legendary band. It's the story of how unforgettable songs are born. Song by song, you'll step inside the writing sessions, recording studios, backstage dressing rooms, and sometimes the heated arguments that transformed simple musical ideas into timeless classics. Discover where the inspiration came from, who really wrote what, how famous lyrics evolved, why certain songs almost weren't recorded, and how chance encounters, personal relationships, triumphs, heartbreak, and sheer determination shaped the music. >Along the way you'll meet Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, Randy Meisner, Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Linda Ronstadt, Bob Seger, producer Bill Szymczyk, and many others whose contributions helped shape the Eagles' extraordinary catalogue. Whether you've listened to these songs for fifty years or are discovering them for the first time, you'll never hear Hotel California, Take It Easy, Desperado, One of These Nights, Best of My Love, Already Gone, The Last Resort, or Seven Bridges Road in quite the same way again.…