Take an in-depth look at one of the most loved and biggest-selling US bands of all time. With rare footage of their best live performances and interviews with critics and musicologists. Includes performances and music clips of; Hotel California, Saturday Night, Tequila Sunrise, Take It To The Limit, Lyin' Eyes and more.
The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. With five number-one singles and six number-one albums, six Grammy Awards and five American Music Awards, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s in North America. Founding members Glenn Frey (guitars, vocals), Don Henley (drums, vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitars, vocals), and Randy Meisner (bass guitar, vocals) were recruited by Linda Ronstadt as band members, some touring with her, and all playing on her third solo album, before venturing out on their own on David Geffen's new Asylum Records label.
Their debut album, Eagles (1972), spawned two top-20 singles in the US and Canada: "Take It Easy" and "Witchy Woman". The next year's follow-up album, Desperado, peaked at only number 41 in the US, although the song "Desperado" became a popular track. In 1974, guitarist Don Felder joined, and On the Border produced the top-40 hit "Already Gone" and the Eagles' first number-one song in the US and Canada, "Best of My Love", which made the top 15 in Australia, their first hit overseas. In 1975, the album One of These Nights became their first number-one album in the US and a top-10 album in many countries. It included the US number-one hit "One of These Nights", which was their first top-10 hit outside of North America, and US top-five songs "Lyin' Eyes" and "Take It to the Limit". Also in 1975, guitarist and vocalist Joe Walsh replaced Leadon.
Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) (1976) is the best-selling album in the United States, with 38 million sold, and primed the public for the late 1976 release of Hotel California, which would sell more than 26 million copies in the US (ranking third all-time for US sales), and more than 32 million copies worldwide. The album yielded two number-one singles in the US and Canada, "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California", the latter of which became their only top-10 hit in the United Kingdom, while also reaching the top 10 in New Zealand and many European countries, including number two in France.
influenced by 1960s rhythm and blues, soul, bluegrass, and rock bands such as the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, the Eagles' overall sound has been described as "California rock". In the words of Sal Manna, author of the CD liner notes of the band's 1994 album Hell Freezes Over, "no one knew quite what 'California rock' meant - except perhaps that, because in California anything was possible, music that came from that promising land was more free-spirited and free-ranging."
On their early records, the group combined rock and roll, country, and folk music styles. For their third album On the Border, the band widened their style to include a prominent hard rock sound, a genre the band had only touched upon previously. The 1975 follow-up album One of These Nights saw the group explore a softer sound, notably exemplified on the hit singles "Take It to the Limit", and "Lyin' Eyes". Leadon, who was the principal country influence, left the band after the album was released, and the band moved away from country rock to a more rock direction in Hotel California. The band's 2007 comeback album Long Road Out of Eden saw them explore country rock, blues rock, and funk.
Director: The Creative Picture Company
Stars: Charles Charlesworth, John Mendelssohn
Current members
Don Henley - lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, rhythm guitar (1971-1980, 1994-2016, 2017-present)
Joe Walsh - lead and rhythm guitars, backing and lead vocals, keyboards (1975-1980, 1994-2016, 2017-present)
Timothy B. Schmit - bass guitar, backing and lead vocals, harmonica (1977-1980, 1994-2016, 2017-present)
Vince Gill - rhythm and lead guitars, backing and lead vocals (2017-present)
Former members
Glenn Frey - lead and backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitars, keyboards, harmonica (1971-1980, 1994-2016; his death)
Bernie Leadon - lead and rhythm guitars, banjo, mandolin, pedal steel guitar, dobro, backing and lead vocals (1971-1975, 2013-2016; one-off in 1998)
Randy Meisner - bass guitar, backing and lead vocals, rhythm guitar, guitarron (1971-1977; one-off in 1998)
Don Felder - lead and rhythm guitars, banjo, mandolin, pedal steel guitar, organ, backing and lead vocals (1974-1980, 1994-2001)
Deacon Frey - rhythm and lead guitars, lead and backing vocals (2017-2022)
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2 окт 2024
