What is Up with Don Henley?? (Part 2: The 'Stolen Lyrics' Lawsuit of 2024)

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🎵In early 2024, another insane Eagles lawsuit took center stage, this time over stolen lyrics to the famous song "Hotel California". This could have been one of the biggest lawsuits Eagles founding member Don Henley was a part of....but the case was ABRUPTLY and IMMEDIATELY dismissed by the PROSECUTORS after a reported 6,000 something emails/texts/communications between Don Henley and three men (who are attorneys) was exposed. What could these communications possibly have revealed for the prosecution to so abruptly step down?? This is absolutely insane...and EXTREMELY RARE for this to even happen. Let's unpack this entire lawsuit, and what other threatening things Don Henley has been doing in 2024 in this latest episode of Roots Music History.🎵
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@paulbrodie 4 месяца назад

I really like the Eagles, but I have lost a Lot of respect for Don Henley. He has 60 people (employees..) in a room who search the Internet daily looking to take down Artists who play Eagles music. Imagine! I enjoyed this Video, and agree with you... Thanks

@cutypieable 4 месяца назад

My Lord ! I’m sure he has enough money to last way past his lifetime. He needs to get a life. He must be a very miserable man.

@southerncomfortuk 4 месяца назад

Our tiny unmonetised channel was subject to this type of action because of two songs we performed on free livestreams we did for friends and family during the 2020 lockdowns. We’re baffled. Since money is clearly so important to him, he could have just claimed copyright and earned money out of the songs if our channel ever became monetised. He was once a much admired artist, but it’s evident what he’s become.

@oldgreyguitarist 4 месяца назад

it was me that had 2 copyright strikes on TikTok, and 1 on RU-vid! luckily I saw them as they came in, and I immediately deleted ALL my eagles covers! I had 23.5 million views on the first solo from hotel, 2 million likes and over 1/2 million comments. so many of those comments were from young people who had never heard of the Eagles, but then sought them out, streamed their songs and bought their Merch. so what on earth did he have to gain by that? in 50 years, they will be forgotten about!

@oldgreyguitarist 4 месяца назад

@@southerncomfortuk the man is a complete "insert insult of choice"! sad little man

@sonicaudio777 4 месяца назад

not for one second , hes to cheap to pay 60- people

@glenbateman5960 4 месяца назад

In 1977, my family moved from Las Vegas to Virginia Beach. Shortly thereafter, we received a certified letter from a law firm saying Don Henley was suing me for being the new kid in town.

@lesliebeacom4567 3 месяца назад

That actually made me laugh out loud! Best comment on here!

@theskintones 3 месяца назад

HA. I saw what you did there !

@joeking433 3 месяца назад

Well, obviously you can't claim that, he has a copyright on it.

@Skycladatdusk78 3 месяца назад

Everybody loved you....until somebody new came along.

@steveludwig4200 3 месяца назад

Good one!

@johnrenoveillon3841 4 месяца назад

"No one can suck the fun out of a room faster than Don Henley." - Glenn Frey

@lock67ca 4 месяца назад

I'm surprised he hasn't sued an entire audience for singing along at his concerts.

@whizzercone 4 месяца назад

The story here appears to be that Henley tried to buy the documents from these guys, and even seems to have negotiated a price and paid for some of the documents. When it came to the HC lyrics and some of the other more desirable pieces, the guys wanted more and Henley appears to have said no. Then Henley and his attorneys tried to ge the guy thrown in jail for a decade so he could get the state to take the docs by force and give them to him. This is waaaayyyyyy beyond a lawsuit.

@Piggy-Oink-Oink 3 месяца назад

He makes an anoucement as every show that A) No iphones can be on at any show (OK) but now comes B)Anyone who stands up and dances from orchestra seats during a show will be asked to Leave the show as a disturbance to the band and the audience..

@seankm6nfo990 3 месяца назад

😂

@seankm6nfo990 3 месяца назад

At least they're not lipsyncing. That really pisses him off.

@thedave2429 4 месяца назад

Now that it has been revealed that Henley lip synchs during his concerts someone should file a class action lawsuit to refund the ridiculous ticket prices and then add in damages for fraud and see how he likes it.

@flufwix 4 месяца назад

Exactly what I’m thinking

@Fifty8day 4 месяца назад

I’d love to see that.

@mikehiers 4 месяца назад

Be sure to give credit to the man that scientifically showed that Don Henley lip synchs his shows. His channel is Wings of Pegasus...His name is Fil Henley...no relation to Don :)

@eddiestorey9633 4 месяца назад

You’re a moe Ron, everyone does that today ffs 🤦‍♂️

@thedave2429 4 месяца назад

I did see that video. Props to Wings

@javascript6948 4 месяца назад

I cant believe that these guys were actually in handcuffs . Henley should be in jail for drugging and raping those 2 young girls in the 80’s

@TheOsfania 4 месяца назад

The girls were sex workers.

@connievino4226 4 месяца назад

Hey, different rules for different people. Sucks. Love the Eagles but he's ruthless.

@BeesWaxMinder 4 месяца назад

SayWHAAAAT?!!?

@ironclad57 4 месяца назад

‘Allegedly’ . law suit incoming 😂

@ironclad57 4 месяца назад

@@BeesWaxMinder watch the first video

@stevecruz777 4 месяца назад

I think we should start a new phrase - "Don't be such a Henley".

@BILLRANDO 2 месяца назад

KAREN HENLEY.

@javascript6948 4 месяца назад

His fans should sue him for lip syncing at their current tour

@connievino4226 4 месяца назад

I'd sue him.

@chillimont 4 месяца назад

If the gig is described as 'live', he must be in breach of contract with concert-goers?

@KeithSpinneyMusic 4 месяца назад

I remember going to see Ringo Starr in 1989. The guitar player was Joe Walsh and the bass player was Timothy B Schmit. During a break Joe came out on stage alone started playing Desperado on the piano. A couple days later Don was in the news saying he didn't write those songs he shouldn't be allowed to sing them. Of course, Joe kept on singing them. As we have all known down here in Texas, Don is a douchebag.

@Serai3 4 месяца назад

Any songwriter who says that is an idiot.

@kfb141 4 месяца назад

Seriously, Texas folks think he's a douche bag? 🤣🤣 I thought for sure he was "doing good deeds" in his home state. He made sure everyone knew how he started the Walden Woods project. Come to think of it, nothing but lawsuits since. Smh

@rogerstoodley7113 3 месяца назад

Saw them in 2013 at a huge outdoor event with over 50,000 people at the Newfoundland Salmon festival. First 15 minutes they were on stage (the crowd going crazy), Don Henley very seriously looks up at the wave of people in awe, and says quote " Please stop recording us with your phones and iPads, you are taking unwanted pictures of myself and the band while we are performing, thank you." I immediately looked at Glenn Fry who smiled awkwardly and looked down as if to say he wasn't prepared for Henley's words to the people.. A crowd of over 50,000 basically shut down, and the iPads and phones were now being revaluated throughout the crowd, you could see it!. In that second I went from Huge fan to hating the Henley dictatorship.. it totally ruined how I saw them everyday since..

@jhomamah666 3 месяца назад

Wow. What a story. What a dick move. Why would he destroy his own legacy? I just don't get it.

@Larrymh07 4 месяца назад

Don Felder never claimed to have written the lyrics, only the music.

@the3dwizard 4 месяца назад

His book was a good read.

@JamesAllen-xk8bc 4 месяца назад

If not for Don Felder, the song, Hotel California (one of my favorite songs of all time) would not exist.

@Larrymh07 4 месяца назад

@@the3dwizard I remember reading it shortly before or after Phillip Bailey's book . Both are good.

@jimmy5634 4 месяца назад

@@JamesAllen-xk8bcactually, it’s a direct copy of this song which was written before Hotel California ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VAnh1waFPeY.htmlsi=A1xSXhzr-fk8HI0h

@eamonstafford2056 3 месяца назад

@@the3dwizard Bill Szmcyk was asked if there was any truth to what was written in Don Felder's book. He replied, 'pretty much all of it'.

@jesse-gz1ri 4 месяца назад

You would think a guy who made a quarter of a billion dollars from music would be grateful. But charging obscene amounts of money for watching him lip syncing is the very antithesis of what he believed before he became to big for his britches.

@Mo_Ketchups 4 месяца назад

This woman has RESPECTABLE balls, not kowtowing to even the idolater FANS of the band! Lady, you’ve earned ONE sub rah’chere!! 👏👏🤟

@petergoodwin7182 4 месяца назад

The reason he now mimes is because he has threatened to sue himself for singing live

@sbennettyt 4 месяца назад

Sad to see so many of our music heroes make fools of themselves. The list keeps getting longer.

@sonicaudio777 4 месяца назад

my sentiments exactly , I used to really look up to him as an artist . but then again most " artist " i ever met disapoint me , we all are flawed .. if you really like an artist or band or preacher , i suggest dont make their aquaintance

@constantinamacheras7990 4 месяца назад

Henley is not a hero of any kind… Not even close

@cavecookie1 4 месяца назад

If there's any heroes in the Eagles, I nominate Randy Meisner. He remained a legendary "nice guy" to his dying day, despite the way he was treated. If anyone should have been a bitter old man, it should have been him. Henley just comes across as a greedy, spoiled crybaby who cant even sing anymore.

@audiotomb 4 месяца назад

I have seen Don Felder in concert 3 times in the last 7 years He is energetic, talented, engaging and clearly joyful He looks better now then when he was in Eagles He has aged very well And is such an optimist Early on Bernie, Randy and Felder were given songs and writing credits on their earlier albums but Don and Glen shut out their songs later in the Eagles history (Watch History of the Eagles) to see Felder’s calm take on the “Glen Frey will make you miserable” saga to all bandmates Felder loves playing the music he was a big part of or the other earlier Eagles tunes that he played on for years on tour HE always has a top notch band, pulls off the performances very well and tells stories He doesn’t have Henley’s voice but neither does Henley now He does have harmonizers who sing some of the songs like Randy’s high “take it to the limit” He is also an incredibly talented musician - far above even Joe Walsh Don and Glen hate that their most popular song was driven by Don Felder (and Joe Walsh’s guitar duel) NOt to mention One of these Nights or Victim of Love - Felder’s music Don and Glen Bitterness will take you down Don Felder is pure class

@Bbbbad724 4 месяца назад

My favorite guitarist is David Gilmour, Don Felder, and Joe Walsh in that order. The guitar duet of Don and Joe on Hotel California is art. David Gilmour can play in front of 14 year olds and they cry at what they hear. That is someone who has kept their legacy alive.

@briannelson6830 4 месяца назад

Don’t get it twisted, the reason Hotel California is so revered isnt the music, it’s the lyrics and if it wasn’t for Henley and Frey no one would have ever heard the music in the first place, cause Felder just had the tape “ sitting in a drawer” he literally said this is his book

@lesliebeacom4567 3 месяца назад

@@briannelson6830 And, I think, Felder only had a portion of the song put together on that tape.

@theskintones 3 месяца назад

@@briannelson6830 what you say is strictly speaking true. However, it doesn't change a thing about the kind of negative, bitter and twisted human being we are talking about here.

@eamonstafford2056 3 месяца назад

@@briannelson6830 Henley originally wanted to name Hotel California - Mexican Boleio. Thank God it was changed. Henley is a brilliant lyricist no doubt about that but he didn't always get it right with titles did he.

@privera26 4 месяца назад

From a bully to a grumpy old man. In his world, he's on a winning streak 😆 .

@scottmcgregor4829 4 месяца назад

Yep he resembles colnol Sanders these days. He should be sued.

@ALTDOK667 4 месяца назад

@scottmcgregor4829 What does his appearance have to do with anything. He's an azz because of his actions...

@crapple009 4 месяца назад

He has no qualms at all over a baby being aborted (even Stevie was a little taken aback over Don Juan's immediate lack of concern over the matter) but gets his undies in a bundle when some trees are cut down..

@javascript6948 4 месяца назад

Glen Fry once said nobody sucks the positive energy out of a room like Don Henley

@jhomamah666 3 месяца назад

That's funny . . . but isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?? I hear Frey was a real tool as well. lol

@peterwilson8039 2 месяца назад

@@jhomamah666 They both were, but that's probably what it takes to reach that level of success. There's an old saying about nice guys.

@tomwilson1006 4 месяца назад

Henley didn’t convince the DA to sue these guys, he convinced the DA to criminally Charge them with theft etc. It wasn’t a civil court matter, it was criminal. BIG difference.

@bangcolt 3 месяца назад

Yes. It’s much worse.

@Adrenaline416 4 месяца назад

Out on the road today I saw an Eagles sticker on a multimillion dollar lawyer's Cadillac. A little voice inside my head said don't look back, you can never look back.

@lesliebeacom4567 3 месяца назад

Good one! I definitely laughed at it 🤣

@keithbrunson7190 4 месяца назад

Don Henley is the most difficult person you can ever deal with. I once knew one of his daughters in Austin and she was a wonderful girl. But I am glad, I didn't marry her and its not because of her. I had always heard about Don's extended litigious personality, and she was so fine. But Don is a very vengeful guy. His daughter is not. So thank you for this accurate "no-kiss-ass" Don Henley video. You said it just as it truly is, and I am a publishing writer and I am Very impressed with how you did this.

@nannettefreeman7331 2 месяца назад

He got me fired from the only job I EVER got fired from, for something COMPLETELY outside of my control. I couldn’t patch his call through to his manager, who was ON HIS WAY to Don’s house in Malibu, because there was no cell phone coverage in Malibu Canyon in 1990. I offered to keep trying & to patch the call through the second I got his manager on the phone. I’ll never forget the words that Don Henley said next, nor the utter contempt in his voice. He said, “That’s not good enough, sweetie.” I was fired the next morning.

@edzeppelin 19 дней назад

Sure, it may be true that you met Henley's daughter. It's cute the way you assume that Henley's daughter wanted to marry YOU. That's cute, just because you had a crush on her. You're funny!

@ks8452 4 месяца назад

I was listening to my Mp3 player when I was cutting my lawn yesterday. I still have a few Eagles songs on it and now I'm expecting a cease and desist order any day now. Don sounds like a real class act...

@cletislebow1182 3 месяца назад

Now deleting all Eagles (can i type that?) songs from mp3 player.....done, whew!

@MisoMooch 4 месяца назад

The Grateful Dead should've sued Henley for referencing "a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac" in Boys of Summer. 🙂

@eirikrdberg1161 4 месяца назад

Henley is so old and getting angrier and more bitter than ever in his final years. Doesn’t seem like he ever enjoyed the fruits of his labour. Now he is too old anyway and not that much more water will run under his bridge before he is gone. Like Geffen says. Henley is never happy.

@sscbkr48 4 месяца назад

That's how comedian Jerry Lewis ended up.. an angry axe grinder.

@jeffreyeagen4896 4 месяца назад

The Eagles made great music to be sure. However, Don Henley is definitely ruining their legacy. The world would be a better place without Henley, just ask any of the former members of the Eagles.

@edy1361 4 месяца назад

Don Henley would make you his b...

@tommoyer4697 4 месяца назад

Don't miss Frey. So your right

@WayneSchowalter 4 месяца назад

Thanks for clearing that mess up. I had a friend who wrote screenplays in the 80s in Hollywood and was friends with a lot of people in the music industry. He hated Don Henley. I asked him why and he simply stated Mr. Henley was known to steal other people’s music and call it his own. Truly a lowlife. I like your channel and have subscribed.

@cavecookie1 4 месяца назад

As someone whose family has deep roots going back several generations in western Nebraska, Randy Meisner is a hometown hero. Shameful the way Henley treated him. Don't worry, Don, I'm not about to expose myself to one of your lawsuits...I'll never be caught in possession of any of your "property"!

@samspurgeon4222 4 месяца назад

Don Henley isn't the boy who cried wolf, he's "A Boy Named Sue"!

@larrycohen3682 4 месяца назад

Miss, when are going to interview Don felder on Don Henley. Enjoyed your channel. Larry

@ROOTSMUSICHISTORY 4 месяца назад

Whenever he wants!

@kscape100 4 месяца назад

Oh my gosh, you are such a delight. I really enjoyed this podcast… Thank you for posting

@sundayze 4 месяца назад

I listened to a podcast a few years back, where the alleged 16 year old who was found at Henley's house, was spilling the "T" on him and how she came to be there, and it was quite scandalous. She said she planned to tell all, and then, just vanished. I haven't heard anyone mention the incident since, until now. I've often wondered what ever happened with that. Was she lying? Was she paid off? Was she threatened? Is she still alive? Things that make you go 'hmmm.' How different things might be now had he been prosecuted back then, instead of pandered to.

@billyo54 4 месяца назад

So much for the cool hippy dippy image of the Eagles and Henley in particular. To be honest, I always had a sneaking suspicion that behind all the Peace and Love vibe was a bunch of ruthless assholes.

@Auntkekebaby 4 месяца назад

Yeah

@vladtheimpala5532 4 месяца назад

He has a nasty reputation as a sue happy dude. He’s terminally ruthless. He’s terminally crude.

@lesliebeacom4567 3 месяца назад

VERY GOOD! Great play on words - LOVE it!

@vladtheimpala5532 3 месяца назад

@@lesliebeacom4567 Thanks ☺️

@dondep 4 месяца назад

From what I've learned, the lawsuit was "abruptly dropped" because Henley himself inadvertently revealed he'd lied about the encounter he'd had back in the early 80s with that 15-year-old girl that he was doing coke with, who OD'd and an ambulance was called. Henley claimed at the time he hadn't had sex with her but this current (now dropped) lawsuit dredged up more information about the real situation back then. Either Henley perjured himself or was threatened to back off or both. Add in the current scandal involving the lip synching of "Desperado" in live shows, the poor treatment he displayed towards Felder - the real author of the classic Hotel California riff - and Henley will be spending eternity wishing he had learned the Golden Rule during this lifetime.

@GuitarDudeXXX 4 месяца назад

That's right. I remember reading that. He KNEW his goose would have been cooked if he continued so he just dropped it all. Lip-synching douche!

@stephenshaw4859 4 месяца назад

Hey Don, I am pretty sure you will see this so hear me out. We all go down the wrong path at some point in our lives. As an older man who has made many mistakes and tried desperately to redeem himself, I humbly make these suggestions: 1. Don't worry about Eagles' place in music history. It is secure. Don't worry about any financial harm resulting from others' love of the music and trying to emulate it, perform it, or own a piece of it. In the big picture, it does you no appreciable harm. 2. You are very, very rich. You are in a position to use your wealth, fame, and influence to be a significant force for good. I believe you live near the southwestern border. Why not get active in doing something to help the children who have been held in cages, abandoned, and severely traumatized. How about getting involved in the water crisis in the waterway adjacent areas around Tijuana and San Diego. 3. There are many other good causes and I have no reason to expect you to let me point you in any specific direction. I just want you to realize that you can still be remembered as a hero and not a petty, narcissistic person. Be as good a man as you have been a musician. Drake

@lesliebeacom4567 3 месяца назад

The Eagles place in music history is only secure if Henley allows others to play it or even hear it!!! I have a number of Eagles records (yes, the vinyl ones). I wonder if Don would sue me if I tried to sell them on eBay? Probably. So I'll leave them for one of my relatives to have when I die, even tho the kids don't know who the Eagles are, and probably never will, thanks to Henley.

@richardbennett5960 4 месяца назад

Thank you for speaking the truth about Mr. Henley! Like lots of others, I think that Don Felder must be getting some satisfaction from your series. Keep it up!

@danielnicholson9924 4 месяца назад

Don Henley and Glenn Frey may have started the Eagles, but Randy Meisner, Birnie Leadon and later Don Felder, the creator of the most iconic Eagles riff for Hotel California, all were such a huge part of their initial success. Clearly success went to Glen and Don’s head. In fact, other than hotel California, their next biggest hit was mainly written by Jackson Browne, which is take it easy. Seems like Don is getting advice from too many people, and when I say people I mean lawyers because win or lose lawyers still make money!!! thanks for sharing this insightful look at what appears to be the striking truth.

@jimmy5634 4 месяца назад

Sorry, but the Eagles had tons of hits. I don’t care for Henley or Frey, but they wrote many, many big hits. Look it up.

@danielnicholson9924 4 месяца назад

Not sure why you apologizing, I am well aware of the Eagles hits without doing a Google search. , No one denies that Don and Glen were prolific i’m just saying that they all collaborated to create the sound and each one of them had a part in it with either amazing harmony or musicianship. I’m also saying their egos got in the way, which is not uncommon in any band I assume. Peace and love as a famous drummer says!

@raydunn8262 4 месяца назад

At least the Eagles weren't like Journey, Van Halen, Chicago, and a few more when inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame. All seven Eagles were inducted together, and all seven played two songs afterward.

@danielnicholson9924 4 месяца назад

It’s true! kind of a shame that some of the musicians responsible for getting the group to the Hall of Fame are not included at the ceremony. It reminds me of when Ringo and George were inducted into the Hall of Fame and Paul wasn’t there because of differences. In fact, George said “it’s a shame Paul isn’t here because he had the speech in his pocket.” Not sure what your comment has to do with Don Henley and his litigation?

@raydunn8262 4 месяца назад

@danielnicholson9924 some mentioned how the Eagles were Linda's backing band. They were all scrapping along. I recommended viewing Glenn's incredible speech, inducting Linda. Then someone commented that Linda 'sux', just a cover artist. I assume we're all music lovers. Some might have no opinion on Linda, but i have never heard or read that she 'sux' from critics or ordinary yokums like us. I don't care for Classical or most Jazz, none of it 'sux'. I recognize all the talent, I just don't care to listen.

@ellsbyr7855 4 месяца назад

In an article IAN ANDERSON STATED THAT THE EAGLES GOT THE SONG HOTEL CALIFORNIA, from the song that Jethro Tull used to do in live concerts

@AndSan-n7q 4 месяца назад

Just the ryrhem guitar,but don Felder joined the band long after there ture with Jethro Tull

@drogan9529 4 месяца назад

We Used To Know

@petergoodwin7182 4 месяца назад

We Used to know 1969

@showshowthecloneclown8428 3 месяца назад

Henley looks like a washed up alcoholic .

@michaeldalton8374 4 месяца назад

Rumor has it Henley and Tom Scholz were going to do a team recording, but ended up just filing lawsuits against each other nonstop instead.

@deano.7533 4 месяца назад

Somebody needs to send this two part video series to Don Felder. I think he would enjoy watching Henley getting roasted by the truth. :-I

@rnrpeg1 4 месяца назад

Sheesh. Ol' Donny's personal reputation has basically been shite since he was busted as a middle aged coot pushing sex and drugs on young teenage girls. Later it became fairly well known that he was likely the biggest arse in all of Rock and Rolldom. Firing Don Felder didn't help his street cred any, and keeping the Godly Joe Walsh to sideman status for 40 years is so far beyond a dick move it's actually even embarrassing for the fans. But Boy Howdy is Henley dragging his legacy thru the pig 💩 in 2024. I hadn't been able to figure out the murky details of ehy this suit ended, so Thank you kindly for clarifying for me. I'm howling at my tv right now. What's next? Is he gonna drive Deacon Frey from The Eagles? Get busted lip syncing? 🤣😅🤧🤷‍♀️ What a totally classless weaseldick. I'm just glad my older sister isn't around to witness this catastrophic downfall if one of her favorite legends. SMH 🤘

@robertjohnson3855 4 месяца назад

Some people can never have enough money Henley seems to be on of them. An evil man. A narcissist. And certainly one not deserving of the love and adoration given. Too bad he cannot see this in himself. Love your music Don, but look in the mirror please. You’re good but not such a good God-fearing man Dont kid yourself

@lexpeters735 4 месяца назад

As you said , you are normally able to compartmentalize the music from the person, which I normally do. These days when I hear the Eagles I think of the greed and narcissism of Henley and Frey. It really taints the music for me know. Thank you for a great episode.

@theskintones 3 месяца назад

same here. And it really pisses me off, because I spent years enjoying their music so much, and learning it on guitar.

@beverlygentry7693 Месяц назад

But when you are listening to those songs listen to Felder, Walsh playing and Randy’s bass. There is the sound of the success of the Eagles. And each of them singing brought it all together. Not Frey or Henley. O+0=0! What a shame!

@randybrown8473 4 месяца назад

i am confused, Don Henley did not write Hotel California! Don Felder did! You may have noticed through the years that Felder plays that song without any kickback from Henley, That is because Henley has no standing in this matter!

@JeffJones-tg7pj 4 месяца назад

Felder wrote the music only. Henley wrote the words.

@djtoona Месяц назад

Songwriting credits go to Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics).

@malone-np3ip Месяц назад

Don did the lyrics Felder wrote the music I think originally had regaee vib read his book opps 😮 I didn't say that .

@VIDSTORAGE 4 месяца назад

I played an Eagles CD I bought brand new and it was interrupted about halfway with Henley's voice STOP IT

@rockytopkg 4 месяца назад

Henley has had an attitude problem for far too long to change. Change has to come from the heart, and Henley has shown multiple times that he doesn't have one.

@titilili88 4 месяца назад

This is amazing. You achieve such an amazing ovation on your music, and then you just take a dump on your whole persona...

@RICKRATT1 4 месяца назад

Doesn't Donnie have enough money?!

@ShonCope 4 месяца назад

I used to work as security for a few venues locally before cancer put an end to that. You can ask show runners, promoters, etc. who the top 2 more difficult to deal with (assholes) in the music industry are and 99% of the time the top two are: #2 - Marilyn Manson and #1 - Don Henley.

@teastrainer3604 4 месяца назад

Glenn Frey was up there too.

@jonnypineapple7238 4 месяца назад

Don Henley and Art Garfunkel in my 30 year music industry experience are the top two most difficult to endure artists I’ve worked with. Aa

@jamescon55 4 месяца назад

And Manson has NEVER BEEN NUTTIN (ta me) BUT? a HIGHLY OVERRATED "joke" , that WAS, at the right place and time, (I guess) cuz MUSICALLY speaking?.....His actual M.U.S.I.C.? HAS ALWAYS SUCKED, far as I am concerned.... Waaay OVERRATED absolute TRIPE. 😒 (NEVER WILL in a million years, comprehend THAT whole "fascination" 🤨🙄😔)

@ironclad57 4 месяца назад

@@jonnypineapple7238I’m in England and, around 5 years ago, my friend’s daughter spent a year at Disney World on work experience. She encountered Garfunkel at a Disney hotel where he did all ‘don’t you know who I am’ routine. She was 18 and had no idea who this old, balding guy was.

@jamescon55 4 месяца назад

@@ironclad57 THAT'S really quite comical, actually... 😆 Lol... Yeah! We ALL KNOW who you are OR? rather, WAS, "Art"....🙄 One of the MOST hated individuals in "that music scene" known MOSTLY as the guy that DIDN'T help Paul Simon's career to the point of almost ruining it.....And finally? WAS cast OUT to "Nowhere and NOBODY Land" as that is a perfect place for that head swelled delusional fool.... Lol.

@shawnrenaud2252 3 месяца назад

Great work and obviously ears of accumulated facts and anecdotes. At 68, I'm a musician/composer who loved the Eagles but years ago became aware of Henley's aggressive pursuit of the most minute copyright infractions. It has soured me on their work, I don't by Bill Cosby CDs either. 🙂

@billydandthehoodoos 4 месяца назад

Definitely Subbed!!! Love watching this stuff .. you did a great job 👏

@TheWillingCoyote 3 месяца назад

Put some whipped cream on top of this lawsuit layer cake, and get Ian Anderson to sue Don Henley for infringement. The Eagles toured with Jethro Tull, hearing their 1969 song "We Used to Know." Later, amazingly, The Eagles wrote "Hotel California." It was said that Ian considered this a compliment. I guess it shows who at their core is an artist, and who is a businessman.

@DavidBritton-nl1wv 4 месяца назад

Hey, I strummed a couple of verses of Hotel California on my acoustic a few weeks ago and sang along. Is that legal?

@veronicalane1458 4 месяца назад

Don is a Petty, Little man!

@nannettefreeman7331 2 месяца назад

In 1990, I was working at HK Management. It was right when Irving Azoff started Giant Records, so he had handed Don’s (& Glenn’s & Timothy’s) management off to his good friend & business partner (in a separate venture) Howard Kaufman. A manager named Craig Fruin was handling Don, specifically. I was warned on my first day to NEVER keep Don waiting. Whatever Don wanted, Don got IMMEDIATELY! He was easy to anger & went for blood if you riled him in any way. EVERYONE in that office feared Don’s wrath. One day, Craig had a meeting with Don at Don’s house in Malibu. At some point after Craig had left the office on his way to Malibu, Don called, demanding to talk to Craig. 😱 This being 1990, cell phone technology wasn’t what it is today. Craig DID have one of those big, bulky car phones, but coverage was sketchy & Craig was driving through Malibu Canyon, where there was zero reception. I tried to patch the call through three times, but there simply was no signal in the canyon. Craig was unreachable, & Don was on hold. 😱😱😱 So I went back to Don & (in my most apologetic, begging for mercy tone) explained that Craig was ON HIS WAY & IN THE CANYON & I just couldn’t get the call to go through because there was NO SIGNAL. I said I would continue to try & would call Don right back, patch Craig through to him the second I got the call to go through, coz I didn’t want to keep Don on hold. I will never forget the words Don Henley said to me next, nor the utter contempt in his voice. He said, “That’s not good enough, sweetie.” And he hung up. I was fired the next morning. (Timothy B Schmidt was a sweetheart & the Beastie Boys had the BEST manners!) ✌🏼

@1bassman9 4 месяца назад

Why didn't the judge, after seeing this evidence, award attorney's fees to be paid by Henley ? I made a video of an instrumental version of "One of These Nights" that is not allowed to be viewed in the United States !

@GregMacDougall-m3n 4 месяца назад

THANK YOU FOR EXPOSING THE TRUTH, I NEVER REALLY LIKE THE EAGLES; NOW I CAN'T STAND THEM. THANK FOR FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT.

@formerlyknownashammerofthegods 3 месяца назад

First Don Henley and then the DOJ. The Manhattan DA’s office makes it so easy for anyone to make them look like fools.

@batphink2655 4 месяца назад

Having been involved in the lower realm of the music biz and yes it stinks it is people like Henley that give it a worse reputation!

@phogmasheeen 4 месяца назад

I don't really care about the Eagles music, but I really enjoyed the great breakdown of all these trials! Well done! I subscribed to this channel in spite of my general ambivalents toward roots music. I do wish there was a way to gamble on Don Henley's bad behavior.... Once again...Well Done!

@jeffjones3901 4 месяца назад

There were problems in the band that's for sure. The thing that soured my admiration for the Eagles was Glenn Frey coming out on the concert film trailer saying Don Felder was an asshole.

@whizzercone 4 месяца назад

They don't arrest and handcuff people in a lawsuit. This was a criminal case and Henley lied to the cops and the court, which eventually caused the prosecutor to drop the charges. Henley should have been charged for lying to the prosecutor.

@isabelgaynor2589 4 месяца назад

Since Glen was the perpetual mediator with all the band members and horrible Henley I often wondered if this perpetual struggle and angst was at the core of the cancer that killed Glen Fry.

@LSUOdyssey 4 месяца назад

Don has already watched this 3,000x

@Carlsings 4 месяца назад

Sometimes whille introducing a Henley song cover in my show I'd make a funny by introducing the writer of the song as being well known in the business for having the fond nickname given to him him by his peers of Mr. Cheerful. Probably lucky if anyone in the audience catches the pun. If they'd watch your videos they'd get it for sure through.

@lryall 3 месяца назад

I read the book, To The Limit, many years ago. There is an interesting story about how Don treated a lighting tech who had to miss a show because his mother was palliative in hospital.

@cajuncrackerranch7990 4 месяца назад

Cash wrote a song about him… a boy named Sue.

@bluehunte1 4 месяца назад

You are right on about Henley. I’ve always thought he was a grumpy unhappy person with an axe to grind. I do love the Eagles.

@KarlieMildraed 2 месяца назад

With all I could say, I'll reserve my comments. Madam, you did an excellent rundown of the issues regarding DH. Liked the video, Ms. Roots.

@thomastucker5686 4 месяца назад

Never stream the eagles. Don Henley is so old, he would be far better off retiring to a cabin on a beach. I can live without the eagles. Don was in a good band, a long time ago. So what. He is a joke now.

@davidam9454 4 месяца назад

Don Henley should be in prison for drugging and you know what with the underage girls he nearly killed with OD's

@Harmonious-jm3sy 4 месяца назад

Those young girls should Sue that ped*.

@sscbkr48 4 месяца назад

This woman has some serious brass! Don might be suing her next for pointing out that the emperor (DH) has no clothes.

@beverlygentry7693 Месяц назад

How much is Don paying you to defend his bad??? My bet would on nothing!

@JimmyDLepping 3 месяца назад

I would like to comment on Don Henley and his propensity for carrying on lawsuits but I'm afraid of being sued. Being a 71-year-old Kentucky redneck, I can't afford to be sued by the Henley machine so I'll just be quiet and be a good deplorable. Thank you for everything you have shared with us. My 83-year-old wife and I have been Eagles fans forever, even going so far as to watch RU-vid videos regularly to obtain our Eagles fix. Just wanted you to know that you are appreciated.

@ChristChickAutistic 4 месяца назад

Music reaction channels are another way of keeping great music alive by exposing it to younger generations. But evidently DH doesn't want Eagles music to live on forever, because I've seen him hit reaction channels with strikes a lot. I mean, is he so unaware of the fact he's shooting himself in the foot? I see these channels turn people into fans of older bands all the time and he's really missing out on the opportunity to further his and the Eagles legacy with future generations. But you can't fix stupid, I guess.

@FrightfulMess 4 месяца назад

You do realize that you just pissed him off and will probably result in him suing YOU, right? But hey, keep it up, I think most of us totally respect you bringing all this to life and giving your own opinion on it.

@dw9034 4 месяца назад

Don Felder, whose music was the platform for Henley & Frey's words is laughing all the way to the bank at the buffoons that call themselves the Eagles.

@jimmy5634 4 месяца назад

It wasn’t his music ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VAnh1waFPeY.htmlsi=A1xSXhzr-fk8HI0h

@briankorbelik2873 2 месяца назад

I don't know about Henley, but John Fogarty had a damn good reason to sue his record company after the demise of Creedence.

@may_it_please_the_court 4 месяца назад

The senility of Don Henley.

@MetZelRio 4 месяца назад

Damn, this is depressing to find out he's a sleeze.

@charley3849 4 месяца назад

Wow, didn't know a lot of this, and it's not helping the music industry, artists' development & creativity, or bringing logic and fairness to copyright laws in social media. Why don't he come to his senses?

@ChrisMillerdoubleplanet 4 месяца назад

The one who really wins in this is the lawyer.....

@lorichaslot7601 4 месяца назад

What an unhappy man!

@TheWillingCoyote 3 месяца назад

The photographs of these three men sitting at the defendants table in court while in handcuffs is quite telling of manipulation, as in now way were these men posing any danger or risk of flight. Decades ago, I also considered Henley as a good guy, after reading of his legal attempts to secure from development the Walden Woods land in MA, near Walden Pond, which Thoreau wrote of. This was a very well presented timeline and opinion piece.

@guymerritt4860 4 месяца назад

Don Henley is a very weird creep.

@Jack.Waters 4 месяца назад

Henley got so rampant that I quit listening to any Eagles music anywhere because of Henley suing everyone. Tis a shame cause I did grow up with them and enjoyed it. But I consider listening to them is sponsoring Henley. That I no longer do.

@dalerbob 4 месяца назад

I feel the same way for different reasons . That I can’t go into publicly .

@silvamorphisphaeble7863 4 месяца назад

@@dalerbobWow!

@connievino4226 4 месяца назад

Why doesn't he take care of his sick wife. She has MS. I wonder if he's sued her yet? I mean if she asked him if she could get that disease

@shirleygannon 4 месяца назад

I have wondered this myself

@xa9590 4 месяца назад

Those 3 guys need to sue the shit out of Henley. What a pos.

@jeffreyweaver9729 4 месяца назад

Essentially, Don Henley sues people for admiring his music. Makes me sad because the Eagles and his solo career have been a great part of my historical play list. I like reaction channels and would love to see how people feel about the songs they performed, but I am angered by Mr. Henley's sue happy attitude.

@skaz777 3 месяца назад

i’m too fearful to play my “Eagles Greatest Hits” cd at my cookout because Don may find out, and sue me out of my boom box and grill.

@karosel 17 дней назад

You could have just given him a hot dog and told him to sit down.

@kevincorporated 3 месяца назад

Great video as always!

@margaretmaged2584 4 месяца назад

Wow how the old man Don is destroying the legacy of Eagles

@anthonyhoffmann 4 месяца назад

I feel a song coming on. Starts like this. On a dark L.A. evening, Stoned girl in my lair, Police come to the rescue, Said she shouldn't be there, e.t.c. Copyright ©2024, Me. If any of you read this then I'm suing you for that, and then I'm suing Google for letting you log in, after which I'm suing your parents for conceiving you, ultimately suing God (or whatever) for making the universe in the first place. You've been warned.

@Planet.Mykl.Anderson 4 месяца назад

You are amazing. He and Glenn Frey seems like a jerks. Too many people talk about how bad they are/were. When I hear stuff like this, obviously it affects how you feel about the music. With this revelation and knowing that he lip syncs in very expensive concerts, I can live happily without hearing any music by the eagles ever again. I prefer the Byrds anyway.

@Trapper50cal 4 месяца назад

I don't know how rich or poor Henley is but he needs to just relax, enjoy his remaining years on this earth, ease up on his youtube gestapo, watch a brand new market get exposed to the Eagles greatness and watch the sales numbers skyrocket. He needs to watch a few Rick Beato videos on the subject. Beato alone drives sales by introducing great old music to new generations.

@alphakilo9066 4 месяца назад

I shall not spend another nickel on Eagles or Don Henley music.

@oldjarhead386 4 месяца назад

Ego-maniacal greed.

@Oneman.oneboat 4 месяца назад

Don, chill bro. You're damaging your reputation!

@flufwix 4 месяца назад

He is clearly a jerk. That’s business with those two teenage girls was disgraceful. He got off basically. And decades of bullying. Ugh

@Harmonious-jm3sy 4 месяца назад

They should sue the ped.

@rayburke5557 4 месяца назад

Yeah, he got off in more ways than one! Perv

@kfb141 4 месяца назад

Where are the girls? I've heard that story about him the 15yr old for years. He was engaged to a working actress at the time. Lois Chiles?

@countingcoup 4 месяца назад

Never liked him, ever… This episode makes me smile, good job being as civil and fair as you can be. The world is a good place with or without the Eagles, and empathy/respect for Don Felder 🌟 may he always remain a thorn in DH’s boot…

@rayburke5557 4 месяца назад

Amen to that!

@rh380 4 месяца назад

Egomaniac. Wealth is not good enough.. Same with the state of this country.

@LanceHall 4 месяца назад

Take it to the.... courthouse.

@Auntkekebaby 4 месяца назад

😂

@DavidBritton-nl1wv 4 месяца назад

'One more time.'

@ironclad57 4 месяца назад

So in the 90s, Henley used a 70s contract to stop Felder. Isnt Henley the same man, who recently, tried to make it legal for a band v management / label contract to be dissolved after 7 years.