Eagles Articles

Articles and Interviews

The Eagles aren't exactly known for being publicity hounds. In fact, they even admit that they shied away from photos and interviews because they wanted to create an aura of mystery for fans attending concerts. We're attempting to archive what is "out there". The The Internet is a wonderful forum for sharing information and keeping history alive. That's our goal here. If you've got an article you'd like to see included here, please let us know.

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E A G L E S

Random Clips. Photocopies of a huge fan's scrapbook. These are just fun to wade through. Various.

Where Eagles Dare: The copy of this we have is from a retrospective of NME, but was originally meant to be an introduction to the band. NME: June 17, 1972 PDF

The Eagles Take it Easy and Soar Great piece if you are looking for biographical material on the band and info on their early days. This is, we think, the band's first appearance in Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. August 17, 1972

California Dreamin' With the Eagles. Excellent, extensive profile/interview of the band. Los Angeles Phonograph Record. June, 1975.

Time to Hang Up the Cowboy Boots? Exclusive preview of the One of These Nights Album. NME. June 14, 1975.

Eagles: Desert Singers Short write up of the band. Some nice quotes and good background. Time Magazine. August 18, 1975

The Eagles, Out of Control. This is from what looks to be a self-published magazine. It's a great look at the band, though, and offers thoughts about Joe joining the group. Darkstar, 1975.

The Eagles Concert was One of These Nights. Great photos. This was a weird size to fit on the scanner, but I think the chunking I did makes senseASU Student Newspaper. October, 1976. .

Up to Date with the Eagles A great interview right before HC was released. The band passes the phone around while a Dutch journalist takes notes. Zig Zag. December, 1976.

How The Eagles Cleaned Up the Wild West (James Dean, Tequila and divers other deviant outcroppings…) Rock writer Lester Bangs shows how much he doesn't like the Eagles. Music Gig. October, 1976.

Eagles: A Rare Interview with the High School Desperados. A Reporter catches up with the band when they play a show as a prize for a spirited high school in Illinois. The female reporter details her encounter with Frey in a bathroom. Music Gig. October, 1976.

Eagles Get the Bird This could be subtitled, "David Hancock doesn't really like the Eagles" unknown, PDF

The Eagles Make California Sounds. Great interview/ article. Also contains comments by JD Souther. ?, PDF 1, 2, 3

Eagles Flying Free in Any Direction They Choose. Don and Glenn discuss the outlaw scene, being laid back and their bad rep. Country Rambler. January, 1977.

Eagles For Everyman. Creative writing piece with a bit of a review. We've tried to maintain the writers original interesting punctuation system. Sounds. May, 1977

Baseball Challenge. The challenge to the infamous softball game. Rolling Stone. October 20, 1977.

Tribute to The Eagles. Nice history piece on the band. SuperRock. December, 1977.

California Rock California Sound. The Eagles chapter by this amazing book by Anthony Fawcett. 1978

Eagles Land on Rolling Stone. Don and Glenn wrote this piece about the baseball game. Rolling Stone. June 15, 1978.

Days of Rage: Los Angeles Musicians Talks back to critics. Another baseball article. Rolling Stone. June 15, 1978.

A Glimpse of the Fastlane. A final baseball article. This time by Charles M. Young. June 15, 1978.

Eagles: Theme from an Imaginary Album A prediction of what the follow-up to HC will be like. The writer doesn't have time for any member but Walsh, who is a God. Hit Parader. October, 1978.

Eagles: Hell is For Heroes Interesting look at the band that seems to focus on their gastrointestinal problems. Rolling Stone. November 29, 1979

Surviving The Long Run. Interview about the making of the Long Run Album. Rock! 1979ish.

Eagles: The Long Run. A band history. Unknown, 1979

Eagles Live Review. They didn't like it much. Unknown. 1980.

The Eagles: A Long Run is Over An interesting and informative post-breakup interview with Henley and Frey. Originally from Rob Markowitz's interview page. Los Angeles Times, May 23rd, 1982.

Don Henley and Glenn Frey Interview done with Don and Glenn on the eve of the Eagles reunion that didn't happen back in the early 90s. Rolling Stone. September 30, 1990.

Leaders of the Eagles Planning to Reunite. This is what re-started it all.Rocky Mountain New. January 9, 1990.

The Eagles Extensive biography piece. If you are looking for the history of the band, this is where you want to look. Goldmine, July, 1993 This is PDF'd Good photos! 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

Life in the Fastlane. Quick little piece about the making of the Travis Tritt Take it Easy Video. People. February 21, 1994.

The Eagles Are Back This is probably the definitive HFO article/interview. Los Angeles Times, May 22, 1994. (PDF)

Eagles Aid Injured Fan. Whenever someone says the Eagles are greedy and aren't fan friendly, take a look at this one. LA Daily News. 1994.

Eagles Album Will Fly Soon. Preview of HFO. Rocky Mountain News. June 23, 1994.

Eagles Find Common Ground. Article about the resumption and how the country tribute album helped start that. Quotes from Henley and Frey. Cleveland Plain Dealer. July 8, 1994.

Baby Starts to Arrive, But Mom's a Fan. Cute story about a woman who took it to the limit at an Eagles show. Toronto Star. July 13, 1994

Eagles Sound Strong in Center Field; Frey Plays to Home Crowd. A nice review of the Detroit show that plays up Glenn's hometown connections. Detroit Free Press. July 14, 1994.

Eagles Keep Flood Relief Aloft. The band helps raise money in Southern Georgia. Atlanta Constitution. July 25, 1994.

Rockline Transcript of the AOL chat that occurred during the above radio broadcast. The Eagles took online questions as well. Rockline, August, 1994.

Eagles Soar, But Lash Out at Media. Story about the problems the Eagles had with Boston media during HFO. Boston Globe. August 6, 1994.

Eagles concert rescheduled A nostalgic reminder of those tense days in 1994 when Eagles fans weren't sure if Hell would freeze over in their town. Knoxville Daily Beacon. September 16, 1994

Eagles Stop Squabbling Long Enough to Tour Amicably. Nice headline, huh? This is actually a review of Giants' Stadium. Christian Science Monitor. September 16, 1994.

Pop Critic Reviews HFO. London Independent. November 18, 1994.

Review of the HFO album. London Independent. November 20, 1994.

The Eagles Record Hotel California. This looks like a page from Mojo or Q or some other British magazine that hates the Eagles.Unknown, Unknown.

With Frey Healthy Again, Eagles are Soaring. This is a preview of a Charleston show. Nice interview with Glenn. Columbia, SC STATE. March 3, 1995.

Hearing the Voice of An Eagle A reporter who had the temerity to suggest that Henley was lip-syncing some vocals gets shown just how wrong he is! Here's the article in which he suggested that Don had taped his vocals. Tennessean, April 20th, 1995.

Australian Press Kit. 1995.

California Dreaming at the SCG Review of band's Sydney HFO show Sydney Morning Herald. December 11, 1995.

The Autograph Game Interesting tutorial on acquiring rock autographs. Contains Eagles anecdotes and a few photos of memorabilia. Written by everyone's favorite Randy Fann. Autograph Collector, April, 1996.

Where Eagles Dare. A report of the Irish press conference. Frontline. July, 1996.

Eagles Take it Easy Out in the Country. Another report of the press conference. Irish Star. July, 1996.

Where Eagles Dare. A preview of the Irish HFO show with some quotes from Henley. Network Two. July, 1996.

Eagles Glide. Review of Toronto show. Toronto Sun. June, 2006.

Eagle Rock Nice interview done with the band to promote their tour in 1996. Nice photos. Herald Sun, August 10, 1996. PDF [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

We're The $#@% Eagles Unflattering but comprehensive view of the band. Q, 1996. PDF [1] [2] [3] [4]

Eagles Greatest Hits Catches Thriler. The title pretty much says it all. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal. March 18, 1997.

The "Eagles" vs. the Eagles Report of a lawsuit between the Eagles and a conservation organization. E! Online February 19, 1998.

Showbiz Today Transcript. Transcript of the stint the band did on CNN to plug their upcoming end-of-year shows. You can also read CNN's summary and view a video. CNN Showbiz Today. December 7, 1999.

The Eagles Fly High with Sales Award. Report on the press conference that accompanied the Eagles receiving an RIAA award for best selling album of the century. Here's a transcript of the actual press conference. Reuters/Variety. December 7, 1999.

More Chapters Remain in Eagles History. Henley and Frey talk with Robert Hilburn before the NYE shows. Los Angeles Times. December 19, 1999.

Eagles About to Land at Mandalay Bay. Article about NYE shows. Contains quotes from Felder. Los Angeles Times Advertising Supplement. December 19, 1999.

The Eagles Have Landed. Another article about the Mandalay Bay shows. Contains quotes from Felder and Walsh. Las Vegas Sun. December 28, 1999.

Review of Selected Works. Short and sweet review of the box set. Entertainment Weekly. December 1, 2000.

Flyin' High. Another Review of the box set. Sydney Morning Herald. December 20th, 2000.

Henley Regatta. Excellent preview to the Eagles 2001 European tour. Contains comments by the entire band. Q Magazine. July, 2001

Winging It Nice, short article features quotes from Timothy B. Schmit. What's On In London. June, 2001

The Eagles Awesome three part series on the entire history of the band. We're currently missing part 2 so if you have it, we'd appreciate it. This is in PDF format. Get Rhythm. June, 2001

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The Eagles: Life in the Fastlane With the Cocaine Cowboys Uncut. August, 2002. (PDF FORMAT). We thought it wasn't possible to have more sensationalism and errors in a piece than what appeared in To The Limit. We were wrong. These authors took excerpts from that book, made them even more sensational and then added even more errors (the Millennium show was in New York???).

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Pollstar Midyear Special. All Eagles' ads and mentions from this this magazine. Pollstar. August, 2002.

Aspen says No to Eagles Show. The Eagles are too big for a sleepy mountain town. Dallas Morning News. September 9, 2002.

Review of D.C. RAC concert. The reviewer didn't really like the show. (PDF) Rolling Stone. October 12th, 2003.

The Long Goodbye Guitar World Acoustic. June/July 2005.(PDF) A fairly good article about the current status of the band. Included feature on Stueart Smith.

The Eagles Take it to the Limit Big thanks go out to Tami who scanned her June issue of the Costco Connection. We've PDF'd it so that you can give it a read: Cover Page 1 Page 2 Page 3Costco Connection June 2005 (PDF)

Life Beyond the Fast Lane with the Eagles. A nice interview with Don about the band, life on the road and some great questions about how he feels about Las Vegas. Huge thanks to SusieC for sending us a copy of this. We've PDFd it so you can enjoy the interview and photos. Cover Page 1 Page 2 Page 3Mlifestyle Magazine, 2005

The Eagles. A "Celebration" of the 30th anniversary of the Hotel California album drawn largely from previous publications. Classic Rock, December 2006. PDF

30 Years of Hotel California. Excerpts from Marc Eliot’s book, but great photos. Guitar World Acoustic, February, 2007.

Snapshot: The Eagles. A look at the Desperado photo shoot. Uncut, May, 2007.

F E L D E R

A Short Run To The Top. Don talks about working with the Eagles, his instruments and what goes on in the studio. Axe Magazine, 1980.

The Ex-Eagle Has Landed on a Solo Career Don talks about Airborne.Los Angeles Times, 1983. From Rob M's article page.

The Long Run Interview done with Don during the resumption. Great insight into how Hotel California came into existence. Guitar Player, 1994.

Don Felder Checks Back into Hotel California. Comments from Felder about Hotel California. Acoustic Guitar World #35, 1999

F R E Y

Glenn Frey: An Eagle Alone Interesting article about the making of No Fun Aloud. Takes a technical look at the actual recording process. International Musician and Recording World, 1982.

Eagle Flies Solo Glenn breaks the news about the breakup and talks about No Fun Aloud. ?, 1982 PDF

Glenn Frey: The Party is Now. Glenn looks back at the Eagles and forward to his solo career. BAM, 1982.

No More Boys of Summer Focuses on Glenn's work with Jack Mack and the Heart Attack as well as the breakup and No Fun Aloud. From Rob Markowitz's interview page. Oui Magazine, 1983.

Freying Tonight. Glenn gives an interview while waiting to lip sync on Top of the Pops. Kerrang!, 1983.

Glenn Frey's Benign Dictatorship Interview done to support The Allnighter. From Rob Markowitz's interview page. Musician Magazine, 1984

Glenn Frey's Smuggler's Blues. The writer takes a look at visual elements in Glenn's work. Great photo! Rock Magazine, November, 1985.

I'm Glenn, Frey Me This is from (we think) a British magazine. It discusses Glenn's acting career and refers to him as "Don" several times Unknown, PDF

Glenn Frey Heats Up the Charts. The article isn't the best..just a cursory rehash of Glenn's career, but the cover is VERY nice. I think the original is actually life sized :) Cashbox, March 23, 1985

Freyed Around the Edges. Nice interview with Glenn. He says very positive things about Don. Juke. May 18, 1985.

Glenn Frey Great interview done while Glenn had a hangover. Interview Magazine, April, 1986.

No Rules for Glenn Frey. Short interview with Glenn whilst he was touring with The Little River Band in Australia. He discusses why its okay for his songs to be in commercials, how life is different after divorce and how TLRB is like the Eagles. Juke (Australia). August 13, 1988

Glenn Frey Finds Southern Soul. Article about the use of the classic soul sound on this album. Billobard, September 17, 1988.

Soul Searchin' Review. Detroit Free Press. August 22, 1988.

Ex-Eagle Bounces Back. Interview with Glenn about the Soul Searchin' album. Detroit Free Press. October 3, 1988

Glenn Frey Goes from Desperado to Livin' Right. Interesting look at Glenn's health regimen. Detroit Free Press. February 8, 1989

Classic Rock Albums. Transcipts of interviews done with Glenn about the Hotel California album. Classic Rock Albums, 1990.

Glenn Frey Swings Into Town. Interview with Glenn. Lots of cute anecdotes. Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinal. March 29, 1991

Frey Just Another Guy With a Heart Discusses Glenn's charity work with A Grassroots Aspen Experience and why the resumption in the early 90s didn't work. Rocky Mountain News, 1992.

Visiting the Old Hometown A look at how Glenn has maintained connections with the Detroit area. He discusses being an ex-Eagle and touring solo. Detroit Free Press, 1992.

Ex-Eagle Flies Solo; Chances of Reunion Slim. The title kind of says it all. Detroit Free Press. June 29, 1992.

Life After the Eagles. Glenn says a reunion will never happen. London Independent. July 2, 1992.

Eagle's Safe Landing. A review of Glenn's show at the Town & Country club in London. London Times. July 10, 1992.

Strange Weather Review. A critic decided to compare Glenn with Lindsey Buckingham because both had new albums out at the same time. London Independent. July 30, 1992.

Visiting the Old Hometown. A preview of a Strange Weather show. Cute quotes from Glenn. Detroit Free Press. October 2, 1992.

Glenn Frey's Hot Pursuits. Glenn models sweaters. Penthouse. November, 1992.

Weather Blows Some Strange Surprises Into Glenn Frey’s Life. Arizona Republic, November 6, 1992

Frey Turns Music Outward for Weather. Tribune Newspapers, November 6, 1992.

The Eagles Flies. Los Angeles Times, November 19, 1992.

Glenn Frey. San Diego Times Advocate, November 20, 1992.

Former Eagle Flies Into Town with Some of the Same Old Song Power, Star Free Press (Ventura), November 20, 1992.

Artist Profile. Entertainment Today, November 20, 1992.

Two Old Birds. Glenn is interviewed about the Party of Two tour and reveals he had some reservations about Joe, but got over them in order to enjoy a fine wine over dinner. Detroit Free Press. June 7, 1993.

Learning From A Pro Feature on Glenn's stint as a songwriting instructor at UCLA. Great insight into how Glenn views writing. Los Angeles Times, 1993.

Two-Eagles Still Soaring. Glenn talks about the Party of Two tour. Boston Globe. June 4, 1992.

The Ex-Eagles have landed. Party of Two preview. New York Newsday. July 16, 1993

Flyin' High Former Eagles Member Glenn Frey Scores a Lead. Preview of South of Sunset. Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinal. October 27, 1993.

Enjoying the Fastlane: Surgery was just what the doctor ordered. Glenn discusses how taking time off due to his illness was a good thing and how great the Eagles are getting along on tour. Detroit Free Press, February 15, 1995.

Conversations with Ann Liguori. Glenn talks about The Eagles and golf. Golf Channel Transcript, 1996.

Eagles Take Wings over Walden Woods Campaign. Don talks in this preview of the Hartford HFO show. Boston Globe. June 21, 1996.

Eagles Soar Over Half-Filled Meadows. A review of the show previewed above. Boston Globe. June 24, 1996.

Glenn's Comments on RRHOF Induction. Los Angeles Times. January, 1998.

Eagles Nest. An article about Glenn's Brentwood Home. House and Garden. February, 2000.

Frey Talks Bush; Box Set. Glenn's pre-election comments on Dubya. Detroit Free Press, October, 2000.

The Long Run: Finally the Eagles Make Their Box Set. Glenn talks about the making of the box set and the future of the Eagles. Boston Globe, November 19, 2000

California Cool. Interview with Glenn and Cindy about their Palm Springs Home. Includes lovely photos. Town and Country, June 2001.