Have you ever looked at the Eagles' debut album and wondered what the heck is going on in that photo of them by the fire? With Under the Covers the mystery is solved! This unique  CD-Rom features the amazing archives of artist Gary Burden and photographer Henry Diltz. Diltz was responsible for the Eagles and Desperado album covers. We had the opportunity to meet Mr. Diltz this summer and he is a generous and gracious man. His home is full of some of the most famous photographs in rock and roll history. To sit there and hold contact sheets featuring some of the most well-known photo shoots in Eagles history is an experience we won't soon forget. We thank Mr. Diltz for sharing.

Under the Covers has been made into a television movie and DVD.  The DVD is currently only available when you buy a JVC DVD player, but it should be released sometime in April. The television special aired on TLC and is a humorous and interesting look into the making of several album covers. Eagles fans will be happy to see video footage of the peyote party in Joshua Tree, the band cavorting on Joe's boat, interviews with Henley and Frey and some really cool info about the design of the album covers for Eagles and Desperado. We encourage any Eagles fan to get the DVD as soon as it is available. Until then, we highly recommend the the CD-Rom version. You can order it directly from Henry Ditz's web site. Also note that Henry sells prints of a few of his famous Eagles photos at his site as well.

In an attempt to further convince you that you NEED the Under the Covers DVD (when it becomes commercially available) and the CD-Rom (there are different interview bits....you'd need them both to get it all), we present some photo and video out-takes. This is just the tip of the iceberg, folks....you really do need to get your hands on your own personal copy. You won't regret it.

"Henry and Gary were the mavericks, out there wanting to do something good, something interesting, do something off the envelope."
----Glenn Frey

Here are some of the things you can find on this interesting CD-Rom:

• The story of the camping trip that would become the Eagles album cover. Photos here include shots of the band cleaning some peyote so they wouldn't die. There is a live interview with Henley where Don details how he could see in the dark thanks to the drugs he was on and Glenn tells the story of how he saw an Eagle while he was taking a piss behind a cactus. Pretty inspiring stuff.
  

• Archive movies of the filming of the Desperado movie. Watch Glenn act like a director and show everyone where they are supposed to die.

• Home movies of the Eagles playing at the opening of a Boyd Elder art exhibition.   Check out Don's "fro".
  

• FINALLY someone tells us who all those people on the Desperado album cover are.
  

• Lots more photos and interviews. The movie interviews with Don and Glenn are relatively current and contain lots of candid moments.
  

• Ambient music composed by Bernie and Jackson Browne. It's sort of tranquil.
  

• That's just the Eagles' stuff. Other areas deal with The Doors, CSN, Jackson Browne, Woodstock, Joni Mitchell and other members of the LA Music scene.
  

• Our only complaint is that  you can't see an index of everything that's on the site. Guess that makes it more fun to explore.