The Eagles, which translates into Russian as "Eagles", are considered in many world countries to be one of the best bands performing melodic guitar country rock.
Despite the fact that she existed in the classical composition for only 10 years, during this time their albums and singles have repeatedly occupied leading positions in the world charts.
In fact, the Eagles are the third most popular group among lovers of quality music from
United States of America after The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Over the entire existence of the band, more than 65 million copies of its records have been sold.
Founding History of the Eagles
The main "culprit" of the creation of the group is the Linda Ronstadt team. It was he who united four musicians immigrating from various US states to the state of California.
- Singer and bass player Randy Meisner is from the small town of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, born March 8, 1946, and moved to Los Angeles in 1964. At that time, he played in the Soul Survivors, which was later renamed Poor. A little later, the musician became the founder of the Poco group, but after the release of the first plastic, he left it.
- Lead singer, guitar, mandola and banjo player Bernie Leadon, born in mid-July 19, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, came to California as a member of the Hearts & Flowers group, after which he joined the Dillard & Clarc team, and then to the Flying Burrito Brothers.
- Don Henley, born July 1947 in Gilmer, Texas, arrived in Los Angeles as a member of the Shiloh band. Then he played in the Linda Ronstadt band.
- Vocalist, guitar and keyboard player Glenn Fry, who came to California from Detroit, was born on November 6, 1948.
It was Don and Glen, who are members of the Linda Ronstadt rock band, who saw the potential of all members of different bands and decided to combine them into one.
The beginning of the creative career of the Eagles
After long rehearsals, the band signed a contract with Asylum Records. The rock band was produced by Glyn Jones. The guys did not wait long for the release of their debut album - the disc was released already in 1972.
It was she who came out under the name Eagles. By the way, the musicians owe their popularity among high-quality rock music, first of all, to their first single, released under the name Take It Ease.
The group subsequently released another single, Witchy Woman, which peaked at number 9 on the chart.
Continuation of the creative path
In early 1974, the rock team went on tour. After him, Walsh Bill Shimchik became the producer of the band. It was at this time that guitarist Don Felder appeared in the team, who made a very strong impression on all members of the rock band.
In 1975, the fourth album One Of These Nights was released, which became "gold" in the month of release. The title track from the band's album Lyin Eyes won a Grammy Award.
Starting in 1976, the group went on a world tour. The starting point of the performances were the major cities of the United States of America, after which the guys decided to go to Europe.
True, at the end of 1975, Bernie Lyndon left the group, who was replaced by Joe Walsh.
By the way, an interesting fact - Joe joined the team during his performance in the Far East. After the tour, the guys were unable to record a new record, released an album of greatest hits.
In December 1976, the rock band released Hotel California, which became the best rock album in the world within just one week.
By early 1977, the album had gone platinum and sold over 10 million copies. Naturally, the title track Hotel California won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
A year and a half later, the sixth album, Long Run, was released. Another single that won a Grammy from this album was Heartache Tonight. In 1980, a DVD with live concerts by the Eagles appeared on sale.
Breakup and reunion of the group
Unfortunately, in May 1982, the rock band officially announced its breakup. All its members have started to release their own projects.
Subsequently, they received several reunion offers from the producers, but most of them refused such a commercially advantageous offer.
True, in 1994 the rock band decided to reunite again. They recorded an original concert for the music television channel MTV, which was released in October, and went on tour.
Group today
After guitarist Glenn Fry died and his son Deacon took his place, the rock band Eagles reunited and went on tour.
In 2018, inA full discography of the band, which the producers decided to call Legacy, appeared on the road. By the way, the group still tours on different continents and gathers thousands of people.
