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UNBELIEVABLE: Bernie leadon - Caught on Camera

"It's an exploration of the dark underbelly of the American dream." The story behind the Eagles "spooky" classic Hotel California

How a "Mexican reggae" demo turned into one of classic rock's greatest ever anthems

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“I was just playing, warming up for the show, and Glenn comes busting in… ‘What the hell’s that?’ ‘I don’t know, it’s just this lick I warm up with.’ He said, ‘No, that‘s an Eagles song, dude!’” The making of the Eagles’ 1976 masterpiece Hotel California

How the Eagles harnessed their cresting creative powers – and resisted their appetite for destruction – to create one of rock’s all-time classics

Guitar World

“Felder and Walsh were in the control room, one to the right, one to the left, like gunfighters! Felder was the ultimate technician. Walsh was the ultimate ‘feel’ guy. Together they were phenomenal”: The making of the Eagles’ masterpiece

“It was obviously our creative peak. Every band, every artist, has one”

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“None of it sat well with him. The further we went into rock, the less he liked it”: When the Eagles’ founding guitarist knew it was time to leave

Bernie Leadon left the band amid a changing lineup and creative differences

Guitar World

“They all thought it was a bonkers idea but it worked. It was already a great song, but that one little thing made it different”: How the Eagles made somebody else’s song their own – and defined the sound of country rock

"Those open chords felt like an announcement: ‘And now... the Eagles!’”

MusicRadar

“Glenn Frey said it best when he said we ‘created a monster with Hotel California, and it ate us’”: Don Felder on the making of the Eagles’ The Long Run

Just how does a band follow an album like Hotel California? With great difficulty, is the answer. Don Felder looks back at an triumph from a band that was coming apart at the seams

Guitar World

"I was afraid something inside of me was dying. Leaving was an act of survival": Life in the fast lane and the turbulent tale of the Eagles

Fistfights, ulcers and run-ins with the law were all part of the Eagles’ everyday life: A look behind the rise, fall and unexpected rise again of the ultimate Californian band

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"I could hardly listen to that song when we were recording it - it made me ill": the Eagles song that was written as a warning but heard as a celebration

Life In The Fast Lane was built on a swaggering riff from Joe Walsh, with a title that reflected the craziness of the Eagles

Louder

The Eagles are the undisputed masters of harmony lines blending country and rock – this video masterclass unpacks their signature guitar style

If you've ever promised yourself that, one of these nights you're gonna play like the Eagles, take it easy... This video and tab lesson has everything you need to take your playing to the limit one more time

Guitar World

“I had heard how turbulent this band was. All this fighting over control and power”: Don Felder lived through the best and worst of the Eagles, and came out the other side

Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder went from a dirt poor childhood to one of the biggest groups in history – and survived it all

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Randy Meisner obituary

Singer and bassist with the Eagles who wrote one of their biggest hits, Take It to the Limit

The Guardian - UK

The harmonic genius of Frey, Felder, Walsh, Henley, Meisner and Leadon: 5 songs you need to hear by The Eagles (that aren't Hotel California)

Great guitar moments from one of the biggest selling bands of all time

MusicRadar

Eagles founder and bassist Randy Meisner, dies aged 77

The quiet, humble hero of the classic lineup has passed away

MusicRadar

Randy Meisner, founding member of the Eagles, dies at 77

Called "the sweetest man in the music business" by ex-bandmate Don Felder, Meisner joined Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Bernie Leadon in the early '70s to form one of the most popular acts in history.

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Randy Meisner, Eagles co-founder and ‘Take It to the Limit’ singer, dies at 77

Bassist, who left the blockbuster band in 1977, died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The Independent UK

Randy Meisner, founding member of the Eagles, dead aged 77

Former bassist and vocalist died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary diseas

Guitar World

Tom Leadon, guitarist for Tom Petty-fronted band Mudcrutch, dies at 70

The brother of Eagles multi-instrumentalist Bernie Leadon, Tom Leadon also played with Linda Ronstadt, and co-wrote the Eagles' 1975 track, Hollywood Waltz

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