The History of the Eagles Rock Band

Probably my favorite song and album of all time is the Eagles Hotel California. I did a little research on the Eagles band by reading about their past. It seems that the history of the Eagles rock band was full of twists and turns. So much so, I thank the stars that the band stayed together long enough for the Eagles Hotel California to be released. While today there are a plethora of Eagles top songs we can listen to, it wasn’t always that way. Here is a brief history of the Eagles band before there were any Eagles top songs like, “One Of These Nights”, “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and “Hotel California”.

While touring for a couple of months with star singer Linda Ronstadt, the future Eagles band of Don Henley and Glenn Frey, decided it was time they put their own band together. Glenn Frey, who was a big fan of country rock music coaxed a couple of guitarists away from two bands who frequently played at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. These were guitarist Bernie Leadon who was playing for the Flying Burrito Brothers and bass guitar player Randy Meisner who was playing for the popular rock band Poco at the time.