Biographic - Sunday September 9, 2018 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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In 1971, Don Henley and Glenn Frey were playing in Linda Ronstadt's backing band when they recruited Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner and formed The Eagles, the band quickly gained a following, and songs such as "Take It Easy" "Desperado and "Tequila Sunrise" hit the charts. By the time 1975's "Best Of My Life" gave the group it's first U.S. chart-topping single, Don Felder had joined The Eagles. That same year, the album "One Of These Nights" propelled them to international superstardom. It was the first in a string of four No. 1 albums- and the last to feature Leadon, who was unhappy with the band's shift from county-roc to a harder sound. His replacement was wildman rocker Joe Walsh. The 1976 "Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)" album has gone to sell 42 million copies worldwide. That same year they released "Hotel California" which brought even greater success- but the constant touring took a toll on the health of Meisner, who left the band in 1977 and was replaced by Poco's Timothy B Schmit. By 1980, the band had run its course, and The Eagles went their separate ways to pursue successful solo careers. It would be 14 years before the band reunited their hugely successful reunion tour spawning the chart-topping live album "Hell Freezes Over" The band went on a length hiatus again in 2001 when the firing of Don Felder saw the group mired in legal wrangles. They recovered as a quartet in 2007, the album "Long Road Out of Eden" debuting at the top of the charts worldwide. The 2016 death of Glenn Frey seemed to have drawn the final curtain on The Eagles- but the band has recently resurfaced with Frey's son Deacon and Henley's son will joining country star Vince Gill in the line-up.

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