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The Eagles
The Eagles owe much of their musical success and apparent personal pain to John Boylan. Boylan gathered Glenn Frey, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner from session musician gigs and Don Henley after meeting him at the Troubadour in Los Angeles and had them audition for Linda Ronstadt as her backup band during her tour in 1970. They got the job and received encouragement from Rondstadt herself to pursue a musical career as their own group. The collaboration of Frey, Leadon, Meisner, and Henley became The Eagles, the premier band of the decade that would regularly release multi-platinum records and sell tickets to sold-out tours brimming with clashing egos.
The group's signed with Asylum Records in 1970, then a small record label started by David Geffen and Elliot Roberts. The Eagles made the small record label a big one fast after the first album, Eagles (1972), landed three singles in the Top 40 and ended up selling certified platinum. Fans came into the concerts with tickets to hear the emergence of Southern California country rock onto the national stage.
"Take It Easy", "Witchy Woman", and "Peaceful Easy Feeling" launched the album and the band into the popular consciousness. The next album, Desperado (1973), played heavily on the Old West outlaw theme, with songs like "Tequila Sunrise" and "Desperado", and also began the dynamic that would both drive and tea the band apart. Don Henley and Glenn Frey became the creative force of the Eagles, writing eight of the 11 songs. Tickets to see the Eagles in the future featured this dynamic and their overpowering influence.
While Desperado was the first step to establishing Henley and Frey as the writing team driving the group, On the Border (1974) was the album where they snatched the wheel. The album moved away from the country sound that described the band in the beginning and moved toward hard rock. The fans did not seem to mind, happy to make the album double platinum and glad to buy Eagles tickets to the new sound. The album also introduced Don Felder as the fifth Eagle. The Eagles also landed their first number one single with "Best of My Love".
The change in direction had alienated Leadon, whose musical and political preference often clashed with the rest of the Eagles. After One of These Nights (1975) was finished being recorded, Leadon left the group. Joe Walsh a solo and hard rock veteran stepped into his place and just before the Eagles began to sell tickets or the promotional tour. The album's singles made a strong impression on the charts, with "One of These Nights" peaking at number one, "Lyin' Eyes" hitting number two, and "Take It to the Limit" landing a number four.
The departure of Leadon also exposed the fault lines of the group as the pressure of releasing four albums in four years and selling tickets for four subsequent tours began to take its toll on the group. The Eagles did not stop to take a break though, the next year they released Hotel California (1976) and a greatest hits album. Hotel California sold an incredible 16 times platinum, but was outdone by the greatest hits record, which sold 29 times platinum. "New Kid in Town" and Hotel California" topped the singles chart and "Life in the Fast Lane" became a catch phrase, but was near for the group. Meisner left the group to pursue a solo career. He was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit, but the Eagles were on the verge of exploding nonetheless.
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Artist Biography - The Eagles
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 The Long Run (1979) took two years to record, a sharp change from the normal annual schedule the Eagles had been on. Though overwrought with clashing personalities, the album became the third straight number one album, selling platinum seven times and releasing a number one single with "Heartache Tonight." The Eagles end came in terrific fashion. Fans who bought tickets to the July 31, 1980 show in Long Beach saw the musicians openly threatening each other between songs.
The infamous "Long Night at Wrong Beach" resulted in the splitting the group. Frey and Henley took to different coasts and produced the live album Warner Bros. was owed through the mail. Eagles Live still sold an amazing seven times platinum and began the introduction of lawyers as the new members of the group. The Eagles would not sell tickets together for more than a decade.
After varying degrees of success as solo artists and a tribute album by well-known musicians, The Eagles reunited in 1994 and started to tour together again. The live album was titled Hell Freezes Over in a humorous recognition of the past hatred that dominated the group at the end of their run in the ‘70s. With two new tracks and fans waiting to pay any price for tickets to see "the" group of the ‘70s play, the album and the tour were smashing successes.
Fourteen years was simply not long enough for all the wounds to heal and soon the group was fighting again. Don Felder left the tour after clashing with the Frey, Henley, Walsh, and Schmit. Suits and counter suits followed for the next few years, but the remaining four continued to sell tickets to concerts. The potential last album from The Eagles, Long Road out of Eden (2007) continued the tradition of hitting at least seven times platinum and was the group's fifth consecutive number one album.
The Eagles tickets are available on Online Seats for the remainder of their touring schedule. With terrific prices for seats at every concert and great inventory of tickets, the online ticket broker is the best shot at getting great seats to the band that dominated the 1970s. The sites has the concert schedule and seating charts for large venues, so see which show is near you and which seats you can get and complete your purchase online over the phone.
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