Fallen Eagle Glenn Frey helped define the 1970s
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AS the Eagles co-founder, singer and songwriter Glenn Frey mastered the mix of rock ‘n’ roll and country music, and the band’s hits — including “Hotel California” and “Take It Easy,” both co-written by Frey — helped define the 1970s.
Frey died on Monday of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia in New York at age 67.
He was born in Detroit and formed the band with Don Henley in 1971 in Los Angeles.
Frey and Henley came from humble beginnings, playing backup for Linda Ronstadt, and later formed the Eagles when they signed with David Geffen’s Asylum Records.
Their sound would go on to successfully blend rock and country — something that others tried but was mastered by the Eagles. Who else has won Grammy Awards — stretched across 1975 and 2008 — in the rock, pop and country categories?
The band released some of the most popular songs of the 1970s: “Take It Easy,” written by Frey and Jackson Browne, is irresistible with Frey singing lead, and “Hotel California,” the moody soft rock track, is simply a classic.
And “Hotel California” was just one of the Eagles’ tunes to peak atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart: “Heartache Tonight,” “New Kid In Town,” “One of These Nights” and “Best of My Love” also went to No 1.
Frey and Henley wrote most of the group’s hits and were known as one of America’s top songwriting teams.
The band called it quits in 1980 after a row on stage during a political fundraiser but reunited 14 years later.
Henley said Frey was like a brother to him and the bond they forged 45 years ago was never broken.
“We were two young men who made the pilgrimage to Los Angeles with the same dream,” he said, “to make our mark in the music industry.”
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