Posted on 01/18/2016 2:01:14 PM PST by Borges
Glenn Frey, a founding member and guitarist of the Eagles, has died ... TMZ has learned. Frey had been battling intestinal issues for months and had surgery in November. We're told in the last few days his condition took a turn for the worse. Glenn co-wrote and sang most of the Eagles hits, including "Take It Easy," "Tequila Sunrise," "Lyin' Eyes," and "Heartache Tonight," to name a few. He also co-wrote "Hotel California" and "Desperado" with Don Henley and took home 6 Grammys with the band. After the Eagles' 1980 breakup, Glenn launched a successful solo career, recording numerous hits ... most notably "The Heat Is On" and "You Belong to the City." Glenn also got into acting, snagging a recurring role on "Miami Vice." He reunited with the Eagles in '94 for their monster Hell Freezes Over tour and recorded music till the end, releasing what would be his fifth and final solo LP, "After Hours," in 2012. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer had been fighting intestinal issues for awhile but his condition relapsed before the holidays, forcing the Eagles to pull out of their Kennedy Center Honors appearance in December. At the time, the band said he needed major surgery that would require a lengthy recovery, but it appears he was never able to bounce back. Glenn was 67. RIP.
Wonder how the “Eagles of Death Metal” will take the news, they’ve had a rough few months.
WTF OVR!? No class.
Oh My. Great Artist.
RIP Glenn Frey.
The Desperado album is one of the greats of all time....
"I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass"
The Eagles recorded it when they finally reunited in 1994. Even more relevant than it was back then.
... warm smell of colitis, rising up through the air..
You can check out any time you like but you can never leave.
This one actually made me cry.
I sang my babies his songs in the cradle.
Much too young.
Yeah, unlike Henley though, he pretty much kept his mouth shut about politics.
Sarcastic snarkiness?
You seem mad.
What’s it to you?
He can have his pink champagne in ice.
This last Hanukkah my daughter gave me their 2 CD ‘greatest hits’.
These are the songs I sang to my babies in the middle of the night when they were fussy. He wrote most of them.
00:00 Hotel California
06:30 Take It Easy
10:02 Desperado
13:39 Take It To The Limit
18:26 One Of These Nights
23:17 Already Gone
27:33 Life In The Fast Lane
32:20 Lying Eyes
38:41 Witchy Woman
42:53 Love Will Keep Us Alive
46:56 New Kid In Town
52:00 How Long
55:15 Heartache Tonight
59:42 Peaceful Easy Feeling
1:04:00 I Can't Tell You Why
1:09:14 Tequila Sunrise
1:12:42 Get Over It
1:16:12 Last Resort
1:23:34 On The Border
1:28:52 In The City
1:32:36 The Long Run
1:36:19 Wasted Time
1:41:39 The Best of My Love
1:46:13 Learn To Be Still
1:50:42 Victim of Love
1:54:54 Seven Bridges Road
1:57:50 Doolin-Dalton
Noooooooo. Was just saying I hope they tour one more time. They put on one of the best shows.
I saw that, thought about it, then I said, "Nope, not gonna do it."
In The History of the Eagles movie, Henley and Frey seemed like jackasses. But it was just a movie I guess. RIP Glenn
Yeah.
Kind of out of the blue hit.
Get Over It - is my favorite song when I need a a good dose of reality.
He was a liberal, but he wrote one of the most conservative songs I ever heard—Get Over It.
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