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.
I’m still amazed how Randy Bachman could stay away from drinking and drugs in that environment.
I had not heard that about Glenn Campbell. I knew he was in a facility.
Damn, this is a shock. I had kind of a crush on him, even though he was a staunch liberal. It’s even more shocking, considering that he had become a health fanatic. This is sad news.
FWIW, I think that the line “I’d like to find your inner child & kick its little ass” in “Get over it” is one of my all-time favorites,
First David Bowie & now Glenn. Yet, Justin Beiber is still with us.
Yep, life isn't fair.
Linda Ronstadt is still alive.
Death threads always bring out the assholes
Don’t you imagine they must be pathetic in reality
Hang in there
Geez, that pretty much finishes the Eagles. He always looked like a healthy guy too.
Sad to hear. I was a huge Glenn Frey fan after the Eagles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcTopQeG7JY
I thought it was a veiled metaphor for an aimless afterlife.
Saw Brown once and Rondstadt twice - but I never got to see either the Eagles or Seger ... Although I sure had fun jammin to their tunes.
You cut out the eagle on the window sill.
The poster is a quasi troll
Does this all the time
Check it’s posting history
The other one same thing
One of my favorites. Lots of memories of better days. Was disappointed a few years ago when I learned that Frey and Henley were big libs, but...
No no cherry you don’t get it
Horrible life ending diseases are funny you know
Like cystic fibrosis for kids
Free Republic has always had first class nasty nasty posters
JR should scrub them
And might have once
They post to outrage
I guess they think they are the Artie Langes of the forum
They are mistaken
Seems to be a common theme
They weren’t raised right and don’t respect whoever tried and transfer that self pity to anyone they think shares that responsibility
Michigan boy who always had what I call a beach accent
And this just in:Dale Griffin, drummer for rock group Mott The Hoople, has died aged 67.
Is 67 the new 27?
David Bowie wrote their biggest hit, "All the Young Dudes."
Don't worry, he'll...
Get Over It.
Oops...
Already Gone
Looks like too much
Life In The Fast Lane
I guess
One Of These Nights
he'll
Learn To Be Still
Maybe he was a
Victim of Love
I don't know who it was
I Can't Tell You Why
maybe it was that
Witchy Woman
she had them
Lying Eyes
Oh well...
Take It Easy
enough
Wasted Time
Segar was my first concert. $5.
Yeah, but he stole the music from Jethro Tull. :-)
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