"Glenn Frey" of the Eagles R.I.P.

Nick Reed · Post by **Nick Reed** » 18 Jan 2016 2:09 pm

Glenn Frey, founding member of the Eagles passed away Monday January 18th, 2016. The Eagles were one the first big top 40 bands during the 70's to have a Steel Guitar.

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 18 Jan 2016 2:23 pm

Sad news. "The Heat is On" and "Smuggler's Blues" are on my active playlist. RIP Mr. Frey.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 18 Jan 2016 2:42 pm

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Jim Hinds · Post by **Jim Hinds** » 18 Jan 2016 3:08 pm

Sad news.

Chris Boyd · Post by **Chris Boyd** » 18 Jan 2016 4:17 pm

A truly gifted singer/songwriter/musician..thanks for sharing your remarkable talents....RIP Glenn Frey...

Ken Brower · Post by **Ken Brower** » 18 Jan 2016 5:40 pm

Absolute class act and a man driven to give listeners the best product all the time ... recorded or live.

Saw him three times with the Eagles; '81, 2X during the Farewell I Tour and in May 2012 on his 'After Hours' tour promoting his new solo album.

For us steel players, take a listen to Glenn's cover of 'Worried Mind' on the After Hours album. Steeler Greg Leisz nails down what Glenn was looking for. One of my favorite pedal steel soaked songs. You won't be disappointed with this hidden gem. He'll be missed!

Ron Frederiksen · Post by **Ron Frederiksen** » 18 Jan 2016 5:55 pm

What sad news, Great writer and singer. R.I.P. Glenn Frey ..

Storm Rosson · Post by **Storm Rosson** » 18 Jan 2016 6:40 pm

Incredibly sad news, feels like a passing in the family. In a phrase from another past musical hero of mine, Lowell George, "Yo soy ya moroso" rest well brother Glenn....Stormy

Godfrey Arthur · Post by **Godfrey Arthur** » 18 Jan 2016 7:22 pm

Damn won't death take a holiday???

GODSPEED GLENN!!!

Larry Weaver · Post by **Larry Weaver** » 18 Jan 2016 7:28 pm

Wow, that is incredibly sad news and without question it marks the end of an era for me. I first saw them in 73 during the Desperado tour at the Capital Theater in NJ and from that moment on, I was hooked on "Country Rock". RIP Glenn.

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 18 Jan 2016 7:57 pm

Sad news, always loved the Eagles, I knew he was ill since they postponed their Kennedy Center Induction (?), but didn't know it was so serious.

RIP Glenn!

Lee Dassow · Post by **Lee Dassow** » 18 Jan 2016 8:32 pm

Real bad news. didn't know he was sick either.
Very talented musician and song writer.RIP glenn.
T.Lee

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 19 Jan 2016 1:22 am

Glenn , Don and the gang brought many of us along for the entire ride , it's like losing a family member.

I now reflect back to last summer and paying a price for 3 tickets to see them on tour and how fortunate I was to even get 3 tickets !

RIP Glenn, thx for the influence , songs and journey.

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 19 Jan 2016 4:00 am

The Eagles were extra special for me because when I was learning to play regular 6 string guitar back in the early 70s a British friend and I used to busk in The Hauge restaurants and beachfront. More than half of the tunes we'd do were Eagles tunes.

Got to see the band in Amsterdam when they were just starting out and were acoustic only. Saw them again several years later in Rotterdam by which time they were a full-blown electric band.

Glenn's voice was smooth and his rapport with the audience extremely amiable. Besides writing and co-writing tunes, and singing, this was a guy who enjoyed performing.

Condolences to his family and close friends.

LJ Eiffert · Post by **LJ Eiffert** » 19 Jan 2016 6:29 am

Thank you Glenn Frey RIP, and Thanks for the memories in Las Vegas and that black " TEXAS WALKER " star who was there with me.

Clyde Mattocks · Post by **Clyde Mattocks** » 19 Jan 2016 9:32 pm

The Desperado album changed my musical life, especially Doolin Dalton. Saw them three times. once with Linda Ronstadt (for 12.00)

Ned McIntosh · Post by **Ned McIntosh** » 20 Jan 2016 12:59 am

Very sad news. A founding member of an iconic progressive country band; singer, keyboard and guitar-player, writer...he made such a huge contribution to what The Eagles became.

Godspeed and RIP, Glenn Frey.

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 20 Jan 2016 2:36 am

I just happened to hear my old group on tape from the 70's playing 'Desperado' at some dive. Don't know why it was always a special moment. The raucous audience would get quiet, not so much for us, I think, but for the song.

John Brabant · Post by **John Brabant** » 22 Jan 2016 1:45 pm

This from Rusty Young's Facebook page. I remember seeing POCO and Eagles play together in Summer 1975 at Franklin Stadium in NJ. I remember both bands coming out and doing an acoustic/bluegrassy set. If I am not mistaken Bernie was playing banjo and Rusty was on dobro. Really great...RIP Glenn.

Below Rusty's post, I have included a link regarding a podcast talks about Glenn Frey that was posted on Rusty's FB page.

Poco RustyYoung
January 18 at 6:49pm Â·

I met Glenn Frey at the Troubadour in the late sixties. He'd hang out at the bar with J.D. Souther and Jackson Brown talk music and pick up girls. It wasn't long before Glenn and J.D., (Long Branch and Penny Whistle), were opening for Poco at the Troubadour.
After the Eagles took off, I'd run into Glenn every once in a while. We even had the tables turned and opened some shows for them in the seventies.
My favorite memory was running into Glenn at The Record Plant in LA back when they were working on the 'One Of These Nights' album.
Glenn pulled me into a small playback room and put a tape reel on the playback machine.
It was a rough mix of 'One Of These Nights' and it was amazing. I loved it and let him know I thought they'd knocked it out of park. He was very proud and rightly so.
What a great legacy Glenn leaves all to soon.

http://thesoundla.com/2016/01/podcast-p ... lenn-frey/

Harold Dye · Post by **Harold Dye** » 31 Jan 2016 8:37 am

Last night CNN did a documentary on the Eagles. Glen did a lot of the talking along with Henley and Walsh. It was very interesting. It lasted 3 1/2 hours.

Les Cargill · Post by **Les Cargill** » 31 Jan 2016 9:08 am

Harold Dye wrote:Last night CNN did a documentary on the Eagles. Glen did a lot of the talking along with Henley and Walsh. It was very interesting. It lasted 3 1/2 hours.

Well, yeah Glen did much of the talking - it was Glen's band. Don Henley was also a leader but I suspect the hard calls came to Glen. And note well that Stueart Smith is very careful to say he was a sideman/employee rather than an Eagle.

That documentary is "History of the Eagles" in two parts. It's available on Netflix.