I thought it was inappropriately titled as
History of the Eagles. It should have been titled
The History of Don Henley and Glenn Frey.
Bernie Leadon was in more successful bands than anybody in the Eagles before he joined The Eagles. He was in a band called Hearts and Flowers; he was in the
Flying Burrito Brothers so he’d been on the road and toured and made records.
Randy Meisner had been in
Poco and had hits with them and he had also been in the
Rick Nelson Stone Canyon Band.
Both of those guys had a more successful history prior in The Eagles than Don Henley and Glenn Frey and all of that was omitted. To say nothing of my history growing up Gainesville (Florida) and being with
Stephen Stills, Bernie Leadon,
Tom Petty,
Duane Allman and all of that history that went on before we all wound up being in the Eagles. The time that was spent primarily focused on Don Henley and Glenn Frey versus anyone else in the band as completely lopsided.
To me, that’s okay; it was their project, they controlled it and they paid for it so it can be any way they wanted it to be. When I was asked to come in and be a part of it it was a tough decision because I knew that whatever editing took place would most likely not be favorable to me. But I wanted to be represented as being part of the project so I went and sat there for probably three, three and a half hours being interviewed and I bet they used five minutes of the interview, which is typical of projects like that. But I think it was just a little lopsided; it should have been called
The History of Henley and Frey.