Somehow I'm not surprised anymore when I see that "founding member" thing. Don himself likes to lead people to believe that he was there from the beginning. He also keeps saying that he was in the band for 27 years. Maybe he thinks of business meetings with the "Eagles organization" that may have happened in the 80's as "being in the band", but it sure sounds like "we played as a band for 27 years" when he says it. Was it twelve years that he actually was in the band?