History of the Eagles Part One Page #5

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The vegetation - I'd never seen palm trees.

You know, it was just

like a dream come true.

So you want to be a rock'n'roll star?

Then listen now to what I say

Just get an electric guitar...

The first celebrity I saw was David Crosby.

And when your hair's combed

right and your pants fit tight

It's gonna be all right...

And he had on that

flat-brimmed hat that he wore

on the second Byrds album, and

he had a little leather cape on,

and I just looked and I thought,

"My God, there's David Crosby. "

Zoom, and we went right by.

And in a week or two

if you make the charts

The girls'll tear you apart...

And the first person I met

was John David Souther.

We wanted to get high and play music.

There were two of us with guitars.

We were listening to a lot of

that sort of interface between

rock 'n' roll and country

and western music that was

happening in Southern California

at the time with the Byrds

and Dillard & Clark and the

Burrito Brothers and Poco.

When I last saw you

I couldn't find a reason why

I felt kind of blue...

There was a lot of great music

of that sort going around then.

Longbranch Pennywhistle here.

I suppose you wonder what that

name meant, and John David and I -

It was a well-kept spring back funky women.

The songs weren't very good.

I don't think Glenn and I were very

far along as songwriters then.

Run, boy, run

You gotta move...

We were a funny little

group, but we got gigs.

We, you know, managed to play in

some of the folk clubs around LA -

the Golden Bear and the Ash Grove.

Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah

What condition my condition was in...

We had a chance meeting with Kenny

Rogers in Dallas, Texas, one day.

He was coming through town

with the First Edition.

They were very hot at the time.

I tripped on a cloud and

fell-a eight miles high...

I remember this like it was yesterday.

This little kid came up and

said, "Mr Rogers," he said,

"I'm Don Henley, and I'm with

a group called Felicity,

and we're doing a show tonight, and

we'd love to have you come see us. "

And I said, "You know, I'm really

sorry, but I don't do that.

I don't just go to clubs and watch groups. "

He said, "I really think you'd like us. "

And I thought, "Well, that's

pretty cool," so I did.

From the minute that I met you, baby

You were hanging your chains on me

And I loved you so

I nearly lost my mind...

Kenny is a Texas boy, and he was

looking for groups to produce.

So, I brought them to LA,

and they literally lived at my

house for about four months.

We changed their name to Shiloh.

It was so much fun to take

them into the studio.

Well, thank you Mr Big

Time Music Business Man

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