History of the Eagles Part One Page #7

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"So, that's how you do it" -

elbow grease, you know,

time, thought, persistence.

Doctor, my eyes have seen the years

And the slow parade of fears

Without crying...

I wanted to kill him sometimes.

Jackson would play the same phrase

from Doctor, My Eyes for six weeks.

The same thing with The Pretender.

I just wanted to murder him.

Doctor, my eyes...

And it was during that period

of time that I met Glenn Frey

because we were on the same

label, called Amos Records.

Some of the things that struck me

when I first met Glenn were

things we had in common.

Both of our dads made a living

in the automotive industry.

Glenn and I loved old cars,

especially cars from the '50s.

He had a '55 Chevy that he named Gladys.

And we drove around Los Angeles in Gladys.

- RADIO:

- Check out the new talent.

There's no better place in town

to catch those new singers

and songwriters than down at

the Monday night Hoot Night,

Doug Weston's world-famous

Troubadour, happening tonight.

'The Troubadour club was the

centre of the musical universe.

It was a very seminal place. It

was the place to see and be seen.

Every Monday night they had an open stage.

It was called Hoot Night.

The Troubadour was the place

to go if you were young

and happening and trying to get

involved in the music scene.

It was happening there.

California

Oh, California

I'm coming home

Oh, make me feel good Rock'n'roll band

I'm your biggest fan

California, I'm coming home.

I saw a lot of great

acts at the Troubadour.

So far away

Doesn't anybody stay

in one place any more?

It would be so fine to see your face...

I witnessed Elton John's American

debut performance in 1970.

And it's good old country

comfort in my bones

Just the sweetest sound my

ears have ever known...

Everybody who was anybody at the

time played at the Troubadour.

Of course, Linda,

she still has one of my favourite

voices in the business, ever.

Feeling better now we're through

Feeling better cos I'm over you...

The Troubadour is really responsible

for the entire music scene.

I mean, everything I got, really,

was virtually through either

performing there onstage

or in the bar, you know?

I'm telling you now, baby

And I'm going my way...

I was just started managing Linda then,

and Linda was going to be a star

- That voice as big as a house.

There wasn't anybody in the room

that cared about anything but that voice.

I'm gonna say it again...

One night, we're down at the Troubadour,

and John Boylan comes to me -

he's managing Linda Ronstadt -

and he says, "I'm taking Linda on the road.

"We need guys who can sing. You want

to play rhythm guitar and sing?"

I offered him 250 a week, and he took it.

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