Eagles singer-songwriter and drummer Don Henley is releasing a new solo album in May, and in an interview to promote that upcoming work, he let slip that a former member of the Eagles will return to the band for an upcoming tour -- though he declined to say which one.
When Don Henley and Glenn Frey set about authorizing the new documentary 'History of the Eagles,' they took the unusual step of securing an Oscar-winning filmmaker to produce -- because, as Frey put it in a recent interview with the New York Times, "Our management sent me what they thought were some of the best music documentaries that had been done. And I wasn’t crazy about any of it."
The enduring success of the Eagles means that Don Henley doesn't need to work unless he wants to. And when that time comes, it's hard to get him to stop. In a new interview, he discussed his upcoming projects that will keep him busy for the next few years, which includes a new solo album and autobiography.
The Eagles are dedicating 2013 to their 40th anniversary -- it's really their 42nd -- but that's not stopping Don Henley from doing solo work. He plans to release his long-awaited country album in May.
Eagles co-founder Don Henley told Rolling Stone that he made his way through the clubs with his pre-Eagles band Shiloh, but learned much of what he knows about songwriting from bandmate Glenn Frey and frequent co-writing friends Jackson Browne and JD Souther.
Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder says that due to some pretty brutal legal battles earlier in the decade, his relationship with the still-active member of the Eagles in essentially nil.