1 on The Billboard 200 after Billboard revised a significant chart policy today (Nov. The Eagles' first new studio album in 28 years, "Long Road Out of Eden," takes a short route to No. (One infamous conflict that led to the split came in 1980 while onstage at a concert in Long Beach, California, Glenn Frey and Don Felder allegedly spent the night threatening to kick each other’s asses backstage.) “It may never be like it was in the past,” Henley said, but he’s proud to be part of “a band who knows when to sit one out … creatively, it was our time to get back in the studio,” he added. The Eagles, who have had one of the fiercest love/hate relationships in rock & roll, broke up in 1981. The band recorded around twenty songs for the effort. “People will be getting value for their money,” Henley said. studio, Henley confirmed that the album will be distributed exclusively through Wal-Mart for the first twelve months. Recorded over the last few years in an undisclosed L.A. The disc they will release in October, tentatively titled Long Road Out of Eden, has finally brought the group back to the studio. “We’ve had some conflict within the group, and in terms of songwriting and recording, we just didn’t feel like it up until now.” “I think it’s okay to go away for a while,” he explained. “And the time seems right for us to do this.” Henley explained that other pursuits - including raising their children and working on their solo careers - have kept the Eagles from “doing this” sooner. “They say everything in life is a matter of timing,” Henley said. Performing at one of his West Coast solo dates in Primm, Nevada, on Saturday, the Eagles drummer delivered a powerful two-hour set on guitar, playing some obligatory hits (“Boys of Summer,” “All She Wants to Do Is Dance”) and other unexpected favorites, including an acoustic “The End of the Innocence” and mesmerizing “Hotel California.”īackstage before the show, Henley also talked openly for the first time about the new Eagles disc (slated to hit stores in October) as they prepare for their only six performances of 2007 - two of which will take place October 18th and 20th at the premiere of the new Nokia Theater L.A. Now we’re two short months from a new Eagles album - their first studio release in twenty-eight years – only this time, Henley saw it coming. When the Eagles last got back together it was 1994, and Don Henley shared his sentiments with the world by naming their live album Hell Freezes Over. I love being in the Eagles, and we're not really done yet." Walsh adds that he's jonesing a bit to do some solo recording again but, not surprisingly, says, "I don't think I would cancel being an Eagle and resurface with a solo career.
I just like to rock'n'roll, and they're making me want to do it more." "I love the energy and the attitude of a younger band, especially on stage," Walsh says. Walsh has recruited a band of well-credentialed young players such as Gia Ciambotti (Bruce Springsteen, Lucinda Williams) and Drew Hester (Lisa Marie Presley, Foo Fighters), who he says "are really kicking me in the pants." Though he's put the James Gang on ice until he has more time to dedicate to it, he's playing 13 solo shows in the next month, beginning tonight (July 31) in Saratoga, Calif. The guitarist is hardly sitting at home, however. Walsh says the band, which took this year off the road to hunker down on the album, plans to tour extensively in 2008. We need some stuff we can play live, so I made sure there was that element in the record." I didn't want us to be too ballad-y here.
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It's hard to compare to anything that I hear out there now." For his songs, however, Walsh "went rock'n’roll," including one "extended" track with "a middle full of guitar statement" and another that's "full-on rock'n'roll. Schmit - wrote songs for the album, which he says "go in some really, really new, different directions. Walsh says that all of the band members - himself, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Timothy B.
We're just finishing vocals and mixing it. Guitarist Joe Walsh tells that the album - the Eagles' first full-length studio set since "The Long Run" in 1979 - is "almost out. The Eagles are planning to take flight with a long-awaited new album and a tour.
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