If the Beatles wrote the soundtrack of the swinging '60s then the Eagles did the same for the cynical '70s. The story of the Eagles is also the story of most artists of their time a the drugs the music the excesses and the piles of cash. But the Eagles took it to the limit. And in Don Henley and Glenn Frey they had two songwriters who intuitively understood and accurately portrayed the changing America they lived in. They perfected the California sound shifted power from record company to artist and pioneered album-oriented rock. Eagles songs of the period are as memorable as any ever written and their most popular album EHotel CaliforniaE became a timeless record of '70s decadence.THIn EThe Eagles FAQE music critic Andrew Vaughan brings an insider's view into the various chapters of the group's fascinating history. He shows how they blended the best folk rock and country sounds of the '60s into a worldwide soundtrack of the '70s while challenging the industry status quo with a new business model. The story of their rise fall and rebirth is all here a their mega-selling smashes their tensions and breakups the band members' solo work and their triumphant reunion and continued place at the top of the rock-and-roll tree.

About the Author
ANDREW VAUGHAN is a British writer and an authority on country music and country rock. In addition to books on Beyonce and Taylor Swift, he wrote the bestselling Shania: Feel Like a Woman as well as The Eagles: An American Band, an acclaimed illustrated biography. Vaughan has been a record industry consultant and editorial director for the Nashville-based American Music Channel since 2002.


Book Information
ISBN 9781480385412
Author Andrew Vaughan
Format Paperback
Page Count 354
Imprint Backbeat Books
Publisher Hal Leonard Corporation
Weight(grams) 572g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 153mm * 21mm