Glenn Frey sold over 200 million albums as frontman of the Eagles, and a fraction of that with his five solo albums, the last of which, the traditional jazz-influenced After Hours, was released in 2012. That record, featuring standards from the Great American Songbook, failed to break into the business end of the Billboard 200 - peaking at number 116 - but always held a special place in the late singer's heart, not least because he was able to dedicate it to his parents, who had raised him on records by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.
"The greatest two days in the entire process were getting to sit in the control room and watch 22 string players and a couple of flutes and French horns lift my songs to heaven.," Frey told Jazz Times in 2012. "At the end of the second day, I addressed the orchestra and said, What you’ve done to this material is beyond my wildest dreams. I’ve been a rock ‘n’ roll star for most of my adult life, but today I am a musician'."
The inspiration to make the album came from an unusual source: Hollywood film legend Clint Eastwood.
