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Matt Owen

“None of it sat well with him. The further we went into rock, the less he liked it”: When the Eagles’ founding guitarist knew it was time to leave

The Eagles perform on stage in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1975. (L-R) Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Bernie Leadon.

The Eagles has been the home to a handful of guitar greats – but the introduction of one such player into the mix helped spell the end for one of the band’s founding members.

The mid-1970s was a transitional period for the Eagles, who, after dropping their first two records – Eagles and Desperado – began to embrace a harder-leaning rock edge in a quest to be the biggest band on the planet.

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