“They all thought it was a bonkers idea but it worked. It was already a great song, but that one little thing made it different”: How the Eagles made somebody else’s song their own – and defined the sound of country rock

Eagles.

Glenn Frey was living in an apartment at 1020 Laguna Avenue in Echo Park, Los Angeles when he heard the beginnings of a song that would give his band the Eagles their breakthrough hit.

It was 1971, and Michigan-born Frey was living directly above a young singer-songwriter called Jackson Browne, who was working on songs for his debut solo album.