Eagles FAQ Book Review
The Eagles Greatest Live was released in 1980. It was a two album set of all the hits. I had it when it came out. The cover looked like a storage box. Pictures of the band filled the inside.
Since that time, the Eagles remained a popular band, still played on radio to this day.
I'm not a big Eagles fan.
I find Hotel California over praised and over played. This book made me interested in the band, their history, and their peers. Linda Ronstadt, Micheal Nesmith, Gram Parsons, I looked them up on ITunes while reading this.
The book doesn't get into details of the stories behind all the songs, which I would find interesting. Where is the Sad Cafe? Although you get some stories, like Doolin Dalton. The book addresses the good things like, fame and success, and it addresses the bad, like low energy stage presence. The book goes into the breakup/respite years.
I really liked Glen Frey's The Allnighter, which gets short mention. I find Don Henley's Building the Perfect Beast to be some of his best solo work, but the author doesn't agree.
I would recommend this to an Eagles fan or casual fan. One of the best in the FAQ series as well.