If the Beatles wrote the soundtrack of the swinging \'60s, then the Eagles did the same for the cynical \'70s.
They perfected the California sound, shifted power from record company t.
And in Don Henley and Glenn Frey they had two songwriters who intuitively understood and accurately portrayed the changing America they lived in.
But the Eagles took it to the limit.
The story of the Eagles is also the story of most artists of their time - the drugs, the music, the excesses, and the piles of cash.
If the Beatles wrote the soundtrack of the swinging \'60s, then the Eagles did the same for the cynical \'70s