Glenn Frey, the nice American musician and longtime member of the Eagles, was the lead voice of “Tequila Sunrise,” “Lyin’ Eyes,” and so many others. He amassed six Grammys and many years of worldwide admiration earlier than his unhappy passing on January 18, 2016, on the age of 67.
Frey, born in Detroit on November 6, 1948, was a six-time Grammy-winner as a member of the Eagles, with whom he was a co-founder, keyboard participant and guitarist in 1971. By then, he had gained native expertise singing with Detroit rock hero Bob Seger, who turned a lifelong good friend, on his early hit “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man” and as a member of Linda Ronstadt’s band. There, he first labored with Don Henley and fellow authentic Eagles Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon.
He sang lead on three tracks from the Eagles’ self-titled 1972 debut album that was produced in London by English producer Glyn Johns: “Take It Easy,” an early band trademark that he wrote along with his good friend and room-mate Jackson Browne, “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and “Chug All Night.”
Because the group turned increasingly more profitable in the course of the Nineteen Seventies, Frey remained an intrinsic a part of their sound, usually co-writing with Henley, who was the Eagles’ extra frequent lead singer. They wrote such classics as “Lyin’ Eyes,” “Take It To The Limit,” and the title track for 1975’s One Of These Nights. Frey co-wrote seven of the 9 titles on the multi-million-selling Resort California in 1977, singing on the usually delicate and nuanced “New Kid In Town,” composed with Henley and band confidant J.D.Souther, additionally an completed artist in his personal proper.
As a solo artist, Frey had a serious worldwide hit in 1984 with “The Heat Is On” and additional nice success with such singles as “You Belong To The City,” “Smuggler’s Blues” and “True Love.” The final of his 5 solo albums, After Hours, was launched in 2012.
Frey constructed a profitable solo profession in the course of the Eagles’ hiatus of the Eighties and 90s with the aforementioned singles and others, and such albums as No Enjoyable Aloud and The Allnighter. Frey was then a central determine within the second part of the Eagles’ success, each on album and on a sequence of huge-selling US and worldwide excursions, from 1994 onwards.
On his dying, Glenn’s household, fellow band members and administration posted a message on his web site that learn: “Glenn fought a brave battle for the previous a number of weeks however, sadly, succumbed to problems from Rheumatoid Arthritis, Acute Ulcerative Colitis and Pneumonia.
“The Frey family would like to thank everyone who joined Glenn to fight this fight and hoped and prayed for his recovery. Words can neither describe our sorrow, nor our love and respect for all that he has given to us, his family, the music community & millions of fans worldwide.”
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