It's interesting to look at old mentions of the band and see how things have changed, isn't it? Here's a thread for that!

People Magazine - January 15, 1990

BANDING BIRDS

Although their representatives won't confirm it, sources close to Glenn Frey and Don Henley say the two former Eagles will meet later this month and begin writing songs together with an eye toward an album and a possible tour.

Frey and Henley co-founded the Eagles in 1971 and remained the principal songwriters in the band until its demise in 1982. Both musicians prospered as solo artists during the '80s, but the sum of the parts never quite equaled the success of the whole.

Henley, whose most recent album was The End of the Innocence, is concluding a tour of Japan and Taiwan. Frey for the past several years has been battling diverticulitis, an intestinal inflammation, and underwent surgery just before Christmas to have two inches of his intestine removed. He spent the holidays recuperating at his mother's house in Florida but plans to get together with Henley as soon as he's up and around.

It's expected that the other former Eagles, including guitarist Joe Walsh, will not be in on the reunion effort.

[OK, that makes no sense. If the other former Eagles aren't in on the reunion effort - who's going to do it besides Glenn and Don??? Oh well, moot point, eh? And I didn't realize Glenn had his first surgery right before Christmas in 1989. Yikes!]