Originally Posted by
Jonny Come Lately
I really like Glenn Frey's guitars on the early records, he has a good sound and the rock leanings in his playing provide a good contrast with the twang of Bernie's Telecasters. The solo in the middle of Tryin' reminds me quite a bit of some of Neil Young's guitar solos, like the one-note guitar solo he plays on Cinnamon Girl (which happens to be one of my favourites - it's not a technical masterpiece, but it sounds great). Having said that, although he played far fewer lead parts from OOTN onwards, the solos he did play on those albums were all memorable (he has the best solo parts on Too Many Hands, as well as doing Try And Love Again and of course I Can't Tell You Why).