When one of the Eagles has a birthday, I like to go back and listen to their catalog. I just did that for Joe.

One thing I've always thought about him is that his work is the most uneven in his solo material. He's not mediocre. He hits the highest highs (Turn to Stone, Help Me Thru the Night) but also the lowest lows (Coyote Love).

Most people who are as brilliant as he is have their off days, but they don't dip quite as far down as he does.

I have no idea why this would be - why he skips mediocrity entirely to go either really high or really low most of the time.

However, that seems to not be the class in his most recent solo album, and it's not in the case with his Eagles material either (for obvious reasons).

Any thoughts?

Or is my premise entirely off-base?