Discussion of Eagles Documentary "History of the Eagles"

[Brooke]

He had met Bernie & Randy when the four of them backed Linda Ronstadt at a show at Disneyland & he would have known of their reputations. J.D.Souther was briefly considered but I imagine they would have decided Bernie was a superior all round musician.

I had always thought that they only played one show at Disneyland, but Linda's book says "they played there for a week for 'end of school year festivities' and several shows a night." When they weren't performing they played poker with Smokey Robinson and the Miracles in the artists' lounge.

Glenn was asked to join Ronstadt's band & then he recruited Don so it is not just happenstance that they were both in her band.

Linda also remembers this differently:

Her and John Boylan were at a Troubadour Hoot Night scouting musicians for her back up band and saw Don with Shiloh and liked the way he played the drums. Then she says she asked Glenn to come along and play guitar because Bernie was busy with the Burrito Brothers. She said Glenn wound up rooming with Don and then they started writing music together and decided to form a band. John suggested they add Randy and she then suggested Bernie.