Quote Originally Posted by GoranV View Post
Welcome RH. I read a lot on these threads too. Finally I have the HOTE DVD at home, bought on amazon. I watched it a year ago with a friend but now i can watch over and over. english subtitled. I need help with some things, i'll be really thankful.

this is one thing: Henley and Glenn came from play with Linda Rondstad and decided to found a new band. They looked for the other guys, ledon and Meisner. So both can be considered the real creators of the Eagles band, the main membersm, they got the initiative. Even the doc only focuses on the Don and Glenn childhood. That's why I think so too. i'm wrong?
Goran - you are correct in that the doc focuses only on Don and Glenn's childhoods, and that they are the narrators. There is no question that they emerged as the leaders of the band and are to this day. At the time the four guys came together as a band that would eventually be called the Eagles, I don't think those two were considered "the leaders". Bernie was probably the most experienced/successful/talented at that point in time. There is much discussion about this topic on these boards, and opinions are split, but the general consensus (I get the sense, please feel free to correct me) is that the Eagles success was attributable to all four founding members, and that Don and Glenn emerged as the leaders, as they wrote and sang most of the hits. This is a very brief explanation.

Also, I think that all four of them were playing behind Linda, together, at some point before they formed their own band - again, someone correct me if I'm wrong.