Originally Posted by UndertheWire
I think you can read too much into Don's "estranged" comment. He and Glenn had very different personalities and that included how close they remained with old friends. Don has remained close with Jackson Browne and JD Souther, whereas Glenn didn't once their lives no longer touched. Instead he made new friends who fitted in with his new life.
Originally Posted by Soda
I think he compartmentalized, perhaps a bit more than most, his sets of friends. "I can't even relate to that guy anymore," he once said of himself, referring to what he was like in the 60s and 70s (this was an interview from the early 90s, I believe). I think that might have extended to the company he kept.

Interesting comments. I think Don and Glenn's friendship in the years after the break up in 1980 was complicated. They were two very different people with very different personalities. I think what originally drew them to each other in 1970 was obviously their love of music and desire to start a band. Once that happened, they were full force, Eagles 24/7 for nine years. The mind boggling success, fame and stress wore them both out and broke up that once close friendship. By the mid 80's, Glenn had given up the R & R lifestyle and went thru a marriage and divorce. Don at that point was still single and living that lifestyle. In fact, one of the main reasons the 1990 reunion did not work was because Glenn felt Don was still living that lifestyle. Glenn was happily married and expecting his first child. In that Wash.Post interview, Jackson stated he felt Glenn and Don were never able to rekindle that close friendship they had in their 20's. By the time Don married in 1995, Glenn had been married for five years and had two kids. I think when push came to shove, Glenn deep down was basically what he was raised - a mid-westerner who seemed to return to his roots in many ways. I think he loved and respected Don but that close friendship was apparently long gone. As people age and mature their interests and desires change and one time close friends grow apart. I think this was very much a love/hate friendship, and boy would I ever love to read a book regarding their friendship. Just my 2 cents.

Dawn - I would think that without Deacon this new version of the Eagles would have been difficult. Fans would be much less likely to accept it and they would have been torn apart in the press. There is obviously a very strong emotional appeal/tug the heart strings with Deacon in the band. However, at this point who knows. Don could very well have just gone with Vince.