An interview with Don from last month- “The Dude is ‘entitled to his feelings’ on the Eagles”-

He reveals a little more about his upcoming album.
For a musician of your stature and caliber, it seems astonishing that you've only released two solo albums, and they're nearly 30 years apart. Do you just wait until you're quite certain you have material you want to release, as opposed to simply putting product out there for consumers to buy?

I think it's both. I have just recently finished another solo project that's been two years in the writing and recording process, and in between touring, when I had a week or ten days off the road, I was in the studio. So, it's more difficult to have enough concise time set aside to write, record, and produce 10, 12, 13 tracks that are high quality.

I won't put out a song on a record that I don't really believe in — that I don't believe is “A” caliber. There are no b-sides on any of my records that I can judge. I've already started writing songs for my next project, even though this hasn't been released. It'll be out somewhere at the end of the first quarter of 2019. Hopefully, it won't be as long between releases again.
It’s kind of surprising to learn some people were calling out requests for “Heavy Metal (Takin’ a Ride)” at HFO concerts.
I find it really wonderful that you play your song from the Heavy Metal soundtrack, 'Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)” as a regular part of your sets.

I do. It was funny, because during the Eagles' Hell Freezes Over Tour, there would be at least five or ten people that would yell out, “HEAVY METAL!” and want the Eagles to play that song, although that was never going to happen. That track was originally written for The Long Run record, so that Joe [Walsh] and I would have some real estate to actually play off of each other on. We could trade solos, and there's harmony parts we could've played together.

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