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Post by Belle on Jan 19, 2016 11:41:16 GMT -5
I turned on CNN and saw the re-broadcast of AC 360, but Linda was not replayed. Later on another program, they played a snipped of her interview where she described him in his early days "raw courage, nerves, and talent". Would love to hear the entire interview--or at least the text of it. Edit: I found her interview on this page: Linda Ronstadt AC 360 It's the 6th Video down on the page. Enjoy!
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jan 19, 2016 13:20:22 GMT -5
thanks so much belle for posting this. I hope Linda has some peace and solace for all the good times she had with Glenn; both professionally and personally. eddiejinfl
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Post by Goldie on Jan 19, 2016 14:27:03 GMT -5
Linda Ronstadt trending #4 on Yahoo at this moment Here is the story as told on Billboard:(with links within the article below) How Glenn Frey & Don Henley Became the Eagles, As Told by Linda Ronstadt 1/18/2016 by Gary Graff Back in 2014, Ronstadt recounted how a legendary rock band came to be. Glenn Frey and Don Henley knew each other before they joined Linda Ronstadt's band in 1971. But it was that time together that led to the formation of the Eagles later that year. Upon the publication of her 2014 autobiography Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir – two years prior to the death of Glenn Frey on Monday (Jan. 18) at age 67 -- Ronstadt told Billboard about the adventure of incubating the Eagles. Glenn Frey, Eagles Guitarist, Dies at 67 "[Producer] John Boylan was very active in helping me put a band together in those days. He knew all the musicians, and apparently Don Henley had already sent him some songs he had written. He'd heard me sing, he'd heard my records, he wanted to meet me and he came to L.A. hoping he could, and he had written some songs he hoped maybe I'd record. He sent them to John and they didn't turn out to be good songs for me at the time, but I heard him play the drums when I was walking through the room at the Troubadour and I thought he was such a good drummer. He had country mixed with rock in a way that didn't compromise either genre. So I said, 'Let's see if we can get him to play drums,' and John went to talk to him and he said, 'All right.' "So we hired [Henley] to play drums. And then I needed a guitar player. I couldn't take Bernie Leadon 'cause he was working with the Flying Burrito Brothers, so I said 'All right, I'll get Glenn Frey. He can play really good guitar.' I was living with J.D. Souther then, and [Frey] was J.D.'s music partner. They had a group called Longbranch Pennywhistle. They were kind of breaking up; they decided to go their separate ways, but they were still really good friends. So I asked Glenn if he would come on that tour with us. Eagles' Don Henley on Glenn Frey: 'He Was Like a Brother to Me' "In those days we didn't have enough money to put people in separate rooms, so Glenn and Don were rooming together and they each discovered the other could sing and was a great songwriter. Glenn used to call Don his secret weapon. He said, 'I'm gonna do a band with Don. We're gonna do a band together.' I said, 'That's a great idea.' "So we all talked about it. John said, 'I can help you do this. I can help you put this band together, and while you're waiting to get a record deal, you can play with Linda and you can have a gig.' It was one of those kinds of situations where it was in everybody's advantage. So I suggested they get Bernie Leadon to play guitar 'cause I liked Bernie and John suggested that they get Randy Meisner, and that's how the Eagles were formed. Glenn Frey & Eagles' Biggest Billboard Hits "They used to rehearse in my house, where I was living with J.D., 'cause we had a bigger living room than they did. And I remember coming home one day and they had rehearsed 'Witchy Woman' and they had all the harmonies worked out, four-part harmonies. It was fantastic. I knew it was gonna be a hit. You could just tell. They had really strong voices, really strong playing, really strong songwriting ideas and they had an extended pool of songwriters like Jack Tempchin and J.D. Souther and Jackson Browne. It was just an amazing time. There was no way they could miss with all that going for them." www.billboard.com/articles/news/6844113/linda-ronstadt-glenn-frey-don-henley-eagleswww.billboard.com/artist/302924/glenn-frey/chartwww.billboard.com/artist/301124/don-henley/chartwww.billboard.com/artist/307401/linda-ronstadt/chartwww.billboard.com/artist/276040/eagles/chartwww.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/6844089/glenn-frey-eagles-guitarist-dies-at-67www.billboard.com/artist/1483612/bernie-leadon/chartwww.billboard.com/artist/407569/flying-burrito-brothers/chartwww.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6844094/glenn-frey-dead-don-henley-tributewww.billboard.com/artist/360889/randy-meisner/chartwww.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6844102/glenn-frey-eagles-biggest-billboard-hitswww.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6844093/the-eagles-glenn-frey-death-musicians-react-questlove-ryan-adams
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Post by Goldie on Jan 19, 2016 14:39:49 GMT -5
This is the best bio so far and I won't even try to post as it wouldn't do it justice: www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-me-ln-eagles-founding-member-glenn-frey-dead-at-67-20160118-story.htmlclip Glenn Frey grew up in Detroit, the town best known musically for the catchy R&B music that came out of Motown Records, and the home of hard-charging rock acts such as Bob Seger, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels and the MC5. So when Frey turned up at the celebrated Troubadour nightclub in West Hollywood in the late 1960s to audition as a singer and guitarist for rising country-rock singer Linda Ronstadt, her manager wasn’t sure he’d be a good fit. “I had pigeonholed him as this punky kid from Detroit who wanted to be a rocker,” John Boylan said Monday. “But he surprised me with the scope of his musical knowledge. The very first rehearsal we had with Linda, we were doing a [Hank Williams] song, ‘Lovesick Blues.’ He knew the country sixth chords that Hank would use — he knew the whole genre already. I figured I would have to teach this guy about ancient country music, but he could have taught me.” Frey went on to become a founding member of the Eagles, one of the most successful bands of all time — a group that will be forever associated with the Southern California country rock sound. Frey died in New York on Monday from the rheumatoid arthritis he’d struggled with for 15 years as well as acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia. “When they went on tour with me, it was the first time Glenn had ever gone on the road,” Ronstadt recalled Monday. “We didn’t have enough money for everyone to have their own rooms, so the guys had to double up. That’s when Glenn and Don [Henley] started working together. When they said they wanted to form a band of their own, I thought, ‘Hot dog! Yes, you should put a band together.’ The first time I heard them sing ‘Witchy Woman,’ I knew they were going to have hits.”
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Post by rumba on Jan 19, 2016 14:44:14 GMT -5
I'm thoroughly bummed I missed Linda on AC 360 tonight. I recorded the repeat but she was on in the second hour of the Live broadcast and they apparently only rerun the first hour. Rumba, thank you very much for the heads-up about Linda being on the second hour of Anderson Cooper's AC 360. First, I checked CNN's website and it had the obituary for Glenn Frey that did not feature the interview with Linda. I happen to have Apple TV and thought I'd check the CNN go App on there, and, sure enough, the interview with Linda was there in its entirety. Not sure how many people have Apple TV or Roku, etc., but it is there as part of the second hour of "AC 360." Linda, of course, sounded somber after hearing of the death of Glenn Frey, but she talked about the memories that she had from way back when and staring out together before, as she said, "any of us were famous." Linda's speaking voice sounded clear and strong. She talked about what a hard worker Glenn Frey was. She also talked about how Glenn Frey and Don Henley did not have a place to rehearse and so she and J.D. Souther had a little house in the Hollywood Hills and they told Glenn and Don to use the living room. She said that she and J.D. went out to see a movie to give them privacy and she said when they got back home, Glenn and Don had worked out "Witchy Woman" and she said she never heard that song sound better than that first time she heard it in her living room. Thanks Rick. I found it on my Apple TV!
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Post by Dianna on Jan 19, 2016 15:22:36 GMT -5
RIP Handsome man..
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Post by erik on Jan 19, 2016 20:17:18 GMT -5
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Post by rick on Jan 20, 2016 4:59:32 GMT -5
Glenn performing "Desperado" live in 1984 on David Letterman's show --
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Post by goldie on Jan 21, 2016 2:12:33 GMT -5
Glenn Frey’s Death: Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication Can Lead to ‘Disaster,’ Doctor Says Tim Kenneally The Wrap January 20, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New light is being shed on the medical conditions that contributed to Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey’s death, with a medical expert telling TheWrap that the medications prescribed for Frey’s conditions can lead to “disaster.”
Frey died Monday at age 67. According to the band’s website, the singer and songwriter “succumbed to complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia.”
The group’s manager, Irving Azoff, told TheWrap that Frey’s medications played a part in his death
Also Read: Glenn Frey's Death: Hollywood Remembers Eagles Legend
“The colitis and pneumonia were side effects from all the meds,” Azoff said. “He died from complications of ulcer and colitis after being treated with drugs for his rheumatoid arthritis which he had for over 15 years.”
While Azoff declined to state which medications Frey was taking, Dr. Marc I. Leavey, an internal medicine specialist at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore (who did not treat Frey), told TheWrap that medications for rheumatoid arthritis or ulcerative colitis can compromise the immune system’s ability to fight off pneumonia.
“The medications used for rheumatoid arthritis or ulcerative colitis can interfere with the normal immune response needed to fight an infective agent, such as a pneumonia, again leading to disaster,” Leavey said.
Even the disease can lead to life-threatening conditions,Leavey cautioned.
Also Read: Glenn Frey's Medication Contributed to His Death, Manager Says (Exclusive)
“Rheumatoid arthritis, itself, can produce a condition which can allow ulcerative colitis, pneumonia, or both to become serious enough to threaten a life,” Leavey noted.
“Whether due to the disease or the medications used to treat them, the combination of rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and pneumonia is one which would likely require maximal medical effort to fight,” he added.
Also Read: Eagles Manager Irving Azoff Mourns Glenn Frey: 'He's Gone Way Too Soon'
LaRita Jacobs, a rheumatoid arthritis advocate and Platinum Ambassador with the Arthritis Foundation, explained that rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment can work hand-in-hand to make sufferers more susceptible to other ailments. Unlike other forms of arthritis, it is an autoimmune disease, meaning that your immune system attacks healthy cells. And “by far” the most common treatments for the illness involve chemotherapy, which tends to weaken the immune system.
“You’re kind of getting a one-two punch there; you’re getting both the punch from the disease itself, which plays havoc with you and causes other problems,” Jacobs said. “And then on top of that, you’re trying to manage all of that with drugs that can have some very serious side-effects.”
Compounding matters, Jacobs notes, is that people can take chemotherapy treatment for rheumatoid arthritis for years, longer than they typically do for cancer.
See video: 11 Memorable Glenn Frey Musical Performances
Pneumonia, Jacobs said, is “absolutely” a common danger under those conditions, though it’s also not uncommon for patients to die of an infection, “because you can’t fight it … everything is more dangerous to you.”
Another, overarching danger attached to rheumatoid arthritis, Jacobs said, is a lack of awareness in the general population as the disease is rarely listed as a cause of death.
“Nobody knows how many people die of complications from things like rheumatoid arthritis,” Jacobs said. “It’s under the radar.”
Despite having grappled with such a debilitating disease for so many years, Jacobs said Frey could very well have had his functional periods, such as tours, interviews and television shows, without the public being aware.
“It does wax and wane, and there can be times when you’re faking it pretty well, and nobody knows,” she explained.
However, she noted, that activity would probably have come at a price.
“It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if, after he finished whatever he did, he collapsed for three, four days a week,” Jacobs said.
Related stories from TheWrap:
Glenn Frey Was Hospitalized Since November, Bob Seger Says
Glenn Frey's Death: Hollywood Remembers Eagles Legend
Glenn Frey's Medication Contributed to His Death, Manager Says (Exclusive)
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Post by goldie on Jan 21, 2016 2:23:07 GMT -5
Even though it was a bit ago it appeared Glenn didn't look well at Linda's induction to the RRHOF. He looked in pain and appeared to be struggling somewhat. He must have really loved Linda and wanted her induction to be just right to have gone in his condition. It probably meant more to him than it did to Linda. True friend. Selfless. Ironically he was more ill than she. I have a medicine cabinet full of pills I never took after reading the side effects. I prefer alternative or intergrative medicine to strict allopathy. Even a good healer can do wonders.
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Post by markv on Jan 23, 2016 15:44:27 GMT -5
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Post by Richard W on Jan 24, 2016 12:07:30 GMT -5
Was listening to New Kid in Town last night. Lovely, Glenn.
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Post by erik on Jan 24, 2016 13:25:30 GMT -5
Quote by Richard W:
Yes, one of the (many) iconic songs of the Eagles that Glenn helped to create.
Incidentally, what I keep hearing in that song, as well as on "Tequila Sunrise" and most especially on "It's Your World Now", is the influence of Mexican music, in terms of some of the rhythmic patterns, and the use of woodwinds and Mariachi brass on the latter. Does anyone besides me think that some of Linda's own Mexican-American musical heritage rubbed off at least on Glenn himself, and maybe the rest of the Eagles as well?
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Post by rumba on Jan 24, 2016 13:41:45 GMT -5
Quote by Richard W: Yes, one of the (many) iconic songs of the Eagles that Glenn helped to create. Incidentally, what I keep hearing in that song, as well as on "Tequila Sunrise" and most especially on "It's Your World Now", is the influence of Mexican music, in terms of some of the rhythmic patterns, and the use of woodwinds and Mariachi brass on the latter. Does anyone besides me think that some of Linda's own Mexican-American musical heritage rubbed off at least on Glenn himself, and maybe the rest of the Eagles as well? I would think Henley & Souther coming from Texas had a lot to do with it.
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Post by goldie on Jan 24, 2016 15:02:48 GMT -5
This is a funny tribute to Glenn:
I also think Linda may have had an influence on Glenn's American Songbook album or at least his foray into that unfamiliar territory.
on.aol.com/video/eagles-glenn-frey-dips-into-american-songbook-517360435
After Hours
Glenn on the Eagles
Glenn on Linda (everybody that made a record with her became her friend)
Linda on the Eagles
Don Felder
Bob Seeger ( Bob Seger Says 'They Were Trying Like Hell' to Keep Glenn Frey Alive )
Bruce Springsteen
(I didn't know Bette Midler could play the fiddle)
60 Minutes Eagles
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Post by simpledream on Jan 24, 2016 16:39:28 GMT -5
Vis LR/Mexican influences ... "Hotel California" was going to be called "Mexican Reggae" ... don't recall either Henley or Souther mentioning Mexican music as an influence in their formative years.
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Post by PoP80 on Jan 24, 2016 18:34:17 GMT -5
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Post by simpledream on Jan 24, 2016 19:18:23 GMT -5
from memory when he toured with 'after hours' in Australia, he remarked on Linda's influence in a radio interview and chose her version of 'desperado' in 5 songs to be played thru out the interview
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Post by simpledream on Feb 4, 2016 9:28:50 GMT -5
Hi Tony Partridge In case you missed it, The Guardian have hotlinked your Linda Ronstadt website in its obit on Glenn Frey. Pax
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Post by eddiejinnj on Feb 4, 2016 9:58:45 GMT -5
I went to the obit on the site referenced above and did not see Tony's page as a link. Can you post it, simple? eddiejinfl
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Post by erik on Feb 4, 2016 9:59:51 GMT -5
Having just read that extensive report on Glenn's rheumatoid arthritis, it being an autoimmune condition, and how both it and the treatments used on it may have left him vulnerable to other insidious things, it does make me wonder if Linda didn't fear something of this nature by her reluctance, and even outright refusal, to take the drugs for her Parkinson's condition. So many of these treatments have side effects that could boomerang back with fatal results, as appears to have happened with Glenn.
And while I am no medical expert, I also can't help but wonder if the medicine Linda took to lessen the effects of Hashimoto's thyroiditis in the late 1990s, which contributed to her looking much heavier during that period, may have left her more vulnerable to other things, including speeding up the onset of Parkinson's.
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Post by goldie on Feb 4, 2016 14:45:29 GMT -5
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