<P> Following the death of Frey in January 2016, Henley stated in several interviews that he did not think the band would perform again . However, the Eagles continued performing in 2017 with guest musicians Deacon Frey (son of Glenn) and Vince Gill . </P> <P> The Eagles began in early 1971, when Linda Ronstadt and her then - manager John Boylan recruited local musicians Glenn Frey and Don Henley for her band . Henley had moved to Los Angeles from Texas with his band Shiloh to record an album produced by Kenny Rogers, and Frey had come from Michigan and formed Longbranch Pennywhistle; they had met in 1970 at The Troubadour in Los Angeles and became acquainted through their mutual record label, Amos Records . Randy Meisner, who had been working with Ricky Nelson's backing band, the Stone Canyon Band, and Bernie Leadon, a veteran of the Flying Burrito Brothers, also later joined Ronstadt's group of performers for her summer tour promoting the Silk Purse album . </P> <P> While on the tour, Frey and Henley decided to form a band together and informed Ronstadt of their intention . Frey later credited Ronstadt with suggesting Leadon for the band, and arranging for Leadon to play for her so Frey and Henley could approach him about forming a band together . They also pitched the idea to Meisner and brought him on board . These four played live together behind Ronstadt only once for a July concert at Disneyland, but all four appeared on her eponymous album . It was later proposed that J.D. Souther should join the band, but Meisner objected . The four were signed in September 1971 to Asylum Records, the new label started by David Geffen, who was introduced to Frey by Jackson Browne . Geffen bought out Frey's and Henley's contracts with Amos Records, and sent the four to Aspen, Colorado to develop as a band . Having not settled on a band name yet, they performed their first show in October 1971 under the name of Teen King and the Emergencies at a club called The Gallery in Aspen . The idea of naming the band "Eagles" came during a peyote and tequila - influenced group outing in the Mojave Desert . Accounts of the origin of the name however vary; Don Felder credited Leadon with originating the name when he recalled reading about the Hopis' reverence for the eagle, while J.D. Souther suggested that the idea came when Frey shouted out, "Eagles!" when they saw eagles flying above . Steve Martin, a friend of the band from their early days at The Troubadour, recounts in his autobiography that he suggested that they should be referred to as "the Eagles," but Frey insists that the group's name is simply "Eagles ." Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts initially managed the band; they were later replaced by Irving Azoff while the Eagles were recording their third album . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Take It Easy" The first hit of the Eagles, "Take It Easy ." The band became noted as a harmony - singing country rock band in their early years . Here Frey sings lead vocals and Meisner on harmonies, with the rest of the band joining in later . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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