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![]() ![]() said I was born to boogie Come on boogie now Everybody born to boogie Every little person born to boogie I used to hurry a lot, I used to worry a lot I used to stay out till the break of day Oh, that didn't get it It was high time I quit it I just couldn't carry on that Nobody on the road Nobody on the beach I feel it in the air The summer's out of reach Empty lake, empty streets The sun goes down alone I'm driving by your Lets go down to the Sunset Grill We can watch the working girls go by Watch the basket people walk around and mumble And stare out at the auburn sky There's an old man Here are some of his most indelible moments.Spent the last year Rocky Mountain way Couldn't get much higher Out to pasture Think it's safe to say Time to open fire And we don't need the ladies When the Eagles wound down their initial run, Frey made the transition to Eighties solo status better than many of his peers, scoring hits like “You Belong to the City” and “Smuggler’s Blues.” He only recorded sporadically during the past couple decades, but his music remained with us - whether in Eagles concerts or on classic-rock radio. The hits he co-wrote with Henley and the rest of the Eagles - “Desperado,” “One of These Nights,” “Tequila Sunrise,” “Lyin’ Eyes,” “Hotel California,” “Life in the Fast Lane,” “New Kid in Town” - came with melodies that were perfect for the easygoing mood of the Seventies and lyrics that reflected the decade’s sense of world-weariness and cynicism. Frey was a triple threat phenom: a gifted guitar player, dazzling singer and powerful songwriter. Mission accomplished, sir. The music Frey made in the Eagles is some of the most beloved and successful in rock history. “Being in close proximity to Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, and Crosby, Stills and Nash, this unspoken thing was created between Henley and me, which said, ‘If we want to be up here with the big boys, we’d better write some fucking good songs.'” ![]() “In the beginning, we were the underdogs,” Glenn Frey once said of the Eagles‘ formative days on the L.A. ![]()
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