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  • Writers: Jack Tempchin and Robb Strandlund
  • Producer: Bill Szymczyk
  • Recorded: 1974 at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
  • Released: April 1974
  • Players:
    Glenn Frey — lead vocals, dual lead guitar
    Don Felder — lead guitar
    Bernie Leadon — guitar, vocals
    Randy Meisner — bass, vocals
    Don Henley — drums, vocals
  • Album: On The Border (Asylum, 1974)
  • Also On:
    Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (Asylum, 1976)
    Selected Works: 1972-1999 (Elektra, 2000)
    The Very Best Of The Eagles (Warner Strategic Marketing, 2003)
  • The first single from On The Border, “Already Gone” spent only three weeks in the Top 40 — two months after it was released — and peaked at Number 32.
  • “Already Gone” was notable as the last Eagles rock-and-roll hit until three years later, when “Life In The Fast Lane” was released.
  • Surprisingly, it was the group’s first single to be recorded in their native California. The first two Eagles albums were recorded entirely in London.
  • Don Felder‘s guitar overdub on “Already Gone” was the first thing he ever did as a member of the Eagles.
  • Felder, who was a native of Gainesville, Florida, had a high school band called the Continentals, which included Stephen Stills. Stills was later replaced by future Eagle Bernie Leadon. Felder also gave guitar lessons to a young Tom Petty.

FAST FORWARD:

  • The Eagles broke up after Frey left the group in 1981.
  • All of the members went on to solo careers, with Henley’s being the most successful.
  • The group reunited in 1994 for an MTV special, a live album called Hell Freezes Over, and a world tour that lasted two years.
  • The Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.