- 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.