Rolling Stone

September 25, 1975

        

Glenn Frey, 26, and Don Henley, 28 through their crisp, quotable lyrics and interviews, are chiefly responsible for creating what one band member calls "our punky James Dean image." As a result , most journalists rarely bother to explore the band's remaining three -fifths. They would learn that for Bernie Leadon, Randy Meisner and Don Felder -- all comfortably settled ino secluded home and road lives-- the Eages are not quite a "24-hour-a-day trip."

         Says Felder, 27, who's planning to move out of Topanga Canyon and up the coast, "I'm glad that Don and Glenn project a lot of the band's L.A./Hollywood charisma. Every group needs one and in this band we've got two people doing that. Even though Glenn's from Detroit and Don's from Texas, they really know and live the L.A. scene. It's real. It suits their personalities Personally, I don't feel comfortable living there. I don't relate to it at all. I'd rather be alone with Susan [ his wife] and Jesse [their year-and- a-half-old son]."