Panic apparently began to creep in, and he asked that the song – despite its massive popularity – be removed from the band's sets. When the rest of the Eagles refused, Meisner quit.
Eagles had a tricky time at the top. Joe Walsh certainly has a lot of regrets over how the group unfurled but there are also songs he remains "really proud" of.
Despite the success of Hotel California in 1976 and on the subsequent tour that followed, the Eagles were coming apart at the seams. Henley and Frey, who wrote most of the band’s songs ...
Which is just what fans got: 21 songs over two hours, almost all the Eagles’ hits you could want, a guest appearance by singer-songwriter J.D. Souther, who co-wrote three of the band’s five No.