The Eagles

:This article is about the country rock group called The Eagles. For other uses of the word, see Eagle (disambiguation).

Overview

Their early music was a hybrid of country and bluegrass instrumentation grafted onto the harmonies of California surfer rock, producing tender ballads and soft top-down country-flavored pop-rock about relationships, cars, and the wandering life. The originators of this genre were gifted singer/songwriters, among them Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, and Warren Zevon. The Eagles took the singer-songwriter ethos to a group setting with increased emphasis on arrangements and musicianship, and the group's early sound became synonymous with the southern California country rock. On later albums the band dispensed with bluegrass instrumentation and gravitated to a more straight-ahead rock sound.

Related Topics:
Country - Bluegrass - California - Surfer rock - Singer/songwriter - Jackson Browne - J.D. Souther - Warren Zevon - Country rock

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