Steely Dan: The story of an enigma in search of perfection

Yet Steely Dan stood apart from all of them. The musical alter-ego of bookish New Yorkers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, with their broad musical palette, didn’t really fit in anywhere.

“I don’t think we’ll have to take peyote and puke like we did”: How Don Henley and Glenn Frey remembered the Eagles’ wild years

In 2001, Henley and Frey had just begun planning a new Eagles album with lead guitarist Joe Walsh and bassist Timothy B.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1977, the Eagles Released the “Best Guitar Solo of All Time” While Taking Us on a “Journey From Innocence to Experience”

On Feb. 22, 1977, the Eagles unleashed "Hotel California" into the world. Nearly 50 years later, no one can agree on its meaning.
American Songwriter

The 1980s Starship Hit Originally Written as a Wedding Song That Grace Slick Never Understood: “I Don’t Believe the Lyrics”

I don’t like to sing songs where I don’t believe the lyrics,” said Slick of the Starship hit, written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren.

Ben Gallaher's 'Take' on hunting, fishing, God and old Eagles albums: 'It's a foxhole song'

This week's Makin' Tracks column looks at Ben Gallaher's song "I'll Take You." ...