To the limit: The Eagles : the untold story of the Eagles

A full-scale biography of the Eagles offers an unauthorized, behind-the-scenes glimpse of rock 'n' roll life, following the band from their early career, to their self-destructive, decadent fall into the excesses of the 1970s, to their remarkable comeback A biography of The Eagles from their idealistic days as Linda Ronstadt's backup band to their self immolation amid multi-million dollar law suits, Lear jet courtships and debilitating cocaine habits. The author has interviewed band members, ex-wives and hangers-on to discover what life was like. For young Donald Hugh Henley, growing up in the fifties in a five-thousand-dollar brick house on West Houston Street in Linden, Texas, meant that no matter how far you looked in any one direction, all you saw were low roofs, dry crops, and green John Deeres. Profiles the rock band the Eagles, and discusses how the band started, their musical style, the relationship between band members, and other related topics