During a 2003 interview with The Uncool, The Eagles’ Glenn Frey discussed the origin of “Take It Easy.” “Jackson Browne, JD Souther, and I all lived at 1020 Laguna in Echo Park,” he said.
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 ...