J.D. Souther recalls writing Eagles hits like 'New Kid in Town' and 'Heartache Tonight' in a lost interview.
J.D. Souther in 1986. In an unpublished interview, the songwriter opens up about the origins of some of the Eagles' defining hits.were on display. In a tidy dressing room backstage, Souther, looking like a dapper Old West ranch owner in his tailored suit and white hair and whiskers, was regaling a few visitors with stories. Among them were several women who were longtime fans of the songs he wrote with, or for, theand Linda Ronstadt — and of the charismatic Souther himself.
But from his garb to his penchant for jazz and standards, Souther often seemed removed from the crowd he was most associated with. He was part of an early rehearsal for the Eagles but opted not to join. As a writer forobserved during Souther-Hillman-Furay Band rehearsals, Souther stormed out of the room when Furay suggested a tweak in the arrangement of one of Souther’s songs.
Let’s start with one of your earliest Eagles collaborations, “Doolin-Dalton,” co-written with Frey, Henley, and Jackson Browne onin his head for a while before he showed it to Glenn. A lot of the mythology about outlaws was and is still irresistible for young men of a certain mindset. What I do remember clearly was all four of us poring over the pictures in a big book about post-Civil War outlaws.
“How Long,” a song from your first album that was much later recut by the Eagles, was an anti-war song?
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