Glenn Frey (1948-2016)
Filed under the name Glenn · March 24, 2026
Glenn Frey co-founded the Eagles and co-wrote 'Hotel California,' and I'll be straight with you, that band got so much radio play in the mill breakroom back in the seventies that I probably know every word of half their catalog whether I wanted to learn it or not. One of the best-selling rock bands ever, and I don't say that lightly, coming from a guy who thinks most new music these days doesn't hold a candle to what came out of that decade. What I respect is that building a band that lasts isn't so different from building a good union local — you need people who can actually work together for years, egos and all, toward something bigger than any one guy's solo. Frey apparently held that thing together with Don Henley through a lot of years and a lot of friction, the same kind of grinding, unglamorous cooperation it takes to keep any operation running long-term. That's blue-collar work dressed up in rock star clothes, if you ask me.