简介：AlisonEllwood’sintimate,meticulouslycraftedpatchworkofrarearchivalmaterial,concertfootage,andunseenhomemoviesexplorestheevolutionandenduringpopularityofoneofAmerica’strulydefiningbands. InspiredbythevibrantLosAngelesmusicscene,GlennFreyandDonHenleyleftLindaRonstadt’sbackupbandtoteamwithBernieLeadonandRandyMeisnerandformtheEaglesin1971.Whilepersonalstoriesfrombandmembers(laterincludingDonFelder,JoeWalsh,andTimothySchmit),managers,andmusic-industryluminariesframethenarrative,it’stheunexpectedmoments—recordingsessions,backstageinteractions,andevenawhimsicalsequencefromtheDesperadocovershoot—thatconveytheinexplicablerapportlinkingartists,music,andthetimes(anerawhencountry-tingedrockandpristineharmoniesspoketoanationstillreelingfromunrest). Butthebandwasnotimpervioustoitsownunrest,anditsconflictspromptedseveraldeparturesandultimatelyledtoitsdemise(orlongvacation).ThisHistoryoftheEaglesPart1skipsneitherabeatnorahitsong,andwe’reremindedwhytheband’s“greatest-hits”collectionremainsthebest-sellingalbuminU.S.history.-J.N.…