The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

Artist: Eagles
Author: Jackson Browne/Glenn Frey
Label: Asylum
Year: 1972

First hit; top 20 US.

Covers:

1972:: Billy Mize
1973:: Jackson Browne [started writing it in '71; Glenn Frey finished the job]
1973:: Brothers Four
1974:: Johnny Rivers
1977:: Tommy McLain
1981:: Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
1993:: Travis Tritt [C&W hit]
2009:: Roch Voisine
2012:: Buck Owens
2016:: Bruce Springsteen [live; paying tribute to Glenn Frey]
2019:: Lemonheads

There's a life-size Glenn Frey statue on a corner in downtown Winslow, Arizona just like in the song. That's on the original Highway 66.

TAKE IT EASY