Lake Pylant Monhollon's Eagle Rock: The Memoirs Of A Little Girl 1941-45 is a nostalgic memoir of a simpler life and time. Quaint black-and-white silhouette-drawings by George Ann Brock nicely embellish this warmhearted remembrance of a wonderful childhood and an era when possessions were not necessarily seen as the key to all happiness. Eagle Rock is commended as an especially well written and refreshing read.

This book is written in standard Guitar/Piano format, where each line of music includes piano scores as well as guitar chord boxes (dots, no finger numbers) on top of the melody line. The 10 songs included in the selection are from 4 different albums, and copies of the album covers preceed the songs selected from that album. The printing is excellent, with a font that's good sized and easy on the eyes. There are generally four lines of music to a page. All the lyrics appear with the lines of music, making this an easy read for the beginner or memory impaired older player like myself. The songs are: Take It Easy, Witchy Woman, Lyin Eyes, Already Gone, Desperado, One of These Nights, Tequila Sunrise, Take It to the Limit, Peaceful Easy Feelin, The Best of my love. Overall, I found this to be an excellent book with a very good selection of popular Eagles tunes.

Some song will float in your head for many minutes after it is done. When you hear the first several bars of music - at first you may not know the name of the song (or who sang it), but some where from deep inside of you the words come to your mouth and you sing along with the radio. The Eagles is one of those groups that had songs you will find yourself doing just that.

Blaga Dimitrova is Bulgaria's greatest living poet, and perhaps, is one of the greatest poets writing in any language today. This translation aptly captures the beauty and force of her work, and a great deal of the sheer beauty of her verse. This book should be a must buy for anyone interested in Bulgarian literature and East European in general.

This is by far the best concert DVD that I've come across in a long time. The quality of performance is simply matchless.

The set opens on a darkened stage with a few guitar notes played in tremolo style, then unto a guy setting the pace on a percussion instrument making way to Don Felder and Joe Walsh alternating on classical guitars that shortly turns into the familiar opening strains of 'Hotel California' - giving this rock standard a classical air so far removed from the electric treatment in its original studio version - before Don Henley takes over in his wailing vocals. What a way to open a concert!

Don Henley, Glen Frey, Timothy Schmit, Joe Walsh and Don Felder never sounded better. In fact the songs sound far superior in this concert than in the original studio versions, which in itself is a novelty considering that studio versions are supposed to be more polished and refined than live versions. This only attests to how great performers The Eagles really are.

Some of the Eagles standards are performed in this concert, from the high notes of 'I Can't Tell You Why' featuring Timothy Schmit to the fine harmony of 'Take It Easy' with Glen Frey taking the lead. Joe Walsh's rapid fire guitar work in 'Life In A Fast Lane' is a thing to behold, not to mention the mandolin-flavored 'Tequila Sunrise' with Don Felder tinkering with his stringed instrument. 'Desperado' is simply outstanding in its simplicity, with the bulk of the instrumental work focused on the piano ably played by Glen Frey.

New materials, some of them lifted from Don Henley's previous solo album releases, are also featured, showing to full effect Don Felder and Joe Walsh's guitar virtuosity, Don Henley's prowess on drums and Timothy Schmit's subtle but fine bass playing. Timothy takes the lead in the uplifting 'Love Will Keep Us Alive' and Joe does his thing in 'Pretty Maids All In A Row' before Don takes over in 'New York Minute', the somber 'The Last Resort' and the fast and exuberantly danceable 'Get Over It'. What a pleasant surprise that a rock band like The Eagles could be so effective doing a pure country tearjerker, the sad and melancholic 'The Girl From Yesterday', with Glen Frey emphatically taking the lead with full orchestral backing. The guy can obviously give those Nashville folks a run for their money! One has to wonder though why Don Felder did not take the spotlight as lead vocalist in any of the songs in this program, just contentedly concentrating on his electric/classical/slide guitars and mandolin.

As singers and musicians, The Eagles are difficult to match. In 'Hell Freezes Over', the group really soared to new heights!

Place the Eagles - Hell Freezes Over DVD in your DTS compatible player, fire up your DTS receiver, sit back and enjoy Eagles hits from the 70's and 80's all in incredible digital clarity eminating from 5 different locations in the surround field. Fan or not, once you hear the spaciousness of this concert, you wonder how you'll ever listen to a stereo track again. Eagles present most of their chart toppers in an intimate concert setting complete with a string section as well as numerous back-up musicians and singers. As an extra the DVD contains a bonus track in DTS audio that is simply stunning, (Seven Bridges Road). Hell Freezes Over deserves 5 stars!

This reunion concert of The Eagles is a memorable event, from 1994, when the guys decided to get back together after many years apart. The opening song has a brilliant rearrangement in a deelectricfied set....Hotel California! The sound of the guitars' strings being plucked are crystal clear, in the incomparable DTS format, and after the synchronized guitar intro - Don Henley's voice hits his "On that dark desert highway...." notes superbly, with the center speaker solely devoted to him on this track! An incredible version of this classic song - which, of course, received favorable airplay on the radio! My favorite song: I Can't Tell You Why, has bassist Timothy B. Schmidt singing his lead vocals, dead on, to the 1979 studio recording....Glen Frey soothes the listener with his keyboard playing, on this one. Overall, this is The Eagles best concert recording, ever! I own the first 1999 DVD release of Hell Freezes Over, which happened to have the DTS audio! The sound on this disc is phenomenal....you'll have to hear it to believe it! I treasure this DVD of mine; I know you will too! Take It Easy!

This book is a collection of songs that can be played by a novice with about 3 to 6 months of guitar. It is geared to the 30+ age group, I dought that a younger person would get the benifit of already knowing how the songs are suppose to sound, they just don't get that much play anymore, with the exception of Hotel California, which is always on Classic Rock stations.

Bob

I've only been taking guitar lessons for 4 months but I was getting bored with the songs in my lesson book. I wanted something more fun to play, but it had to be EASY. Some books claim to be easy; this one really is! Lots of fun, familiar songs that a beginner can handle.

If you are looking for Eagle guitar tabs then this is it. Complete to the date of publication including many songs not available elsewhere. Lyrics and notes are available on the intranet but tab versions are not as publicizing them are a violation of copyright laws and WB is trying to make sure these laws are not violated, as they should be.

Back to content, there are several unique songs, the main one (for me) being Seven Bridges Road. The rifs are unique and almost impossible to pickup off the record to CD.

The volumns are available individually as well as in the match set however, I believe there is a four or five dollar price break buying the set.

This book is nice light read on one of the more popular bands from the 1970's. It neatly discusses each members bio and what abilities they brought to the table. You really get a good feel for each members personality.

However, there are a few errors in this brief summary. In the first few pages, there was an incident over playing at a benefit for Senator Cranston. One sentence says it was between Glenn Frey and Don Felder. However, the next sentence says it was Henley. Whereas the subsequent sentences seem to indicate that the argument was between Frey and Felder, it shows that the editing was pretty careless.

Also, Mr. Shapiro states in the intro that he was only able to interview Randy Meisner directly for this book. As you read on, there are plenty of comments from the other members. It seems as if Mr. Shapiro derived his comments from alot of second hand sources. Several of these sources could very well have been taken out of context especially since Mr. Shapiro casually acknowledges these references at the beginning.

Finally, Mr. Shapiro glosses over Glenn Frey's solo career too quickly. Whereas Glenn's solo work was not as strong as Don Henley's, he did have a few top selling singles such as The Heat Is On, You Belong To The City, and Smugglers Blues. What about his acting roles in Miami Vice? This is hardly mentioned.

None the less the discussion about the antimosity within the band and the sluggish pace of the recording sessions were presented very well. One can really get a feel that it is not easy being in a rock n roll band. In general, this book does its job.

Told largely from the perspective of former bassist Randy Meisner, and supported by interviews by the band and their families and friends over their career, the Long Run takes the fan on a journey through Eagles history. It begins with individual bios, follows them from the formation of the band, through the revolving door of band members and culminates in a short segment on the reunion. Also included is information on each members work as a solo artist.

The book is full of excellent insight into the inner workings of the band. The ego battles and squabbles within the group, targeting Frey and particularly Henley, who are pictured as unsympathetic egocentric control freaks are detailed, as well as the drug abuse that ran rampant during this time.

All in all a quick and easy read, with 20 pages of photo's.

What a disappointment this book was! 'Hoping to learn the in-depth history of my all-time favorite band, this book left me with more questions than it did answers. Mr. Eliot could have done us all a favor and left out alot of the behind the scenes dealings of the music industry. While a fraction of the material was relevant to story of the Eagles, the majority of it was not. Few kind words were said about any of the band's members save for Don Henley - who was in fact, the chief reason for the break-up of the band in the first place. This fact seems to be lost amidst Mr. Eliot's ranting about the solo success Henley had after the Eagles, and going too far in-depth on Henley's personal life. True, there is some interesting information about the band's early years and their trials and tribulations during the time when Rock and Roll was taking on a new face. Also of some interest is the fact that Kenny Rodgers took an interest in the band very early only to see them go elsewhere and find incredible success without him. But overall, the book says little that is flattering about anyone other than Henley, and to a far lesser extent, Glenn Frey. Perhaps Mr. Eliot should have researched Randy Meisner's time with Poco a little more diligently; the members of that band had nothing but praise for him. Little praise is given to the talents and contributions of Don Felder, Bernie Leadon and Timothy Schmidt. The big question I have after reading the book is; " Did Mr. Eliot owe Don Henley a favor?" Do yourself a favor and wait for the paperback version or wiat until you see it on the bargain table.

As someone who was a child in the 1970s, I really wasn't hip to all the news of the day concerning bands like the Eagles. This was all old news by the time I was seriously listening to The Eagles. I liked the way Eliot weaved his way through the L.A. music scene to bring together what was the original Eagle's line-up and how he progressed though all the ego trips which caused the band to change(for the better ). This could have been a five star book had Eliot researched (or written) more about the abundant talents of Joe Walsh, Don Felder, and Timothy B. Schmit. I love to find out who is, and was, connected to whom, and this book does that for the average music fan.

It's about time someone let us Eagles fans know exactly how the band's mannerisms were either on or off stage. Any true Eagles fan can tell you that there was always some animosity between the band members at any given time. Don Henley and Glenn Frey are two of the most accomplished singer/songerwriters/musicians in the music industy. This book also pays homage to that fact. If you're an Eagles fan and you want a book that is objective, complimenting, and well-researched. This is the book to purchase.

My advice to any beginning guitar player would be to aviod any book labeled as EASY. Most beginning players dont take the time to learn how to sight read, most only read tablature. The EASY guitar books are not tablature they are simply the melody line. Spend the extra money and buy the guitar recorded version of this or any other guitar book you have in mind.

I've only been playing guitar for a short time (three years). I love the Eagles but haven't found alot of their music that was printed as it was played on the albums. This is the best I have seen. The short comings would be that it isn't in tab for beginners. It does have the chords noted above the staff. Definately not a book for early beginners. I would recommend it to anyone who has been playing for a little while and loves the Eagles music as I do. This book has ALL the classic Eagle songs....GET IT NOW! Feel free to email me if you have questions

If you know what a chords are, this book is "EZ." I know my basic chords and found this book to be good. I wish they would put all words under the music instead of putting extra verses to the side -- "Takin It Easy" is an example of what I found frustrating. Overall, I found it easy to play and (IMHO) I sound good playing these songs.