The Story Behind “Desperado” by the Eagles: A Timeless Classic Born Under Pressure

Desperado was the first song the Eagles actually wrote together and it ended up being the last song they ever played tougher before they broke up. And to think that this complex classic was written by Don Henley when he was only 17 years old and it became a true classic for a band that had at least a dozen of them from Hotel California to Take it Easy but this became their crem de la crem. it became an all time standard, and one of the most covered songs ever. but it missed the charts entirely. but the song’s history is just as profound. From a starting a fire at the photo shoot for the record, where the fire department had to come save them to the band having zero budget to record it… In fact he band could only afford two takes on the song so the singer had to be perfect to nail a difficult vocal and with a renowned orchestra playing behind him. No pressure at all right? Even though the song wasn’t a hit, it was including on a greatest hits album and it is the major reason why that album has sold over 40 million copies… The story is next. 

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