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Eagles<\/a> were never meant to be a band with a bunch of hired guns thrown into the mix. <\/p>\n As much as there are some fresh faces in the band compared to their early years, Don Henley felt that it was only fair to get people that he felt could play the material the best while still keeping the bones of what made the band great to begin with. But even though Henley is the only original member of the band steering them forward, that also means that he knows when the band is sounding right and when things need to be changed.<\/p>\n While working with Don Felder was never going to work after one too many bust-ups behind the scenes, it\u2019s not hard to see why the long-standing members have lasted so long. Whereas most of their music was almost ironically mellow based on how much they fought, Joe Walsh and Timothy B Schmit have helped bring that easygoing feeling to every show they play, whether that\u2019s through the bassist\u2019s tender voice or Walsh getting up to his goofball antics whenever he plays.<\/p>\n It would be one thing to have the three of them alongside Glenn Frey at the front, but losing in 2016 made it seem like the band was done for good. There would be the occasional tribute concert to his memory, but there was no way of replacing Frey, really. He wrote all those songs with Henley, and the idea of making a new record felt wrong if it didn\u2019t have the same voice singing tunes like \u2018Take It Easy\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n But if they were to entertain the idea, Henley did have a few people in mind for taking his position. Vince Gill already had that soaring high voice to help carry a lot of Frey\u2019s best tunes and could even give Walsh a run for his money, but the real litmus test would involve Glenn\u2019s son, Deacon, stepping up to the place. And looking back, not many people realised how much of a risk this was.<\/p>\n Deacon hadn\u2019t been a proper gigging musician and certainly hadn\u2019t played to Eagles-sized crowds before, but when he opened his mouth, he worked like a charm. He would close his eyes the same way his old man did, and when listening back to them playing together, Henley felt that the band would have never been able to come back had Deacon not been there to help them.<\/p>\n