GAVE What He THOUGHT Was An AVERAGE Song To His Roommate, Who MADE It A 70s HIT | Professor of Rock
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- Hall of Fame songwriter Jack Tempchin tells the story of the 70s classic hit Peaceful Easy Feeling that he wrote one night after being stood up by a girl and being locked inside of a bar overnight. He finally finished the song at a hot dog food chain and presented it to his roommate who happened to be Glenn Frey who asked to record it with his band that would later became e the Eagles. The song ended up being on the Eagles greatest hits, the biggest selling album in history!
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The Story behind EAGLES 70s standard with Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Jack Tempchin. Jack wrote or co-wrote several classic Eagles songs including Peaceful Easy Feeling and already gone as well as co-writing most of Glenn Frey’s solo hits including You Belong to the City, Smugglers Blues, True Love and the One You Love
Here Jack details the exclusive story behind writing one of the jewels of the crown of the best selling album in American History, Eagles greatest hits. the song also appeared on Eagles debut album, along with other classics like Take It Easy and Witchy Woman. A longtime friend of Jackson Browne and the late Glenn Frey, Jack also shares stories about the California sound and the early formation of Eagles. Including hearing Don Henley play for the first time and hearing Eagles debut record before it was released. That's where our story begins on Revelations.
Hey music junkies Professor of Rock always her to celebrate the greatest artists and songs of all time If you are all about music, you’ll want to subscribe to this channel so you don’t miss an episode. I’m excited to bring you another episode from our series Revelations- where features artists reveal rare stories about their biggest songs, along with fascinating insight about their careers.
On this installment of Revelations, we present Episode 1 of our recent Zoom session with Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Jack Tempchin.
Jack wrote or co-wrote several classic Eagles songs including Peaceful Easy Feeling and already gone as well as co-writing most of Glenn Frey’s solo hits including You Belong to the City, Smugglers Blues, True Love and the One You Love
Here Jack details the story behind writing Peaceful Easy Feeling, which appeared on Eagles debut album, as well as their first greatest hits collection which has become the best selling album of all time in America. Jack also shares stories about the California sound and the early formation of Eagles. That's where our story begins on Revelations. - Розваги
Poll: What is your pick for the best Eagles song of the early period, before Hotel California?
Desperado
I don’t know. It’s between Peaceful Easy Feeling, Take it To the Limit or One of These Nights. All three are interchangeable
Tie: One Of These Nights and Take It Easy. So hard to pick one, when there are 10 great ones!
Take it easy is my choice
One of These Nights and Peaceful Easy Feeling. My older brother and I will sit down together and jam Eagles tunes at family get together.
Jackson Browne tells a great story on his Solo Acoustic album about a guy that kept yelling out Peaceful Easy Feeling at one of his shows, so he decided to play it. He couldn't remember all of the words and he messed up a line and said, "what a woman can do to a man"..... The whole place gasped and he said, "What?"...and in unison the entire audience said, "Your soul.....what a woman can do to your soul." Goes to show how deeply embedded in everyone's collective memory that song is.
And JB told how he disagreed with the line "Ah but she can't take you anyway you don't already know how to go!" (Unless she's a waitress who invited him to go to her place and then forgets to tell him where that was?)
Most singers can barely remember the words to their own songs, let alone songs by other bands.
Peter Beckett, of Player, said that Daryl Hall told him that "Baby Come Back" was the most requested song at Hall & Oates concerts.
I got to see Jackson Browne play with the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt at the Capitol Center in Landover Maryland. It must have been 1976 because it was a benefit for Governor Brown for president concert. I had no idea who he was but if he was cool with the Eagles he was cool with me LOL. Good thing I couldn't vote. 17
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While I was reading your comment you got me thinking about some of the past concerts that I saw with my sister back in the 70's & 80's. So many great events & artists. Like Billy Joel & Elton John In concert together, they had their pianos facing each other (Awesome)
Or the night the Grateful Dead opened for Tom Petty & Bob Dylan In Minneapolis.
And a classic was Simon & Garfunkel at the parade stadium also in Minneapolis.
One of hardest nights was we had tickets to see Harry Chapin for the upcoming weekend and sadly he died in that car accident a few days before the show. We always use to
Thanks for your comment.
My FAVORITE question The Professor asks his guests:. "Do you remember where you were when you first heard your song?". Just an amazing, soul opening question that these artists just LOVE to answer. Wow.
Could not agree more! Always love hearing their answers to this question!
Agreed, I love that question! When talking to teachers at my school about music they liked when they were younger I will often ask, “Tell me about the first time you heard your favorite song.” And I think Professor is part of my inspiration for that.
All that, PLUS we can all relate! Who among us hasn't fantasized about being a songwriter, and imagining the feeling of hearing our song for the first time on the radio? At the very least, WONDERING what our fave artists were thinking their first time!
@alicia saldivar Gotta cherish those times- once they're grown, that's it.... so we make and KEEP the memories!!
Agreed. When I heard a tune of mine on the radio I just cried & thanked Jesus. Reminds me of the scene in That Thing You Do, where they're running down the street into the store, going crazy, hearing their song on the radio!
My favorite memory of this song comes from when I was about 14 years old. My best friend's father was playing an acoustic guitar one day and this was the song that he was playing. I didn't know it at the time, but that would be the moment that triggered my desire to learn how to play the guitar. He even taught his son and I our first couple of chords. Now some 25+ years later I'm still playing every day. That man passed away about 10 years ago. Every time that I hear that song now I think about that moment and him trying his best to sing and play it for us. At the time it was so exciting, like so many first time experiences are when you are young. I don't know if he ever knew how much of a wonderful gift it was that he gave me that day, but I will be forever grateful to him for it.
Hi Adam! I have this little story about Peacefull Easy Feeling.
When I was in my late teens, a few friends and I had a band. All of us had a level of talent mine being, honestly, the lowest. I could sing, taught myself guitar, wrote a little, but, I CANNOT read a note of music so I have to hear everything at least once to get it. Usually by the 2nd time I've got lead and back-up vocals down. My bandmates were SO MUCH MORE talented; One has gone on to be a rather famous artist who has actually been contracted to do restoration work on the paintings, murals and frescos at the Vatican as well as exhibits of his work all over the world!! Anyway, Joe and I shared lead so we had quite a variety of music and Peaceful Easy Feeling was one of those songs. Instead of doing the song as a single lead, we turned it into a duet, singing to each other. It went over phenomenally well. We also did it like that on the song "If" by David Gates and Bread. They were 2 of our MOST requested songs! We created some very unique harmonies that were different from the original but still blended so well. They were smooth. We were being called the next Buckingham-Nicks. It was great and the memories always make me smile.
If you read all this, Thank you!
Love to see videos of your band performing those songs!
In 1983 when I was in my first year of the local county college I had to take a required English 101 class. About halfway through the semester we were given an assignment to write an original poem. I had neither the interest nor the ability to do so. I sat in my room struggling to even get the first line down. I looked down and saw all my albums spread out on the floor and then remember thinking “well rock ‘n’ roll is really poetry from a lyrics standpoint“. I started sorting through the albums and there was the Eagles Greatest Hits sitting right in front of me. Knowing the album backwards and forwards I scanned the titles until I saw “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and I thought “yeah this one”. I put the album on the turn table and grabbed a pen and paper. While it would seem to be a bit of a gamble you have to understand that my professor was probably about 65 years old and this was 1983. And I’m thinking“ There’s no way he knows this song“. Since English was always my worst subject and I wasn’t getting a good grade I figured I had nothing to lose. Sure enough I wrote down the title, the lyrics and handed it in as my own work. The week after I handed it in the professor announced that they were two poems that got an A+. He handed one to a girl and then he handed me my “A+ original poem”. I couldn’t believe I’d gotten away with it. But he then asked if myself and the young lady would be willing to share our poems aloud in class. She immediately got up and recited her poem. But of course looking around the class everybody was around my age and I knew I’d be busted. So when the professor turned to me I sadly looked down, sighed, shook my head and said “I can’t. It’s just too personal to me“. The professor looked at me, nodding his head he acknowledged my pain and moved on. Four years of high school and five years of college and that’s the only A I ever got in English. Thank you Jack Tempchin.
Yeah, my brother did the same thing except it was "I Drink Alone" by George Thorogood. High School teacher called my parents to alert them of the obvious troubling lyrics my brother had penned.
Your story is hilarious, and that’s some quick thinking!
I thought you'd say that you pulled the fire alarm; lol.
......great story hilarious!
.......did the same thing to ....Where will the children play by Cat Stevens-
Ha!
@@larrycusick3060 I heard when he drinks alone he prefers to be by himself.
When I moved to Minnesota and married my wife I started going to church with her. The band they have refer to themselves as the worship leaders played a rearranged version of "Peaceful Easy Feeling" they made into a God filled worship song. That was one of the first worship songs I knew most of the words to. My wife is a big Eagles fan and has several of their CD's. One I found in the garage. It was dirty and scratched. I cleaned it up and polished as much of the scratches out as I could. The only song I could get to play all the way through was "Peaceful Easy Feeling". Imagine that!
My church worship team still plays this! 😍
It was the song playing in SRVs hotel room when his band opened the door to find he`d never made it to his room. His helicopter was on the ground.
Those "worship leaders" were committing anathema.
@@zombee38 they did a rearrangement of the song to make it more worshipful.
@@zombee38- I'm sure Ana doesn't mind. In the last few years that girl has really gotten around.
I wonder how many of us here have re-purchased The Eagles Greatest hits numerous times? I scratched an album and bought an 8-track, Wore out the 8-track, then bought a cassette, wore out the cassette then bought the CD. Lost the CD and bought it again. Got tired of the CD and downloaded it... I'll bet I personally account for 15 of those millions in sales. I kinda like the eagles, as you might have guessed. :-)
lol
The Professor of Rock is this generation's Casey Kasem... we are blessed to have him
Such a nice, humble guy. There’s not an ounce of Hollywood in him, it seems.
He could be a terror too. The girl who cut my hair back in the day, dated Glenn during the NO FUN Aloud SESSIONS. She was a fountain of great gossip. Things didn't end well for her after That. This was Glenn's first solo album. He almost caused a kid to crap his pants in a music store in Florence, Alabama. Glenn had dropped by to pick up a cassete of no Fun Aloud.The kid behind the counter didn't know who Glenn was and tried to sell him a warranty on the cassette. In a loud voice of anger, Glenn said he didn't need a G D warrantee! he was G D Glenn Frey! That poor kid didn't have any idea he was stepping into that. Both Glenn and Don could be world class pricks as had been well known for a long time.
This is where someone says, ”Cocaine is a helluva drug”.
@@zefallafez it is indeed
@@kenperk9854 - No one in my life has ever tried to sell me a warranty on a "G-D-" cassette tape.
If they did, I surely wouldn't have yelled at him or her. I'd be too busy rolling on the floor.
I like how Jack has no vanity about his work. "Oooo, Vince Gill covered my song. Cool." He knows other people like his song and keep it alive, he's happy.
I was thinking…Oh, Vince Gill covered my song? Where the hell is my royalty check?!
Eagles were, in my opinion, a perfect band. They were a rock band that played great Rock and also, some of their songs had Country and Western appeal! I would visit my parents and Eagles songs would be playing on Country stations.
They still are, my friend.
I can watch a Western and listen to Eagles music in the background and it just seems so right! They just blend in with everything! I also must admit I developed a fondness for Tequila Sunrises because of the song! I also remember laughing my head off in San Diego in 1976 when I walked by an actual Hotel California! Eagles! 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
Rock is considered by many to be a combination of Jazz, Blues and Country.
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My Ph.D Uncle wrote a book in the 70s about the rhythm and blues origin of Rock.
@@ronaldmccutcheon1329 That's nice. I'm sure what he wrote has credence. Read my comment again.
Jack wrote an American classic that will be sung 200 years from now. You can tell he is still a free spirit. I like how there are many past girls that don't even know they were the inspiration for this classic. Great interview! Now I want to go write a song that will win the 2nd Gold Weiner award
He's a great guy for sure.
I love the Eagles. So much meaning in their songs.
For sure. Thanks Cindy!
@@ProfessorofRock You're welcome.
ONE OF THESE NIGHTS!!! No doubt my favourite Eagles song, it dominated the radio during some of the greatest times of my life, on the lake camping at the Northern Eagle.
Summer 1975, 14 years old, just hanging in the neighborhood, smoking', messing' around with the girls...thinking "one of these nights" gonna find out pretty mama what turns on your light. yeah good times man.
One Of These Nights. A great solo by Don.
Yes...I bought the album on the strength of than one track...it was played over on the radio around 1976...probably could've just snapped up the single I dunno...but I found the LP and discovered the Eagles...of course years and decades later we know they'd been around like 5 years when that came out...but they was new to me in London...a collector got all my Vinyl for cheap not long ago...in perfect condition...not a scratch on any disc...including this one...now it's MP3 not the same listening experience as putting that tone arm down...but they're Great regardless if it's on a tinny transistor or a hifi...
He really was down to earth, still can't believe his song was.played by the world and loved for different reasons, like a marriage, a death but most of all just to relax to and forget your troubles.
My favourite eagles song is the one involving the drug dealer and a very fast corvette with Glen Frey on the way to a poker game. The drug dealer maxed the corvette to 90mph and when Glen asked why? He said "it's life in the fast lane" Glen thought to himself it was a great song title.
I was lucky enough to live and surf in Encinitas Ca. in the seventies and Mr. Tempchin had opened a bar called the STINGAREE ( With the royalties from this song I would suspect )
And I was just barely legal to drink...
It was a great place for live music...
He IS truly one of the best songwriters alive today... This man literally created the soundtrack of the time... Warm summer sunsets after surfing in San Diego...
Intelligent , Inspiring and encouraging ...
God bless you Sir... And thank you ... for being The FUNKY KING!
I had a college professor tell me once that back in the 70s he was standing on a corner in windslow arizona and was thinking of the eagles song and a girl drove by in a truck while he was thinking about it.
The One You Love...such an underrated song. Perfect 80's
It's one of my favorites. Brings back lots of memories. But Peaceful Easy Feeling still tops it.
It is amazing how you can so carefully tug at the threads, with your questions and enthusiasm, to artfully entice these artists into such informative, fun and enjoyable interviews. You can tell by their reaction that you ask questions that no one has ever thought to ask, and that they thoroughly enjoy answering them. Well done. I look forward to your next interview.
These songs live on because there is so much truth in the lyrics: "I found out a long time ago what a woman can do to your soul," or "So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains And we never even knew we have the key." Such deep philosophy of life and the ego, crammed into a little old pop song!
I’ve always been amazed that all the world weary sadness in those songs was written by guy’s in their twenties.
What a great interview about an awesome song. The Eagles are such a part of American band history.
The videos and interviews with the bands from the 70,s are by far the best ones you guys have done, but the music from the 70,s was awesome, getting to hear the back stories from the writers is awesome
My late wife worked at a Sandy Eggo der Wiernersnitzel (on Garnet in PB) in 1970. Wonder if Jack made her famous 🤔
Great interview
Thanks!
As a guy who has done some songwriting over the years and started out with a Stella guitar, I really enjoyed listening to Jack's story. Glad to see one of us had some success. This was one of my favorite songs off the first Eagles album. . Thanks to Jack for the music, and thanks also to the Professor for the presentation.
If you play music, you are a success. And if you teach and/or play music with kids, that success increases exponentially. Salute ✊🏼
I can relate, started out in 71 with a Stella, now all these years later I still have her"!
Fantastic interview with Jack. Such a great song. The first two albums I bought were Let it Be and Eagles Greast hits. I wore out a couple of stereo needles on those. And I still have them. I envy your job Adam. Keep up the great work. YOU ARE THE MAN !
I tell you what,I've been humbled lol. I never knew that he was the writer of so many songs. And that's an area I'm fond of. Not all artists write all their own songs. I never knew this. I don't know what I like better his songs or his beard lol.
Taking my grandma to see the eagles in May.. can’t wait! Thanks Prof. For the great video, as usual!
This is my favorite Eagles song. I can't help but sing along to this one. Every. Time. Well done!
Thanks for bringing him out of the shadows of The Eagles, as an amazing songwriter and he is so fortunate as just another songwriter who got the vibe right in the right time and place. You bring out the humanity behind the music, the people part of great music but often hardly heard.
Man, that was good. These interviews are priceless. Not joking one bit. Without these, they will be lost to time. How many songs from the best decades will be lost? Time will tell but I hope not because what is being passed off as music today is not good. People might say: The Beatles and their music will never die. Maybe not, but there are so many incredible songs, bands, artists who may be lost. I hope you archive these videos Adam, in case UA-cam changes what can be posted. What a great story behind this song! Thanks again for your work.
This is why I love when Adam interviews some of my favorite musicians! I get this extremely fascinating insight on some of the greatest songs of the 20th century that I wouldn't get anywhere else. Straight from the legends.
Sad reality is, it will all be forgotten. As will we. Our culture dies with each generation.
There are already people on yt lamenting how no one talks about their favorite artists anymore.
Eagles are THE Greatest Band in History! They had so many great hits that their Greatest Hits album only got half of them!
It's an amazing thing how a hit song comes out of something that was written spur of the moment. There have been a few songs done that way. And when it gets covered, the song gets kept alive for generations.
Wow, this could’ve easily been inserted in the Eagles documentary. Solid gold interview, you knock it out of the park. Would’ve like to hear his version from that original tape. This was an important album from my childhood. Thanks for digging deep.
Hurray for the Polish Dog! Yet another GREAT one, Adam! I don’t know how many THOUSAND times I played this song on the Radio… both AM & FM!
Great story about a great song! My late friend Doug was in a band called Gin Blossoms and would always start sing alongs with tha song. Great memories connected to "peaceful easy feeling"
This just makes me like that song even more……what a humble brilliant mind…..thank you for this great interview.
Much thanks to Jack for telling us the story behind Peaceful, Easy Feeling. It's my go to song at a jam when it's my first turn to sing, been inside those lyrics more times than I can remember. This is a whole new perspective on the song.
Thank you so much for doing this back story--it is beyond amazing! Jack Tempchin, whom I'd never heard of, seems to be such a humble guy. We had a little four-piece band here in eastern Connecticut back in the '70s, and with some fairly decent vocals and harmonies (have to say so myself, 'cause no one else will), took great pleasure in emulating our beloved Eagles. I was no Glenn Frey, but I played him on stage and sang lead on "Peaceful Easy Feeling." It was so much fun to work at sounding like the Eagles, and at times it seemed we got a small fraction of the way there. I watch a lot of UA-cam videos on a variety of subjects, but this has to be the most compelling thing I've seen in quite some time. Cheers and thanks to Jack Tempchin!!
One of my favorite episodes so far probably because the Eagles were a staple of my childhood experience of music and I love the stories of The Eagles, Tom Petty, and Jackson Brown all knowing each other. I grew up in Eureka. Weird to think I was probably listening to this song on the same station that this guy heard it on for the first time.
That is a great story of one of my favorite songs. Glenn Frey was always meant to sing that beautiful song. I can see his face every time I hear that song. Beautiful memories. Thanks!!
Have loved this song and album since I was 18 years old. Couldn’t believe it when I first heard it and still marvel at how good it is.
I had the great pleasure of seeing Jack perform at a small venue in Downers Grove Illinois a few years ago. We so enjoyed his stories and performance. His music is truly inspired.
Having touched the lives of so many millions of people with so many great songs Jack has to be the most down to Earth, unpretentious person on the planet. He certainly has touched my soul with his songs not only giving comfort at times but always making good times better. He has to be one of the greatest songwriters in the history of Rock. Excellent interview as always Prof.
This is my favorite so far! I feel like “Peaceful Easy Feeling” has saved my soul. And now I know why….because it saved his. Man, thank you for bringing this to us.
I really like "Already Gone" Great harmonies and fabulous guitar work!
Thank you professor. This is my absolute favorite Eagles song. One of my fondest memories of this song was back in December 1990. I was at a bar in Tucson AZ called Dirtbags and we, Cal - UC Berkeley, just won the Copper Bowl. Every Cal fan/Alum was in full celebration. Who ever was sitting by the jukebox that night kept on playing “Peaceful Easy Feeling” over and over again. And you know what, no one minded. It was the song of victory. Good times. Great memory.
My favorite band - great musicians - great songs - great harmony ....
Thank you Prof...I love learning more about my era and one of my favorite songs to Live and sing! What an AMAZINGLY HUMBLE song master jack is....
Love this interview
I’ve played this song thousands of times and now I know the story
Very meaningful!!!
My all time favorite song. Heard it when I was 11 yrs. old. Fell in love. It has remained my favorite. Brings back great memories.
"I know you wont let me down" is a line that always brought me to a place of tranquility and understanding while going through rejections and disappointments. I love hearing this story of how the song was written.
***"PEACEFUL, EASY.." PROF., SITTING WITH THE EAGLES' HIDDEN MAIN MAN...*** : Man, with all the chicks Sir Jack was inspired to write all these CLASSIC tunes about, methinks he KNOWS a thing or two, about "The Golden Weiner"!! ...ha-HAAA!! ...Aw Prof. how many TIMES am I gonna say it!?? ...You EDUCATE, Man, and these sitdowns are a REVELATION to Music Junkies like US... (CONT.)
...These Songwriting Legends are leaving us steadily, and they NEVER had their own 'tales' told' here, we get another dimension of how these tunes came about...regardless of the LSD 'influences'!! ...ha-HAAA!! Jim wrote me FAVORITE Glenn Frey tunes so, he has MY respect...
..SO! ..The Eagles peaked at # 22 Pop, but here's the Top Ten, March, of 1973....
10. Daddy's Home - Jermaine Jackson
9. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
8. The Cover Of "Rolling Stone" - Dr. Hook
7. Crocodile Rock - Elton John
6. Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) - Deodato
5. Love Train - O'jays
4. Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - Spinners
3. Last Song - Edward Bear
2. Dueling Banjos - Deliverance (Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell)
1. Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack
....well, "Peaceful..." SHOULD have had a higher ranking ('Dueling Banjos'?), but... being on the BIGGEST selling Album of all time, does WONDERS for a bank account, eh!? ...put THAT on your 'weiner', and smoke IT! "🌭" ((😆)) ...ha-HAAA!! ...Keep ROCKIN' Prof.!
Thanks RBS! It should've been a #1. No doubt about it.
"Take it easy", always loved that song
Great interview -- great stories from Jack - Thanks !!
What a humble person. It just shows the personality it takes to really write good music.
I am a big fan of the Eagles thanks to my dad and I absolutely love the greatest hits album and peaceful easy feeling is amazing and one of my favorite songs. RIP Glenn
What a great interview. I'd never heard of that guy but what a down to earth guy right? Just pleasant and articulate. Cool stories, great demeanor, humble and laughs a lot. Nice one Professor. I paused the video of the poster and could make out a few of the lyrics. I'll never be able to listen to that one again and not have him come to mind. I can't even remember when I started listening to The Eagles consciously although I can remember "Heartache Tonight" from a really young age.
I'm a fan and "Peaceful Easy Feeling" is one of the first songs I learned on guitar. I was still struggling to get calluses to develop and strengthen my fingers so even though it's pretty simple, it was a challenge back then.
It's 3 chords and the truth if you don't count the chorus 😂
I once had a 4 track (in the 90s when technology had rendered it obalete but I enjoyed it 🎸🥁🎹🎶) but I'd never even heard of a 2 track , although now that I think of it cassette tapes are 2 track right? So... 😂
At just over 20 minutes the interview flew by. It's fascinating looking at the scribblings on the back of the poster and thinking about the magnitude of what happened to these little scribbled down lines and then Glen Fry taking it to his band that nobody knew if...who knows how much that song being on that first record had to do with their success?
I'm almost certain if you take one song out of the equation of a truly great bands truly great album (concept albums and rock operas aside) it would still have enough to merit the same amount of success but it's just a hypothetical, stream of consciousness thought I had...I digress a little I think..
So yeah, I love interviews with people who are a part of my music and my life right? I love hearing that someone's been involved in my life that I had no idea existed.
Very cool interview... right up there with the best of em' in my humble opinion. Nice goin' Professor! Until next time, 3 (or more) chords and the truth my friend ✌️🎸🎶
Great job! It’s really nice to hear the stories behind iconic songs!
I bought “On the Border” when I was 14, and the greatest hits album a few years later, part of the soundtrack of life. Peaceful Easy Feeling will always remind me of those lovely high school girls I used to know. Thanks
This guy is a great story teller. Really good video.
Jack Tempchin is a great conversationalist!
This was awesome! My favorite Eagles song is "Already Gone" for personal reasons, but watching this helped me figure out why - they are both about being OK no matter what, and that's the most peaceful, easy feeling of all. :)
Was amazed when I learned the band’s name is simply “Eagles.” No “the”. Good to see the professor get it right. But that’s why he’s the professor.
Same with Pixies.
Same with Indigo Girls. Ask David Letterman.
I'll never be as cool as The Dude cause I'll always love The Eagles.
I graduated high school in 1978 so l grew up with The Eagles. Really love their early stuff, up to and including Hotel California. While l flirted with so much of the other awesome music of that era The Eagles were always playing in the background.
Thank you for the flashback to younger more carefree days!
Made me happy you brought up the Big Lewbowski Eagles scene. One of the best movies ever and that part always makes me smile ear to ear
This was great - I enjoyed this so much. Wonderful conversation with this song writer who wrote this iconic song. Thanks for doing this interview and sharing with us!
Thanks for listening
Great song and this guy seems like a humble and cool guy. Congratulations sir.
One of my favorite Eagles songs. Thank you for writing it!
Wow, how would it be to write something like that??!!! Great song.
❤️💜💚
Great song and story. My favorite is One of these Nights.
If you write a great song once, it might be luck, but when you've written as many great songs as he has it's not luck. He's one of the greatest for sure. Great video and interview.
Thank you both, I love that song,,,fantastic
great bloke..gives ya a peaceful easy feelin when you listen to him recount things...thanks
Great interview! Loved hearing the story of how the song came to be. What a time to be alive, and to be a part of something that became bigger than any of them probably ever imagined!
Yeah what a time to be alive and being there, on the West Coast, immersed in the L.A Sound.
My favourite band ...my favourite song.....thank you so much....
I met Jack in LA once. Peaceful, Easy Feeling and Dancin to The Music. Two of my favorite songs.
Absolutely loved this. Thank you.
I've played guitar and/or bass in countless cover bands in my 68yrs on this planet, and I don't think in even one of those bands did we not play "Peaceful, Easy Feeling." It was just an easy tune to pick up on, and, when played and sang well, a definite crowd pleaser. Still love the song. Thanks, guys, for the little history lesson on a great tune!😎👍
Another phenomenal video, Professor 🔥
What an awesome interview, great hearing the backdrop of such a great song
I was an Eagles fan from the moment I heard their first track hit the radio. But I’ve always had a sweet spot for Lyin Eyes. I think it is the tight harmony the Eagles achieved on that particular track that does it for me!
never get tired of listening to this Eagle song. love the lines "i love to sleep with you in the desert tonight
with a billion stars all around"
superb!! bravo mr Jack Tempchin love from the philippines
In high school I took a girl to see the Eagles in concert and later bought her the album. Years later she married a good friend of mine and they invited me and my wife over for a cookout. They had outdoor speakers and we drank beer and listened to music, much to my surprise she still had that album and put it on to play! My friend, her husband said that she only played that to irritate him about how sweet I was and that I was the one her parents liked the most and that she had let me slip through her fingers. I decided it was time to go! P.S. they were married 38 years and she passed away just last year, RIP Evelyn.
It's definitely one of the eternal classics for me. Such a beautiful song and a great story behind it.
Great tune that really does bring a peaceful, easy feeling.
A gem of a song on the 1st album is often overlooked. "Train Leaves Here This Morning" tells a mellow story that is more than conducive to campfire playing. "And I watched as the smoker passed it on" to
"And I laughed when the joker said, lead on" reminds me of happy evenings at twilight sharing good weed and good wine on the porch with good friends listening to good music like Train Leaves This Morning.
We thought the world was complicated in the 70's when we were 20. Little did I know that those were some of the most tranquil days I'd ever had. Train Leaves This Morning takes me back for a short "vacation" down memory lane.
He co-wrote other big hits with Glenn Frey: Smuggler's Blues, You Belong To The City (my favorite), and The One You Love. Great songwriter!
Miami Vice soundtrack is one of my favorites.
I remember it playing on the radio in Dallas in 1985. Memories!
That’s literally in the video. Verbatim.
@@Frankie5Angels150 Sorry, bro, didn't get a chance to see the whole video. I got my info from owning Glenn Frey's entire solo music catalogue. And, for what it's worth, Don Henley's, too.
As a creative mind, there have been so many moments - fleeting, as they are meant to be - when I am inspired by women I see when I'm just out in the world. "She'll never know that she inspired me" is such a truth in life. Thanks for a nice interview.
Great interview! Thanks for sharing this!
I am fortunate enough to be a co-writer with Jack and Phil Vassar on Phil’s latest album “Stripped Down”, and Jack is the coolest most humble dude you will ever meet. He still goes down to the beach and just plays for whoever will listen.
That's freaking so cool! Thanks for sharing that, man what a treat that would be, to come across Jack playing guitar on the beach? Holy hell!!!
WOW !! That is so cool to know . I love that song . So many great talent back then . Lots of love to you for making this info known.
I truly love this story, you never know when and where you're gonna strike magic. It could be as simple as a hot dog store
Great story. Every songwriters dream is to have someone record their song and then that song soars off with a life of its own forever.
Albums of that era will forever be atop best seller lists. The albums benefitted from multiple formats - vinyl, cassette, CD, mp3 and now Deluxe / Remastered box sets and streaming. Everyone has bought the top albums multiple times. I think I've bought Rumours about five times over the years... ha
These interviews are always entertaining. I am amazed at how many people who are a part of music history are so down-to-earth and humble. I could totally relate to his stories about watching girls as a young man, imagining what relationships with them would be like. And, like him, I've been married to the same "girl" for decades. She and I both like the Eagles, and 70's music, in general, BTW!
Yet another excellent video by the Professor! Excellent! Thank you!
I went to a Leo Kottke concert. The opening act was a group was a band called "The Eagles." Everyone around me kept saying "Who the F__ are the Eagles?" They played all of their "hits" before they were "hits."
Thanks Professor!
I hung out with my two sons a couple of weeks ago and they took me to a little dive Karaoke bar. After a few beers my oldest son asked me to sing a song. And after listening to Peaceful Easy Feeling for nearly 50 years it was the one I chose. 😎
"Peaceful easy feeling" by the Eagles and "Sister golden hair" by America were the first 2 songs I learned to play on guitar. I've always played them when I broke out my guitar on camping trips, shop parties, and family get togethers. Eagles tunes have and always will be a staple. I am also always asked to play "Lyin' eyes". The Eagles have so many relatable and memorable songs and the arrangements are so beautiful that they touch the hearts and souls of nearly everyone that hears them.
Great songwriter, great stories, humble guy.