Rock and Culture Anniversaries

First single with Don Felder helped them court a rock AM-radio audience.

This was one of the few times in the early '80s when Pete Townshend shared a truly great track with the band.

Anyone looking for the match-light moment when they exploded onto the national scene needs to search no further.

Future hit actually began life along a lonesome country highway outside Montgomery, Alabama.

Timothy B. Schmit arrived with the makings of his first showcase moment with the group.

This collaboration with John Lennon grew out of worries about becoming a prisoner to celebrity.

Every element of this wry narrative about a gold digger's empty life unfolds with a writerly knack for detail.

After their smash 1978 debut, the only question was how big the follow-up album would be.

Chaffing at their country-rock roots, they regrouped to construct a "nasty track with pretty vocals."

Keyboardist "cut the ice" in the studio, allowing the group to ditch the drama and focus on music.

He borrowed drummer Steve Smith for a hit song inspired by his band’s hit “Faithfully.”

They didn't seem capable of letting this one be.