By 1971, Linda Ronstadt was already a local music legend verging on a major breakthrough. To accompany her country-folk rock sound for her brief Silk Purse Tour, Ronstadt’s manager, John Boylan, wanted to assemble a band of fellow country rock musicians. 

So Boylan reached out to some unknowns: a drummer named Don Henley, two guitarists Glenn Frey and Bernie Leadon, and a bassist named Randy Meisner. 

For these strangers, the tour was just a temporary gig. They had no idea it would lead to them becoming one of the biggest rock bands ever. 

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As the group played their set under Sleeping Beauty’s Castle for a crowd of high school grads, a connection was instantly made. In his 2014 induction of Ronstadt into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Frey would later recall approaching her with Henley to tell her that they wanted to........

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