Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh Sued For $100,000 In Child Support

All was not well within the ranks of the Eagles, however. Walsh’s
dissatisfaction with the heavy-handedness of Glenn Frey and Don Henley when it
came to creative decisions led him to go so far as to discuss forming another
band with bassist Randy Meisner and co-lead guitarist Don Felder (his
seriousness here is debatable – when Meisner left and tried to pursue the idea,
Walsh definitely wanted to stay with the Eagles). Regardless, the discord in the
band led to tensions and hostility so pronounced that Henley was to call Walsh
an “insidious troublemaker.” The amount of alcohol and drugs circulating didn’t
help much either; Walsh had developed a drinking problem that he wouldn’t be
able to shake until the nineties, and the amount of money that some of the band
members were snorting up their noses would have been enough to buy a small
country.

It reached the breaking point when Felder and Frey got into a confrontation at a
benefit show in 1980. Frey called it quits and the band broke up. Interestingly
enough, Walsh seemed to think they were only on hiatus – he told an interviewer
in 1981 that they weren’t broken up but were just taking a break for solo
careers. He stated that the band would no doubt get together again in a bit to
record once more. While his hopes were dashed by the official announcement of
the Eagles’ breakup in 1982, ironically, he turned out to be right in the long
run!

All was not well within the ranks of the Eagles, however. Walsh’s
dissatisfaction with the heavy-handedness of Glenn Frey and Don Henley when it
came to creative decisions led him to go so far as to discuss forming another
band with bassist Randy Meisner and co-lead guitarist Don Felder (his
seriousness here is debatable – when Meisner left and tried to pursue the idea,
Walsh definitely wanted to stay with the Eagles). Regardless, the discord in the
band led to tensions and hostility so pronounced that Henley was to call Walsh
an “insidious troublemaker.” The amount of alcohol and drugs circulating didn’t
help much either; Walsh had developed a drinking problem that he wouldn’t be
able to shake until the nineties, and the amount of money that some of the band
members were snorting up their noses would have been enough to buy a small
country.

It reached the breaking point when Felder and Frey got into a confrontation at a
benefit show in 1980. Frey called it quits and the band broke up. Interestingly
enough, Walsh seemed to think they were only on hiatus – he told an interviewer
in 1981 that they weren’t broken up but were just taking a break for solo
careers. He stated that the band would no doubt get together again in a bit to
record once more. While his hopes were dashed by the official announcement of
the Eagles’ breakup in 1982, ironically, he turned out to be right in the long
run!