Take it Easy- Eagles

Jackson Browne wrote this for his first album, but he didn't know how to finish the song. He gave it to his friend Glenn Frey, who needed songs for his new band - the Eagles. Frey finished the song and the Eagles used it as the first song on their first album. So what was almost a Jackson Browne song became the first single from the new group the Eagles.

Frey's changes to the song included adding the second verse (and the line "Standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona," and stretching out the "E" in "Easy." He considers the song one of the most important Eagles tracks. In an interview with Bob Costas, he said the song represented "America's first image of our band with the vistas of the Southwest and the beginnings of what became Country-Rock."

The Eagles played this live long before they recorded it. It was one of the songs they played when they were doing 4 sets a night at a club in Aspen, Colorado. By the time they recorded it, the song had more of a Country feel.

According to Glenn Frey, the message of this song is, "You shouldn't get too big too fast."

During the Eagles 1994 Hell Freezes Over tour, Frey would intro this song by saying, "And here's how it all started. (thanks, Ricky - Los Angeles, CA)