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The song inspired the title of the 1987 Western television film, Desperado, written by Elmore Leonard. [32] In season 4 episode 2 of Succession the song is referenced. [ 33 ] The song is also a plot device in the seventh episode of Seinfeld season 8.
Desperado is the second studio album by the American rock band the Eagles, released on April 17, 1973, by Asylum Records. The album was produced by Glyn Johns and was recorded at Island Studios in London, England. The songs on Desperado are based on the themes of the Old West.
During the band's run, Henley co-wrote (usually with Frey) most of the band's best-known songs. [17] "Witchy Woman", which was co-written with Leadon, was his first commercially successful song, [20] while "Desperado" marks the beginning of his songwriting partnership with Frey. [21]
The Eagles had their origin in early 1971, when Linda Ronstadt and her manager John Boylan recruited musicians Glenn Frey and Don Henley for her band. [6] Henley had moved to Los Angeles from Texas with his band Shiloh to record an album produced by Kenny Rogers, [7] and Frey had come from Michigan and formed Longbranch Pennywhistle; the two then met in 1970 at The Troubadour in Los Angeles ...
Desperado: The Soundtrack is the film score to Robert Rodriguez’s Desperado. It was written and performed by the Los Angeles rock bands Los Lobos and Tito & Tarantula, performing traditional Ranchera and Chicano rock music. Other artists on the soundtrack album include Dire Straits, Link Wray, Latin Playboys, and Carlos Santana.
For the enchanting cover, Clarkson, 41, took on the band's "Desperado," accompanied by her show's music direct Jason Halbert on the piano, and per usual, the results were flawless. "I cannot stop ...
The chirping sound at the start of the song by Leadon and Meisner, "Earlybird", was taken from a sound effect library. [14] On "Take It Easy", Johns convinced Leadon to play double-time banjo on the song, a touch that Johns felt made the song different. [10] Originally, Henley co-wrote and sang one song on the album, "Witchy Woman".
Glenn Lewis Frey (/ f r aɪ /; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American musician.He was a founding member of the rock band Eagles.Frey was the co-lead singer and frontman for Eagles, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most of Eagles' material.