| Don Henley came
to prominence as drummer, singer, and songwriter with legendary '70s
soft-rockers the Eagles, who virtually defined the laid-back, West Coast
pop/rock sound of their era. In the '80s, after the group split, the
ever-cantankerous Henley toughened things up considerably with his solo
work. He made a splash straight out of the gate with the wry social
commentary of "Dirty Laundry" from his 1982 debut album. He
went on to even greater acclaim with 1984's "Boys of Summer"
and his landmark 1989 album THE END OF THE INNOCENCE, an elegiac affair
that did for the late '80s what the eagles did for the '70s |
