My Seventies Music

The Eagles – “Ol’ 55” and “Desperado” (and “Already Gone”)

I first heard “Ol’ 55” from the Eagles in 1975 (I only found out just now, 35 years later, that it was actually written by Tom Waits…)

It was on an early album before they really took off and became mainstream after Joe Walsh joined them.

Here’s a live version from 1974:

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Tags: Already Gone, Desperado, Don Felder, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Music of the Seventies, Ol' 55, Seventies Rock Bands

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