摇滚名人殿堂肯定的乐坛传奇 七○年代加州摇滚代表乐团第二张专辑 专业音乐网站AMG三颗半星佳评 收录"Tequila Sunrise"、"Desperado"、"Outlaw Man" 1971年由主唱兼鼓手Don Henley、主唱兼吉他手Glenn Frey、贝斯手Randy Meisner、主奏吉他手Bernie Leadon四人组成的老鹰合唱团（The Eagles）在加州正式诞生，这个团名“老鹰”不仅是美洲原住民印第安人的守护使者，亦是美国文化的象徵。 老鹰合唱团具美国音乐承先启后的地位，其优美的和声上承Everly Brothers（艾佛利兄弟二重唱）、Beach Boys（海滩少年合唱团）、C.S.N.Y.以来的优良传统；流畅的旋律与演奏为民谣╲乡村摇滚The Byrds（伯兹）、Buffalo Springfield（水牛春田）、The Flying Burrito Brothers等合唱团的延续，这些音乐特色影响了日后乡村音乐的发展，九○年代之后像Garth Brooks、Tim McGraw、Restless Heart…等巨星或团体无不受老鹰合唱团的启发。 第二张专辑“Desperado”发行于1973年，由杰克森•布朗、Glenn Frey、Don Henley、J.D. Souther四人合写的专辑第一首歌"Doolin-Dalton"即点出主题：“Desperado”是一张以十九世纪末美国中西部的法外之徒为概念的作品。Doolin的全名是William Doolin，以他为首的一伙人称为Wild Bunch，其中包括外号“Bitter Creek”的George Newcomb；Dalton指的是Dalton兄弟，他们从1891年开始涉及多起火车、银行抢案。专辑封面与曲式上都显示出“Desperado”浓厚的大西部荒凉、不法之徒横行的特色。两首单曲分别是"Tequila Sunrise"和"Outlaw Man"，不过可以常听到其他艺人包括琳达．朗丝黛、卡本特兄妹翻唱从未发行过单曲的标题歌曲"Desperado"。吉他手Bernie Leadon被团员认为是当时乐坛斑鸠琴弹得最好的乐手之一，在第七首只有40几秒的"Doolin-Dalton"演奏版裡可以欣赏到他的绝技。“Desperado”对老鹰合唱团而言最具意义的是两大台柱Glenn Frey与Don Henley首次合作写歌，"Tequila Sunrise"、"Desperado"就是他俩的创作，并且各自担任一曲的主唱。 by William Ruhlmann  If Don Henley was the sole member of the Eagles underrepresented on their debut album, Eagles, with only two lead vocals and one co-songwriting credit, he made up for it on their follow-up, the "concept" album Desperado. The concept had to do with Old West outlaws, but it had no specific narrative. On Eagles, the group had already begun to marry itself to a Southwest sound and lyrical references, from the Indian-style introduction of "Witchy Woman" to the Winslow, AZ, address in "Take It Easy." All of this became more overt on Desperado, and it may be that Henley, who hailed from Northeast Texas, had the greatest affinity for the subject matter. In any case, he had co-writing credits on eight of the 11 selections and sang such key tracks as "Doolin-Dalton" and the title song. What would become recognizable as Henley's lyrical touch was apparent on those songs, which bore a serious, world-weary tone. Henley had begun co-writing with Glenn Frey, and they contributed the album's strongest material, which included the first single, "Tequila Sunrise," and "Desperado" (strangely never released as a single). But where Eagles seemed deliberately to balance the band's many musical styles and the talents of the band's members, Desperado, despite its overarching theme, often seemed a collection of disparate tracks -- "Out of Control" was a raucous rocker, while "Desperado" was a painfully slow ballad backed by strings -- with other bandmembers' contributions tacked on rather than integrated. Randy Meisner was down to two co-writing credits and one lead vocal ("Certain Kind of Fool"), while Bernie Leadon's two songs, "Twenty-One" and "Bitter Creek," seemed to come from a different record entirely. The result was an album that was simultaneously more ambitious and serious-minded than its predecessor and also slighter and less consistent.