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Jack Tempchin on writing hits for the Eagles and his long friendship with Glenn Frey.
I'm John Bowden from Rock History Music.
This is part four of our series on the great singer-songwriter Jack Tempchin,
who as we've mentioned on many videos and you probably already know,
wrote Peaceful Easy Feeling for the Eagles and co-wrote Already Gone as well as three other songs.
I asked Jack about the Eagles period between 1972 and 74, those two albums.
There was a gap in between Peaceful Easy Feeling on the debut album and Already Gone from On the Border.
Was there
why were there no more songs in between there?
Did they ever ask you for songs?
In between that time, I don't think so.
I mean, you know, Glenn was 100,000% occupied with the Eagles
and I was doing my own thing.
I had put together a band [G] called the Funky Kings
and we got signed by Clyde Davis to Arista Records and we made a record with Paul Loftchild,
who had done the tours and Janis Joplin and Slow Dancing was on that record
and then later got done by Johnny Rivers.
So, you know, I was doing my own thing,
busy trying to get things going and Glenn was always there.
He's the one who introduced me to Clyde Davis and he was always helping me when he could and stuff.
But, you know, we weren't thinking of working together as far as writing.
But then he called one day and said,
Hey, that country song you did when you were drunk, I think it would make a good rock song.
A day later he called, he held the phone up in the studio and it was Already Gone.
You know, he remembered, he just remembered the song and just decided to record it.
But then in those days, you could sign with a publisher and he would try to push you songs,
which they don't do anymore because everybody just wants to do their own songs.
But, uh
As a lot of singer-songwriters, Jack Tempchin did a lot of different jobs.
Left music for a little while, then came back and
Knowing he had to come back because he had to do it.
One thing he and I both did when we needed money and both enjoyed is we both learned massage.
We talked about that a lot more.
Yeah, it's good.
I tried other things for a while and kind of got out of the music business,
tried some other things and that was pretty satisfying.
You know, it's a service industry and I was interested in it.
But then nothing gave me the satisfaction that I got out of music.
So I said, well, I'm getting back into music and I'm never, ever gonna get out of it again.
After I took a vacation for a year, you know, and I did a few other things for a year or two.
Then [A] when I went back to play, I couldn't play anymore.
It took me months to get back, you know.
Oh, you mean to get your chops back?
Yeah, yeah.
I just thought, oh, I'll remember.
And then I just thought, no, music is it for me.
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Jack Tempchin on writing hits for the Eagles and his long friendship with Glenn Frey.
I'm John Bowden from Rock History Music. _
This is part four of our series on the great singer-songwriter Jack Tempchin,
who as we've mentioned on many videos and you probably already know,
wrote Peaceful Easy Feeling for the Eagles and co-wrote Already Gone as well as three other songs.
I asked Jack about the Eagles period between 1972 and 74, those two albums.
There was a gap in between Peaceful Easy Feeling on the debut album and Already Gone from On the Border.
Was there_
why were there no more songs in between there?
Did they ever ask you for songs?
In between that time, I don't think so.
I mean, you know, Glenn was 100,000% occupied with the Eagles
and I was doing my own thing.
I had put together a band [G] called the Funky Kings
and we got signed by Clyde Davis to Arista Records and we made a record with Paul Loftchild,
who had done the tours and Janis Joplin and Slow Dancing was on that record
and then later got done by Johnny Rivers.
So, you know, I was doing my own thing,
busy trying to get things going and Glenn was always there.
He's the one who introduced me to Clyde Davis and he was always helping me when he could and stuff.
But, you know, we weren't thinking of working together as far as writing.
But then he called one day and said,
Hey, that country song you did when you were drunk, I think it would make a good rock song.
A day later he called, he held the phone up in the studio and it was Already Gone.
You know, he remembered, he just remembered the song and just decided to record it.
But then in those days, you could sign with a publisher and he would try to push you songs,
which they don't do anymore because everybody just wants to do their own songs.
But, uh_
As a lot of singer-songwriters, Jack Tempchin did a lot of different jobs.
Left music for a little while, then came back and_
Knowing he had to come back because he had to do it.
One thing he and I both did when we needed money and both enjoyed is we both learned massage.
_ We talked about that a lot more.
Yeah, it's good.
I tried other things for a while and kind of got out of the music business,
tried some other things and that was pretty satisfying.
You know, it's a service industry and I was interested in it.
But then nothing gave me the satisfaction that I got out of music.
So I said, well, I'm getting back into music and I'm never, ever gonna get out of it again.
After I took a vacation for a year, you know, and I did a few other things for a year or two.
Then [A] when I went back to play, I couldn't play anymore.
_ It took me months to get back, you know.
Oh, you mean to get your chops back?
Yeah, yeah.
I just thought, oh, I'll remember.
And then I just thought, no, music is it for me. _ _ _ _ _ _
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