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Life in the Fast Lane: The Eagles’ Reckless Ride Down the Rock & Roll Highway

Author:
Mick Wall
Read by:
Al Kessel
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1
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1
Release Date
October 24, 2023
Duration
10 hours 45 minutes
Summary
'Surely make you lose your mind . . .'



So the Eagles warn us about the outrageous and ruthless lifestyle of the ambitious rock-n-roller. In fact, Don Henley could barely listen to the track 'Life in the Fast Lane' when they were recording it. He was so high that it made him sick.



The band that embodied the American dream with globe-straddling success, impossibly luxurious lives, and almost supernatural talent also descended into nightmare with bloodletting betrayal, hate-filled hubris, the skeletons of perceived enemies, brutally discarded lovers and former band mates left unburied in the road behind them. The Eagles' story is a truly gothic American fable: one of ultimate power and rivers of money; of sex and drugs at a time when both were the lingua-franca of sophisticated So-Cal living; of a band who sang of peaceful easy feelings in public while threatening to kill each other in private.



Now, legendary rock journalist Mick Wall delivers definitive insight into America's bestselling band of all time, exploring their meteoric rise to fame and the hedonistic days of the '70s music scene in LA, when American music was taking over the world.
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Profile Avatar David P. May 2025

I love the Eagles. I was really looking forward to this book. The problem is that it took nearly 6 hours of audiobook to get into depth about the eagles. The author spends a lot of time on background. He goes off on several tangents about other artists and David Geffen. While most of it may be relevant to the story he is trying to tell I feel there is so much info about the Eagles and their songs that was missed because of all the other information he added to this book. The other problem is that this is jot a sanctioned book by the band so we miss a lot of the details that I would like to hear. Last issue I had is with the narrator. He would be a great narrator for a book about nature or even a fictional book. However for a rock band I would expect someone with a bit more grit or someone who you might expect wouod express a cuss word. I listened to this book with a good friend and she felt the same way. I would not recommend this book to learn about the Eagles.

Life in the Fast Lane: The Eagles’ Reckless Ride Down the Rock & Roll Highway

Life in the Fast Lane: The Eagles’ Reckless Ride Down the Rock & Roll Highway

Author: Mick Wall
Read by: Al Kessel
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