Eagles’ producer Bill Szymczyk recently appeared in an interview to discuss the two camps due to arguments in the band. During the interview with Rock History Music, the replacement of Randy Meisner with Timothy B. Schmit was mentioned, and the producer was asked about his sense of the band members while working with them.
Szymczyk revealed that there were two parties in the band and recalled how Schmit was in the middle:
“It seemed to be there were two camps, there was the Don and Glenn camp, and then there was the guitar camp, and Timothy [B. Schmit] was kinda caught in the middle because he was the new guy.”
The producer then described how the band would have to stay in two different houses due to the two parties:
“Back in ‘Hotel Califonia,’ one of these nights in ‘Hotel California,’ there would be one where they’d stand in one house in Miami, when we recorded in Miami, and when we got to ‘The Long Run,’ they had to have two houses. So Glenn and Don are in one, and Felder, Walton, and Timothy are in the other. And up until then, they would always have a couple of cars. Now everybody had to have their own cars.”
Right after the creation of ‘The Long Run,’ Don Felder had a heated feud with Henley and Frey about having equal parts in the band, and this argument even caused a scene in one of their shows. Felder and Frey had a fight in a 1980 show, which ended up with many threats. The day was followed by the break up of the band before their reunion in 1994.
The band then came back together in 2017 following the passing away of Frey, and are now preparing for their final tour, ‘The Long Goodbye.’ The farewell tour is expected to start in New York on September 7, featuring Steely Dan as the opening act. See the dates here.
See the interview below.
