Mojo Nixon recently joined an interview with Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz and reflected on his 1990 song, ‘Don Henley Must Die.’ The singer also recalled how Don Henley would act like he was the new Bob Dylan back in the day.
Nixon’s ‘Don Henley Must Die‘ was a satirical song targeting the Eagles icon. The lyrics went on to mock Henley, mostly for his musical style. Yet, it looks like the singer was surprisingly tolerant of the song, considering that he had even performed with Nixon on stage during the mid-’90s.
When asked about the song and whether it was related to the Eagles slam in the movie, ‘The Big Lebowski,’ Nixon explained that he didn’t know about the film’s writers and went on to detail his song. The musician claimed that the Eagles were actually a country band rather than rock.
He thinks they became a rock band when Joe Walsh and Don Felder joined. Then, he recalled Henley’s appearance at the Grammy during the mid-1980s for the song ‘The Boys of Summer.’ According to Nixon, the Eagles singer acted in a sanctimonious manner like he was the new Bob Dylan, which sort of irritated him at the time.
Here is what Nixon said about his humorous Don Henley song and ‘The Big Lebowski’:
“Who wrote that? Did the Coen brothers write it? Great minds, thank a lot. Here’s the thing. The Eagles are the commercial version of the Flying Burrito Brothers in the progressive countries of the early ’70s. But what really irked me is that they were essentially the country monkeys, who eventually became a rock band when they got Joe Walsh and Don Felder in there. They are country monkeys of the ’70s.
Then, Don Henley, he was at the Grammys. He wanted a Grammy for ‘The Boys of Summer’ or something. He was just so f*cking sanctimonious, and he was acting like he was somehow the new Bob Dylan. He was in this f*cking Eagles, the country monkeys of the ’70s. But then the backside of that song is he showed up at the hall in Austin, Texas. He showed up and sang ‘Don Henley Must Die’ with me and shocked the living sh*t out of me.”
After being critical of Don Henley for acting sanctimoniously, Mojo Nixon recalled the day he took the stage with him to sing his satirical song, ‘Don Henley Must Die.’ It was indeed a shocking moment for him, as he didn’t expect Henley to be so tolerant of the track.
