glenn frey sang lead vocals on take it easy.
glenn frey sang lead vocals on take it easy.
who sang lead vocals on take it easy?
glenn frey
in september 1971, meisner, along with don henley, glenn frey and bernie leadon, formed the eagles, signing with david geffen's new label, asylum records, and they released their eponymous debut album in 1972. while he usually played the bass and handled backing vocals for the eagles, he wrote, co-wrote and/or sang lead songs on each of the group's first five albums, most notably "take it to the limit," the band's first million-selling single, and on "one of these nights". other songs he wrote and sang lead on include "try and love again", "is it true?", "take the devil", "tryin'" and he also wrote the song "certain kind of fool" with frey and henley, which also had him singing lead.
randy meisner
in addition to his drumming duties with the foo fighters, hawkins is also an accomplished rock singer, guitarist and pianist. his first lead vocal with the group was a cover of pink floyd's "have a cigar". two versions of the song were released, one as the b-side to "learn to fly" and another on the "" soundtrack album. he sang lead vocals on the original "cold day in the sun," from "in your honor," which was later released as a single, and the cover of cream's "i feel free," which appeared as the b-side of "doa" and on the ep "five songs and a cover". hawkins also sang lead vocals for the band's cover of joe walsh's "life of illusion." most recently, he sang lead vocals for "sunday rain," a track on the foo fighters' 2017 album concrete and gold. many foo fighters live shows feature hawkins singing lead vocals on at least one cover song.
taylor hawkins