Glenn Frey Ronstadt needed a backup band for an upcoming tour, her manager John Boylan hired Frey because he needed someone who could play rhythm guitar and sing. Don Henley was approached by Frey to join Ronstadt. Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon were also hired, although as the backing band personnel changed through the tour, the four had only played once together at a gig at Disneyland. Frey and Henley decided to form a band together while on the tour, and they were joined by Meisner on bass and Leadon on guitar, banjo, steel guitar, mandolin and dobro, forming the Eagles, with
Archibald A. Glenn to Wichita, Kansas where he held several political positions. Archibald Alexander Glenn was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky on January 30, 1819. When he was three, his family moved north to Indiana. In 1832, Glenn's father died and he was forced to forgo his education work on the family farm. When he was eighteen, Glenn moved to Rushville, Illinois to learn the printing trade. There, he published the "Rushville Whig" until 1844. During that year's presidential election, Glenn spent most of his life's earnings campaigning for Henry Clay. After the election, Glenn moved to Ripley, Illinois, where was named a