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
Glenn Frey Live Glenn Frey Live Glenn Frey Live is a live album by Glenn Frey, released in 1993. In 2018, Universal Music released a four disc pack entitled ’Above The Clouds’, in honor of Glenn Frey after his death in 2016 which is set to feature fully remastered video of the concert featured on this album (including omitted songs). MCA video released the entire concert on video as "Glenn Frey: Strange Weather Live", in 1992. Because there wasn't enough room on the Live CD, the concert includes three songs(all from Frey's solo career) that the CD left out. The concert opens with