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
John P. Frey from endorsing the position. Frey retired from active union life in 1950. He was a lifelong Republican, and had three children. He died in Washington, D.C., on November 29, 1957. Frey was considered a scholar in the labor movement, although he had little formal education and his 'scholarship' was little more than popular writing. He wrote six books: "An American Molder in Europe" (1911), "The Labor Injunction" (1922), "Calamity of Prosperity" (1930), "Bakers Domination" (1933), "Calamity of Recovery" (1934) and "Craft Unions of Ancient and Modern Times" (1944). John P. Frey John P. Frey (February 24, 1871 – November 29,