Glenn Frey Sings "Desperado" | Letterman

Glenn also talks about the ugly breakup of The Eagles.
(From "Late Night," air date: 7/26/84)
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[@MsLonegamr]

R.I.P. Legend. Your legacy lives on through your music. Most men can only dream of such a legacy.

[@JennyMcMaster-mj7fd]

I miss Glenn and his God-given talent. Sing to the Angels Glenn and rest in peace knowing that you'll never be forgotten, ❤😢❤

[@Lakeshore14]

Love this song. Thanks Glenn for all the great music. R.I. P. 💔🙏

[@tbird3187]

💔💔💔💔💔

[@johnjeffreys6440]

I always thought the line, "out riding fences" was a little pretentious, until I started watching westerns.

[@user-ym4qn2kz7l]

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Pneumonia is a bad combo. ♥️

[@Lakeshore14]

@@user-ym4qn2kz7l It sure is. 😢

[@tomderbyshire5795]

A legend, true professional. RIP Glenn

[@dianeo]

This song never fails to give me goose bumps. What a classic.

[@marygee7524]

That's funny because I was just thinking "this is giving me goosebumps" lol. So touching ❤

[@kevinwattswork6526]

Holy moly, this is gold. Thank you.

[@Hal17680]

As songwriters, there are certain songs and artist/writers we all aspire to…R.I.P., brother.❤

[@lynnturman8157]

I always thought his singing was underrated. Which is a pretty easy thing to have happen when you're in a band with Don Henley & Randy Meisner.

[@lindysueroutt6680]

Love this tune. Eagles finest. Always and Forever in Our Hearts R.I.P. Glen❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@gmanwrangler]

Great talent is never forgotten

[@lindamason2220]

Glenn's death was such a huge loss to music in general and Detroit in specific. Bob Seger tells stories about the two of them before/early stardom and both really make Detroit proud bc both achieved a respectable maturity and humility that's not easy to find. RIP Glenn.❤❤❤

[@laura309]

He is so talented.

[@ronjennings7054]

Timeless & beautiful offering.☘️

[@mandyhalliburton9881]

Beautiful! Brought tears to my eyes.❤

[@MovementGraffiti]

RIP to Glenn, the captain of American Rock bands.🕊❤🦅

[@chadlongnecker630]

Wow amazing I've never heard Glenn sing this

[@susanwasserott]

Love the Eagles, loved Glenn Frey, and love this song! Well done!

[@scottnodskov7262]

Thank you for sharing your talents with the world RIP we all miss you

[@harrodsongs]

I love how slow it is and how the band is even struggling a little bit with the tempo (seems like Will Lee wants to push it a bit faster than Frey wants to go) -- but eventually they settle into it. Really beautiful.

[@resplendentpeace]

Frey's tempo is very uneven. The piano is the lead instrument and it makes it sound like he's right and the band's wrong, but it's the other way around.

[@ryann.9636]

Word. The band does a great job of smoothing it out and killing the harmonies as well!

[@georgesheffield1580]

That temp seems to be one of the keys to make this song great . The Words/ lyrics are also up there

[@elizabethlawrence3506]

One of my favorite Eagles songs so beautiful

[@Entrelanieve]

I am used to Henley's voice for this song but Frey's voice was fantastic.

[@somejackball]

there was a cat on the CB Radio back around 78 here, went by Desperado (from the song), pretty cool dude. always on the CB on weekend nights. miss those days, all the locals stayed connected like that. was great way to see what happening on Fri/Sat night, see where the parties were etc. we all hung out on 10 and 11. now it's just dead-air, ghost town. although the Skip does come in daily, sometimes at night, but that's it, no more local chatter. pretty sad ☮

[@davemosier419]

Used to go by Orange Crate. Drove a orange Chev van. Then I got a yellow IH scout, so changed to Gold Harvester. Haven't thought about CB radios in a while.

[@edwardvelez2926]

Very Sad 😔 u left us too FREAKEN EARLY!!! RIP BROTHER 🙏 😢!

[@teresa67factoid95]

Genius talent

[@jimmyjames2022]

"Desperado" is my fav Eagles album, cause it's understated and before the band went full on rock and roll. So it's nice to see this Glenn Frey performance from 1984 and funny it's a post "Eagles broke up" interview.

[@user-yn7yo1co3k]

"First song they ever wrote together." ❤ There's some history for you. "It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day."

[@lisabarbosa4541]

RIP. Was lucky enough to have seen him with the Eagles twice ❤

[@kathyrais574]

It's weird to hear Glenn sing Desperado but it sounds good. RIP Glenn

[@dinacox1971]

This is so good! I also love the version done by their pal Linda Ronstadt. The key members of the Eagles were Linda; 's backup band and as opposed to holding them back, she convinced them to form their own band. Linda Ronstadt was beloved by apparently everyone she worked with and greatly respected for her tremendous talent and dedication to the work. Also, it is pretty heartwarming to watch Letterman's band LOVE this opportunity to play this song with this legend!

[@robertslattery9771]

Let's redirect the thought: What exactly happened to our Country?We still have talent in the USA! Music is born by inspiration.Legends is music's Spark!

[@mikeh.8155]

thanks for uploading, I've never seen it before!!!! RIP Glenn.

[@MiezProduction]

A beautiful song

[@Attingats]

lyrical perfection.

[@donkeeton7897]

RIP Glen I really enjoyed all the Eagles songs in the 70s and later on their solo stuff too really beautiful!!

[@Youtuberdeportado]

Beautiful.

[@theinternationalvoyager]

I love seeing professionals emanating joy... like the band member at 02:50.

[@karens1967]

Yes. I was so lucky to catch Son Seals in a little bar on the beach just a couple of years before he died. By then he was a little wizened old guy, but he still performed like a power house. There were maybe 24, 36 people there. They should have been lined up out the door. Anyway, he sat on this stool and sang. He had a couple of kids backing him up. They were great musicians, and the looks on their faces for the whole show said, "Can you effing believe this? We're backing up Son Seals!" What a great show that was. ❤

[@brooks5656]

​@@karens1967 Looking up Son Seals now.

[@lindamason2220]

My first thought as well... This guy is enjoying every single second of this sweet moment in time.

[@velmagardea5937]

I miss all the originals😢. The Eagles ❤️

[@user-xl5np5dp8n]

This is a wonderful tribute to this song. Glenn Frey spoke.

[@jamlv23]

GREAT SONG-GREAT BAND-GREAT MUSICIANS-GREAT DAVE🎵❤️🎸🌻

[@velmagardea5937]

I do love the way Linda Ronstadt sings this as well❤ they all know each other from back in the day!

[@progyandas9650]

I haven't heard the original version ...but this live version sounds great .

[@matthewstearns289]

The original is Don Henley.

[@nickmurphy5960]

"Elaine, could you just not talk for one minute"

[@simhifree]

Thanks Dave . This is my favorite Eagle's song by Glenn and Don. Wonderful lyrics. Glenn's voice sounded so sweet in this version. Sad that he had Rheumatoid Arthritis. Idk what complications from RA that he passed away from. I have RA and wonder about other deaths... if the disease will effect me the same way? I don't recall Glenn ever saying anything pulicly about RA?

[@michellesullivan3540]

I believe it was cardiac c related from the R.A

[@thedude4672]

Henley sang this on The Eagles' album.

[@chris-tg1hv]

Exactly

[@rogerdebougainville889]

and at every Eagles concert... except for the more recent ones where he's now *lip-synching* !

[@karengordon6610]

Yes, he did.

[@Sourpusscandy]

Makes me too sad. This song and Yesterday by the Beatles, they tear me up.

[@karens1967]

For me, it's Somewhere Out There. An American Tail from the 80's. Ironically, also performed by the great Linda Ronstadt, and James Ingram. I had just divorced and had gone back to college full time. My kid was only five years old, but I had a good support system for him. I remember so clearly, driving home from a long day of classes, waiting to see my kid and giving him a big hug. He was waiting for me too. ❤

[@susanbrown5004]

Best rendition ever RIP my friend 💐🌺

[@colleensimmons8152]

Many people put out negative attitudes about entertainers who stand up for their rights. Don Henley is often taking a hit for his stance on his own personal legacy. Don is a smart, talented man. His relationship with Glenn Frey and anyone else is just that, His Relationship with Whoever. MYOB PEOPLE!

[@TheLadsBandLive]

Those backup vocals were pretty great.

[@velmagardea5937]

Love the way Don Henley and Linda Ronstadt sings this as well 👌

[@annemcgrath9865]

Brilliant he has such a great voice and he's so handsome x

[@user-ir4pp6qe6n]

Let somebody love you before it's too late😮

[@maggiebelgie6981]

A classic song and once in a lifetime voice!

[@lschultz3022]

So great to hear his version...he and Henley should have rotated lead on this when they toured in those good old days.

[@user-dc3bv9zs1t]

Absolute pure gold!!

[@LivLaRaj]

I totally recall a viewer mail from 1987 complaining of Letterman humming on mike while Suzanne Vega sang Luka (crazy how I recall these details after 35+ yrs) and David responded with a flashback of a him building a birdhouse and humming while this footage of Frey singing Desperado is playing.

[@helenliz1]

True talent!!!

[@scottzema3103]

Clean-cut antics in the best Animal House tradition...ah, the old days. As the 1800's desperado called the Desperado life, it was 'wild adventure'. Never were truer words sung to tame the social 'desperado' in me in the seventies. As sung by Linda Ronstadt, aka the recriminatory feminine voice making solid points about the old me (some points anyway or maybe) the song Desperado made me finally do good, and actually be good, you'll be happy to hear.

[@robertfrobes5028]

This is my favorite song of the Eagles.

[@mdelaubergine8930]

Great song, great performance

[@alittlebitgone]

I love the way you can totally tell Frey thinks this is a good song. lol.

[@NeonRadio4You]

I hope you'll be up there waiting for me Glen when it's my time. The World Misses You 🌎

[@RobertShaffer-qh3qb]

Mr. Frey left us way too soon. One of my favorite artists.

[@susanbrown5004]

🎈💐🎶🦅I MISS SO MUCH! RIP 💓

[@user-kk3jr8gi2x]

Makes me think of the great Terry Funk

[@kstepko]

He said “Atlanta” pretty fast. That was not a hypothetical example! 📺

[@joycerosales2304]

My fave from that group!!Truly missed him ❤️

[@kongeneherl]

So lovely!

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

THANKS

[@Shawn68Sharkey]

Don Henley just sued Letterman and the ghost of Glenn Frey, enjoy this before it gets pulled for a copyright strike, you can check out anytime you Like but you can never leave....wait isn't that a Jethro Tull tune ?

[@terryballard4674]

Of course he did - he is sue-happy. I've never seen a picture of him smiling. The business of music destroyed him.

[@robf6105]

...and Henley will sue Don Felder again, just for fun.

[@barbarawalsh2875]

Ten years and and I still miss him. I always will and he is the one that should be singing this song all the time I don’t know what has happened to Don Henley but I have been an Eagles fan since the very very first album have no desire to see them anymore and there has been so much. Unfortunate press on Don that that’s not enough of a reason to make me go back. My bad lost Alan Rickman who was my favorite actor in three days later lost Glenn. It’s three days my family generally leaves me alone. I miss you guys a lot.

[@1girlfromyesterday]

We miss you man!

[@Eiende]

Ppl need to hear this message more now than ever

[@bluegrassfan23]

There’s no music 🎶 like that from The Eagles.

[@kstepko]

A band breaking up might be ugly and it might be amicable, but I wouldn’t think that it would ever be “pleasant”.

[@thedude4672]

As someone who has felt very pleasant when my last band broke up, I disagree. I just wish that it would've happened sooner.

[@kgalalelomonthe5778]

Yes, that music from the swinging 70s.. Beautiful stuff. Don sang in the original

[@jamespaiz4238]

RIP Glen and my Bros

[@bralph82]

There’s a lot of night skiing 😉

[@alexkx8599]

Who's that playing the drums?! Is that Steve Jordan?! Jordanaires?!

[@privatepenguin3137]

It is indeed. The Rolling Stone himself. He played with Paul Shaffer on Letterman from 1982-1986.

[@alexkx8599]

@@privatepenguin3137 After that and before the Stones he was an Xpensive Wino! So...if he was with Shaffer during those years...I wonder...did you play with Honeydrippers? I'm going to looks and see...wow.

[@privatepenguin3137]

@@alexkx8599 Steve Jordan did NOT play on that Honeydrippers album...but Paul Shaffer did (...along with an A-List lineup including Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Nile Rodgers)

[@randirosenthal4844]

Tears are falling

[@808kiker]

We lost this GEM way too soon.

[@judywines7328]

Excellent ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@larryjoeanderson]

The queen of diamonds let you down, she was just an empty fable The queen of hearts you say you never met Your twisted fate has found you out, and it's finally turned the tables Stole your dreams and paid you with regret

[@DJ-vm2zi]

He had to mention Hotel California 😂

[@RichardBond-dn2fi]

Love the "tough" questions Dave is asking Glenn. Howard Stern is the only other person that i could think of; that could coax these answers out of Glenn or (Don), for that matter.

[@CasualSpud]

Better than Don Henley lip syncing today

[@karenreardon5398]

Well, in Don Henley's defense Glenn Frye was alot younger in this clip than Don Henley is now.

[@alexkx8599]

"Night skiing." As in cocaine?

[@c.j.rogers2422]

That one went over Dave's head! They didn't have very good chemistry.

[@alexkx8599]

@@c.j.rogers2422 Huh? What are you saying?

[@kongeneherl]

Kisses!

[@erikpeterson25]

💕❤ 💖

[@Mgh-r]

😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤ very good. Hiiiiii dear dave and all good dear friends ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MattTee1975]

And their publishing company charged them $250,000 to play this...,

[@WhenImBackInChicago]

... worth every penny ... 🕯 ... Miss you, Glenn Lewis Frey November 6, 1948 - January 18, 2016 🥹

[@fakeascanbe423]

Meanwhile the song "Supercharger" was free

[@RazorsEdge1810]

@@fakeascanbe423 Superchargaaa!

[@MattTee1975]

@@RazorsEdge1810 🎵really make you lose your mind 🎵

[@user-yn7yo1co3k]

That was always the story: Don't ever mess with the Eagles. That publishing company will charge you a hefty fee.

[@dojomanrocks]

Beautiful performance by one of my songwriter idols. RIP Glenn. And it’s quite clear why he and Don agreed who would sing this. Don’s voice is far better for this and many Eagle tunes. And here’s why critique of Letterman, who I generally like. The dude has a new album out and he doubles down on ridiculous hotel room trashing questions. Not one question on the album or what is like to go solo. Missed opportunity Dave.

[@privatepenguin3137]

Don Felder was screwed over by Henley/Frey.

[@thedude4672]

True. Henley/Frey wrote some great songs, but they were kinda jerks as human beings.

[@stevendouglass8795]

Yes - they were Sodomizing him; he spoke up and called them on their buggery; they fired him; he fought back and filled a lawsuit; rather than actually have the court decide who was buggering whom, Don & Glenn settled out of Court They deserved the cost of the settlement. Great musicians - they got called on their Sodomy.

[@jnorthrop70]

I thought Henley sang on this song.

[@lynnturman8157]

He wasn't there that night.

[@JonathanHudgins]

Elaine, could you just not talk for one minute?

[@Darbysmommy]

😅

[@LePedantSemantique]

😄😂🤣😅

[@markcossman200]

Hahahahaha

[@Whatarewetalkingabouthere]

Perfect!

[@notsonutsomills593]

Who is Elaine?

[@kathybradley3309]

❤❤❤❤

[@nursecathy123cat]

He became so handsome with age.

[@petrolbokehlicious]

All those accumulated hotel trashing bills, no wonder CBS later couldn't afford to pay the royalties if Paul had to play an Eagles tune just because Dave was in the mood for some 🤣🤣🤣

[@brycemcneil4404]

But who needs it when you have "Supercharger?" ;-)

[@petrolbokehlicious]

@@brycemcneil4404 Paul should finish the lyrics for "Supercharger" that he had already started that night

[@ALLIFEEM]

Suit & tie don't hide that hippy Frey ...

[@TimmehJay]

I prefer witch-ay woman

[@nickmurphy5960]

I thought it could be our song!?

[@kstepko]

“Lying Eyes” was my song with a past boyfriend, as it was playing on the radio when he picked me up for our first date. I like to joke, “You know you are in trouble when your song is ‘Lying Eyes’!”

[@lynnturman8157]

That's so un-Carl Fargman like

[@VincentAgostino-gy6hr]

@@lynnturman8157NOT THE FARGMAN 🪓

[@APTKSU]

Then go away.

[@JerryKurpiewski]

iZ There 99 KEYZ on Piano 🎹😮RIP