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Dr. Pepper Interviews (1982) How about a vintage Don Henley interview? This is from November of 1982 and is part of the Lew Irvin Report series that was sponsered by Dr. Pepper. In it, Don talks about the end of the Eagles and his new solo career. It's an interesting listen especially when compared to more recent interviews. The titles are from the show's call sheet.

Intro

Part 1 -- Beginning a six-part interview with Don Henley, who describes the break-up of the Eagles.

Part 2 -- Don Henley says the Eagles broke up at a concert in July of 1980--and the break-up was actually recorded.

Part 3 -- Don Henley indicates tha after the breakup of the Eagles, he felt as if his wings had been clipped.

Part 4 -- Former Eagle Don Helney is writing message music.

Part 5 -- Don Henley's first single after he left the Eagles "stiffed".

Part 6 -- Don Henley says that because of threats, he has had to sell his house and turn down invitations to go on the road.

Rockline (1984) These clips are right off our master tape. We don't know why it was recorded like this, but it's a good interview. Don sure likes talking to the Texans!  1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

BTPB Interview (1985)
Huge, giant-like thanks go out to Rod F. for sending this along. It's an interview done with Don to promote Building the Perfect Beast. It's interesting to compare his attitudes back in the mid-80s with where he is now. Plus, you get to have the mental image of Henley on a pair of water skis! It's broken into 16 chunks for your listening pleasure.

Timothy White’s Rock Stars (1989) an interview with Don Henley and Danny Kortchmar that aired on Timothy White's Rock Stars radio program back in 1989. It's the first night of the End of the Innocence tour, but Don and Danny talk about a lot of stuff. They also perform 4 songs live in the studio, so that's a rare treat. Enjoy!

Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | Track 4 | Track 5 | Track 6 | Track 7 | Track 8 | Track 9

BBC Radio One Interview (1989) It's a great interview with the BBC's Roger Scott done in August of 1989. In it, Don discusses the songs on The End of the Innocence, does a line-by-line interpretation of "If Dirt Were Dollars" and talks about the costume he envisions himself in while singing New York Minute (...it includes a hat).

It's in 10 parts.

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KFI Interview (1991) This interview from KFI in Los Angeles was done in November of 1991 to talk about the Walden Woods Project.

Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3

Rockline (1991) Back in 1991, before Don's star-studded concerts to raise money and awareness for Walden, he made an appearance on Rockline. He talked about his environmental work and took calls from fans. It's a great look at the amazing work Don has done.

Clip 1 | Clip 2 | Clip 3 | Clip 4 | Clip 5 | Clip 6 | Clip 7 | Clip 8

Don Henley explains how to plant a Walden tree (1992) Don on the Garry Collins show, Home

KLSX Interview (April 1, 1992) This is from KLSX radio in LA. DJ Jim Ladd talked with Don backstage before the Walden Benefit at Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles

KLBJ Interview (2000) Today's treat is an interview that Don gave to KLBJ in Austin to promote Inside Job and his upcoming appearance at the Erwin Center.

Inside Job Press Kit (2000)

Inside Job Radio Appearances (2000)

KMIX (Dallas) 3/28/00 Thanks to Nancy
 

Clip 1--The Dallas Connection, East Texas Food, Don's mom

Clip 2--Environmental rant (important info about climate)

Clip 3--What's coming up for Don

Clip 4--Inside Job

KVIL (Dallas) 3/28/00 Thanks to Nancy

Clip 1--Intro, discussion about Elton John

Clip 2--Who Don has worked with. Cute anecdote about being discovered by Kenny Rogers.

Clip 3--Don's work with the Eagles, What is HC about?, upcoming tour.

Clip 4--The new album, songwriting

Clip 5--Upcoming appearances, intro to Taking You Home.

KFOG (San Francisco) 3/30/00 
Short clip  in which Don announces the birth of his new daughter. The Fastlane is quoted (yes, we are proud to be THOSE people <G>)

KMTT (Seattle) 4/20/00 Thanks to Becky

Clip 1--Don's in a great mood and reveals why George C. Scott's eye surgery cost him a backup singer.

Clip 2--Don talks about anger and the secret of good chili.

KLOS (Los Angeles) Jim Ladd's Living Room 5/10/00  These clips are from the Jim Ladd's Living Room Broadcast --an hour of music and chatting with Don. We're putting these clips up here for a limited time. The program was broadcast at 1:00a.m and not many people got a chance to listen to it. So many people have asked to hear it, we thought we'd stick it up for a while, even though it is huge. Thanks go to a kind soul who did all the work on this one. We don't mean to infringe on the rights of Mr. Henley, Mr. Ladd or anyone else, please just listen to the broadcast, get really fired up, and then go buy Inside Job!

Clip 1  Jim Ladd's intro of Don (1.2MB)

Clip 2  Dirty Laundry (5.5MB)

Clip 3 Irving take a bow (.5 MB)

Clip 4 The Road and the Evil Fourth Estate (2.5MB)

Clip 5 New CD/ I'm not a box but I do have sides (1.1MB)

Clip 6 Reading assignment and intro to TNHTNC (3.9MB)

Clip 7  They're Not Here, They're Not Coming (5.5MB)

Clip 8 TNHTNC Epilogue and Spirituality (2.5 MB)

Clip 9  Songwriting and the Inside Job Tour (2.3MB)

Clip 10  Eagles Their Greatest Hits Album (1.6 MB)

Clip 11 Don the Family Man (2.6MB)

Clip 12 Heart of the Matter intro (1.6 MB)

Clip 13 Heart of the Matter (5.1 MB)

Clip 14  "Why Yes I'm a Redneck" (4.7 MB)

Clip 15  Walden and the Environment (1.6 MB)

Clip 16 Liberal Rant (2.6 MB)

Clip 17 Democracy Rant (6.9 MB)

Clip 18 Workin' It (5.3 MB)

 

Bob and Tom Show (2000) Don was the in-studio guest for a morning of hilarity on this syndicated radio show. Don is joined by longtime friend Richard Bowdan. Lots of fun stories and humor.
 

BBC Interview (2001)  Don gave an interview to the BBC in 2001 to talk about his work for artists' rights.

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Jim Ladd Interview (2002) -This was done to promote the Stormy Weather Benefit in November of 2002. Don actually took unscreened calls!!!!

WQYK Tampa Interview (May, 2003) Don called this radio station from Richmond where he was rehearsing with the Eagles for the start of Farewell I in May of 2003.  Part 1 | Part 2

KHOW Interview, September 24, 2004  Prior to the benefit Don, Tim and Glenn did for Ken Salazar in Colorado, Don called KHOW in Denver to chat about politics and more politics. Don't listen if you think Don should only shut up and sing.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

XM Spotlight (2004) Some of our site visitors attended this show. It's a really nice intimate chat with Don. These are fairly large files.

Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3 | Segment 4 | Segment 5

KLOS Interview, November 10th, (2005) A nice, candid chat with Don done in part to sell tickets for the California tour dates.  Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Capital Gold Interview (2006)

Intro
Don 1
Don 2
Don 3
Don 4
Don 5
 

Off The Record (Long Road Out of Eden)  December 17, 2007  Don discusses the new album with Uncle Joe Benson

 
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Jim Ladd Interview (2007)  This is just a partial interview about LROE. As always, Jim does a fantastic job interviewing Don.

1  Do Something / Thoreau
2  You Are Not Alone / Sequencing
3  Long Road Out of Eden / Empires don't last
4  More Eden talk
5  Somebody / They like Jack Tempchin
6  Frail Grasp on the Big Picture / Don thinks it will piss people off
7  More Frail Grasp / There's a lot of crap on the Internet
8  Don finds Jim's chocolate / Last Good Time in Town / How do you construct a song / Band workings
9  Business As Usual / Walmart Deal
10 Center of the Universe / John Lennon would be proud
11 Wrap up and Thank Yous

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