who are the original members of the eagles
Eagles (band)
While on the tour , Frey and Henley decided to form a band together and informed Ronstadt of their intention . Frey later credited Ronstadt with suggesting Leadon for the band , and arranging for Leadon to play for her so Frey and Henley could approach him about forming a band together . They also pitched the idea to Meisner and brought him on board . These four played live together behind Ronstadt only once for a July concert at Disneyland , but all four appeared on her eponymous album . It was later proposed that J.D. Souther should join the band , but Meisner objected . The four were signed in September 1971 to Asylum Records , the new label started by David Geffen , who was introduced to Frey by Jackson Browne . Geffen bought out Frey 's and Henley 's contracts with Amos Records , and sent the four to Aspen , Colorado to develop as a band . Having not settled on a band name yet , they performed their first show in October 1971 under the name of Teen King and the Emergencies at a club called The Gallery in Aspen . The idea of naming the band `` Eagles '' came during a peyote and tequila - influenced group outing in the Mojave Desert . Accounts of the origin of the name however vary ; Don Felder credited Leadon with originating the name when he recalled reading about the Hopis ' reverence for the eagle , while J.D. Souther suggested that the idea came when Frey shouted out , `` Eagles ! '' when they saw eagles flying above . Steve Martin , a friend of the band from their early days at The Troubadour , recounts in his autobiography that he suggested that they should be referred to as `` the Eagles , '' but Frey insists that the group 's name is simply `` Eagles . '' Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts initially managed the band ; they were later replaced by Irving Azoff while the Eagles were recording their third album . 
While on the tour , Frey and Henley decided to form a band together and informed Ronstadt of their intention . Frey later credited Ronstadt with suggesting Leadon for the band , and arranging for Leadon to play for her so Frey and Henley could approach him about forming a band together . They also pitched the idea to Meisner and brought him on board . These four played live together behind Ronstadt only once for a July concert at Disneyland , but all four appeared on her eponymous album . It was later proposed that J.D. Souther should join the band , but Meisner objected . The four were signed in September 1971 to Asylum Records , the new label started by David Geffen , who was introduced to Frey by Jackson Browne . Geffen bought out Frey 's and Henley 's contracts with Amos Records , and sent the four to Aspen , Colorado to develop as a band . Having not settled on a band name yet , they performed their first show in October 1971 under the name of Teen King and the Emergencies at a club called The Gallery in Aspen . The idea of naming the band `` Eagles '' came during a peyote and tequila - influenced group outing in the Mojave Desert . Accounts of the origin of the name however vary ; Don Felder credited Leadon with originating the name when he recalled reading about the Hopis ' reverence for the eagle , while J.D. Souther suggested that the idea came when Frey shouted out , `` Eagles ! '' when they saw eagles flying above . Steve Martin , a friend of the band from their early days at The Troubadour , recounts in his autobiography that he suggested that they should be referred to as `` the Eagles , '' but Frey insists that the group 's name is simply `` Eagles . '' Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts initially managed the band ; they were later replaced by Irving Azoff while the Eagles were recording their third album .
Frey later credited Ronstadt with suggesting Leadon for the band , and arranging for Leadon to play for her so Frey and Henley could approach him about forming a band together . They also pitched the idea to Meisner and brought him on board .
Frey later credited Ronstadt with suggesting Leadon for the band , and arranging for Leadon to play for her so Frey and Henley could approach him about forming a band together . They also pitched the idea to Meisner and brought him on board . The idea of naming the band `` Eagles '' came during a peyote and tequila - influenced group outing in the Mojave Desert .