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{{Infobox musical artist

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| caption = Henley performing with the Eagles in 2019

| birth_name = Donald Hugh Henley

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|7|22|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Gilmer, Texas, U.S.{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/people/don-henley-22230 |title=Don Henley |work=Biography |access-date=October 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013013413/https://www.biography.com/people/don-henley-22230 |archive-date=October 13, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

| origin = Linden, Texas, U.S.

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Vocals
drums
guitar

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| genre = {{flatlist|

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| occupation = {{flatlist|

Musician
singer
songwriter
record producer

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| years_active = 1970–present

| label = {{flatlist|

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| current_member_of = Eagles

| website = {{URL|donhenley.com}}

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Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947) is an American musician who is a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he is the drummer and co-lead vocalist, as well as its sole continuous member. Henley sang the lead vocals on Eagles songs such as "Witchy Woman", "Desperado", "Best of My Love", "One of These Nights", "Hotel California", "Life in the Fast Lane", "Victim of Love", "The Last Resort", "The Long Run", and "Get Over It".

After the Eagles disbanded in 1980, Henley pursued a solo career and released his debut studio album I Can't Stand Still, in 1982. He has released five studio albums, two compilation albums, and one live DVD. His solo tracks include "Dirty Laundry", "The Boys of Summer", "All She Wants to Do Is Dance", "Sunset Grill", "New York Minute", "Not Enough Love in the World", "The End of the Innocence", "The Last Worthless Evening" and "The Heart of the Matter".

The Eagles have sold over 150 million albums worldwide, won six Grammy Awards, had five number one singles, 17 top 40 singles, and six number one albums. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and are the highest selling American band in history. As a solo artist, Henley has sold over 10 million albums worldwide, had eight top 40 singles, won two Grammy Awards and five MTV Video Music Awards. Combined with the Eagles and as a solo artist, Henley has released 25 top 40 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100. He has also released seven studio albums with the Eagles and five as a solo artist. In 2008, he was ranked as the 87th greatest singer of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/willie-nelson-20101202 |title=100 Greatest Singers |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 3, 2010 |access-date=January 2, 2015 |archive-date=March 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054622/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/willie-nelson-20101202 |url-status=live }}

Henley has also played a founding role in several environmental and political causes, most notably the Walden Woods Project.{{cite web |url=http://www.walden.org/ |title=Walden Woods |publisher=Walden.org |access-date=June 28, 2010 |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207160729/http://www.walden.org/ |url-status=live }} From 1994 to 2016, and 2017 to present, he divided his musical activities between the Eagles and his solo career, despite in recent years greater attention being payed to Eagles material.

Early life

Born in Gilmer, Texas, Henley grew up in the small northeast Texas town of Linden.{{IMDb name|id=0377118|name=Don Henley}}{{cite web |url=http://www.donhenleyonline.com/biography.htm |title=Don Henley Biography |website=Donhenleyonline.com |access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109220255/http://www.donhenleyonline.com/biography.htm |url-status=live }} He is the son of Hughlene (née McWhorter; 1916–2003) and C. J. Henley (1907–1972),{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_EjE6-iyQoC&pg=PA10 |title=To The Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles |first=Marc |last=Eliot |page=10 |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2004 |access-date=January 21, 2016 |isbn=978-0-306-81398-6 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and has English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. Henley attended Linden-Kildare High School, where he initially played football; due to his relatively small build, his coach suggested that he quit, and he joined the high school band instead. He first played the trombone, then moved to the percussion section.{{cite web |url=http://www.donhenleyonline.com/biography.htm |title=Don Henley Biography |work=Don Henley Online |access-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109220255/http://www.donhenleyonline.com/biography.htm |url-status=live }}

After graduating from high school in 1965, Henley attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, then North Texas State University in Denton from 1967 to 1969. He left school to spend time with his father, who was dying of heart and arterial disease.{{cite book |last=Eliot |first=Marc |title=To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_EjE6-iyQoC&pg=PA19 |page=19 |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2004 |access-date=January 21, 2016 |isbn=978-0-306-81398-6 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Career beginnings

While still at high school, Henley was asked to join a Dixieland band formed by his childhood friend Richard Bowden's father Elmer, together with another school friend Jerry Surratt. They then formed a band called the Four Speeds.{{cite book |title=To The Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles |first=Marc |last=Eliot |pages=13–14 |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-306-81398-6}} In 1964 the band was renamed Felicity and went through a number of changes in band personnel.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9GGTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1591 |title=Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound |editor-first=Frank |editor-last=Hoffmann |publisher=Routledge |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-135-94949-5}}{{cite web |title=Shiloh – Shiloh (1969 us, amazing country folk rock with "the Eagles" Don Henley, 2014 korean remaster) |url=http://rockasteria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/shiloh-shiloh-1969-us-amazing-country.html |work=RockAsteria |date=July 27, 2014 |access-date=February 4, 2016 |archive-date=February 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206090218/http://rockasteria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/shiloh-shiloh-1969-us-amazing-country.html |url-status=live }} As Felicity they were signed to a local producer and released a Henley-penned song called "Hurtin'".{{cite book |last=Eliot |first=Marc |title=To The Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2004 |page=14 |isbn=978-0-306-81398-6}} In 1969, they met by chance fellow Texan Kenny Rogers who took an interest in their band. They changed their name to Shiloh and recorded a few songs for Rogers, and "Jennifer (O' My Lady)" was released as their first single.{{cite book |last=Eliot |first=Marc |title=To The Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_EjE6-iyQoC&pg=PA20 |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2004 |page=20 |access-date=January 21, 2016 |isbn=978-0-306-81398-6 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Surratt died in a dirt bike accident just before their single was released. The band members then became Henley, Richard Bowden and his cousin Michael Bowden, Al Perkins, and Jim Ed Norman. Rogers helped sign the band to Amos Records, and brought the band to Los Angeles in June 1970. They recorded a self-titled album produced by Rogers at Larrabee Studios while living at the home of Rogers for a few months.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2194326/ |title=History of the Eagles |year=2013 |time=20:55–21:30 |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-date=September 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908002933/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2194326/ |url-status=live }} Shiloh disbanded in 1971 over the band's leadership and creative differences between Henley and Bowden.{{cite book |title=To The Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles |first=Marc |last=Eliot |page=55 |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-306-81398-6}}

In Los Angeles, Henley met Glenn Frey as they were both signed to the same label (Frey was signed to Amos Records, together with JD Souther, as the duo Longbranch Pennywhistle), and they were recruited by John Boylan to be members of Linda Ronstadt's backup band for her tour in 1971. Touring with her was the catalyst for forming a group, as Henley and Frey decided to form their own band.{{cite book |last=Eliot |first=Marc |title=To The Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_EjE6-iyQoC |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2004 |pages=61–62 |isbn=978-0-306-81398-6 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} They were joined by Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon who also played in Ronstadt's backing band (the four had, however, played together only once previously, as the band personnel changed) and became the Eagles.{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Fricke|title=Life in the Slow Lane|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 22, 2000|id={{ProQuest|1192209}}}}

Eagles

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Eagles were formed in 1971,{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=eagles|bio=true}} |magazine=Billboard |title=Eagles – Biography |access-date=March 29, 2013}} and signed to David Geffen's label Asylum Records.{{cite web |url=http://www.theuncool.com/journalism/rs196-the-eagles/ |title=Rolling Stone #196: The Eagles |first=Cameron |last=Crowe |work=The Uncool |access-date=February 21, 2016 |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302023137/http://www.theuncool.com/journalism/rs196-the-eagles/ |url-status=live }} They released their first studio album in 1972, which contained the hit song "Take It Easy", co-written by Jackson Browne. During the band's run, Henley co-wrote (usually with Frey) most of the band's best-known songs. "Witchy Woman", which was co-written with Leadon, was his first commercially successful song,{{cite book |last=Eliot |first=Marc |title=To The Limit: The Untold Story Of The Eagles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_EjE6-iyQoC |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2004 |pages=92–93 |access-date=January 21, 2016 |isbn=978-0-306-81398-6 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} while "Desperado" marks the beginning of his songwriting partnership with Frey.{{cite web |last=Crowe |first=Cameron |title=Conversations With Don Henley and Glenn Frey |url=http://www.theuncool.com/journalism/the-very-best-of-the-eagles/ |date=August 2003 |work=The Uncool |access-date=February 8, 2016 |archive-date=January 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128152600/http://www.theuncool.com/journalism/the-very-best-of-the-eagles/ |url-status=live }}

Henley sang lead vocals on many of the band's popular songs, including "Desperado", "Witchy Woman", "Best of My Love", "One of These Nights", "Hotel California", "The Long Run", "Life in the Fast Lane" and "Wasted Time". Eagles won numerous Grammy Awards during the 1970s and became one of the most successful rock bands of all time.{{cite web |url=https://theeaglestour.wordpress.com/category/awards/ |title=Awards |website=Theeaglestour.wordpress.com |access-date=October 10, 2019}} They are also among the top five overall bestselling bands of all time in America, and the highest-selling American band in U.S. history.{{cite web |author=Pore-Lee-Dunn Productions |url=http://www.classicbands.com/bestsellers.html |title=Best selling records |publisher=classicbands.com |access-date=August 20, 2011 |archive-date=January 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102202219/http://classicbands.com/bestsellers.html |url-status=live }}

The band broke up in 1980, following a difficult tour and personal tensions that arose during the recording of The Long Run. They reunited 14 years later in 1994. Henley continues to tour and record with the Eagles. Their most recent album, Long Road Out of Eden, was released in 2007.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1241167|label=Long Road Out of Eden|access-date=January 21, 2016}} The band had a number of highly successful tours, such as the Hell Freezes Over Tour (1994–1996), and Long Road Out of Eden Tour. On April 1, 2013, during a concert at the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Henley announced the History of the Eagles Tour, which began in July 2013{{cite web |url=http://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/eagles-6bd6bede.html?tour=History+of+the+Eagles+2013+Tour |title=Eagles Average Setlists |publisher=setlist.fm |access-date=June 24, 2014 |archive-date=February 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220115630/http://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/eagles-6bd6bede.html?tour=History%20of%20the%20Eagles%202013%20Tour |url-status=live }} and ended in July 2015, six months before Frey's death. At the 2016 Grammy Awards, the Eagles and Jackson Browne performed "Take It Easy" as a tribute to Frey.{{cite magazine |last=Rys |first=Dan |title=Jackson Browne, Eagles Members Pay Tribute to Glenn Frey With 'Take It Easy' at the 2016 Grammys |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6875302/glenn-frey-eagles-tribute-grammys-2016 |magazine=Billboard |date=February 15, 2016 |access-date=February 16, 2016 |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028184410/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6875302/glenn-frey-eagles-tribute-grammys-2016 |url-status=live }}

On his songwriting in the band, Henley stated in a March 2001 interview on Charlie Rose that "rock bands work best as a benevolent dictatorship", with the principal songwriters in a band (in the case of Eagles, "me and Glenn Frey") being the ones that will likely hold the power.{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/article/don-henley-talks-about-the-eagles-latest-album-changes-in-the-industry-and-/ |title=Don Henley talks about Eagles' latest album, changes in the industry and more |work=PopMatters}}

Solo career

Following the breakup of the Eagles, Henley embarked on a solo career. He and Stevie Nicks (his girlfriend at the time) had duetted on her Top 10 Pop and Adult Contemporary hit "Leather and Lace",{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3172 |title=Leather And Lace by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley |publisher=Songfacts |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625144948/http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3172 |url-status=live }} written by Nicks for Waylon Jennings and his wife Jessi Colter, in late 1982. Henley's first solo album, I Can't Stand Still, was a moderate seller. The single "Dirty Laundry" reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the beginning of 1983 and earned a Gold-certified single for sales of over a million copies in the US.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-cant-stand-still-mw0000190305/awards |title=I Can't Stand Still – Don Henley – Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-date=February 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207192942/http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-cant-stand-still-mw0000190305/awards |url-status=live }} It was Henley's all-time biggest solo hit single, and also was nominated for a Grammy Award. Henley also contributed "Love Rules" to the 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie soundtrack.{{cite web |url=http://www.donhenleyonline.com/solo/soundtracks/loverules.htm |title=Love Rules – Fast Times at Ridgemont High Soundtrack (Don Henley) |website=Donhenleyonline.com |access-date=October 10, 2019}}

This was followed in 1984 by the album, Building the Perfect Beast. A single release, "The Boys of Summer", reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/building-the-perfect-beast-mw0000650250/awards |title=Building the Perfect Beast – Don Henley – Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725184127/https://www.allmusic.com/album/building-the-perfect-beast-mw0000650250/awards |url-status=live }} The music video for the song was directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino and won several MTV Video Music Awards including Best Video of the Year. Henley also won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the song.{{cite web |url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1986-234.html |title=Grammy Award Nominees 1986 – Grammy Award Winners 1986 |website=Awardsandshows.com |access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-date=October 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020132707/http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1986-234.html |url-status=live }} Several other songs on the album, "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" (No. 9 on Hot 100), "Not Enough Love in the World" (No. 34) and "Sunset Grill" (No. 22) also received considerable airplay. He then had a No. 3 album rock chart hit with "Who Owns This Place?" from 1986's The Color of Money soundtrack.{{cite web |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |title=The Color of Money – Original Soundtrack – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-color-of-money-mw0000650002 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=October 10, 2019}}

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Henley's next album, 1989's The End of the Innocence, was even more successful. The album's title track, a collaboration with Bruce Hornsby, reached No. 8 as a single. "The Heart of the Matter", "The Last Worthless Evening" and "New York Minute" were among other songs that gained radio airplay.{{cite magazine| last=Trust | first=Gary | title=This Week In Billboard Chart History: Don Henley's 'End Of The Innocence' Begins | magazine=Billboard | date=2014-07-14 | url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/this-week-in-billboard-chart-history-don-henleys-end-of-the/ | access-date=2025-03-14}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-end-of-the-innocence-mw0000198450/awards |title=The End of the Innocence – Don Henley – Awards |publisher=AllMusic}} Henley again won the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Grammy Award in 1990 for "The End of the Innocence".{{cite web |title=Pop Culture Trivia, Music and News |url=https://popculturemadness.com/index.php |website=Popculturemadness.com |access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-date=October 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006083734/https://popculturemadness.com/index.php |url-status=live }} Also in 1990, Henley made a brief appearance on MTV's Unplugged series.{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/mtv-unplugged/don-henley-145009/ |title=MTV Unplugged – Season 1, Episode 9: Don Henley |publisher=TV.com |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050704/http://www.tv.com/shows/mtv-unplugged/don-henley-145009/ |url-status=dead }}

In 1995, Henley released the single "The Garden of Allah" to promote his greatest hits solo album Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits.{{cite web |url=http://www.donhenleyonline.com/solo/actualmiles/index.htm |title=Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits (1995) |website=Donhenleyonline.com |access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-date=July 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730004924/http://www.donhenleyonline.com/solo/actualmiles/index.htm |url-status=live }}

MusicRadar called Henley one of the greatest singing drummers of all time.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/the-12-greatest-singing-drummers-ever-486045/10|title=The 12 greatest singing drummers ever|work=MusicRadar|access-date=August 4, 2014|archive-date=August 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812051209/http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/the-12-greatest-singing-drummers-ever-486045/10|url-status=dead}}

In live shows, Henley plays drums and sings simultaneously on some Eagles songs. On his solo songs and other Eagles songs, he plays electric guitar and simultaneously sings or just sings solo. Occasionally Eagles songs would get drastic rearrangements, such as "Hotel California" with four trombones.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAojSAb3vto | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822123128/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAojSAb3vto| archive-date=August 22, 2013|title=Hotel California |work=Don Henley – Live: Inside Job |date= November 21, 2000 |via=YouTube}}{{cite news |last=Tot |first=Greg |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/06/19/earnest-don-henley-gets-serious/ |title=Earnest Don Henley Gets Serious |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=June 19, 2000 |access-date=January 21, 2016}}

Lawsuits with Geffen Records

Henley spent many years in legal entanglements with Geffen Records. In January 1993, following prolonged tensions between Henley and the label, the dispute went public and the record company filed a $30 million breach of contract suit in California Superior Court after receiving a notice from Henley saying that he was terminating his contract even though he reportedly owed the company two more studio albums and a greatest-hits collection.{{cite web |last=Philips |first=Chuck |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-01-ca-30272-story.html |title=Henley Ups the Ante in Geffen Fight : Lawsuit: Singer charges that entertainment impresario conspired with record corporations to blackball him. |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 1, 1993}} Henley wanted to sign a publishing deal with EMI that would have been worth a few million dollars. Geffen Records stopped this from happening, which in turn upset Henley.

Geffen Records claimed that Henley was in breach of contract and Henley attempted to get out of his contract in 1993 based on a 50-year-old California statute. Under the statute, enacted to free actors from long-term studio deals, entertainers cannot be forced to work for any company for more than seven years. Geffen Records did not want Henley signing with any other label, and had an agreement with Sony and EMI that they would not sign Henley. He counter-sued Geffen Records, claiming that he was "blackballed" by David Geffen, who had made agreements with other record labels to not sign him.

Henley eventually became an outspoken advocate for musicians' rights, taking a stand against music labels who he believes refuse to pay bands their due royalties. Henley came to terms with Geffen Records when the Eagles' reunion took off and the company eventually took a large chunk of the profit from the reunion album. Glenn Frey was also in legal entanglements with his label, MCA Records (whose parent company had also acquired Geffen).{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2003/05/22/mca-is-history-long-lived-record-label-to-be-merged-into-geffen/ |title=MCA Is History – Long-Lived Record Label to be Merged into Geffen |work=New York Post|date=May 22, 2003 }} Before the Eagles reunion tour could begin, the band had to file a suit against Elektra Records, which had planned to release a new Eagles Greatest Hits album. The band won that battle.{{cite magazine |last=Rosen |first=Craig |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA109 |title=Eagles Set Gives Azoff, Warner Giant Headache |magazine=Billboard |date=July 2, 1994 |page=109}}

A long period without a new recording followed as Henley waited out a dispute with his record company while also participating in a 1994 Eagles reunion tour and live album. During the hiatus, Henley recorded a cover of "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" for the film Leap of Faith, and provided the background vocals for country star Trisha Yearwood's hit single "Walkaway Joe",{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} and duetted with Patty Smyth on "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough",{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=23623|title=Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough by Patty Smyth and Don Henley|publisher=Songfacts}} and Roger Waters on "Watching TV" on Waters' Amused to Death album in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.elusivedisc.com/ROGER-WATERS-AMUSED-TO-DEATH-SACD/productinfo/APSA468761/|title=Roger Waters Amused To Death SACD|publisher=Elusivedisc.com|access-date=November 2, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930050410/http://www.elusivedisc.com/Roger-Waters-Amused-to-Death-SACD/productinfo/APSA468761/|url-status=dead}} Henley provided the voice of Henry Faust in Randy Newman's Faust, a 1993 musical which was released on compact disc that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.donhenleyonline.com/solo/soundtracks/newmanfaust.htm|title=Randy Newman's Faust (1993)|publisher=Donhenleyonline.com|access-date=November 2, 2015}}

Henley and Courtney Love testified at a California Senate hearing on that state's contractual laws in Sacramento on September 5, 2001. In 2002 Henley became the head of the Recording Artists' Coalition. The coalition's primary aim was to raise money to mount a legal and political battle against the major record labels.{{cite web|url=http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/News/en-us/don-henley-0424-2011.aspx|title=Don Henley Honored by Recording Artists Coalition|publisher=Gibson|access-date=August 4, 2014|archive-date=February 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201031142/http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/News/en-us/don-henley-0424-2011.aspx|url-status=dead}} Henley says the group seeks to change the fundamental rules that govern most recording contracts, including copyright ownership, long-term control of intellectual property and unfair accounting practices. This group filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Napster case,{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77769/artists-group-files-brief-in-ongoing-napster-case|title=Artists Group Files Brief In Ongoing Napster Case|magazine=Billboard}} urging District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel not to accept the industry's broad claims of works made for hire authorship.{{cite news|last=Harris|first=Ron|title=Don Henley Takes On the Music Industry|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=20020120&id=PpokAAAAIBAJ&pg=1110,1192338&hl=en|access-date=January 21, 2016|work=Reading Eagle|location=Reading, PA|agency=Associated Press|date=January 20, 2002}}

''Inside Job'' and recent solo work

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In 2000, after 11 years, Henley released another solo album titled Inside Job which peaked at number 7 on the Billboard 200 and contained the new singles "Taking You Home", "Everything Is Different Now", "Workin' It" and "For My Wedding".{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/inside-job-mw0000255138/awards|title=Inside Job – Don Henley – Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=November 2, 2015}} He performed songs from the album in a VH1 Storytellers episode during 2000. In 2002 a live DVD entitled Don Henley: Live Inside Job was released. In 2005, Henley opened 10 of Stevie Nicks' concerts on her Two Voices Tour.{{cite news |last=Picture |first=Bill |title=Gold Dust Woman |url=http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=1077&c=11 |access-date=January 21, 2016 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=July 24, 2005 |archive-date=December 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205033914/http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=1077&c=11 |url-status=dead }}

Henley performed duets with Kenny Rogers on Rogers' 2006 release Water & Bridges, titled "Calling Me"{{cite web |url=http://www.iomoio.com/song/1891831_kennyrogerscallingmewithdonhenleymp3download.html |title=Calling Me (With Don Henley) 2006 Country – Kenny Rogers |publisher=Iomoio.com |access-date=November 2, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/calling-me-mt0004014359 |title=Calling Me – Don Henley, Kenny Rogers – Listen, Appearances, Song Review |publisher=AllMusic}} and on Reba McEntire's 2007 album, Reba: Duets, performing "Break Each Other's Hearts Again".{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/break-each-others-hearts-again-mt0005560588 |title=Break Each Other's Hearts Again – Don Henley, Reba McEntire – Listen, Appearances, Song Review |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=November 2, 2015}}

In a 2007 interview with CNN, while discussing the future of the Eagles, Henley indicated he still has plans for more records: "But we all have some solo plans still. I still have a contract with a major label [Warner] for a couple of solo albums."{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/16/don.henley/index.html#cnnSTCText |title=Don Henley: 'Let the chips fall where they may' |date=November 19, 2007 |access-date=April 19, 2009 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=February 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214022516/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/16/don.henley/index.html#cnnSTCText |url-status=live }} In January 2011, Henley commenced work on a solo album of country covers featuring special guests. Ronnie Dunn from Brooks & Dunn and Alison Krauss have recorded a song with Henley for the album.{{cite news |url=http://www.undercover.fm/news/13489-ronnie-dunn-and-alison-krauss-sing-on-don-henley-album |title=Ronnie Dunn and Alison Krauss Sing On Don Henley Album |publisher=Undercover.fm |date=January 26, 2011 |access-date=September 18, 2013 |archive-date=April 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403042814/http://www.undercover.fm/news/13489-ronnie-dunn-and-alison-krauss-sing-on-don-henley-album |url-status=usurped }}

On July 18, 2015, Henley started pre-orders of his album, Cass County. The album was released on September 25.

Henley was honored with the "Lifetime Achievement" award during the East Texas Music Awards event in 2015.

Political and other causes

In 1990, Henley founded the Walden Woods Project to help protect "Walden Woods" from development. The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods was started in 1998 to provide for research and education regarding Henry David Thoreau. In 1993, a compilation album titled Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles was released, with a portion of the royalties from the sales going to the Walden Woods Project. In 2005, he had a fundraiser concert with Elton John and others to buy Brister's Hill,{{cite web|url=http://www.walden.org/Explore/Walden_Woods_Ecosystem/Brister's_Hill |title=Brister's Hill | Walden Woods |publisher=Walden.org |access-date=June 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926185024/http://www.walden.org/Explore/Walden_Woods_Ecosystem/Brister's_Hill |archive-date=September 26, 2010}} part of Walden Woods, and turn it into a hiking trail.{{Cite web|url=https://www.walden.org/property/bristers-hill/|title=Brister's Hill|date=March 1, 2016|website=The Walden Woods Project|access-date=April 29, 2023|archive-date=April 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429191223/https://www.walden.org/property/bristers-hill|url-status=live}}

Henley co-founded the non-profit Caddo Lake Institute (CLI) in 1993 with Dwight K. Shellman to underwrite ecological education and research. As part of the Caddo Lake Coalition, CLI helps protect the Texas wetland where Henley spent much of his childhood. As a result of the Caddo Lake Institute's success in restoring and protecting Caddo Lake's wetlands, Caddo Lake was included as the 13th site in the United States on the Ramsar Convention's list of significant wetlands. The Ramsar Convention is an intergovernmental treaty that provides a framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.

In 2000, Henley co-founded the Recording Artists' Coalition, a group founded to protect musicians' rights against common music industry business practices. In this role he testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary in 2001{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1442372/alanis-testify-at-us-senate-hearing.jhtml|publisher=MTV|date=March 31, 2001|access-date=February 8, 2008|title=Alanis To Testify At U.S. Senate Hearing}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.azoz.com/newsarchive/2003/01/0019d.html |title=Testimony Of Don Henley |publisher=Azoz.com |date=January 30, 2003 |access-date=July 29, 2011 |archive-date=July 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722143055/http://www.azoz.com/newsarchive/2003/01/0019d.html |url-status=live }}

Henley in a 2008 interview revealed that he contributes to many other charitable causes such as The Race to Erase MS, and the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20000401don_henley_don_henley_life_is_still_good|title=Don Henley Life Is Still Good|first=Martin|last=Huxley|date=March 31, 2000|publisher=BMI.com|access-date=August 1, 2014|archive-date=January 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102140411/http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20000401don_henley_don_henley_life_is_still_good|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/_obiex082ZB/16th+Annual+Race+Erase+MS+Event+Show/8ylVY1I_EY2/Don+Henley|title=Don Henley Pictures – 16th Annual Race To Erase MS Event – Show |work=Zimbio}} He is also a member of the CuriosityStream Advisory Board.{{cite web|title=CuriosityStream Advisory Board|url=https://curiositystream.com/board|access-date=August 31, 2015|archive-date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624040555/https://curiositystream.com/board|url-status=live}}

A lifelong supporter of the Democratic Party, Henley has also been a generous donor to political campaigns of Democrats. In 2008, The Washington Post reported Henley had donated over $680,000 to political candidates since 1978.{{cite news|last=Hesse |first=Monica |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 3, 2008 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/02/01/ST2008020102197.html |title=Stars Who Don't Have Money on This Race |access-date=February 3, 2008}} Several tracks on the 2007 Eagles album Long Road Out of Eden (including the title track, which Henley co-wrote) are sharply critical of the Iraq War and other policies of the Bush administration.{{cite news|last=Gunderson|first=Edna|title=The Eagles raise their voices in harmony after 28 years|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-10-29-eagles-main_N.htm|access-date=January 21, 2016|work=USA Today|date=October 30, 2007|archive-date=January 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129210729/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-10-29-eagles-main_N.htm|url-status=live}}

Henley's liberal political leanings led to tension with guitarist Bernie Leadon when he submitted the song "I Wish You Peace" for inclusion on One of These Nights. Henley was not thrilled that the song was co-written by Patti Davis, who was the daughter of Ronald Reagan, the Republican governor of California at that time.{{cite web |url=https://outsider.com/news/entertainment/eagles-major-disagreement-cutting-song-co-written-ronald-reagans-daughter/ |title=Why the Eagles Got Into a Major Disagreement About Cutting a Song Co-Written by Ronald Reagan's Daughter |last=Morgan |first=Emily |publisher=Outsider.com |date=February 16, 2021 |access-date=December 28, 2021 |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228211413/https://outsider.com/news/entertainment/eagles-major-disagreement-cutting-song-co-written-ronald-reagans-daughter/ |url-status=dead }}

Henley endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/celebrity-endorsements-tracker-dems-2020/|title=Celebrity Endorsement Tracker: Who Backs Which Democratic Candidate in 2020?|first=Brittany|last=Martin|newspaper=Los Angeles Magazine|date=January 16, 2020|access-date=March 22, 2021|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109094257/https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/celebrity-endorsements-tracker-dems-2020/|url-status=live}}

In a fundraiser hosted by Matthew McConaughey to raise money for Texans affected by the snowstorms in February 2021, Henley performed "Snow", which was written by Jesse Winchester. The show premiered on March 21, 2021. Henley remarked "On that bitter cold Tuesday of February 16th, we had a busted pipe at the attic at my house, and me and my family were shoveling and bailing for 8 or 9 hours there. Nothing, of course, compared to the shoveling and bailing that's been going on down in the state capitol the past three weeks."{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/24500k-donation-post-malone-sings-country-and-more-from-matthew-mcconaugheys-were-texas-benefit/ar-BB1eQu2r|title=$500K donation, Post Malone sings country and more from Matthew McConaughey's We're Texas benefit|publisher=MSN|date=March 22, 2021|access-date=March 22, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-fFaTsgmbY&t=1010s | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/i-fFaTsgmbY| archive-date=October 29, 2021|title=WE'RE TEXAS: GIDDY UP TO GIVE BACK |publisher=Matthew McConaughey |via=YouTube |date=March 21, 2021 |access-date=July 7, 2021}}{{cbignore}}

In a Discover Concord magazine in the summer of 2021, Henley spoke of the Walden Woods Foundation as well as his life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Henley noted that "I think that each and every one of us has a duty to help care for our natural environment, even if it's something as simple as not throwing your fast-food wrapper out the car window."{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/discoverconcordma/docs/dcsummer21book/s/12842300|title=Don Henley's Two Waldens|website=Discover Concord|date=Summer 2021|access-date=July 22, 2021|archive-date=July 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722182238/https://issuu.com/discoverconcordma/docs/dcsummer21book/s/12842300|url-status=live}}

= Testifying to Congress over the state of DMCA =

On June 2, 2020, Henley gave testimony to the United States Congress regarding his views on copyright law, specifically the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).{{Cite web |title=Senate Hearing on Copyright Law {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?472616-1/senate-hearing-copyright-law |access-date=June 15, 2023 |website=www.c-span.org}}{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=June 3, 2020 |title=Eagles' Don Henley Calls on Congress to Bolster Online Copyright Laws |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eagles-don-henley-dmca-copyright-law-congress-testimony-1009497/ |access-date=June 15, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=June 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615051653/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eagles-don-henley-dmca-copyright-law-congress-testimony-1009497/ |url-status=live }} Henley argued that the act is outdated, unfair to artists, and that it is not sufficiently enforced. These statements in turn sparked public backlash against him from parties believing that DMCA enforcement is already too harshly enforced and often abused. Opposition to Henley's views was particularly widespread among online content creators, many of whom had been subject to YouTube copyright strikes pertaining to the use of songs by Henley or the Eagles, regardless of the legitimacy of the claim in question.{{Cite web |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Eagles' Don Henley asks Congress to change copyright law |url=https://apnews.com/article/technology-music-don-henley-ap-top-news-politics-23e26c38a9a6fbf3d7451c42b058c216 |access-date=June 15, 2023 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}{{Citation |title=Why Do Certain Artists Still Block Their Music? | date=June 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eofD6bZ0m4 |access-date=June 15, 2023 |language=en}}{{Citation |title=Don Henley Testifies To Congress Wanting Copyright Law To Be Stricter, Defends UMG Copyright Abuse! | date=June 8, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L2FCML9LG4 |access-date=June 15, 2023 |language=en}}

Henley is known for actively taking down online content involving music for which he holds copyright, doing so even when the content in question is considered fair use. According to research conducted by music producer and teacher Rick Beato, Henley has been responsible for manual takedowns of instructional videos teaching how to play Eagles songs despite such educational material falling under fair use protections.

Personal life

In 1974, Henley became involved with Lorelei Shellist, and the breakup of their relationship was the inspiration for the song "Wasted Time" and parts of the lyrics for "Hotel California".{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_EjE6-iyQoC |title=To The Limit: The Untold Story Of The Eagles |first=Marc |last=Eliot |pages=123–127, 148 |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=2004 |access-date=January 21, 2016 |isbn=978-0-306-81398-6 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-eagles-songs-70381/|title=Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Eagles Songs|first1=Andy|last1=Greene|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 29, 2015|access-date=October 10, 2019|archive-date=October 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010145052/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-eagles-songs-70381/|url-status=live}} Late in 1975, Henley started dating Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks as her relationship with Lindsey Buckingham came to an end.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3667803/Stevie-Nicks-a-survivors-story.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3667803/Stevie-Nicks-a-survivors-story.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Stevie Nicks: a survivor's story |first=Mick |last=Brown |work=The Telegraph |date=September 8, 2007 |access-date=October 22, 2012}}{{cbignore}} The relationship lasted on and off for around two years, and Henley claimed that Nicks wrote her song "Sara" about their unborn child. Nicks ultimately made a decision to have an abortion.{{cite web |url=http://www.teamrock.com/features/2006-12-13/the-eagles-it-s-a-record-about-the-dark-underbelly-of-america |title=The Eagles: "It's A Record About The Dark Underbelly Of America" |first=Marc |last=Eliot |date=December 13, 2006 |work=Team Rock |access-date=March 1, 2016 |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302102734/http://www.teamrock.com/features/2006-12-13/the-eagles-it-s-a-record-about-the-dark-underbelly-of-america |url-status=live }} Henley then began a three-year-long relationship with actress/model and Bond girl Lois Chiles.{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084784,00.html |title=Lois Chiles Sets the Fur Flying on Dallas as J.R.'s Sexy Temptress, Holly Harwood |first=Susan |last=Peters |work=People |date=April 13, 1983 |access-date=October 22, 2012 |archive-date=September 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912094302/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084784,00.html |url-status=live }}

In the early 1980s, Henley was engaged to Battlestar Galactica actress Maren Jensen. His first solo album I Can't Stand Still was dedicated to Jensen, who also sang harmony vocals on the song "Johnny Can't Read". He and Jensen separated in 1986.{{cite book |last=Eliot |first=Marc |title=To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_EjE6-iyQoC |access-date=August 20, 2011 |isbn=978-0-306-81398-6 |date=December 2004 |publisher=Hachette Books }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 1995, Henley married model and socialite Sharon Summerall.{{cite web |url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/608193/don-henley-the-eagles-interview-voice-won-t-last-much-longer |title=Don Henley: My voice won't last much longer. But I'm lucky to have had an amazing career |last=Selway |first=Jennifer |date=September 25, 2015 |work=Daily Express |access-date=June 9, 2016 |archive-date=March 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321020322/http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/608193/don-henley-the-eagles-interview-voice-won-t-last-much-longer |url-status=live }}{{Better source needed |date=February 2023 }} Performers at the wedding included Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Billy Joel, John Fogerty, Jackson Browne, Sheryl Crow, Glenn Frey, and Tony Bennett. Henley later wrote the song "Everything Is Different Now" from the album Inside Job for Summerall. Summerall has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Jones |url=http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/famous.html |title=Famous people with MS |publisher=Mult-sclerosis.org |access-date=August 20, 2011 |archive-date=August 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827140337/http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/famous.html |url-status=live }} They have three children together: two daughters and a son.

In 2012, Henley was estimated to be the fourth-wealthiest drummer in the world (behind Ringo Starr, Phil Collins, and Dave Grohl), with a combined fortune of $200 million.{{cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |url=http://www.stereogum.com/1137282/the-30-richest-drummers-in-the-world/list/ |title=The 30 Richest Drummers in the World |publisher=Stereogum |date=August 28, 2012 |access-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-date=July 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706131829/http://www.stereogum.com/1137282/the-30-richest-drummers-in-the-world/list/ |url-status=live }}

In February 2024, it was revealed that Henley had stalled plans for an Eagles biography that writer Ed Sanders planned to publish. Friction between the two of them was the stated reason.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/hotel-california-lyrics-manuscript-trial-eagles-henley-1b873edc7596bb736428fbf8fb431c1d|title=On decades-old taped call, Eagles manager said 'pampered rock star' was stalling band biography|first=Jennifer|last=Peltz|publisher=Associated Press|date=22 February 2024|accessdate=26 February 2024}}

=1980 arrest=

Henley called paramedics to his home on November 21, 1980, and there they found a naked 16-year-old girl claiming she had overdosed on quaaludes and cocaine. She was arrested for prostitution, while a 15-year-old girl found in the house was arrested for being under the influence of drugs. Henley was also arrested and subsequently charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He pled no contest, was fined $2,500 and put on two years' probation. Lois Chiles, who was no longer in a relationship with Henley at the time of the incident, later said, "I was shocked to hear about it. He didn't have drugs around the house. It was an accident, I'm sure". The media attention from this incident was the primary inspiration for the song "Dirty Laundry".

In February 2024, ahead of another criminal trial in New York over the alleged theft of Henley’s original handwritten lyrics for many Eagles hits,{{cite web |title=Don Henley's attempt to reclaim stolen Eagles lyrics to "Hotel California" was thwarted by defendants, prosecutors say - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eagles-hotel-california-lyrics-trial-glenn-horowitz-craig-inciardi-edward-kosinski/ |website=www.cbsnews.com |access-date=23 February 2024 |date=22 February 2024}} Judge Curtis Farber sided with attorneys for the two young female defendants arrested for prostitution and drug use. The attorneys had sought to introduce a letter Henley wrote to a Santa Monica probation officer giving his account of the events leading up to Henley's arrest.{{cite web |last1=DeRiso |first1=Nick|title=Eagles Trial Reveals New Don Henley Teen Overdose Details |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eagles-don-henley-teen-overdose/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=23 February 2024 |language=en |date=22 February 2024}} Contrary to Henley’s 1991 claim that he was hosting a farewell party for the Eagles’ road crew,{{cite web |last1=Connelly |first1=Christopher |title=The Second Life of Don Henley |url=http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/too_many_choices.htm |website=GQ |access-date=23 February 2024 |archive-date=June 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080625033823/http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/too_many_choices.htm |url-status=dead }} the letter stated that Henley actually “didn’t want to see any of my friends”. Instead he placed a call to a madam, who sent a girl over to his home. Henley said he and the girl had a few drinks and did some cocaine, and later she had what appeared to him to be an epileptic seizure. Henley called paramedics, but the girl had recovered by the time they arrived. Henley said it was only when the paramedics asked the girl questions that he learned she was underage. A while later, officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Sexually Exploited Child Unit arrived and placed Henley and the girl under arrest.{{cite web |title=Don Henley, lead singer of the Eagles rock group,... - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/25/Don-Henley-lead-singer-of-the-Eagles-rock-group/3683309087449/ |website=UPI |access-date=23 February 2024 |language=en}} During the trial testimony, Henley described the incident leading to his arrest as "a poor decision which I regret to this day,” stating that he sought an "escape" due to the depression he developed after the Eagles' recent breakup.{{cite news|last=Peltz|first=Jennifer|title=Don Henley tells court he never gave away drafts of 'Hotel California' lyrics|url=https://apnews.com/article/henley-hotel-california-lyrics-trial-eagles-aa5300708de790099f9f7d0ba3b8afcf|website=AP News|accessdate=26 February 2024|language=en|date=26 February 2024|archive-date=February 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226203444/https://apnews.com/article/henley-hotel-california-lyrics-trial-eagles-aa5300708de790099f9f7d0ba3b8afcf|url-status=live}}

Discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

Henley has won two Grammys and a further award associated with the Grammys, MusiCares Person of the Year. He has also won a number of other awards, such as MTV Music Video Awards for "The Boys Of Summer" in 1985,{{cite news |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1985/mtvvmas.htm |title=1985 MTV Video Music Awards |work=Rock on the Net |access-date=February 21, 2016 |archive-date=December 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206073850/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1985/mtvvmas.htm |url-status=live }} and "The End of the Innocence" in 1990.{{cite news |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1990/mtvvmas.htm |title=1990 MTV Video Music Awards |work=Rock on the Net |access-date=February 21, 2016 |archive-date=January 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106200302/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1990/mtvvmas.htm |url-status=live }}

In May 2012, Henley was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music along with Timothy B. Schmit, Joe Walsh and Glenn Frey.{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2012 |title=Eagles and Alison Krauss get Berklee honorary doctorate |url=http://www.music-news.com/news/UK/51958/Read |access-date=October 10, 2019 |website=Music-News.com |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308174213/https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/51958/Read |url-status=live }}

In 2015, Henley received the Trailblazer Award from the Americana Music Honors & Awards.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

=Grammys=

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|"Dirty Laundry"

|Rock Male Vocalist

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!scope="row" rowspan="4"|1986

|rowspan="3" |"The Boys of Summer"

|Rock Male Vocalist

|{{won}}

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|Record of the Year

|{{nom}}

|Song of the Year

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|Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Greg Ladanyi

|Producer of the Year

|{{nom}}

!scope="row" rowspan="4"|1990

|scope="row" rowspan="3"|"The End of the Innocence"

|Rock Male Vocalist

|{{won}}

|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-11-ca-561-story.html |title=Henley's Album Gets 4 Grammy Nominations : Music: Other multiple nominees are Bette Midler, Bonnie Riatt, Tom Petty, U-2 and Billy Joel |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=John |last=Antczak |date=January 11, 1990}}

|Record of the Year

|{{nom}}

|Song of the Year

|{{nom}}

|The End of the Innocence

|Album of the Year

|{{nom}}

!scope="row" |1993

|"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough", Patty Smyth & Don Henley

|Pop Performance by a Duo

|{{nom}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1993/01/08/grammy-nominees-4/ |title=Grammy nominees |date=January 8, 1993 |work=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=February 21, 2016 |archive-date=September 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902075657/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-01-08/features/1993008073_1_eric-clapton-celine-dion-dion-and-peabo |url-status=live }}

!scope="row" rowspan="3"|2001

|"Taking You Home"

|Male Pop Vocal Performance

|{{nom}}

|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2001/grammys.htm |title=43rd Grammy Awards – 2001 |work=Rock on the Net |access-date=February 21, 2016 |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325074247/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2001/grammys.htm |url-status=live }}

|"Workin' It"

|Rock Male Vocalist

|{{nom}}

|Inside Job

|Pop Vocal Album

|{{nom}}

!scope="row|2002

|"Inside Out", Trisha Yearwood & Don Henley

|Country Collaboration with Vocals

|{{nom}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2002/grammys.htm |title=44th Grammy Awards – 2002 |work=Rock on the Net |access-date=February 21, 2016 |archive-date=June 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622091630/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2002/grammys.htm |url-status=live }}

!scope="row|2003

|"It's So Easy", Sheryl Crow & Don Henley

|Pop Collaboration with Vocals

|{{nom}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2003/grammys.htm |title=45th Grammy Awards |work=Rock on the Net |access-date=February 21, 2016 |archive-date=July 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704093648/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2003/grammys.htm |url-status=live }}

!rowspan="2" scope="row" |2007

|Don Henley

|MusiCares Person of the Year

|{{won}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.org/musicares/news/don-henley-honored-as-person-of-year |title=Don Henley Honored As Person Of The Year |date=February 10, 2007 |work=Grammy.org |access-date=February 21, 2016 |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703201512/https://www.grammy.org/musicares/news/don-henley-honored-as-person-of-year |url-status=dead }}

|"Calling Me", Kenny Rogers & Don Henley

|Country Collaboration with Vocals

|{{nom}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2007/grammys.htm |title=49th Grammy Awards – 2007 |work=Rock on the Net |access-date=February 21, 2016 |archive-date=July 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731142625/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2007/grammys.htm |url-status=live }}

!scope="row"|2016

|"The Cost of Living", Stan Lynch and Don Henley

|American Roots Song

|{{nom}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-grammys-2016-nominees-winners-list-story.html|title=2016 Grammy Awards: Complete list of winners and nominees|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 15, 2016|access-date=February 21, 2016|archive-date=July 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706110117/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-grammys-2016-nominees-winners-list-story.html|url-status=live}}

References

External links

{{official website|http://www.donhenley.com}}
{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000184091}}
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{{IMDb name|0377118}}
[http://www.walden.org/ Walden Woods Project] website
[https://web.archive.org/web/20050816075909/http://caddodefense.org/index2.htm Caddo Lake Institute]
[http://www.recordingartistscoalition.com/ Recording Artists' Coalition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050706080343/http://www.recordingartistscoalition.com/ |date=July 6, 2005 }} website

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