Don Henley Biography

Fast Facts

• Established the Walden Woods Projects in 1990 to help protect natural wildlife habitats
• Received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2015 as a member of the Eagles
• Was named the 2014 MusiCares Person of the Year
• Received an honorary doctorate degree from Berkelee College of Music in 2012
• After meeting Glenn Frey in the early '70s, the two would work as backup musicians to Linda Ronstadt
• Relocated to Los Angeles by 1970 to record his first album with the band Shiloh
• Quote: "I know I've done some important things and I am proud of that․ Maybe I will be able to do some more before I'm through in this business․"
• Quote: "[Regarding the Eagles] "We have been through every trip a band can go through and basically what is left is to just play, which is all we wanted to do in the first place․""
• Best known as the founder of the band the Eagles
• Partly based the song "Witchy Woman" on the wife of writer F․ Scott Fitzgerald
• Was a former roommate of fellow musician Kenny Rogers