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Founding member of the Eagles, Don Henley<\/a>, is a true legend of the rock game. <\/p>\n As well as drumming for the iconic American rock band, Henley was also one of their lead singers, offering his voice to tracks such as \u2018Hotel California\u2019, \u2018Life in the Fast Lane\u2019 and \u2018Desperado\u2019. One might think that to be a part of such an impressive outfit is to have fulfilled most of one\u2019s dreams as a musician.<\/p>\n The band are known to be one of the most impressive recording outfits of the 20th century. Though they spent a lot of years fighting one another, their output has been routinely regarded as some of the finest America has ever produced. Still, despite his work in the Eagles and an impressive solo career, it appears that Henley has some deep regret about it all.<\/p>\n Back in 2016, Henley expressed regret over the fact that he hadn\u2019t written more songs to his name. Henley has claimed some great tracks under his name, but it would seem that there are a host more that he wishes he could have put down on paper. <\/p>\n He told\u00a0The Montreal Gazette\u00a0(via\u00a0Rock Celebrities<\/a>), \u201cI regret that I didn\u2019t produce more work in the past \u2014 solo work.\u201d It\u2019s quite a strange thing to hear from Henley, especially considering the last list of songs with his name on the credits.<\/p>\n However, it appeared that Henley immediately checked himself, acknowledging his big back catalogue. \u201cBut on the other hand, when I tally it all up with the Eagles catalogue and my solo catalogue, there are a lot of songs there, you know? There are still songs I could do in my set.\u201d<\/p>\n Still, there appears to be a deep regret in Henley that he hadn\u2019t worked harder throughout his career, especially after leaving the Eagles. Of course, he had a respectable solo career, but it\u2019s that period in particular that sticks out for the iconic musician. There looked to be some songs that Henley also felt that he couldn\u2019t play on his tour back in 2016. <\/p>\n He added, \u201cFor example, I haven\u2019t been doing \u2018Taking You Home\u2019 \u2014 because it\u2019s fucking hard to sing. But I\u2019m not doing that; I\u2019m not doing \u2018Last Worthless Evening.\u2019 I haven\u2019t done \u2018Wasted Time,\u2019 but I might start doing that.\u201d Perhaps there\u2019s the sense that Henley merely felt that many of his tracks from his career remained out of bounds and that, really, he wished that he had more accessible material to take on in his live shows.<\/p>\n Of course, that is not the first time that Henley has expressed regret about his previous career highlights. The Eagles\u2019 song \u2018Desperado\u2019 became one of the most cherished songs from the band\u2019s catalogue, but Henley once expressed that he would have actually loved to rerecord his vocal takes<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Don](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Don-Henley-Musician-The-Eagles-Drummer-Vocalist-Far-Out-Magazine-F-1024x768.jpg\")
<\/a>The legendary Don Henley. (Credits: Far Out \/ TIDAL)<\/p>\n