By the second half the Seventies, the Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling" seemed like a distant memory, a pleasantly stoned dream rudely interrupted by the pressures of business and fame. A deep malaise had set in, one which couldn't be soothed by money, sex or drugs. It tightened its grasp on the band, the music
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