In 1976, Tempchin formed the Funky Kings with fellow singer-songwriters Jules Shear and Richard Stekol in Los Angeles. “We blurted out two songs - ‘The One You Love’ and ‘I Found Somebody’ - the first night, so he was thrilled. He said: ‘Hey, it’s not going to be hard!’ He lit 100 candles and had some great bottles of red wine ‘to attract the muse.’ Glenn said: ‘It must be up there - and since a lot of guys are writing songs tonight - we’d like the muse to come down and hang with us!’ ‘I was making up songs before I even got to the door and Glenn just loved that. It used to belong to James Cagney and had one giant room with a huge fireplace,” Tempchin said. “Glenn called me and I came up to the house in the Hollywood Hills he was renting. It’s been nearly 40 years since the two got together to write songs for Frey’s debut solo album, 1982’s “No Fun Aloud.” Tempchin still vividly recalls the details. So Glenn just wanted to have some fun with me.” Red wine and 100 candles “But, apparently, over the years it became more difficult for them to write together. “I’d heard Glenn say the first song he and Don Henley wrote together was ‘Desperado’,” Tempchin recalled. Apart from Eagles’ co-founder Don Henley, Frey co-wrote more songs with Tempchin than anyone else. Tempchin co-wrote songs on all six of Frey’s solo albums, including 11 on 1992’s “Strange Weather,” six on 1984’s “The Allnighter,” and the torch ballad-ish title track for “After Hours,” Frey’s 2012 album of classic jazz ballads. Once he got in the Eagles, he was busy! It didn’t occur to us to write together before then.” “Glenn did ‘Peaceful Easy Feeling’ and ‘Already Gone’ with the Eagles, but we never tried to write a song until they broke up (in 1980). “I didn’t write anything with Glenn until I’d known him for more than 10 years,” said Tempchin, whose songs have also been recorded by Emmylou Harris, George Jones, Olivia Newton John, Patty Loveless, San Diego’s The Paladins, the late Glen Campbell and others. It also features his fresh takes on “Already Gone” and “Peaceful Easy Feeling,” as well as cameos by Rock Hall of Famer (and former Rancho Santa Fe resident) Chris Hillman, Fallbrook resident Rita Coolidge and other musical guests.Īs an added bonus, the album also includes “Privacy” and “Everybody’s Gonna Love Somebody Tonight.” Both are vibrant, hard-rocking songs by Tempchin and Frey that have never appeared on record before. Apart from “Slow Dancing,” the Tempchin-penned song that was a Top 10 hit for Johnny Rivers in 1977, the new album consists entirely of Tempchin’s recently recorded versions of songs he and Frey co-wrote.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |