The Eagles and Charles M. Young: Behind the Cover Story

Did you discuss the game with them when you interviewed them for this story?
The wounds that went into the softball game were kind of resolved with the Eagles' victory. I didn't talk with Henley again until a year and a half ago backstage at a Jerry Lee Lewis show where he had sung one song with Jerry Lee. We hadn't spoken in 28 years and I said, "Hi Don," and he said, "Chuck it's not like it used to be. I have children now and I'm going back to Dallas." There was something in Henley that I kind of recognized in myself. He writes sort of like I do. He's kind of a stonecutter and a perfectionist. And there was something in Don especially that I identified with and I ended up liking the Eagles a lot and I spent a lot of time with them in the studio doing The Long Run, which I talk about in the article. It was really interesting to see them again after all this time. I didn't know quite what to expect when I went to England but they were very, very nice to me and open. Whatever happened a long time ago, somehow time does heal old wounds. Maybe that's what happened here.