The opening guitar chords of “Take It Easy” captured America’s attention in June 1972, and Eagles’ debut single became that summer’s rock and roll national anthem. Blending musical and commercial excellence, the band became a rock phenomenon with few peers during the seventies. Eagles: Up Ahead in the Distance, by Rik Forgo and Steve Cafarelli, is an expansive book with 500-plus pages of detailed stories, in-the-moment photographs from rock’s greatest photographers, exclusive interviews, comprehensive informational graphics, and “forensic rock research” that uncovers specifics in the band’s history that offers the most thorough retelling of the Eagles’ story ever published.
