Everybody knows The Eagles’ 1972 hit song, “Take It Easy,” it’s a certified classic. Written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey, it was the iconic band’s debut single, and the lead single from their 1972 self-titled album. Jackson Browne would go on to record a version the following year, and release it as the lead single from his own sophomore album, For Everyman. Of course, we all know ’90s country superstar Travis Tritt as well. The Eagles and Tritt teamed up on a remake of the song for the band’s 1993 tribute album, Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles. , and in the music video for the song, you can see him and the boys from The Eagles kicking it at a bar and shootin’ pool like they’ve been best friends their whole lives. However, the truth is that some members of The Eagles lowkey hated each other going into the filming of the video. That’s right, by 1993, The Eagles were long broken up, deep in a nasty feud that lasted over 13 years. According to Ultimate Classic Rock Radio, the band was coming off of a brutally long recording process of their 1979 album, The Long Run (how ironic), and members were starting to get fed up with each other. The main feud occurred between guitarist Don Felder and Glenn Frey, and the sh*t really hit the fan at a benefit concert for California Senator Alan Cranston in 1980. According to Frey, before the show, Felder appeared to insult the Senator while he met up with the band. Cranston thanked the band members, and Felder responded: “You’re welcome Senator… I guess.” Frey was upset with Felder’s response, and confronted him before the show: “I felt Don Felder insulted Senator Cranston under his breath, and I confronted him with it. So now we’re onstage, and Felder looks back at me and says, ‘Only three more songs till I kick your a**, pal.’ And I’m saying, ‘Great, I can’t wait.'” “We’re out there singing ‘Best of My Love,’ but inside both of us are thinking, ‘As soon as this is over, I’m gonna kill him.’ That was when I knew I had to get out.” That was the last time The Eagles took the stage together… until a ’90s country legend found a way, perhaps against all odds, to reunite them. Travis Tritt was a longtime fan of the song “Take It Easy,” and recorded the song for the album Common Thread, an Eagles tribute album. According to Rolling Stone, Tritt pleaded for the guys to get back together for the music video, and to his own surprise, they agreed. Seems like they were just looking for a reason to squash the beef, and Tritt gave them one. In the 2013 History of the Eagles documentary, Frey recalled the reunion very well: “After years passed, you really sort of remember that you were friends first. You have a lot of common history together and a lot of shared experiences. I remembered mostly the good stuff… I just remembered how much we genuinely had liked each other and how much fun we’d had.” The guys made amends after the video, and became The Eagles once again, reuniting the following year. The group recorded Hell Freezes Over, which went on to be a smashing success. Of course now, after the death of Glenn Frey, his son Deacon, as well as Vince Gill, have joined the band and they still perform today. They’re currently in the middle of a run at Las Vegas’ incredible The Sphere venue. And had it not been for Mr. Travis Tritt himself, who knows if they’d be playing there right now. Who knew that a long-haired country boy from Georgia would be the one to reunite one of the greatest rock bands on the planet. The post How Travis Tritt Ended The 13-Year Feud Between The Eagles With His “Take It Easy” Music Video first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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Dolly Parton getting political? Kind of… Of course, the country star-turned-philanthropist has a very successful non profit organization called Imagination Library, which is a nationwide program that gifts high-quality, age-appropriate books to children once a month until they turn five, no matter the family’s income. She was first inspired to start it because of her own father, who was illiterate, and didn’t know how to read. She officially started it in 1995, starting in her home county of Sevier County, Tennessee. In 2018, Dolly celebrated the delivery of the 100 millionth book. The Library of Congress even hosted an event commemorating the milestone, and in 2021, The Library of Congress awarded the Imagination Library, an initiative of The Dollywood Foundation, with the $150,000 David M. Rubenstein Prize for its work in delivering more than 160 million books to children around the world. It’s obviously been a wildly successful program, but it sounds like a governor in one state is ready to get rid of the program. Indiana governor Mike Braun did not include it in the newest proposed state budget, as it does not include the usual 50 percent matching funds provided to finance the initiative. Dolly rarely, if ever, has made any sort of statement on politics or political figures, and she’s turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom from multiple Presidents from both the Republican and Democrat parties, so for her to call him out via a statement is pretty shocking. In a statement to the Daily Beast from her rep, Dolly and her team say they hope the will revisit the cuts, because “every child deserves the chance to dream big and succeed,” which her program encourages in a way that is unmatched: “We are hopeful that Governor Braun and the Indiana Legislature will continue this vital investment by restoring the state’s funding match for local Imagination Library programs. The beauty of the Imagination Library is that it unites us all—regardless of politics—because every child deserves the chance to dream big and succeed.” Her statement continued, saying that Imagination Library distributes over 125,000 books to children in Indiana each month: “For the past two years, the State of Indiana has been a proud partner in bringing Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to over 125,000 Hoosier children each month. Together, we’ve helped nurture a love of reading, given families precious moments of joy, and built a foundation for lifelong learning.” They now send over two million free books each month to children around the world… it’s extremely impressive. According to the South Bend Tribune, Dolly’s program: “Sends new books each month to more than 10,000 children in St. Joseph County and more than 5,000 in Elkhart, LaGrange and Noble counties.” Through shared funding, the program is run by Parton along with local and state partners in multiple countries, including the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland. If anyone could get lawmakers to reconsider the cut, it’s certainly Dolly Parton. Once again, it’s extremely rare for her to speak out like this, and I think would be unfortunate if her program ends up getting cut from the budget because so many children have benefited from the access to books and ability to enhance their education this way, specially if their family doesn’t have the means to provide books otherwise. Rep. Dale DeVon, R-Granger, has said that the funding could be added back into the budget bill by committee chairs in the House and Senate, but that wouldn’t happen until April. Back in 2023, a forecasting error left the state with a $1 billion shortfall in the Medicaid budget, and since then, Indiana has been trying to aggressively trim up the budget. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Imagination Library (@imaginationlibrary) The post Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Governor In Rare Political Statement Over ‘Imagination Library’ Funding: “Every Child Deserves The Chance To Dream Big & Succeed” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.