The Eagles’ Bernie Leadon was interviewed by Rock Historical past Music and mentioned the beer-pouring incident that led to his departure and his 2013 return.
“I didn’t understand that pouring the beer on his head although was going to be this large factor in social media basically too.”
“However one time when after Wikipedia turned established and I checked out my very own entry in Wikipedia, it principally stated, ‘Bernie Leadon left the band as a result of he poured a beer on Glenn Frey’s head,’ which I believed, ‘Effectively, that’s sort of a cool legacy.’ They don’t speak about my guitar enjoying, they only speak about me pouring a beer on Glenn’s head,” he remembered.
Leadon obtained a name from Eagles supervisor, Irving Azoff. “I used to be requested the query, ‘What about pouring the beer on Glenn’s head?’ and I stated, ‘Effectively I made an amends to him. I despatched him a letter and I remorse it. I stated it wasn’t a cool factor to do and I remorse it and I’ve apologized to him.’”
“So, shortly after that footage was seen by them in pre-production for the documentary, I obtained a name from the supervisor Irving saying, ‘Hey, we’re occupied with doing a historical past up tour and marvel in the event you’d have an interest, and Glenn want to speak to you,’” the rocker recalled. “I stated, ‘Yeah, I’d have an interest. I don’t know what the parameters are however let’s speak about it. So then Glenn referred to as me and in the middle of that dialog he stated, ‘I obtained your letter and appreciated it.’ The truth that he was calling me was proof that he felt higher about issues.”
“So, the truth that I cleared that up with him and apologized was the explanation that be turned doable for them to contemplate having me and sarcastically they wouldn’t work with Felder as a result of he’d sued them. So, they weren’t going to work with him and Meisner wasn’t actually bodily as much as it so I turned the one one which was accessible to return again to from the previous.”