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I also remember an interview with one of AIC's studio engineers or a producer, speaking about his detailed grasp of vocal harmonies. It might have been re: Jar Of Flies / Sap. The Eagles didn't have an exclusive on harmonies but they had more success with it than most. The specific part I recall was about how he'd build the background vocals first, and the interviewee said he sometimes couldn't hear how it was going to work, then Layne would do the lead melody on top and suddenly it all made sense.Van Ailin' wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:41 pm Yes. To my ears, I hear a lot of Black Sabbath. But maybe also Lindsey-era Fleetwood Mac (in Jerry), Joe Walsh's phrasing (in Jerry's leads), a little Van Halen (especially in Sean), and some Willie Nelson (in how Jerry does lyrics and quieter songs). Perhaps a bit of Guns n Roses in their first album but then none of that later.
I don't really know what Layne's influences were. I would suspect more conventional late 70s and 80s rock bands, and then he developed his own thing once they got going. What amazing vocal phrasing he had.
Never heard this before. Damn Eagles went off the path a bit on this one, not bad at all. Sounds very Ozzy era Sabbath to me. I'm sure Jerry Cantrell got some ideas from this song.VinnieVincentsVag wrote: ↑Thu Jun 12, 2025 9:45 am This sounds like it could have been on an AIC
Album.
https://youtu.be/UHODHMOZ3tM?si=W_ND4vsYLjxi-fMB
Eagles “Teenage Jail”.
Van Ailin' wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:41 pm Yes. To my ears, I hear a lot of Black Sabbath. But maybe also Lindsey-era Fleetwood Mac (in Jerry), Joe Walsh's phrasing (in Jerry's leads), a little Van Halen (especially in Sean), and some Willie Nelson (in how Jerry does lyrics and quieter songs). Perhaps a bit of Guns n Roses in their first album but then none of that later.
I don't really know what Layne's influences were. I would suspect more conventional late 70s and 80s rock bands, and then he developed his own thing once they got going. What amazing vocal phrasing he had.
Fun fact: Hotel California was recorded at the same Miami studio as Technical Ecstasy, at the same time. The Eagles had to redo some songs because Sabbath was loud enough to bleed through the walls. There may be some residual Sabbath on it somewhere if you listen hard enoughThebottomline wrote: ↑Tue Jun 17, 2025 8:14 am Never heard this before. Damn Eagles went off the path a bit on this one, not bad at all. Sounds very Ozzy era Sabbath to me. I'm sure Jerry Cantrell got some ideas from this song.
