Don Henley

Where Glenn Frey seemed content on No Fun Aloud to be the entertaining lone wolf, Don
Henley, his former collaborator in the Eagles, howls at a much darker moon on I Can't Stand
Still and plays both the romantic raconteur and the commentator with a conscience. The
LP's eleven tunes are sequenced to take aim at personal and political targets. The songs on
side one reflect upon life as a single man (or Eagle). "I Can't Stand Still" echoes th... More >

Makes sense that Henley's candid self-involvement should prove of more intrinsic interest than Glenn Frey's covert self-pity, but nobody capable of the distinction figured it would get as interesting as this. If there were anything to actually like about the guy, his complaints and revelations might even be moving. As it is, let's call them strong--like primo tequila, or the smell of an old jockstrap. (Grade: B+)