Iconic Encinitas Issue #1 November 2022

Legendary Locals
The Eagles & Jack Tempchin, Songwriter
KEVIN KERN - Staff Writer
The Eagles forged their place at the forefront of
mainstream rock music in the 1970s with a laidback but
deceptively regimented sound that netted them hundreds
of millions in record sales, with enduring smashes like
Their Greatest Hits and Hotel California. Notably, the
founding bandmates (Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy
Meisner, and Bernie Leadon) spent some of their early
days together in Encinitas, where they would lay the
groundwork for a legendary career.
According to local legend, they gathered at a home
on Neptune Drive, situated on the cliffs of Leucadia. A
plaque nearby reads, “The Eagles lived and recorded
their music here in the early 1970s.” It is a direct,
unpoetic statement, but when the subject is one of
the most successful bands of all time, a band whose
reputation precedes them by far, there is little else to
say. Supposedly, the Eagles spent time in this house
and on the beaches below, working on soon-to-be
hits. Songwriter Jack Tempchin, who has long resided
in Encinitas, is best known for providing the Eagles
with one of their most enduring classics, “Peaceful
Easy Feeling.”
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