December 8th will mark the 40th anniversary of the release of the Eagles' fifth studio album, Hotel California, which means a deluxe anniversary edition is on the way. But Don Henley wants to make one thing clear regarding this reissue.
"It's not because Glenn [Frey] passed away. They were gonna do that anyway because a lot of bands are doing that when anniversaries come up like that."
Hotel California was the last album to feature the band's original bassist, Randy Meisner, and first with Joe Walsh, who replaced original guitarist Bernie Leadon.