Sunny Songs: Tequila Sunrise
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (76768)
United States
July 17, 2025 10:59am CST
What can I say? I suppose the only shock is that this song isn’t in the top ten, right? Yes, the sun shines on one of my favorite bands and my absolute favorite album of theirs. Everyone except The Dude Lebowski can sing along! 
Tequila Sunrise - Eagles
Yeah, you can have Hotel California. I’ll take Desperado. Their second album went from the mishmash of love and love lost and other typical rock themes (two of which — “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and “Nightingale” — weren’t even written by members of the band) to a brilliant concept album comparing the Wild Bunch, also known as the Doolin-Dalton Gang, to life as a touring musician. Oh, and the things about the Doolin-Dalton gang were historically accurate at that! Bill Dalton really did “lay down (his) law books now, they’re no damn good” after the Coffeyville raid killed two of his brothers on October 5, 1892. And they really had a gang member named “Bitter Creek”
This song fits in the album like the “morning after” scene in a movie (the previous song is called “Out of Control,” about a wild night in town). It’s also one of the songs that could be easily lifted from the concept for a single.
Yeah, I’ll take this one any day.
Tequila Sunrise
Written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey
Recorded by the Eagles
From Desperado, 1973
You just get numb:
Tequila Sunrise - Eagles
Yeah, you can have Hotel California. I’ll take Desperado. Their second album went from the mishmash of love and love lost and other typical rock themes (two of which — “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and “Nightingale” — weren’t even written by members of the band) to a brilliant concept album comparing the Wild Bunch, also known as the Doolin-Dalton Gang, to life as a touring musician. Oh, and the things about the Doolin-Dalton gang were historically accurate at that! Bill Dalton really did “lay down (his) law books now, they’re no damn good” after the Coffeyville raid killed two of his brothers on October 5, 1892. And they really had a gang member named “Bitter Creek”
This song fits in the album like the “morning after” scene in a movie (the previous song is called “Out of Control,” about a wild night in town). It’s also one of the songs that could be easily lifted from the concept for a single.
Yeah, I’ll take this one any day.
Tequila Sunrise
Written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey
Recorded by the Eagles
From Desperado, 1973
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@MarieCoyle (46353)
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4h
My sister loved the Eagles. She took me to several of their concerts. They had some good tunes!
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@FourWalls (76768)
• United States
4h
That must've been "back in the day" because you can't afford an Eagles concert anymore without a second mortgage. 
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@MarieCoyle (46353)
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10m
@FourWalls
It was. So many concerts now are priced so high that you are right, it would require a second mortgage to attend one!
@FourWalls (76768)
• United States
5h
The never topped that second album in my opinion. They had great individual songs after it, but an entire album? No.
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@TheHorse (228670)
• Walnut Creek, California
4h
@FourWalls Agreed. I get to see Gunnar again today.. (He's the one I wrote about this morning). Maybe I''ll get him started on Teqilla Sunrise. He and I already did Knockin' on Heaven's Door. Similar chords, I think.
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@FourWalls (76768)
• United States
5h
Sometimes I have to go with the blatantly obvious songs.
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@DaddyEvil (153506)
• United States
5h
Surprise! I recognize this song but can't remember why I recognize it...
Did you get a shock seeing me respond on a song post? 
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@FourWalls (76768)
• United States
5h
Oh, I know that Daddy Evil's account has been hacked any time I see it show up in a music post.
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@Beestring (15634)
• Hong Kong
5h
I like the Eagles but never heard of this song. Love it.
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@celticeagle (177111)
• Boise, Idaho
2h
I love the song Desperado. The Eagles are a great band. Most of the songs are good.
@RasmaSandra (87028)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
Looove this song always turn up the volume and get reminded of all the tequila sunrises I went through in NYC during the disco era
