Bernie Leadon

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Bernard Leadon (born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 19 July 1947) is an American singer, musician, songwriter and founding member of the Eagles, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member of three country rock bands: Hearts and Flowers, Dillard & Clark, and The Flying Burrito Brothers. He is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, banjo, mandolin, steel guitar, dobro) coming from a bluegrass background. He introduced elements of this music to a mainstream audience during his tenure with the Eagles. Leadon's music career since leaving the Eagles has been low-key, resulting in two albums (the first being a collaborative project with Michael Georgiades), with a gap of 27 years in between. Leadon has appeared on many other artists' records as a session musician. Leadon played with various Southern California bluegrass and country rock groups in the 1960s, such as The Scottsville Squirrel Barkers (with future Byrds member Chris Hillman), Hearts and Flowers, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Dillard & Clark, featuring his work on dobro, banjo and mandolin, as well as guitar. Introduced to the songwriting, singing and instrumental skills of Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Randy Meisner while all were members of Linda Ronstadt's backing band, the quartet tendered their resignation en masse and formed their own group in 1971, dubbing themselves the "Eagles" as a nod to seminal folk rockers The Byrds. Leadon used his boyhood choi

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