Don Henley with Billy Joel

Don Henley and Billy Joel, true American rock royalty, have remained friends throughout their careers.

Joel even sang at Henley’s wedding, while Henley showed his admiration by performing at Joel’s Kennedy Center Honors. Now these two music legends are set to make a rare public appearance together, when Joel moderates a conversation with Henley at 92Y. Hear them talk about their lives, their careers and about Henley’s Cass County, his first solo album in 15 years, a musical return to his roots.

[csx]

I like his line, “we’re all standing on the shoulders of somebody “.
We should all keep that in mind more often.

[jeffgessner]

In case Howard Stern is watching, this is how you let your guest speak for more than 5 seconds without interrupting him.

[codybrown]

The sheer intelligence of Don Henley still amazes me. Just a worldly man

[myronmyers]

Billy Joel & Don Henley are two of the giants of American music and have made some of the best music I still listen to today !

[hannaj]

Don Henley has aged phenomenally well and his singing voice still sounds the same. Billy is such a classy guy. Two music icons and true gentlemen.

[MashmanMusic]

The tragedy of our time is most young people do not understand how historic this conversation is and how historic these two guys are. The humility and wisdom is gob smackingly surreal. I was 7 to 9 when I discovered these guys in 1976 - 1978. Thanks for the memories. My parents divorced in 1978 and so your music was blues for me and still is because when you're that young you can't process grief properly so it stays with you. Listening to these guys play, I'm always full of emotion and I'm glad of it.

[Stephensorrentino]

Billy Joel is not a professional actor, comedian or interviewer. The Billy Joel is real. For that I have always respected him.

[debbie]

I laughed when Don Henley said that now he feels a little more comfortable calling himself a songwriter, because I've always thought of him as a great songwriter. Many of his lyrics have expressed the feelings at the center of my heart so well. His song "Heart of the Matter" brought a lot of healing to me years after my parents divorce.

[ray]

I saw this interview with Billy and Don when it first came out and was immediately captivated from the first second to the last. So glad to have just bumped into it again and been able to soak up every single word from these two titans of music. As a drummer myself as well as singer and keyboard player, Don Henley has been my idol from the moment I heard him for the first time with the Eagles and all throughout his solo career. I don’t usually put people on a pedestal and I have many artists who I admire and love such as Billy. But, Don Henley has such an incredible voice and god given talent as a lyricist, drummer, scholar etc that I have always had the highest respect and admiration for him and the contributions he has given to the music world. He is truly amongst the select few artists who will be remembered as the greatest singers of all time. Marvin Gaye, Robert Plant, Don Henley and a few others. Thanks for the soundtrack of my life 🙏🫶❤

[petecastle]

It’s amazing how smart and sharp Don is to this day, he’s one of my fav esp when the Eagles had Glen Frye, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Don Felder and Randy Meisner, to me that’s the greatest band ever.

[RhondaBland]

Don Henley is a very interesting person! His perspective on things is so encouraging, and so humble.

[thegorn]

What Don says about Dolly Parton starting at the 34:15 mark just about brought me to tears. What a beautiful description of her voice.

[vanvinos]

Two unaffected, approachable, people-loving artists. A breath of fresh air.

[terriweiss]

I was drawn to this interview because the Eagles have always been my all-time favorite band. At 15, I fell in love with both my first husband and the Eagle’s! I’m 62 now and although my first marriage didn’t last, my love for the Eagle’s music has never left my heart! I knew Don Henley was an intelligent man but I had no idea just how intelligent. His memory of events from his childhood and name’s of people who effected his career blew me away! At 62 I can remember event’s that happened throughout my life but my short term memory is fading. Don appears to have total recall and I was very impressed with his knowledge of the past. For a man that has achieved great accomplishments and stardom, I found him to be very humble and genuine.

[doublespy]

This is one of the best interviews I have ever seen. Both of these guys are my heroes. To me they both do Americana music, which is dear to me.

[stoertebeker]

You can tell that Billy Joel isn't a professional interviewer by the fact that he lets Don Henley talk and finish.

[billbez]

Kudos to both Don and Billy. This is one of the best interviews I've ever heard.

[lynnturman]

Don's got the lyrics, Billy's got the melodies. Make a damn album together!!

[peggylucero]

There is no surprise Don Henley was/is a success. This man is full of wisdom. Yes these 2 should collaborate.

[gregdes]

the best interviews i have heard are one legendary musician asking another musician questions. They just get it