He practices what he preaches when he claims to prefer musicians who are "not so locked off in their own corners." In other words, he enjoys mixing it up a bit when it comes to creating music. His influences include George Jones and Miles Davis – at the same time. He says Levon Helm's Ramble is "the greatest gig in America," and we believe him. Souther doesn't think in terms of formats or music genres, those constricting measures of industry categorization. A guy can learn a lot spending time with Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Nicolette Larson and Judy Collins. wasn't excited to talk about his past, but indulged us with some great stories about creating these famous songs, and about the spectacular women in his musical (and in the case of Linda Ronstadt, also personal) life. He was born into a musical family, cut his teeth on jazz music and continues to work a strong helping of jazz styles into his solo work. As a collaborator with the Eagles, he co-wrote several of their biggest songs, including "Heartache Tonight," "Best Of My Love" and "New Kid In Town." Souther had hits with "You're Only Lonely" and the duet with James Taylor "Her Town Too" (see what happens when we try to find out what that one's about).
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