“Witchy Woman” by The Eagles

Bernie Leadon brought the bones of "Witchy Woman" with him from the Flying Burrito Brothers, and once he'd joined the Eagles he finished it with Don Henley; it's the only song on the band's 1972 debut, Eagles, with Henley's name in the writing credit. Henley recalled Leadon dropping by the old house near the Hollywood Bowl where he lived and playing a spooky minor-key riff that put him in mind of Hollywood's idea of Indian music. They got a rough version down on cassette, and Henley gave it an R&B pulse.

Henley sings lead and plays drums, Leadon and Glenn Frey play guitar, Randy Meisner bass, and the three of them stack the backing vocals under Glyn Johns' production. It followed "Take It Easy" as a single and went to number nine on Billboard's pop chart.

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