Who co-wrote the Eagles' song "Take It Easy" with Glenn Frey?

Jackson Browne co-wrote the Eagles' song "Take It Easy" with Glenn Frey. Browne started the song in 1971 while working on material for his own debut album, but he had difficulty completing it.

Frey lived in the same Echo Park apartment building as Browne and heard an early version. Browne had written the opening verse and reached the line about standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona. Frey supplied the next part of the verse, including the image of a girl in a flatbed Ford, and the two musicians finished the song together.

The Eagles recorded it in London at Olympic Studios with producer Glyn Johns. Frey sang lead, while Bernie Leadon contributed lead guitar and banjo and the band supplied its characteristic vocal harmonies. The song became the Eagles' debut single in 1972.

Jack Tempchin and J. D. Souther are easy names to confuse with Browne because both were important songwriters in the Eagles' circle. However, neither co-wrote "Take It Easy"; the credited writers are Browne and Frey.