Fans weren’t the only ones shocked by the sudden passing of Eagles founder Glenn Frey last January. Speaking with Rolling Stone in advance of the release of his upcoming solo album, bassist Timothy B. Schmit says, “Everybody is still processing it. But part of processing it is carrying on. [The Eagles] haven’t done anything since he passed. Nobody’s really doing his songs, unless there’s a tribute show once in awhile. But I do hear it on the radio. Just now, I stopped thinking about it every day, but I think about this whole thing often. When you started talking about it, I was startled to the fact that he’s really gone.”
The Eagles do have one piece of business on their calendar, The Kennedy Center Honors, which they were to be a part of last December until Frey fell ill and was hospitalized. They are planning on attending on December 3rd in Washington, D.C. “We had no idea that his illness would get to a dire state, but it did. [The Kennedy Center] kept their promise and postponed until this year. We’re going to do it without him,” said Schmit. “If you’re honored, you sit up pretty close to the President, and watch the show, and watch other people do their take on your work. It’s unbelievable. Who would’ve thought?” The Kennedy Center Honors generally air on CBS between Christmas and New Year.
As for Schmit’s solo album, it’s called “Leap of Faith” and is due on September 23rd. You can check out the country-tinged first single “Red Dirt Road” below.