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Jack Tempchin is performing solo acoustic throughout 2011, playing his hits unplugged, touring with "The Stories Behind the Songs", and we're fortunate to have him here at frogstop on May 21. Jack shares how he penned two multi-platinum hits for The Eagles: “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and “Already Gone”, both on the best selling U.S. album of the 20th century, The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975. And how he's had a total of 5 songs cut by The Eagles.

In the 1980s, he co-wrote a string of hits with Glenn Frey for Frey's solo career. In 1995, his co-write "The Girl From Yesterday" made it on to The Eagles Hell Freezes Over CD. In 2007, Tempchin landed “Somebody” and “It’s Your World Now” on The Eagles’ latest multi-platinum CD effort, Long Road Out of Eden. Jack Tempchin’s songs have been covered by many great artists over the years, including: George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Glen Campbell, Dwight Yoakam, Jackson Browne, Chris Hillman, Tanya Tucker, Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood, Randy Meisner, Richie Havens, Sammy Kershaw, Tom Rush and New Riders of the Purple Sage among others, and his tunes have been sampled by Jay-Z and Coolio.


More on Jack Tempchin at http://tempchin.com/.

Concert: 8:00pm
Doors open: 7:15pm
$20 (all proceeds go to the artists)

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