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Former Eagles<\/a> member and band cofounder Bernie Leadon<\/a> has released a video for his first new music in\u00a0over 20 years.<\/p>\n Leadon released “Too Many Memories,” his first\u00a0music since 2004, last month<\/a>. The new video features the singer, songwriter and guitarist in front of vintage photos of the artist from the 1970s.<\/p>\n You can watch the video below.<\/p>\n Watch Bernie Leadon’s ‘Too Many Memories’ Video<\/strong><\/p>\n “I dug out a bunch of old photos of my life and career for this video, which was actually a lot of fun to go through,” Leadon said in a press release announcing the video. “I’m sure everyone has their own batch of photos they feel strongly connected to. And a song or two to go with them.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>Top 35 Country Rock Songs<\/a><\/p>\n “Looking back at photos, and different moments throughout our lives, so many memories, stories and feelings come back to us, sometimes connected to a song or a similar experience,” he continued. “It’s not that we literally have ‘Too Many’ memories, it’s that some of them may not be resolved, that we’ve left something undone or unsaid.<\/p>\n “The song’s conclusion is that we really should leave most of the troubling things behind, let them dissolve like the mist rising off a meadow in the early morning or dwindling light of evening.”<\/p>\n After playing with Dillard & Clark and the Flying Burrito Brothers<\/a>, Leadon cofounded the Eagles in 1971 with Glenn Frey<\/a>, Don Henley<\/a> and Randy Meisner<\/a>.<\/p>\n He left the group in 1975 to focus on a career that has included a handful of solo records, including 2004’s Mirror<\/em>.\u00a0He mostly kept busy as a\u00a0session guitarist, banjo player and mandolin player with Emmylou Harris, Stevie Nicks<\/a>,\u00a0Linda Ronstadt<\/a>, Stephen Stills<\/a> and many others.<\/p>\n In addition to being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame<\/a> in 1998 as part of the Eagles, Leadon joined his former bandmates for the two-year History of the Eagles Tour in 2013.<\/p>\n He also performed at the 2106 Grammy Awards alongside Jackson Browne<\/a> and surviving Eagles members Henley, Joe Walsh<\/a> and Timothy B. Schmit<\/a> to perform “Take it Easy” in tribute to Frey, who had died the previous month.<\/p>\n Straddling the middle ground between two popular genres, these bands and singer-songwriters take it to the limit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Michael Gallucci<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat Has Bernie Leadon Done Since Leaving the Eagles?<\/h3>\n
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