Eagles' Bernie Leadon previews Too Late to Be Cool, his first album in 22 years

Eagles' Founding Member Bernie Leadon previews his first album in 22 years.

Bernard Matthew Leadon III, better known by just Bernie Leadon, who helped define the country-rock sound though left after the first four albums of by the Eagles, didn't quite have a blockbuster solo career immediately, however he set out to changing that as he announces his upcoming “Too Late to Be Cool,” his first new release since 2003.

In an exclusive with Variety, when asked about formally being back in the scene, he said,

"I went back on the road with the Eagles in 2013-15 and did 175 shows around the world, and that got my juices going. And so I came off the road and was writing and I knew I wanted to play some more and probably do some recording. I owned a bunch of studio gear. So I’ve since built a building around the studio gear and then we began using that about three or four years ago"

Bernie Leadon continued, "And then my friend Glyn Johns said, “Yeah, let’s get in the studio,” so he came over last July, we did a few and then we finished it in January and February. So to me, it’s the logical extension of having gone back out and getting the creative juices going and making a commitment to songwriting, where I became more faithful to work on it."

Bernie Leadon's upcoming album

Leadon first created buzz in July when he released a ruminative track called “Too Many Memories.” The whole album, which is produced by Glyn Johns, who also co-produced the Eagles’ first three albums, will be out on October 10, and to continue the momentum, he released a second new song, “Just a Little", today.

While speaking to Variety, he also revealed his plans to go out on the road again and perform,

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"I’m doing a show on Sept. 12 in Nashville at the City Winery during AmericanaFest, and then we we’re probably gonna do a few dates the rest of this year, but likely I would think it would be focused on when the tour season starts again in spring of 2026."

Bernie Leadon was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame alongside the band in 1998 and left the band in 1975 before rejoining the group, after getting a call from Glenn Frey to rejoin the band for the “History of the Eagles” tour, though for the singer, it has never truly been about the fame.

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