Episode 3 Later... with Jools Holland

Welcome to Jools Holland. And Thank you Phoenix. Entertainment

and more from them later. A talent from North Carolina

tonight - we will be welcoming Eric Church.

We'll have Laura Marling. And in this room, one of the most legendry

bands of all time - the Eagles. Another amazing legend, we have

Petula Clark. From West Africa, we are thrilled

to have back in the studio Rokia Traore.

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But now, from London AlunaGeorge. We welcome a marvellous singer. We

welcome her back - she has a lovely We'll hear songs now from Rokia

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Rokia Traore. She will be on the Pyramid Stage later in the year at

Glastonbury. Yes, Rokia Traore. Now, the next people I am toing to have

some routine inquir -- going to have some routine inquiries over

here with, are the most successful band - yes, they are from the

Eagles. Great to have you here and you are here with the history of

the Eagles is coming out on a DVD. It is an extraordinary film. It

will be shown as well on BBC Two very shortly. In doing this film,

it must have made you look back at everything. Have you learned things

from it, do you think that you didn't realise yourself about the

didn't realise yourself about the band? Well, it helped me understand

some stuff that I was always scratching my head about. Hearing

the other guys - their part of the journey - a couple of times I said,

"Oh, I see! I see." Would you say that - is that true

to you? Definitely. A very interesting ride. When I came to

the band I heard all these stories that you see in the film, but I

didn't get a lot of the detail. The first time I saw the rough cut I

actually learnt some stuff myself. I think you came in '77. Joe you

were in '75. The group existed already up until then. Was it hard

to come into a group where they had two strong characters in it

already? There were some band dynamics going on, which I had to

step in and learn and adapt to. pecking order was already in

existence When you first went in and joined the Eagles, what was

your perception of the band and is that how it turned out, sort of

thing? All I really knew is I loved the band. I loved all their records

before I joined and I thought those vocals, with some rock'n'roll and

lead guitar could be very powerful, so that is how I kind of came in.

We all agreed that we would try me being in the band and out of that

came Hotel California. After that there was no turning back. In fact

we have a clip of Hotel California, from this history of the Eagles.

# There she stood in the door way # Heard the mission bell

# And I was thinking to myself # This could be heaven or this

could be hell # If she lit up a candle and she

showed me the way # There were voices down the

corridor # I thought I heard them say

# Welcome to the Hotel California # Such a lovely place

# Such a lovely place # Fantastic stuff!

Really, really wonderful stuff, I mean and then, I mean, in the 1970s,

the group propelled, once you were all together, into earth-shattering

success. Did it surprise you the success the band had? It was pretty

successful by the time I joined. It continued before it actually fell

apart, it went up another notch and then it kind of imploded for a

while, for quite a while. Was it a champagne lifestyle all the way -

one of the most successful group ever. We could do pretty much all

we wanted. Everything you heard. is true. We dare not say it here on

the programme. They could see a glimpse of that. Eventually after

selling these millions of records, you got together in '94, but you

split up. What was the reason for that? I think we achieved a success

that we never dreamed. We never dreamed Hotel California would

affect that many people on if planet and then it got bigger than

that. Then we became financially important, and then it got bigger

than that. A lot of non-musical stuff came along with the success

that overshadowed the music, which is how we got there in the first.

We kind of lost our perspective. Also we were workaholics. We didn't

take enough breaks. Had we taken long vacations from each other, it

may not have exploded like that. It came to a head and we had to stop.

What is next for the band? Can we hope to see any tours or records?

think so. The documentary is out and I think it is our 41st year as

a band. We're going to regroup and retool and get a new show based

around some of the retrospective stuff. I have heard some talk of

coming over this side of the world too. We would love to see you,

wouldn't we? Thank you very much for joining us. You can see the

History of the Eagles next month on BBC Two and it is out on DVD. Now I

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go to this direction and welcome The wonderful Eric Church - a Drink

In My Hand. Now we sweep around into the middle of the room,ing

back somebody who appeared on this show at 17 - we are delighted to

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have her back now. We welcome Laura Phoenix. In a moment I will chat

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with Petula Clark. First another And now, at the piano, I am

delighted to welcome somebody who come on with the big band - she is

so amazing. We love her - it is Petula Clark. It is lovely to have

you here. When you came on New Year's eve, you did one of the

songs you did was Crazy, which is from your new album. Lots of brand

new songs, some pletly brand new - what -- completely brand new - what

draws you to a song? I don't know - what draws you to a song? It is

music and lyrics. It is not just a great song, great lyrics - it's the

combination of the two. These wonderful young songwriters were

coming into the studio and I was like, yes, I want to do that. We

did some covers, including Down Town, which I didn't want to do,

but it is interesting. The Eagles and you have had a great success.

You became a great star in France - which is unique. Do they have a

different sense of music there - are they more romantic?

language is more romantic. I didn't speak any French. I wanted to be

with a bloke, you know. It was a love story and the career just

followed. I learnt a lot about singing in a slightly different way.

I saw Piaff and many other great artists. I was on tour and suddenly

I saw people giving their hearts, their souls and their guts and

everything in a song and I hadn't seen that before and that was quite

a lesson for me. Well, it was one that went very well because you

then had tremendous worldwide success. With the Tony Hatch songs

- that sort of propelled.: We have # You walked out on me when we both

disagree # Because to reason is not what you

care for # I've heard it all a million times

before # Take off your coat, my love

# And close the door # Don't sleep in the subway,

darling # Don't stand in the pouring rain

# Don't sleep in the subway, darling

# The night is long # Nothing's wrong

APPLAUSE So glamorous - it seems like a

glamorous time. Are things different now? I think it was from

the States. It was well photographed and the songs were

amazing. Tony went on writing fantastic songs. Glamorous well, I

suppose I was working very hard. Seeing the guys from the Eagles - I

was such a fan of all the music. American music of the '60s was

amazing. It was a pretty intense time. I had two small children, I

was trying to be a good wife, mother, performer and all the

travelling and the stuff - you know all about that. Very busy? Yes,

very busy. This new record is great. In a moment we will do the title

track. Where does that one come from? Well, the hole of this record

was very easy to do because it was, we weren't trying to prove anything,

we were not trying to go back to the '60s and say it's time to do

that again. We not do that any way. This is a totally different feel. I

enjoy it immensely. Thank you very much, Petula Clark.

APPLAUSE We will be hearing the wonderful

Petula Clark in a moment. Now, as I said, bulging with talent, we go to

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The wonderful, the wonderful Petula Clark. Lost In You. Before that we

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heard AlunaGeorge. Now we welcome Laura Marling. Now we enjoy over

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here from North Carolina the sound # Maybe it's a suicide

# I've got to get out while I'm still young

# Maybe we were born to run # Oh-oh oh oh

# Whoa-whoa # Yes like that

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Before that we enjoyed Eric Church. And now I am delighted have them

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Thank you Phoenix. Marvellous to see them here in this

room. If you have enjoyed being in this room with you, you can see us

next week. As we have got to the end of this show, let's thank our

guests and go back to Dave. Have you got something in the key of G?

Nice! So, let's thank all our beautiful guests who have been here

this evening. Let's thank the wonderful Petula Clark.

APPLAUSE We were delighted to have the

Eagles. APPLAUSE We loved Laura Marling. APPLAUSE.

We really enjoyed much Eric Church. APPLAUSE