who sang lead on i can't tell you why
Timothy B. Schmit
title: I Can't Tell You Why text: I Can't Tell You Why "I Can't Tell You Why" is a song by the American rock band Eagles which appeared on their 1979 album "The Long Run". The song was written by band members Timothy B. Schmit, Glenn Frey, and Don Henley. Recorded in March 1978, it was the first song finished for the album and the first Eagles song to feature Schmit on lead vocals. The studio version became a "Billboard" Top 10 hit in April 1980, reaching number 8 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It is their last Top title: I Can't Tell You Why text: Starr & His All-Starr Band in 1992. Their performance of the song was included on the 1993 live album "". I Can't Tell You Why "I Can't Tell You Why" is a song by the American rock band Eagles which appeared on their 1979 album "The Long Run". The song was written by band members Timothy B. Schmit, Glenn Frey, and Don Henley. Recorded in March 1978, it was the first song finished for the album and the first Eagles song to feature Schmit on lead vocals. The studio version became a "Billboard" Top 10 hit in April 1980, reaching title: I Can't Tell You Why text: amazing debut for me.' When we finally mixed it, we had a little listening party at the studio. As people were hearing it, Don turned to me and said, 'There's your first hit.'" Schmit sang the lead vocals on the song, with Frey and Henley singing counterpoint. Schmit also played the bass on the track, which has the distinctive bass riff believed by Schmit to have been devised by Frey. According to Henley, Frey came up with the counterpart on the song, and played the guitar solo on the song. In 1980 the band promoted the song with a music title: Timothy B. Schmit text: and an uncredited Freddie Mercury. In 1977, Schmit joined the Eagles after the "Hotel California" tour, once again replacing Randy Meisner on bass/vocals after Meisner quit. Although the Eagles are thought of as a quintessential California band, Schmit is the only member of the group to actually be a native of California. On the 1979 album, "The Long Run", Schmit co-wrote and sang lead vocals on the song "I Can't Tell You Why". The band later broke up in 1980 and reunited 14 years later in 1994, with Schmit singing the lead vocals on "Love Will Keep Us Alive", on title: I Can't Tell You Why text: video which featured Schmit on bass guitar accompanied by Frey on the electric piano, although Frey recorded the guitar solos as it is printed on the LP inside sleeve (Joe Walsh played all the keyboard parts on the actual studio recording), with Henley on the drums, Don Felder on the electric guitar, Walsh on the organ and Walsh's touring sideman Joe Vitale on ARP string synthesizer. Live versions of the song were released in the 1980 album "Eagles Live" and 1994's "Hell Freezes Over". Schmit also performed "I Can't Tell You Why" while on tour as a member of Ringo