David Bowie, Glenn Frey and the End of the Classic Rock Era

Early this week, I interviewed J.D. Souther, who first met the Eagles’ Glenn Frey in 1968 and, in addition to having his own career, co-wrote some of the band’s most ubiquitous hits (“Best of My Love,” “New Kid in Town”) with Frey and Don Henley. Souther had just gotten off…