: A central theme is the leadership of Don Henley and Glenn Frey. Henley compares a successful band to a football team, asserting that everyone cannot be on equal footing for a group to work.

The feature is divided into two distinct parts that separate the band's initial rise from its modern era:

: The documentary won an Emmy for Outstanding Sound Mixing and served as the basis for the massive "History of the Eagles" world tour from 2013 to 2015.