Her rendition just gave me the chills.

The Eagles are one of only a couple people who have ever turned down the Kennedy Center Honors.

Each year, only a handful of about five entertainers get picked for the honor. They denied the award because they wanted to. Because they wanted to postpone it. Because their friend and band mate was sick and because they wanted to accept their award the same way they made their music--together.

Watch Miranda Lambert honor the band singing the song that Don Henly and Frey wrote back in 1973.

 

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