Summary The Eagles will honour late bandmate Glenn Frey with a performance at next week's Grammys.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Surviving members of classic rock group The Eagles will honour late bandmate Glenn Frey with a performance at next week s Grammys, organizers said Wednesday.
The band members will team up with the folk rocker Jackson Browne -- the co-writer of Eagles hit "Take It Easy" -- during the award show on Monday.
Announcing the appearance, Recording Academy president Neil Portnow said that Frey s death left "a huge loss for the entire creative community."
"For more than 45 years, the Eagles have played a significant role in shaping our musical landscape," he said in a statement.
The Eagles who will perform include drummer-vocalist Don Henley, who went on to a successful solo career and has won eight Grammys, with a nomination for a ninth award on Monday.
The Eagles, who pioneered the laid-back, country-tinged West Coast rock of the 1970s, are one of the most successful bands of rock history, with hits including "Hotel California."
The band s 1975 greatest hits collection is the second-best selling album in US history after Michael Jackson s "Thriller" and the band had been playing together until last year.
Frey died on January 18 at age 67 from a mix of illnesses including pneumonia.
He was one of a number of major artists who have died in recent weeks.
The Grammys will also feature tributes to rock legend David Bowie and "King of the Blues" B.B. King.
