Of course, says Eliot, "Henley wanted change the content," particularly such revelations as: Henley's two-year affair with Stevie Nicks, who got pregnant and aborted the baby. Joe Walsh causing $35,000 damage to an Indianapolis hotel room. "Nikon Don" Henley's propensity for carrying around a movie camera to film home movies of young groupie girls. The reasons for the band's unraveling.

Eliot says he told Henley, "You can look at the book, you can comment on it, you can change facts, but you can't change the editorial." For a year they went back and forth. "I feel like I was in the ring for 15 rounds....and came out on my feet," Eliot says. "In his own idiosyncratic way, he greatly helped the book."

The problem is that Henley "wanted the band to be sexless, girl-less, drugless; a hardworking band that was interested in keeping America green and showcasing a moral backbone - everything they weren't."

New York-born Eliot, who has written several books about the music industry, including biographies of Bruce Springsteen and Phil Ochs, migrated to California in the '70s, much like the The Eagles. He plays a little guitar, but writing is his love. He'll next tackle New York's 42nd Street and the families who shaped it. If there's one person he'd love to profile after that, it'd be Dwight Yoakam.

"He is, without question, the most talented of the new country guys; he's an amazing actor; he's already got all kind of battle wounds from woman that I think would make Henley's seem like scratches," Eliot says. "And he's far more interesting that Hootie and the Blowfish or Matchbox 20 - not to put them down."

As for Henley, Eliot says he still isn't happy about TO THE LIMIT and has stopped communitcation with him. "You can't please these guys."

Larry Solters, longtime The Eagles spokesperson, said Wednesday, "Mr. Henley is in the studio working on his solo album. However, since Mr. Eliot's book is unauthorized, it is without any validity and not worthy of comment."