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[michelej1]

In the reader mailback section, they're comparing Don Henley and Lindsey's hair and beard. There are large pictures of both men accompanying the column.

Grantland, Bill Simmons

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...mer-no-mailbag



Q: I have to take issue with your assessment of Don Henley's afro-beard combo.

For me, it comes in a distant 2nd to Lindsey Buckingham's at the height of Fleetwood Mac's popularity. Check out his pictures from that time and tell me you don't agree.

—Dave Whitney, Rapid City

First, how dare you do anything other than pay homage to Henley's beard/Afro combo (or as I renamed it in that Eagles column, the Henley). Second, these guys already had enough existing tension after Henley dated Stevie Nicks right after Buckingham broke up with her — they didn't need more beef, so any additional blood is on your hands, Dave Whitney. Third, the Henley hit its hairy, unkempt, wolfmanish peak in 1975, at least a year before the height of Fleetwood Mac's popularity — that's why we call it the Henley and not the Buckingham. And fourth, you're not finding anything in the mid-'70s capable of trading haymakers with the Henley, with one exception … that's right, the Artis.