Their second album, Desperado, was themed on Old West outlaws and introduced the group's penchant for conceptual songwriting. Throughout the album, the story of the notorious Wild West gang, the Doolin-Dalton gang was the main focus, like in the songs, "Doolin-Dalton", "Bittercreek", "Desperado" and "Doolin-Dalton/Desperado". The album wasn't as successful as the first, reaching only #41 on the U.S. pop album charts. Although it yielded the classic "Tequila Sunrise" and "Desperado", the former struggled on the Billboard Hot 100, only reaching #64, while the latter was actually never released as a single. The only other single from the album was "Outlaw Man", which became the highest charting single from Desperado, reaching #59 on the charts. Ironically, "Desperado" and "Tequila Sunrise" became two of the Eagles' most popular songs, the former commonly being the Eagles' last encore in a concert, while "Outlaw Man" has become an obscure Eagles' A-side. The bluegrass songs, "Twenty-One", "Doolin' Dalton(Instrumental)" and the ballad "Saturday Night" are significant for showcasing guitarist Bernie Leadon's abilities on banjo, fingerpicked guitar and mandolin.
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