Hearts & Flowers was an American, Los Angeles-based folk rock club band, perhaps most significant as one of the groups that launched the career of Eagles' founding member and guitarist-songwriter, Bernie Leadon.
[2] The individual members met at the ongoing Monday night jam sessions being held at The Troubador over which Murray presided.
"[citation needed] Meanwhile, Hearts & Flowers was influencing local musicians, who heard them in various folk clubs around the Los Angeles area.
"[citation needed] The group signed a deal with Capitol Records' Folk World label in December 1966.
[2] Leadon was well known to Murray as they had played in The Scottsville Squirrel Barkers,[2] a San Diego bluegrass group responsible for launching both those members' careers, as well as those of Chris Hillman and Kenny Wertz.
Among venues they played during the mid-1960s, were Los Angeles clubs Ledbetter's, Doug Weston's Troubadour, the Whisky a Go Go, and the Ash Grove, primarily as an opening act.
"[8] The break-up of the band came just prior to the release of the seminal country-rock album by the Byrds, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and the subsequent formation of the Flying Burrito Brothers, both of which are credited with popularizing the genre.