The article examines Glenn Frey’s approach to recording ‘For Sentimental Reasons’ for his 2012 standards album, After Hours. It argues that Frey aimed to honour Nat King Cole’s original without impersonating him, illustrating his move beyond the Eagles’ rock sound into more traditional material.

Frey described the song as beautiful and said he wanted to remain close to Cole’s “perfect” recording, praising Cole as both an accomplished pianist and an effortless singer. The article places the cover alongside Frey’s other reinterpretations, including the Eagles’ version of Tom Waits’s ‘Ol’ 55’, and portrays After Hours as a comparatively successful standards record by a rock musician.