Ex-Eagles Don Felder Talks Never Imagining Hotel California's Level of Success + New Album!

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[@MultiEviscerator]

As usual Don Felder is a class act, giving praise and respect to other artists in his humble way.

[@ricthornton2958]

Don Felder's ability on the guitar turned the Eagles from being a good band into a great band. He has every right to be demonstrably critical of Henley and Frey but he always takes the high road. As you say . . he's a class act and one of the all time best on the lead guitar.

[@michaellalli7693]

Don Felder’s book Heaven and Hell. Fascinating in depth look at his life and journey, from a dirt poor family in Gainesville Florida to historic musical stardom. Felder, maintains humility and class. Felder’s guitar is the foundation to the Eagles success.

[@skooby_doobie_doonkann3334]

I think it's so good to see that people respect Felder like they do! And that's not more evident than when he mentions people's connection between the white double neck he played on hotel

[@skooby_doobie_doonkann3334]

Don Felder can put to rest any theory that all celebs are arrogant. He is a gentleman in the purest sense of the term. He was far too kind to have had to play with the eagles

[@clausm2203]

Love his playing

[@kindnessmakesmesmile6583]

Love Don Felder and can’t watch video of Hotel California without watching his incredible fingers on the strings!!!!

[@babygirlb3kah]

One of my favorite songs ever, Hotel California,

[@commentfreely5443]

yep

[@ronherrera6651]

Don wrote most of those songs on the the Hotel California album. One being my favorite, New Kid in Town!

[@billyboyer]

Actually it was Frey and JD Souther who wrote the main lyrics to New Kid In Town.

[@markothwriter]

Don only wrote the music to 5 Eagles songs. He's a nice guy, but he was not the main songwriter. He is a great guitar player, but he writing a song is not the same as writing a guitar solo after a song is written.

[@billyboyer]

@@markothwriter That's true. Where he shined in writing was the lyrics. Frey would throw in a few lines but that was about it. It was Walsh, Felder, Leadon, and Frey who really wrote the music side of things. Either way, the majority of the time they shared the publishing royalties. Except for Walsh, as he was never a full member - except for a few songs (In the City, Pretty Maids All In A Row) He still isn't, but very, very well paid.

[@Zero8880]

@@billyboyer I think you are confusing Don Felder with Don Henley. Felder would send Frey and Henley demos of his guitar licks, and they would pick and choose which ones they liked, and then wrote lyrics to the songs. For "Hotel California", Frey came up with the concept of a guy driving through the desert, heading towards California, but it was mostly Don Henley who fleshed out and wrote the enchanting lyrics to the now iconic song. I would go as far as to say that Don Henley is one of the greatest lyricists the US has ever produced. Some of the songs from his solo career are quite prophetic. The fact that he majored in English Literature in college really benefited him in career.

[@pope03]

@@markothwriter he came up with music which the others later added lyrics to. There is no Hotel California without the music Felder first created

[@connievino4226]

He so humble

[@Rick-be8pw]

One of the very best songs ever made.. he made was off the "Heavy Metal" movie..."all of you"....check it out....top 10 best songs ever made....a masterpiece!

[@drinkingpoolwater]

i agree. such a great but forgotten record

[@billyboyer]

Actually Felder was the one who had the first successful single when the Eagles broke up with Heavy Metal.

[@williamashford2057]

Don Falder is a Awsome Guitarist.

[@skooby_doobie_doonkann3334]

Lol so great that I feel disrespected by u misspelling his name. Just giving you shit lol

[@skooby_doobie_doonkann3334]

Thank you for posting this one

[@bdogjr7779]

Whoever plays Don Felder in a movie should be able to burn up a fretboard🤠☻🤠

[@debraives4741]

My Grandmother lived in a pink house on a dead end street. I remember going to visit my cousin who was house sitting, the livingroom was yellow. He was listening to Hotel California. That's the first time I ever heard of the Eagles. I've heard their songs on the radio. Didn't know who sang them.

[@peterthomas22]

Don Felder co-wrote 2 songs on the Hotel California album, Don Henley co-wrote 7 songs on the Hotel California album. Is Don, is good.

[@jaysantos536]

And Don Felder is a great person that everybody loves and Don Henley is a greedy POS bastard that everybody despises. Felder wins....

[@cynthiacisneros1694]

Love it❣️

[@lotadimaculangan2483]

Don felder and joe walsh the best

[@vinylsolution2522]

Why is that woman yelling at Don Felder? Sshhhh.

[@suzannemcmaken4648]

True. ha…ha…

[@flynomo]

Can’t watch this. That woman’s voice.....

[@ConservativeAnthem]

That's a cat, sir.

[@flynomo]

Thank you

[@buddywilliams5650]

@@toddblanks new kid in town.

[@elayneabreu5488]

❤❤❤

[@angelawalker6950]

New Jersey ascent women...the door sticker...Jersey strong. SOUTH JERSEY...SOUND

[@buddywilliams5650]

The White Robin from Stern.

[@michaeldalton8374]

Yet somehow LOUDER.

[@pabloalarroyo]

I really don't care about the feud between The Eagles members, it's old and tired, what I will say is, take away any of the contributions from any of them and the whole thing would be greatly diminished.

[@LameWolff]

I'm with you, forget the feud. I grew up on Eagles music not their feud.

[@dougww1ectebow]

The Eagles ARE diminished now.

[@carlbamburg7439]

It would be important to note.. For many incredible bands over the years, friction, ego and conflict have been a critical driving force in the overall quality of their material.. It should be no surprise that people who choose to dream, struggle and put aside a normal life in order to make music would get under each other's skin.. As glamorous as it all appears, it's really a business of managing insecurities..

[@gregdahlen4375]

charity work neat

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

To play Mary Had A Little Lamb in front of Jimmy Page would be horrifying. I've been playing for 37 yrs. I would have pooped my trousers.

[@MrJonguess]

So the RRHOF finally got something right.

[@michaeldalton8374]

“Shelly” needs to back it off. Good LORDT 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@pwu8194]

Okay, I have never heard of Jimmy Page. 😆😆😆 And after listening to his "The Wanton Song" I am glad I never heard of him. 😂😂😂

[@sunahamanagai9039]

Don sounds a lot like Howard Stern

[@TheFlightsimNerd]

I bet he's so tired of talking about the Eagles... I wish they wouldnt even mention it anymore.

[@plasticweapon]

he'll never get tired of talking about the eagles, because underneath his big fake smile he would do anything to rejoin them (and get himself kicked out again).

[@jamesrudd8705]

@@plasticweapon You're about as ignorant and clueless as one can get. Funny.

[@debraturner4559]

He loves music, obviously. 27 years spent in one band, of course he’s sad the way it ended.

[@TheGreatAlan75]

Thriller is the biggest selling album, not fucking hotel California.. 🙄🙄

[@dougrobinson2024]

I met Jimmy Page and got in an argument with him, right on the street. Sort of the highlight of my vacation back in 2016. He can be a real dick, also very charming when he wants to be.

[@ConservativeAnthem]

How does he kiss?

[@Carstensenson]

kindergarden

[@glenbard657]

I think Don Felder is a great guitar player, but I've always hated the song "Hotel California". I think the lyrics are really stupid - I don't think Felder wrote those. The only songs on the album Hotel California that I really like are "New Kid in Town" and "Try and Love Again". These probably aren't popular opinions, but that's the nature of music - it's very subjective.