Reading Don's book at the moment, (Heaven and Hell) an absolute delight from page one onwards....I'm at the part where he just met Glen Frey and Don Henley...it's a fabulous look back in time and he writes just as delightfully as he speaks here.
Alberto Jorge Soares, I admire him immensely and I was lucky to see the Eagles At Wembley stadium in 1996 when Don was with them. They started off by playing Hotel California.
I love this guy, pure talent and easy to listen to. I notice that whenever i hear don henley talk about felder there’s a sense of animosity, hostility towards him. Here felder praises Henley for the work he put into hotel california, Henley would never be like that towards felder and just mentions him as if in passing, as if making his contributions to the band less important.
Don Felder - Legendary guitarist/musician. Hotel California is my favorite song of all time. I probably listen to it more than 10,000 times in my lifetime. Thank you Don for the 'most iconic' guitar intro and riffs, that is known in every country in the world.
I saw the Eagles in early 1977, Hotel California had just come out , but we hadn’t heard it yet. It was the guys in their prime , Walsh & Felder had so much fun together. Best concert I ever saw, the highlight believe it or not was Randy Meisner singing his tail off on Take It To The Limit. the band harmonies made the hair on the back of your neck stand up. So good. Always though Don was awesome on guitar, and had a cool vibe on stage.
I love this guy. No Felder, no Eagles as we once knew them, simple as that. The henley eagles these days look like they can't wait to get done with a gig. The Felder Eagles always look like they are having fun. Henley may have the vocals, or use to anyway, but the Felder Eagles has the best guitar player the Eagles ever had, him. And his vocals have gotten better and better over time. I'd go see the Felder Eagles in a heartbeat, but the henley eagles? Why? Felder and Walsh should have NEVER been split up. I just find it hard to forgive henley and frey for their power grab. I listened to some recent henley eagle stuff on youtube and the guitars are just a mess now. Don't even click on them anymore. Sad.
You know it makes me so happy when I see a video titled like this because Don Felder deserves credit for being a eagle and the contribution that he made to that band not disrespecting any of the other members because I have great respect for them also but we must recognize the contributions of Don Felder to the Eagles that is a shame that many times he is looked over and left behind in the dust of time and not given the recognition and credit that he deserves.
What a well spoken, intelligent gentleman, plus a bad ass rocker who is genius at his craft. The Eagles never truly realized what a gem they had with Mr. Felder.
He needs a national radio gig. Once a week. Comment on songs, tell anecdotes, have guests, maybe on Sunday nights or whatever. Incredibly interesting and articulate guy. Oh, and exceptional guitar player who helped The Eagles from solid to legends with his efforts.
Don made the Eagles a much better band.Him and Joe together were one of the great guitar duo's in all of rock.Check out Eagles live on Turn to Stone if you can.
I've heard Don Felder tell these same stories via Utube numerous time with the same enthusiasm and interest. Never seems tired of telling them. A true gentleman.
Rob Duckworth - yea, I watched that documentary a few years back and it was clear to me that fielder was being honest- not much of that in this world-but that frey and henley were lying and the greed seemed to emanate from them. They aren't the kind of people I waste my breath on.
I remember as a teenager seeing pictures of The Eagles and particularly, of a brooding, dark-eyed Don Felder and thinking he had this deep, low voice. I never thought he actually sounded like Mr. Rogers. 🤣
I would say that Felders playing on New kid in town is the best, and most tasteful frasing I’ve ever heard on a rock/pop-song. His interpretation of the chords and the arrangement is just stunning.
I am enjoying Don Felder's autobiography HEAVEN AND HELL. Read it, and be sure to read all of it as opposed to skipping ahead to his years with the Eagles. It's a fascinating story.
Don Felder has created some of the most tasteful leads ever and without him, there is no way Eagles would have gone to superstar status. He was to them as George was to the Beatles, providing that signature sound. Too bad Henley and Frey were too vain to admit it and give the guy his due.
They have always given him his due. I've heard Glenn say that Felder is an often underappreciated great contributor to their success. They loved his playing, they just couldn't stand the asshole.
I guess it takes one, to know one.... Arsehole that is. You are obviously someone who jumps on memes and general gossip. And from what I've gleaned of Eagels history, Felder wasn't the arsehole....
*Bob Lawson* - Vain would be the correct spelling - veins are those tubes that distribute blood around your body! (LOL) However, I cannot but agree wtih your comment overall. Someone, elsewhere maintained that Glen Frey made The Eagels.... (Doing the usual group mourning bleat - RIP Glen Frey etc...) As we know, if we're being honest, all bands are only as good as the sum of their constituent player/writers. Its all in the chemistry mix; No Bonzo - No Zeppeling, No RVZ - No Skynyrd, No Walters - No Floyd, No Mercury - No Queen, No Ozzy - No Sabbath, No Schenker - No UFO, No Ann or Nancy - No Heart .... etc.. There are of course exceptions... Purple managed to rattle on without Blackmore.... Genesis did okay for one or two albums without Hacket or Gabriel.... Floyd went on to platinum succes without (thankfully) Syd Barrett and even at least continued with Floydesque music without Walters, even though he was sorely missed by fans. And the Stones just rattled on and on, and on, and on....
You know something that is occurred to me while watching this video is how nice and what a great guy Don Is and not only that but how articulate intelligent the guy is and how focused is which really explains why you come up with so much stuff we can't keep from liking the guy and from my experience in life I can understand how other men are jealous of him because he is a very handsome guy and I have seen this in my life in sports and in music where others get jealous of people that are extremely talented and good-looking it's just like basic jealousy. So for me it explains a lot of why this man is treated the way he is but I can't keep from respecting him and appreciating all the good that he is done in music my hat is off to you Don.
Where has this guy been? I wish we would have seen more interviews from him years ago. I always have had the impression that Felder was the guy that caused the issues in the band. Now we find out due to the Eagles contract it was all about money and egos. Felder is the one that put the Eagles over the top. Without the Hotel California album I don’t think the Eagles would have become a super group.
*Sungodv* That makes you the same age as me then... And I'm a guitarist too... In fact, I've just finally weighed off on the Hotel California lick.... It's taken some years, I can tell ya!
I had the opportunity to meet Don Felder several years ago after one of his performances, and I’ll be meeting him again this week at another performance meet-and-greet here in my home town. A true gentleman; so gracious and generous with his time, he agreed to take several pictures with me and my brother, and took the time to chat with us and everyone at the venue. I’ve been playing guitar for over 40 years, and while I don’t discount the skill and talent of “shredders”, I must admit they pretty much all sound alike. Tasteful players, however, like Felder, Schon, Clapton, SRV and Rick Vito have always been (and continue to be) the ones I emulate: their playing sings and tells a story, and is not just a blur of scales. If you need further convincing, just do an internet search on all the musical titans who’ve had Don Felder play on their albums.
+Carlo Bosso. I have never heard Felder say this in any interview! He is underrated as a guitarist playing many styles of music beside rock! He doesn't match up to Clapton as far as singing and songwriter goes. Both great players
Am I the only one who would just love to hang out with Don Felder with a beer and talk about guitars and trade licks. He seems like the kinda dude you could just do that with. Have him as a friend that comes to your cook outs or occasionally stops by to show you a new lick or riff he's working on. I think Don Felder would be that kinda guy. Could you imagine Don Henley or Glenn Frey at your back yard BBQ? Frey and Henley really did him dirty.
Always amazes me how some just blindly believe all the BS Felder puts out about him, Glenn & DH. After Felder left the Eagles he has mostly opened for old time bands like Styx playing small venues. The Eagles without Felder continued to sell out stadiums.
Just a thank you to Don and to James Taylor. The two of them were principally my guitar teachers. I play like them, thanks to listening to them for so many years. One of the 'tricks' is to address the bass strings before, or at least in unison with the treble side. This is particularly effective when fingerpicking.
Hmmm, I never thought about trying to name a sort of genre for this song but " Mexican Reggae", that sounds cool and I'll just go with that to, it fits, it's sort of other things to but genres have to have short catchy names. Gosh , this song , don't even know how to feel about it , heard it so many times in a school cafeteria, radio, still hear it a lot today, great song, fun to play actually. Liked a lot of those Eagle songs, , must have been a hoot to work w Joe Walsh back then, he's like the kid next door. I wonder how the solo stuff got started on that record, like did it develop, become scripted, it must have been improvised at some point, course the song was so huge you actually had to play it like the record I suppose, people expect it, little extrapolations, but not large ones.
th-cam.com/video/RrJc27zyyZY/w-d-xo.html "in this interview Joe dismisses the ridiculous myth that don felder wrote the whole song, although if you ever believed that you're a bit thick.However the toolheads are still out there dribbling their nonsense and stamping their feet.so hear it straight from Joe. It was an Eagles song, never felders song."
Even Glen & Don in the early days acknowledged he wrote the tune and they did the lyrics ,but later after the fights they changed the story. But Joe said - Make no mistake if not for Don Felder Hotel California would never have happened . Joe Walsh. So I am inclined to believe Felder is the main source.
I have followed the Eagles from the very beginning and I have never heard Don or Glenn say anything other than Felder gave them a tape with several guitar riffs and what became Hotel was the one that caught their ears. And, In HOTE, Felder says the same thing. Joe says Felder gave Frey & Henley the descending chords, Frey arranged the entire song, Henley wrote the lyrics and they put it together. When the song was done Joe and Felder collaborated on the great last three or four minutes of guitar bliss. Felder is a great player, but no, he didn't write Hotel. Logically speaking, just look at the body of work for all three as song writers. Frey and Henley blow Felder out of the water.
i don't think there are tabs for it, but the song is called road to forever. there's another video of him playing the same melody, which sounds even nicer on a les paul in the beginning of a video called 'Don Felder talks about his gibson'.
Where to start? I follow a universal 'Pantheon' of Guitar Gods.... . UK - Page, Gilmour, Beck, Latimer, Hackett, Trower, Barre, Townsend, Fripp, Lake, Green, Iommi, Harrison, Clapton etc... US - Hendrix, Felder, Schon, Zappa, Vai, Walsh, Satrianni, Petrucci, Al DiMeola, EVH, SRV, BB, Belew, Nancy Wilson, Roger Fisher, Joe Perry, et al.... Canada - Lifeson. Mexico/USA - Santana. Germany - Schenker. Australia - Angus Young. As for the rest of the world, I'm sure there are likely canidates, but none spring to mind, or are known by me.
its a version of E i think. An E with a G#. Do a normal E major but put your pinky finger on G# (fret 4) on the low E string and leave the A string open, and i think thats the chord he's playing.
Incredible musician! If there is a better and more versatile guitarist from the rock era, I haven't seen them yet. And a down-to-earth, decent guy to boot!!
If this is the way Don Felder talks, i wonder why anyone would be "angry" with him. He just speaks so eloquently and polite, and such a gentleman and class, which is consistent to all interviews i've seen him on TH-cam. Don, just not enough said how much a class act you have been. And thanks for giving us Hotel California (specifically the tune and melody, bcos i know someone else wrote the lyrics)
If you ever watch a documentary of the Eagles, you will see and hear him complaining, whining, being a total tool for a long time.. He was not this nice back then... Why do you think they had to get rid of him??? And yes, he went to court and got all his millions.. So I guess he has to be happy now... Its all in the documentary to see... No one ever talks about that part..
@@frandanco6289 Don Felder "explained" the negativity about him in his interview at the Artie Lange talkshow....check it out on TH-cam. Ypu can have your opinion on that based on the documentary alone, but that doesn't change my mind (and most other people, based on their comments) on what a class act Don Felder is. Perhaps, he had done something that upsets Frey or Henley during those tumultous years, but the other two did worst on him. At least he admits it and have been forgiving and much more complimentary on the other two, but not the other way roumd.
Brilliant and talented man. However, I don’t blame Henley For forcing him out of the band. Felder apparently refused to yield full band leader duties to Henley while other bandmembers gladly excepted Henley’s role as band leader. Most everyone who has played in a band understands how difficult it is to yield full Band) duties to one person. Most people cannot argue the success of the Eagles with Don Henley running the show. Lennon led the Beatles even though Harrison and McCartney were capable. Brian Wilson led the Beach boys until his mental breakdown. Cousin Mike love quickly stepped in not as musical director so to speak…But was very successful in guiding the band through the 70s 80s and 90s keep in the band relevant and successful on the road with fans old and NEW. I think Don Felder is much like Brian Wilson in that they both are very creative and masterful. However, Don Felder and Brian really didn’t have the vision to move their bands forward like Henley and Mike love.
I am a great fan of Don and the eagles and they created some great tunes and a few classics but IMHO to say Clapton or Page is not to Don's standard is rather stupid to say the least, if these guitarists were that bad or well below the standard of Don Felder why then do so many other great guitarists mention their early influences and in particular refer to Hendrix/Clapton/Page/Beck. One must remember people don't remember the skill level of these guitarist just the music they played and lets be honest these players have left a legacy which I believe cannot be matched or equaled. As one other person commented that different players attract different listeners or followers. In ref to the best guitarist Jeff Beck is without doubt the most gifted player, maybe not the most recognized but a zillion years ahead of anybody..really. in my time I have seen all these guitarist live. Never seen Hendrix live. History will remember Hendrix/ Clapton /Page /Beck as the Guitar gods who changed the music landscape, will Don Felder ex eagles player who never did anything once he left the eagles be held in the same regard? maybe a good guitarist with a few great tunes? This is just my opinion . I also have played guitar for many years and seen the greats in their prime.
Don Felder didn't like being left out of the decision making process in the Eagles. Henley and Frey made all the decisions because that's how they wanted things. Felder got tired of it and let them know he was tired of it. Joe Walsh and Timothy Schmidt didn't like it either but they also didn't confront Henley and Frey about it the way Felder did. I'm glad he sued them and won his lawsuit against the Eagles. He got around 50 million from what I heard. I'll always love the Eagles because I grew up listening and knowing their music, but I lost a lot of respect for Glenn and Don. They're not really good to any of the ex band members. There was plenty of wealth and money for everyone but they went out of their way to keep ex band members from earning money or benefitting from the Eagles success.
Really sad its his departure from eagles, but eagles is was and will be eagles with and without felder, there is no doubt the most iconic of the group was hotel california theme, and he had great influence along with joe walsh but it was not the best job like group, it is really worth listening carefully to the last album "the long road out of eden", a really true musical jewel.
Not crazy to say Felder is in the class of Clapton. Not at all! Lovem both! When you get to that level as a guitarist it is a matter of personal taste!
Always gentle, always friendly, the nicest guy imaginable. A N D still in the best of shape... Late revenge... Look at fat Henley... And what a guitar player.. Clean, superior work. For me he's in on line with Knopfler and Clapton..
@@frandanco6289 And you're obviously a naive idiot with too much time. No problem always being friendly, gentle and etc and still being fired by 2 egocentric, jealous Kontroletti assholes.
That band was all heart, Henley and Frey were both great voices and great songwriters. Randy Meisner, solid bass playing and the ability to play and sing as high as he did. Bernie Leadon was a fantastic multi instrumentalist. Then there’s Joe Walsh- he could play drunk and wired at the same time and still nail it night after night. Timothy B. was possibly the only man in the world who could not only fill Meisner’s shoes, but pick up where Randy left off. Don Felder was as good as any of them, serious competition for Joe, but his forte was writing hooks. When you think of The Eagles, what’s the first song that comes to mind? Bet it’s not “One Of These Nights”. Felder came up with the basic melody and the chord progression (ETA- of “Hotel California”). That’s about 75% of the song. Felder is great.
Reading Don's book at the moment, (Heaven and Hell) an absolute delight from page one onwards....I'm at the part where he just met Glen Frey and Don Henley...it's a fabulous look back in time and he writes just as delightfully as he speaks here.
I love the way he talks its so calming. I could listen to this dude talk about stories for hours
It's a pleasure to hear this guy playing and talking. What a gentleman.
Remember California jam. Need more fielder
Alberto Jorge Soares yea I think Henley and fry really done him wrong.
He really does seem like a great guy.
Alberto Jorge Soares, I admire him immensely and I was lucky to see the Eagles At Wembley stadium in 1996 when Don was with them. They started off by playing Hotel California.
I feel so calm just looking at him. What a class of a musician and person.
Don Felder deserves more credit.
I love this guy, pure talent and easy to listen to. I notice that whenever i hear don henley talk about felder there’s a sense of animosity, hostility towards him. Here felder praises Henley for the work he put into hotel california, Henley would never be like that towards felder and just mentions him as if in passing, as if making his contributions to the band less important.
Henley’s not a bad guy but he can’t give credit where it’s due. Felder deserves far better than he got from Henley and Frey.
Love this man so humble talented and honest. ..a real gentleman
Don Felder - Legendary guitarist/musician. Hotel California is my favorite song of all time. I probably listen to it more than 10,000 times in my lifetime. Thank you Don for the 'most iconic' guitar intro and riffs, that is known in every country in the world.
I saw the Eagles in early 1977, Hotel California had just come out , but we hadn’t heard it yet. It was the guys in their prime , Walsh & Felder had so much fun together. Best concert I ever saw, the highlight believe it or not was Randy Meisner singing his tail off on Take It To The Limit. the band harmonies made the hair on the back of your neck stand up. So good. Always though Don was awesome on guitar, and had a cool vibe on stage.
Felder and Walsh played so well together.
I've only recently watched interviews with Don, He's nothing like what I thought when I saw him play with the Eagles. Nice Guy!
Don Felder is great!!
I love this guy. No Felder, no Eagles as we once knew them, simple as that. The henley eagles these days look like they can't wait to get done with a gig. The Felder Eagles always look like they are having fun. Henley may have the vocals, or use to anyway, but the Felder Eagles has the best guitar player the Eagles ever had, him. And his vocals have gotten better and better over time. I'd go see the Felder Eagles in a heartbeat, but the henley eagles? Why? Felder and Walsh should have NEVER been split up. I just find it hard to forgive henley and frey for their power grab. I listened to some recent henley eagle stuff on youtube and the guitars are just a mess now. Don't even click on them anymore. Sad.
I couldn’t agree more. Don’t get me wrong, I love Joe Walsh, but Felder was the best guitar the Eagles had!
The “Felder” Eagles? Lol give me a break! He can play but he can’t sing worth crap! Bernie was miles ahead of him!
Don Felder's ability on the guitar took the Eagles from being a good band to being a great band.
I agree with you but come on now, you can't expect a bunch of 75 year olds perform the same way as men in their best age.
You know it makes me so happy when I see a video titled like this because Don Felder deserves credit for being a eagle and the contribution that he made to that band not disrespecting any of the other members because I have great respect for them also but we must recognize the contributions of Don Felder to the Eagles that is a shame that many times he is looked over and left behind in the dust of time and not given the recognition and credit that he deserves.
Seems a genuine friendly guy.
The Eagles would never be the same without Felder, no one can replace him and Walsh knows that it's true.
That's nonsense, Stuart Smith has been doing an amazing job with the Eagles for years. If he wasn't, he wouldn't be in the lineup.
Joe says that in quiet .
37BopCity 2017 Stuart is a great player but let’s be realistic, he is playing Felder’s parts so it’s not quite the same thing.
joe has never said he was trying to replace felder... there was an open spot for him and he took it. what you would do?
@@jlr022159 Joe didn't take Don's spot to begin with, he took Bernie Leadon's spot.
What a well spoken, intelligent gentleman, plus a bad ass rocker who is genius at his craft.
The Eagles never truly realized what a gem they had with Mr. Felder.
He needs a national radio gig. Once a week. Comment on songs, tell anecdotes, have guests, maybe on Sunday nights or whatever. Incredibly interesting and articulate guy. Oh, and exceptional guitar player who helped The Eagles from solid to legends with his efforts.
I would listen to that show . He always interesting and knowledgeable ...Good idea .
That would be cool as everyone would go on his show.
Agreed! I would tune in for sure. 😊
Don made the Eagles a much better band.Him and Joe together were one of the great guitar duo's in all of rock.Check out Eagles live on Turn to Stone if you can.
I've heard Don Felder tell these same stories via Utube numerous time with the same enthusiasm and interest. Never seems tired of telling them. A true gentleman.
Love is the key indeed. Thanks, Don! Rock on!
His lead tone on One of These Nights was incredible.
He looks great for a 69 year old! Articulate and intelligent too.
Deca Cards52 yea it’s hard to believe that he is that old
Don Felder is a great guitar player. Often under-rated
Rob Duckworth - yea, I watched that documentary a few years back and it was clear to me that fielder was being honest- not much of that in this world-but that frey and henley were lying and the greed seemed to emanate from them. They aren't the kind of people I waste my breath on.
I remember as a teenager seeing pictures of The Eagles and particularly, of a brooding, dark-eyed Don Felder and thinking he had this deep, low voice. I never thought he actually sounded like Mr. Rogers. 🤣
Sir, you are my hero,your music is best of the world....❤
I would say that Felders playing on New kid in town is the best, and most tasteful frasing I’ve ever heard on a rock/pop-song. His interpretation of the chords and the arrangement is just stunning.
Met him in August at a private concert was a great time
Don is a legend. What a life!
Absolutely love Don Felder
awesome guy love the eagles
Not only do I remember what a cassette tape is I have a Teac reel to reel to this day.
Road to forever is one of the greatest songs this guy has wrote, what a legend.
Thanks for the interview great advice and the story behind
Hotel California" is awesome..
I am enjoying Don Felder's autobiography HEAVEN AND HELL. Read it, and be sure to read all of it as opposed to skipping ahead to his years with the Eagles. It's a fascinating story.
Don Felder has created some of the most tasteful leads ever and without him, there is no way Eagles would have gone to superstar status. He was to them as George was to the Beatles, providing that signature sound. Too bad Henley and Frey were too vain to admit it and give the guy his due.
They have always given him his due. I've heard Glenn say that Felder is an often underappreciated great contributor to their success. They loved his playing, they just couldn't stand the asshole.
I guess it takes one, to know one.... Arsehole that is. You are obviously someone who jumps on memes and general gossip. And from what I've gleaned of Eagels history, Felder wasn't the arsehole....
*Bob Lawson* - Vain would be the correct spelling - veins are those tubes that distribute blood around your body! (LOL)
However, I cannot but agree wtih your comment overall. Someone, elsewhere maintained that Glen Frey made The Eagels.... (Doing the usual group mourning bleat - RIP Glen Frey etc...) As we know, if we're being honest, all bands are only as good as the sum of their constituent player/writers. Its all in the chemistry mix; No Bonzo - No Zeppeling, No RVZ - No Skynyrd, No Walters - No Floyd, No Mercury - No Queen, No Ozzy - No Sabbath, No Schenker - No UFO, No Ann or Nancy - No Heart .... etc..
There are of course exceptions... Purple managed to rattle on without Blackmore.... Genesis did okay for one or two albums without Hacket or Gabriel.... Floyd went on to platinum succes without (thankfully) Syd Barrett and even at least continued with Floydesque music without Walters, even though he was sorely missed by fans. And the Stones just rattled on and on, and on, and on....
@@darrellpierce9191 What asshole? Frey?
Then you are correct.
you would know what an asshole is, being one.@@darrellpierce9191
You know something that is occurred to me while watching this video is how nice and what a great guy Don Is and not only that but how articulate intelligent the guy is and how focused is which really explains why you come up with so much stuff we can't keep from liking the guy and from my experience in life I can understand how other men are jealous of him because he is a very handsome guy and I have seen this in my life in sports and in music where others get jealous of people that are extremely talented and good-looking it's just like basic jealousy. So for me it explains a lot of why this man is treated the way he is but I can't keep from respecting him and appreciating all the good that he is done in music my hat is off to you Don.
Very nicely put *HD35MAN* - I wholeheartedly concur. BRAVO !
Where has this guy been? I wish we would have seen more interviews from him years ago. I always have had the impression that Felder was the guy that caused the issues in the band. Now we find out due to the Eagles contract it was all about money and egos. Felder is the one that put the Eagles over the top. Without the Hotel California album I don’t think the Eagles would have become a super group.
Guitarists everywhere love guitars made the year I was born the most...
*Sungodv* That makes you the same age as me then... And I'm a guitarist too... In fact, I've just finally weighed off on the Hotel California lick.... It's taken some years, I can tell ya!
he is one of my all time favorites...!... we all owe him the melody of Hotel California....
I had the opportunity to meet Don Felder several years ago after one of his performances, and I’ll be meeting him again this week at another performance meet-and-greet here in my home town. A true gentleman; so gracious and generous with his time, he agreed to take several pictures with me and my brother, and took the time to chat with us and everyone at the venue. I’ve been playing guitar for over 40 years, and while I don’t discount the skill and talent of “shredders”, I must admit they pretty much all sound alike. Tasteful players, however, like Felder, Schon, Clapton, SRV and Rick Vito have always been (and continue to be) the ones I emulate: their playing sings and tells a story, and is not just a blur of scales. If you need further convincing, just do an internet search on all the musical titans who’ve had Don Felder play on their albums.
+Carlo Bosso. I have never heard Felder say this in any interview! He is underrated as a guitarist playing many styles of music beside rock! He doesn't match up to Clapton as far as singing and songwriter goes. Both great players
One of the all-time great guitarists. Very underrated. For my money, Felder is better than Clapton. OK, fire away, TH-cam commenters.
+OSUalum41 Felder is Head and shoulders above Clapton, who IMO is the most over rated guitarist of all time.
elbertelrod Nice to see I'm not the only one who finds Clapton ridiculously overrated.
+OSUalum41 You're not. Clapton is average at best. About as good as Jimmy Page...and that isn't saying much.
+OSUalum41
I agree.
+OSUalum41 What a bunch of clueless fucktards you all are if you believe Felder of the Eagles is anything like Clapton or Page. Christ.
If I could meet one person it'd have to be don felder.
Don Felder and Robin Trower are two the best, underrated guitar players of the 1970's and two of the nicest people you'd ever want to meet.
Am I the only one who would just love to hang out with Don Felder with a beer and talk about guitars and trade licks. He seems like the kinda dude you could just do that with. Have him as a friend that comes to your cook outs or occasionally stops by to show you a new lick or riff he's working on. I think Don Felder would be that kinda guy. Could you imagine Don Henley or Glenn Frey at your back yard BBQ? Frey and Henley really did him dirty.
Always amazes me how some just blindly believe all the BS Felder puts out about him, Glenn & DH. After Felder left the Eagles he has mostly opened for old time bands like Styx playing small venues. The Eagles without Felder continued to sell out stadiums.
love from Pakistan to Sir. Don felder
Hotel California is what made The Eagles as great as we know them now.
What a tone
Very nice down to earth man. A true gentlemen. Very talented.
Just a thank you to Don and to James Taylor. The two of them were principally my guitar teachers. I play like them, thanks to listening to them for so many years. One of the 'tricks' is to address the bass strings before, or at least in unison with the treble side. This is particularly effective when fingerpicking.
Elvis influenced and continues to influence everyone in the business since 1954. It ALL goes back to the King.
Seems so down to Earth
This man is the goat
Hmmm, I never thought about trying to name a sort of genre for this song but " Mexican Reggae", that sounds cool and I'll just go with that to, it fits, it's sort of other things to but genres have to have short catchy names. Gosh , this song , don't even know how to feel about it , heard it so many times in a school cafeteria, radio, still hear it a lot today, great song, fun to play actually. Liked a lot of those Eagle songs, , must have been a hoot to work w Joe Walsh back then, he's like the kid next door. I wonder how the solo stuff got started on that record, like did it develop, become scripted, it must have been improvised at some point, course the song was so huge you actually had to play it like the record I suppose, people expect it, little extrapolations, but not large ones.
This man is the reason Hotel California was what it became !
According to Joe all Felder wrote was the descending chords.
Actually I have an interview with Joe that says Don wrote most of it and he was the man for it happening !
th-cam.com/video/RrJc27zyyZY/w-d-xo.html "in this interview Joe dismisses the ridiculous myth that don felder wrote the whole song, although if you ever believed that you're a bit thick.However the toolheads are still out there dribbling their nonsense and stamping their feet.so hear it straight from Joe. It was an Eagles song, never felders song."
Even Glen & Don in the early days acknowledged he wrote the tune and they did the lyrics ,but later after the fights they changed the story. But Joe said - Make no mistake if not for Don Felder Hotel California would never have happened . Joe Walsh. So I am inclined to believe Felder is the main source.
I have followed the Eagles from the very beginning and I have never heard Don or Glenn say anything other than Felder gave them a tape with several guitar riffs and what became Hotel was the one that caught their ears. And, In HOTE, Felder says the same thing. Joe says Felder gave Frey & Henley the descending chords, Frey arranged the entire song, Henley wrote the lyrics and they put it together. When the song was done Joe and Felder collaborated on the great last three or four minutes of guitar bliss. Felder is a great player, but no, he didn't write Hotel. Logically speaking, just look at the body of work for all three as song writers. Frey and Henley blow Felder out of the water.
Will somrone give me the tabs to that lovely melody at the intro? Please!!
i don't think there are tabs for it, but the song is called road to forever. there's another video of him playing the same melody, which sounds even nicer on a les paul in the beginning of a video called 'Don Felder talks about his gibson'.
my three favorite rock guitarist of all-time, are Don Felder, Joe Walsh, and Brian May. You all are welcome to add your favorites too.
Where to start? I follow a universal 'Pantheon' of Guitar Gods....
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UK - Page, Gilmour, Beck, Latimer, Hackett, Trower, Barre, Townsend, Fripp, Lake, Green, Iommi, Harrison, Clapton etc...
US - Hendrix, Felder, Schon, Zappa, Vai, Walsh, Satrianni, Petrucci, Al DiMeola, EVH, SRV, BB, Belew, Nancy Wilson, Roger Fisher, Joe Perry, et al....
Canada - Lifeson.
Mexico/USA - Santana.
Germany - Schenker.
Australia - Angus Young.
As for the rest of the world, I'm sure there are likely canidates, but none spring to mind, or are known by me.
Rock and roll gentleman
What chord is he holding @ 0:16? sounds like a version of G
its a version of E i think. An E with a G#. Do a normal E major but put your pinky finger on G# (fret 4) on the low E string and leave the A string open, and i think thats the chord he's playing.
This guy contributed a lot to the Eagles sound, the reason for their popularity.
Incredible musician! If there is a better and more versatile guitarist from the rock era, I haven't seen them yet. And a down-to-earth, decent guy to boot!!
This guy is simply phenomenal!
love the tune at the beginning.Whar is it?
road to forever
Whats he playing at the beginning?
Songtitel:road forever
What is song intro?
What's the name of the song he played in the beginning?
its the intro to the song road to forever by Don Felder, its on the album of the same name, Road to forever
Don Fender
I Love Don Felder as I am simply crazy about Hotel California.
If this is the way Don Felder talks, i wonder why anyone would be "angry" with him.
He just speaks so eloquently and polite, and such a gentleman and class, which is consistent to all interviews i've seen him on TH-cam.
Don, just not enough said how much a class act you have been.
And thanks for giving us Hotel California (specifically the tune and melody, bcos i know someone else wrote the lyrics)
If you ever watch a documentary of the Eagles, you will see and hear him complaining, whining, being a total tool for a long time.. He was not this nice back then... Why do you think they had to get rid of him??? And yes, he went to court and got all his millions.. So I guess he has to be happy now...
Its all in the documentary to see... No one ever talks about that part..
@@frandanco6289 Don Felder "explained" the negativity about him in his interview at the Artie Lange talkshow....check it out on TH-cam.
Ypu can have your opinion on that based on the documentary alone, but that doesn't change my mind (and most other people, based on their comments) on what a class act Don Felder is.
Perhaps, he had done something that upsets Frey or Henley during those tumultous years, but the other two did worst on him.
At least he admits it and have been forgiving and much more complimentary on the other two, but not the other way roumd.
Just watched History of the Eagles, and I agree with you Ben
Kinda sorry I watched it
I had the Eagle's way up their as one of my favorite's
THERE ! Jeez! Didn't anyone teach you how to spell FFS!
name of the song he is playing at the start please?
Nathan Cope Road to forever
Talented musician and seems like a stand-up guy. I actually love his solo album Airbourne.
A genuine natural guitar player. Without his guitar the Eagles would have been hohum.
A ‘59 Les Paul sunburst would fetch a huge price at auction even if it wasn’t owned by the great Don Felder.
70 yrs old now.
Brilliant and talented man. However, I don’t blame Henley For forcing him out of the band. Felder apparently refused to yield full band leader duties to Henley while other bandmembers gladly excepted Henley’s role as band leader. Most everyone who has played in a band understands how difficult it is to yield full Band) duties to one person. Most people cannot argue the success of the Eagles with Don Henley running the show. Lennon led the Beatles even though Harrison and McCartney were capable. Brian Wilson led the Beach boys until his mental breakdown. Cousin Mike love quickly stepped in not as musical director so to speak…But was very successful in guiding the band through the 70s 80s and 90s keep in the band relevant and successful on the road with fans old and NEW. I think Don Felder is much like Brian Wilson in that they both are very creative and masterful. However, Don Felder and Brian really didn’t have the vision to move their bands forward like Henley and Mike love.
what kind of amp is that?
It's a Roland Blues Cube. They can sound so nice and squeaky clean and I'd love to own one.
One of the greatest guitarists
Honest dude. Gr.aus DEUTSCHLAND
The moment he says his Les Paul is the best guitar he’s ever played… if that Strat could feel.
why does he have a strat in his hands? where is his les
Don seems like a really cool guy
Don Felder should play with Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy)
Felder is an awesome guitarist!!! He was dubbed the nickname “Fingers” for a reason.
I am a great fan of Don and the eagles and they created some great tunes and a few classics but IMHO to say Clapton or Page is not to Don's standard is rather stupid to say the least, if these guitarists were that bad or well below the standard of Don Felder why then do so many other great guitarists mention their early influences and in particular refer to Hendrix/Clapton/Page/Beck. One must remember people don't remember the skill level of these guitarist just the music they played and lets be honest these players have left a legacy which I believe cannot be matched or equaled. As one other person commented that different players attract different listeners or followers. In ref to the best guitarist Jeff Beck is without doubt the most gifted player, maybe not the most recognized but a zillion years ahead of anybody..really. in my time I have seen all these guitarist live. Never seen Hendrix live. History will remember Hendrix/ Clapton /Page /Beck as the Guitar gods who changed the music landscape, will Don Felder ex eagles player who never did anything once he left the eagles be held in the same regard? maybe a good guitarist with a few great tunes? This is just my opinion . I also have played guitar for many years and seen the greats in their prime.
don fuckin felder baby - lets get fuckin stoned as shit and rock some solo felder tones
Don't get hung up on the silly ego and personal things in the group. Just listen and enjoy some of the greatest music ever produced.
What a guy!
Don Felder didn't like being left out of the decision making process in the Eagles. Henley and Frey made all the decisions because that's how they wanted things. Felder got tired of it and let them know he was tired of it. Joe Walsh and Timothy Schmidt didn't like it either but they also didn't confront Henley and Frey about it the way Felder did. I'm glad he sued them and won his lawsuit against the Eagles. He got around 50 million from what I heard. I'll always love the Eagles because I grew up listening and knowing their music, but I lost a lot of respect for Glenn and Don. They're not really good to any of the ex band members. There was plenty of wealth and money for everyone but they went out of their way to keep ex band members from earning money or benefitting from the Eagles success.
Really sad its his departure from eagles, but eagles is was and will be eagles with and without felder, there is no doubt the most iconic of the group was hotel california theme, and he had great influence along with joe walsh but it was not the best job like group, it is really worth listening carefully to the last album "the long road out of eden", a really true musical jewel.
Don Felder is the coolest guy ever!
Frank Zappa said a while back that rating guitarists was a really boring hobby.
Seems very logical and real. None of the anger that Glen Frey had in the showtime documentary. I wonder did they ever resolve their differences?
Felder: best 12 chords solo ever, best guitar duo ever with Joe Walsh, best lyrics ever with Hotel California, a lot even for a legend ;-) ;-) ;-)
why is the 12th doctor getting an interview
Man, he looks even better now than he did 45 years ago. Must be nice!
He sounds like Casey Kassem.
Not crazy to say Felder is in the class of Clapton. Not at all! Lovem both! When you get to that level as a guitarist it is a matter of personal taste!
Always gentle, always friendly, the nicest guy imaginable. A N D still in the best of shape... Late revenge... Look at fat Henley... And what a guitar player.. Clean, superior work. For me he's in on line with Knopfler and Clapton..
Felder
You are delusional if you think he was always gentle, friendly, nicest guy, etc...
Do you think they fired him for being such a nice guy????
@@frandanco6289 And you're obviously a naive idiot with too much time. No problem always being friendly, gentle and etc and still being fired by 2 egocentric, jealous Kontroletti assholes.
felder was the heart of the eagles ....not henley or frey.
Not quite
+rubicon1983
Maybe not the heart but they had their most success with him, FREY knew they needed a Don Felder, that's what they were missing!
No no no no no not even close
Not the heart of the Eagles but maybe the member with the MOST HEART!
That band was all heart, Henley and Frey were both great voices and great songwriters. Randy Meisner, solid bass playing and the ability to play and sing as high as he did. Bernie Leadon was a fantastic multi instrumentalist. Then there’s Joe Walsh- he could play drunk and wired at the same time and still nail it night after night. Timothy B. was possibly the only man in the world who could not only fill Meisner’s shoes, but pick up where Randy left off.
Don Felder was as good as any of them, serious competition for Joe, but his forte was writing hooks. When you think of The Eagles, what’s the first song that comes to mind? Bet it’s not “One Of These Nights”. Felder came up with the basic melody and the chord progression (ETA- of “Hotel California”). That’s about 75% of the song.
Felder is great.