Don Felder is renowned as a former lead guitarist of The Eagles, one of the most popular and influential rock groups of our time. Felder, a true American rock and roll guitar hero, is very much looking forward to building upon his rich legacy as one of the most innovative riff-generating songwriters of the modern rock era while continuing his growth as a featured touring and recording solo artist. This time around, Don felt he wanted to share the fretboard wealth and cut heads with as many of his peers on ARnR as he could gather. I wanted to have people come in and light it up. My goal was to play with them and have a good time.

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Only two members of the Eagles had enjoyed longer tenures in the band when Don Felder was fired on Feb. They were the only two who mattered. In fact, a flurry of subsequent lawsuits laid bare the hard-eyed power structure of a group that rose to fame espousing the virtue of peaceful, easy feelings. Even when they began inviting former members back for the History of the Eagles tour in , Felder was pointedly left out. His presence in that history, between and again from , proved to be a fulcrum for their superstardom. Despite the ugly end, Felder played an important role in helping the Eagles transition from the countrified sounds of the Leadon-Meisner years toward the more rock-oriented era with Joe Walsh. The trouble started when Felder began to question Frey's and Henley's role as band leaders — specifically how they split the Eagles' financial pie.
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Donald William Felder born September 21, is an American rock musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his work as a lead guitarist of the Eagles from until his termination from the band in Felder was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Don Felder was born in Gainesville, Florida , on September 21, He was raised in a Southern Baptist family. He acquired his first guitar when he was about ten years old, which he has stated he exchanged with a friend at the five-and-dime for a handful of cherry bombs. At the age of fifteen he started his first band, the Continentals.
With all of the sniping that's characterized their relationship since Don Felder 's ugly split with the Eagles , it can be difficult to draw a bead on what made his partnership with Don Henley , Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh so special. Still, long before the press conference insults and the tell-all books, there was a musical confluence that helped propel the Eagles into a hard-edged new sound into the late-'70s. He was a member of the band from until the band's initial breakup in , and then again from their unlikely reunion in until