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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 782.42166092 EAN: 9780470289068 ISBN: 0470289066 Label: Wiley Manufacturer: Wiley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: April 21, 2008 Publisher: Wiley Studio: Wiley Editorial Review: Product Description: The Eagles are the bestselling, and arguably the tightest-lipped, American group ever. Now band member and guitarist Don Felder finally breaks the Eagles’ years of public silence to take fans behind the scenes. He shares every part of the band’s wild ride, from the pressure-packed recording studios and trashed hotel rooms to the tension-filled courtrooms, and from the joy of writing powerful new songs to the magic of performing in huge arenas packed with roaring fans. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - "I can't complain, but sometimes I still do."Yeah, I know it's a Joe Walsh line, but it fits this book perfectly. After joining the Eagles, it doesn't take long for Felder to start realizing (real or imagined) that he's getting the shaft from Messrs. Frey and Henley. Apparently the royalties from "Hotel California" and other tunes are enough to pacify him for a while, however. Finally, when he stands up to them, they do the expected and fire him. It's interesting how the other two "sidemen" (Walsh and Schmidt) don't ... Read More Rating:  - Very revealing read, and very fairDon Felder's story is revealing yet fair. One can detect joy, sadness, chagrin in his look back at his life with the Eagles, but almost no animosity at all. It is an effort in a meditative manner, telling things the way he saw it, with no attempt at excuses - even for his own mistakes. Being a non-confrontative and meek person, you can easily say that it was his own fault for allowing the abuse by the Gods (*snigger*, sorry; can never refer to that silly title without sniggering). Yet, ... Read More Rating: - Heaven and Hell:My Life in the Eagles(1974-2001)Great book.A must read for every Eagles fan.The inside "dope" on America's number one band. Rating: - Hotel ParanoiaDon Henley once said there are three sides to every story: yours, mine, and the cold hard truth. What Don Felder provides in this book is the "yours." The book is at times a touching rags-to-riches story of a small town boy who makes it big. It's also a poison pen dagger aimed directly at Don Henley and Glenn Frey, who he holds responsible for seemingly everything that went wrong in his life. Felder, by his own account, seems to live a miserable existence no matter how much success ... Read More Rating: - Great writing with a fun lookback storyThis is a great well-written book. I am a writer and I find it rare to read a book this engaging and entertaining. Felder adds enormous feeling to the story so you get to experience the joy and pains of his emotions and the heady triumphs of life in one of America's top groups of all time. If you were around in the 70's you will treasure reading how he created Hotel California and performed it for countless adoring fans. |
