Don Felder was just a poor boy from Florida, but when
he joined the Eagles he soared into the stratosphere.
Alongside former bandmates Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy
Meisner, and Felder's childhood friend Bernie Leadon, he
sold tens of millions of records (Eagles: Their Greatest
Hits: 1[zasłonięte]971-19 is the bestselling album of all time),
performed before countless adoring fans, and co-wrote
the renowned hit 'Hotel California'. His guitar-playing
ability lifted the band from mere popularity to iconic
status. And now Don Felder finally breaks the Eagles'
decades of public silence to take fans behind the scenes
- where drugs, greed and endless acrimony threatened to
tear the band apart almost daily. ''Maybe there was too
much talent. Maybe the personalities clashed with the
egos. Whatever the reason, there were always these
explosive arguments going on while I sat silently in a
corner. I never expected it to survive. Never once did I
feel, 'Hey, I got it made. This thing's gonna last for
years.''' Felder was wrong about that, but he was also
right: the band split up in 1980, only to reunite for
1994's mega-selling 'Hell Freezes Over' album and
tour.But tempers continued to flare, and in 2001, after
27 contentious years as an Eagle, Felder was summarily
fired by the 'board of directors': Frey and Henley.
Lawsuits and counter-suits followed. In 'Heaven and
Hell', Felder takes us inside the pressurised recording
studios, the trashed hotel rooms and the tension-filled
courtrooms, where he, Frey, and Henley had their
ultimate confrontation. |
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