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My story, is how a kid that's born into really destitute poverty on a little dirt road in Florida winds up in one of the largest bands in history. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
I would say 'Bye Bye Love' is one of my favorite influential songs to this day, and ironically, they were so in sync with their harmonies that they sounded like one person. That approach to hearing and formulating harmonies stuck in my head, so when I joined the Eagles, my ear was trained to be able to hear a vocal that way. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
Shortly after I moved to Los Angeles, I was looking for work, and I happened to be invited to Ray's studio and sat in and played on a couple of his demos. I didn't charge him a dime for it. I was on cloud nine to be working in the same room as Ray Charles, one of my huge idols. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
Early on, one of my favorites was Ray Charles. I remember hearing 'I Can't Stop Loving You' in the early '60s and thinking, 'What an unbelievably soulful voice.' In those days, the Deep South was extremely segregated. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
There were about 400 heads of state from countries all over the world. I walked out and played 'Hotel California,' and everybody in the place gave me a standing ovation, and half of those countries don't even speak English. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
I think Don Henley is a brilliant contemporary rock writer. He would have been a fabulous poet if he weren't a musician. He was a literary major, and not only that - he's gifted with a brilliant voice. To me, Don could sing the New York City Yellow Pages and I'd buy it. I just love the sound of his voice. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
Within a twelve or fourteen month period, I went through a divorce from my wife of 29 years, which is devastating emotionally and earthshaking as far as your whole world being turned upside-down. And within that same twelve month period, I left the Eagles. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
For every album we worked on, I brought in reels of tape of somewhere between fourteen and eighteen songs - some of them completed, with lyrics and melodies, some of them basic tracks. Things came out of those products. Like, for 'Hotel California', I think I had a reel with sixteen songs on it. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
I never challenged control of the band. Basically, all I did was start asking questions. There's an old adage in Hollywood amongst managers: 'Pay your acts enough money that they don't ask questions.' And I started asking questions. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
When the band first formed, everybody had been sidemen. So they said, 'In this band there are no sidemen,' and when I joined the band, it was still the same. There were some power struggles emerging, because Henley and Frey had sung all the hits at that point. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
When you got on the private plane, you had your own private lounge where you could close the door. So there wasn't a lot of friendly conversation; we were in incubators by ourselves. That just bred a void - avoid each other, and avoid the issues. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
I especially enjoyed some of the old hairstyles, with my hair down to my shoulders and a beard. And Henley's nickname used to be 'Furry Basketball' because he had that fro. It was fun to just look at what was going on in that era and how we presented ourselves on stage. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
Being in a band with three guitar players, one thing you need to do is learn to make each guitar voice sound separate and identifiable. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
Tom Petty was one of my guitar students; I knew Duane, and Stephen and I had a band. When he left, Bernie Leadon moved to Gainesville. His father was a nuclear physicist who was sent to the University of Florida to start their nuclear research facility, so he and I became friends. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
Don't forget, Stephen Stills and I had a band in Gainesville called the Continentals when we were 15. And, of course, you had Lynyrd Skynyrd in Jacksonville. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
One of the songs we recorded for 'The Long Run' was called 'You're Really High, Aren't You?' Which never really made it onto a record, but later on, it became 'Heavy Metal.' I took that track that wasn't used, and when I was invited to write a song for that movie, I took that track and recorded that song for that movie. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
I was constantly in the studio at my home writing ideas that would later become 'Hotel California' or 'Victim of Love. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
If I had a pull on 'One of These Nights,' on the first high note on 'One of These Nights,' that was just a tiny hair flat or something, I could just feel Henley's eyes scouring into the back of my head. No mistakes were allowed, and it really kept the quality at a high level. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
That last record I did, I think I played every guitar on the entire record. I want to do something more fun and exciting. Don Felder	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
Got a whiskey cured guitar and no place is too far Gordon Lightfoot	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
If you see me smile don't think I'm acting strange I got my just reward for all my pains Gordon Lightfoot	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
All the lovely ladies in their finery tonight I wish that I could know them one by one Gordon Lightfoot	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
It seems the songs we're singing Are all about tomorrow Tunes of promises you can't keep Tim Hardin	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago
You look to me like misty roses Too soft to touch But too lovely to leave alone Tim Hardin	added by RobertHaigh 4 years ago

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