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The Eagles\u2019 \u201cLong Goodbye\u201d tour continues as the veteran rock band continues its run at the Sphere in Las Vegas. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s not an inexpensive ticket. But another way to experience\u00a0Eagles hits for a reasonable price is to catch Don Felder. The former Eagle guitarist, is delivering a number of familiar hits.<\/p>\n
Unlike his ex-bandmates, Felder is also creating fresh material.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Felder\u2019s \u201cThe Vault: 50 Years of Music\u201d dropped in 2025. Felder\u2019s fourth solo album is filled with newly recorded tunes originally demoed over the last five decades. The cuts span from 1974\u2019s \u201cMove On\u201d to \u201cI Like the Things You Do,\u201d which was crafted in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Felder\u2019s Toto pals, guitarist Steve Lukather, keyboardists David Paich and Greg Phillinganes and vocalist Joe Williams are among the luminaries who helped create \u201cThe Vault.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Felder, 78, is still compelled to make new music. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019re a musician you don\u2019t stop writing or recording,\u201d he said while calling from his Beverly Hills home. \u201cI still want to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not easy squeezing in new songs such as \u201cFree at Last,\u201d\u00a0when Felder puts together a set list. The tune, which was inspired by meditation and mortality, is a catchy gem.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt some point we\u2019ll all be free of the physical and emotional scars from this life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
There are plenty of new Felder tunes but the guitar hero primarily opts for Eagles classics.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have fun with those songs,\u201d he said. \u201cToward the end of the show, the last five or six songs, everyone is on their feet when I\u2019m playing songs like \u2018Heartache Tonight,\u2019 \u2018Life in the Fast Lane\u2019 and \u2018Hotel California.\u2019 Wherever I play it\u2019s the same reaction. The place will just be rocking by the end of the show.\u201d<\/p>\n
Felder, who will open for The Guess Who on Saturday at the Hard Rock, enabled the Eagles to morph from a middle of the road country-rock act to a group with muscle. His guitar prowess is all over many of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer\u2019s\u00a0greatest hits, such as \u201cOne of These Nights\u201d and \u201cTake It Easy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Eagles catapulted to rock\u2019s upper echelon after Felder was joined by his friend Joe Walsh in 1975 for a twin-guitar attack, which is part of the reason that the song \u201cHotel California\u201d is one of the most popular rock tracks of all time.<\/p>\n
\u201cJoe and I played together in Joe Walsh and Friends so we already had chemistry before he came to the Eagles,\u201d he said. \u201cWe would play the guitar parts for \u2018Hotel California\u2019 bar for bar. We were very comfortable playing with each other. We just knew when to play and when not to play. We had no problem alternating between being the support character and the lead character.\u201d<\/p>\n
Felder and Walsh put aside ego in order to create some of the finest guitar melodies and harmonies, while in a band that always had a reputation for being comprised of temperamental\u00a0divas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Felder had an acrimonious split with the Eagles. <\/p>\n
After his departure from the group in 2001, Felder filed two lawsuits alleging wrongful termination, breach of implied-in-fact contract and breach of fiduciary duty. The case was settled out of court in 2007. Since then Felder published his entertaining and revealing biography, \u201cHeaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles,\u201d which hit shelves in 2007.<\/p>\n
Despite the well chronicled issues, could Felder and the surviving members of the band ever overcome differences and reunite?<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll never say never,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In the meantime Felder is focusing on his songs and touring. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very excited about where I\u2019m at now,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a wild ride for Felder, who is marking his half-century in music with \u201cThe Vault.\u201d However, it goes back further for Felder, who grew up in Gainesville. <\/p>\n
While coming of age in Florida, Felder joined a band with Stephen Stills, learned to play the slide guitar from Duane Allman and gave Tom Petty music lessons.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been an incredible career,\u201d Felder said. \u201cThe great thing is that it\u2019s still going on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham will perform Sunday at Ocean. <\/p>\n
Dunham will push the envelope with his caustic and unpredictable dummies such as the curmudgeonly Walter, Achmed the Dead Terrorist and Jose Jalapeno on a Stick.<\/p>\n
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