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The Eagles wrote the soundtrack to the Seventies and Eighties - and
even now their albums top the charts. But backstage, there were no
peaceful, easy feelings... 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: 1971-1975
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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