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Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder performs on stage during Alice Cooper's 23rd Annual Christmas Pudding charity concert at Celebrity Theatre on November 15, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona
Don Felder says playing the Hotel California solo note-for-note is his “obligation” to Eagles fans

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist doesn’t take the task of playing the iconic solo lightly

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Don Felder and Joe Walsh onstage with the Eagles.
The classic (and unlikely) gear behind the Eagles’ Hotel California

By Bill DeMain Published

What Joe Walsh and Don Felder needed was Les Pauls and Teles, and lots of them – and Felder in particular made use of a Texan horse trader who also stocked some thoroughbred guitars

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Don Felder takes a ripping solo on a Gibson Les Paul Standard
Don Felder on slide lessons from Duane Allman, vintage guitars and why he has no retirement plans

By Andrew Daly Published

A little dehydration aside, there is nothing stopping the former Eagles man. Here he discusses his epic guitar collection and his new compilation, The Vault 1975-2025: Fifty Years of Music

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The Eagles perform live in 1977 (L-R): Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Don Felder and Joe Walsh
The making of the Eagles’ 1976 masterpiece Hotel California

By Bill DeMain Published

How the Eagles harnessed their cresting creative powers – and resisted their appetite for destruction – to create one of rock’s all-time classics

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Don Felder of the Eagles performing live in the 1970s
Don Felder names the most important guitar in his 300-strong collection

By Phil Weller Published

Every guitar is painstakingly ordered in his vault, but there's one he finds himself grabbing more than most

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The Eagles perform on stage in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1975. (L-R) Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Bernie Leadon
When the Eagles’ founding guitarist knew it was time to leave

By Matt Owen Published

Bernie Leadon left the band amid a changing lineup and creative differences

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John Mayer and Steve Vai lead guitarists’ tributes to Bob Weir

By Phil Weller Published

His 60-year career, and the “mystical” man behind the music, have been remembered by a score of guitar greats

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Don Felder performs on stage with a Gibson Les Paul during the 'United We Rock Tour 2017' at White River Amphitheatre
Don Felder on medical emergencies, the secret to writing Eagles songs and his million dollar ’Burst

By Andrew Daly Last updated

With The Vault – Fifty Years Of Music, the ex-Eagles guitarist marks a career milestone by bringing lost demos to life and re-recording the classic Heavy Metal. And he isn't stopping any time soon

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Photo of EAGLES and Don FELDER and Joe WALSH; L-R Don Felder and Joe Walsh performing on stage
The song that started life as an Eagles track – but ended up as the theme song for an animated film

By Matt Owen Published

Plans for a Hotel California sequel were in motion, but the track wouldn’t emerge from the Eagles archive until a few years later

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Don Felder plays a white double-neck onstage with the Eagles in 1979
Don Felder on the making of the Eagles’ The Long Run

By Andrew Daly Published

Just how does a band follow an album like Hotel California? With great difficulty, is the answer. Don Felder looks back at an triumph from a band that was coming apart at the seams

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