Don Felder and Sammy Hagar's Incredible Rendition of "Hotel California" | Rock & Roll Road Trip 

although I think in a way getting kicked out saved his life

Joe walsh

He really is. He’s a maniac of a player

They called him Fingers Felder for a reason

and very diverse....country...rock...acoustic...Spanish....bluegrass....mandolin....slide....

Agreed! He belongs back in the Eagles!!!

His singing is quite another story. Painful to listen to.

totally agree

Up there with David Gilmour's solo on comfortably numb..

Definitely need Joe Walsh however. "Dueling guitars".

THE greatest!

perfect....great

I saw the Eagles live & really thought they sounded 10X better live, Felder & Walsh dueling & just killing it! It's a shame that the Eagles opinion to not let Don sing was a bad mistake

I really love the higher gain version he does here. And Hagar kills it too. Just a tiny, tiny bit of his stamp on the vocals.... perfect.

@@gearmeisterYou gotta be f/g kidding every time he opens his mouth its like a strangled cat!.. The best thing they ever did.. He’s an absolute killer guitarist though!

Don Felder is an amazing guitarists.

It’s was a shame that he was fired before the start of the Farewell 1 Tour

I agree. I hold a grudge against them too. Don Henley and Glen, that is. I disliked how Randy Meisner was treated as well. Loved their music tho.

Greed is what killed Eagles, greed on the part of Frey n Henley. I ve always prayed that Felder would somehow be back in the band, that's my greatest wish. Fender is my favorite Eagles.

​@@lindamahoney3896 Henley is a legend in his own egotistical mind.

Glenn was hard to get along with.

@@MAGAPARTY Drugs will do that to you.

and all joes solos too....

Well Stuart Smith nails all of Felders solos too.

@@theelf152 who's steve smith

@@jerryradice4938 Oh Sorry !! thats “Stuart Smith”..Guitarist.

I love a guitar player who can play a different solo every time and still make it definitive.

He should be! Consider the level of talent his following up!

So is everybody here.

I was ready for Sammy to 🪨 🎸 his Red Strat!

Yes, Felder and Walsh were the perfect lineup

Don and Joe made each other better, they were perfect together!

Did you know Walsh is better guitarist than Don

​@@ViceVersa609Walsh is more of a showman and harder rock ut felder is technically more superior then joe is.

Yeah Felder could sit in with almost anyone other than speed down tuned death metal, maybe . .and even then, you never know . .flamenco stuff Joe would have to take a few hours with first. .

My understanding is that when Don and Joe were rehearsing Frey walked past and said "what are you doing?", Don said Hotel California. Frey said, no no no, play it like the tape and that's what was recorded.

Id say one of the best written for a particular section. It just serves those sections well.

Absolutely man!!!!!

​@@Badmansbandthat is true. But felder had forgotten what he originally ally played and had to phone home to get his maid or wife(1 in the same I guess) to find the original tape and play it over the phone so he could copy it again

are you include in your statement his voice as a singer also???

Magic that is once in a lifetime created but easily dublicated 👍

Ummm I'm sure Don is great however he did not write "the" song, he wrote Guitar riffs and licks and Don Henley helped with Lyrics and Glen Frey had a big hand in it as well.

@Dobermanator note that I said "music" and not lyrics. Don Henley and Glenn Frey definitely contributed to Hotel California, but it's just that it's in their DNA to take credit for everything concerning "Eagles" even though if it weren't for Felder and Walsh bringing a rock vibe to the Eagles music, "Hotel California" would have never been written.

@@sonnyadams7894 clearly,you are not a musician,If you are you have never co-written a good song with another person..Felder created the opening chords on a cassette.he didn’t go any further.he didn’t even have the final rhythm.Joe Walsh gave it the faux reggae feel. The ultimate arrangement was a function of Frey and Henley. Run smack about those two all you want,but they are the magicians that repeatedly turned 3 or 4 chords into hit songs.They stacked the trademark Eagles vocals and they wrote the great lyrics. Felder is a great player but he’s a junior varsity writer/arranger compared to Don and Glenn.It’s amazing how this band’s own fans turned on the two guys who made multi-platinum records a given for Eagles. What a bunch of dopes.

Yes, Don and Glen were (are) great, but didn’t they go on and on about it

Being in the Eagles was a double edged sword for a guy like Don Felder. While he got to be part of timeless albums, songs and performances, he also was overshadowed by larger than life ego's, talents, and personalities of Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Joe Walsh. With that much charisma and talent on the stage it was just too easy to take his masterful soloing, riffing and even songwriting for granted.

@@chidoquest8759 Who underrates Don Felder ? Most people know that "Hotel California" came from his guitar lick and they know how big a role he played in the band's sound. He can't write like Henley. Frey or Walsh, but he is clearly a major contributor to every song he plays on.Stop feeling sorry for the guy. He's doing fine.

@@derhandtrommler Never said I felt sorry for the guy, just that his talents were overshadowed in a group with a ton of talent, and for what it's worth, the casual fan doesn't know that he wrote songs like Hotel California

You're delusional, ask the average person and they have no clue who wrote the songs. They'll assume Don Henley and Glenn Frey did everything. Again I don't feel sorry for the guy, just pointing out the truth.

​@chidoquest8759 I 100% agree. I'm a Nashville guitarist that slso built for Gibson. Don was absolutely, and unjustifiably overshadowed by Frey/Henley, even though he was arguably the most talented. Most non-musicphiles don't know his ,or Schmits names.

I only listened to the Eagles because Don was playing guitar.

Yeah but he don't need them! The eagles sucit now.

Great footage! One of the best songs ever!!! Don and Sammy sound fantastic!!!

The Eagles are nothing without the late Glenn Fry.

no they don't.

And they are both same age 75, which is crazy.

Sammy would drink a beer with anyone, very down to earth guy , unlike most of the dickheads most these guys played with....Frey, Henley, Roth, Van Halen...even Ronnie Montrose...people with big egos who take themselves too seriously kind of suck.....

Did you purposely leave out the fact that he can’t sing a lick…..? What song did he write “the words” to??

@@epaul1967 heavy metal would be one…

Interesting that both Felder and Hagar have songs about Heavy Metal…🤔

@@epaul1967 Can you spell j-e-r-k?

Felder is an awesome guitarist but he sounds like a strangled cat..No wonder they never let him open his mouth..WTF is wrong with so many fans: He’s not a writer, he’s not a singer.. FFS !

Doesn’t mean he’s a raging alcoholic. He is a great businessman, singer and guitar player. His Cabo Wabo Reposado Tequila is very successful.

Sam is definitely an alcoholic. So, " not so clean-living". Still looks decent though in his seventies....

​@@HornDude59I've seen Sammy perform live a few times. He's either an alcoholic, or does a great job faking it. Either way, his talent is off the charts.

I was in the Navy.

Amen!!! I AGREE 💯

Caught him with Styyx and foreigner several years back as well. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole evening.

Credence, Seger, Spring-stein, Chicago, GRANDFUNK,...

don is not at all underrated at all,must be just you thinking that!!!

Yeah a great team ❤

Yes, they truly did just jell and jive together when they were playing guitar...like they were mind-reading musical twins.

it was fun to watch them skipping across stage on lifes been good to me

I was skeptical of his book at first, but he won me over. I always loved his guitar playing.

May 22, 1977, front upper deck in the Cap Center, Landover, Maryland. Opening act, Linda Ronstadt. Also, the best band I ever heard, and I've heard many in my loong life. [Still watch the concert on RU-vid about twice a year].

You must not be the QB for the L.A. Chargers - I doubt he was even born yet in 1994!

He is a great player but a god he isn't. Jesus is, Jesus is who gave Don is talent and skill for playing guitar.

Why fire a guy like that?

I like Henley singing it also. I think Henley is great at everything he does, except be nice. I really like his work, but he seems to be a prick.

@@Comet-hn3gm true, but the man is insanely talented.

Henley is among very few of the best singer songwriters history will ever record. He is the reason they/ he was so successful. - they all are obviously but you can see he is behind most of the lyrics and his unique style of vocal is the reason their songs will never be forgotten- absolute genius!!!.

@@rubicon-oh9km talented, yes. Egotistical and up himself, definitely.

Amazing Vocals…..???? Are you freaking deaf……? He’s a straight up wizard of a player, but can’t sing a LICK.

Absolute garbage. He is a great guitarist lets just leave it at that..

In the 1960's... all of the musicians and hippies moving to California. "such a lovely place"

His stories alone are worth price of admission..

I think you're selling him short . . . I'm saying top 3!!

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I did as well. The Oakland Alameda Arena AND Roy Orbison opened for them! Just an amazing show.

Absolute garbage. He can’t sing for shit😂😂😂😂😂. Henley is the most talented by far. Epic vocalist, epic song writer, plays drums and a little guitar while he singing like noone can.. thats why he’s more successful as a solo artist than ALL of them combines!

Hilarious!!!!! Most talented?????? Wow......

That’s very true !

Rumor is Frey’s final words to Henley were “whatever you do don’t let that fucker back in the band”!!

That and the fact that Felder is gone now

@@philmeadows874 gone where??

@@qproridr well, I thought he was dead but I’m wrong . I apologize. Fell victim of an online hoax

Or Sammy .Sam ,Don and any of Sammy's friends would do just fine .

Will never happen.

What are u smoking? Awful vocals, bothe if these guys, cant hit the notes. GOLDEN THROAT, song Was made for his vocals