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Miscellaneous Press Mentions / Publications / Don Felder:

1983 L.A. Times Interview - Don is interviewed shortly after the release of his solo album "Airborne"

1979 Time Magazine Article - Time reviews the Eagles' album The Long Run

Time Magazine Archives - a 1975 portrait of the Eagles coinciding with the success of their album "One of These Nights" The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-75 album named bestselling of the 20th century as reported by CNN.com

Excerpt from "Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essentials of Rock's Greatest Guitarists" (1997) which references Don can be found at Google Books. If not already registered you can do it for free at google and read the excerpt

2006 Gainesville Sun Article - a portrait of the unique contribution to music history made by talent coming of age during the 1960's and early 70's in Gainesville, Florida

If you haven't already, check out the Guitar Center Foundation and Don's Testimonial along with a lot of other good stuff

The Palm Beach Post published an interesting article shortly after Tom Petty's visit back to his (and Don's) hometown in August 2006. It describes Gainesville's rock and roll roots and features a slide show. See if you can spot Don in the vintage photos.

The Arizona Republic from 12/13/06 just prior to Don's appearing with Stephen Stills at the Alice Cooper Christmas Pudding event

The IMDB page with information about FTV, a little-known television comedy series Don hosted in the mid 80's which spoofed music videos

Check out this celluloid blast from past and experience pure 80's nostalgia like it was just yesterday in Don's music video Bad Girls from 1983 courtesy of YouTube. Don's apparently a pretty athletic guy.

You can view a video clip of Don recalling how he joined the Eagles via AOL Video which will link you to the Biography Channel. Even back then he crossed paths with an amazing cast of characters in the music business.

The nypost.com's Page Six article clears up some of the confusion surrounding the postponement of Don's book.

The Times Online published this article with excerpts from Don's autobiography Heaven and Hell shortly before its release in the U.K.

Don the Cable Guy recalling a slight problem during the making of Hotel California

Here are some random links contributed by felderfans:



Don't know anything about the original film Heavy Metal and Don's involvement? Then go here.

The pool scene from Caddyshack.

More Caddyshack trivia

Compact Eagles History - this is the best short objective history of the band we've seen which focuses on their recordings and awards, even if it is part of a commercial site. This site also catalogs memorable television shows, movies and music.

Stories Behind the Song: Hotel California summarizes the birth of the Eagles' most famous track

joewalsh.com

Bernie Leadon Official Site

Check out Joe Vitale's Official Site

The Outlaws Official Site - created in 2005 for the 30th anniversary tour. The guys are also doing a "31st" and touring in 2006.

Outlaws Tribute Page - nice "unofficial" page about the Outlaws with profiles of each band member

Laurel and Hardy Official Website

Gibson Guitars

Tab Crawler - 100,000 + Tabs

Felderblog's Favorite Web Radio

Online Virtual Guitar

Henry Paul Official Site - real nice personal site from Henry Paul, the "folk" touch behind the Outlaws. Features detailed story of the birth of the band and how they came to fame. Don't miss the section detailing how each of his songs came to be.

Check out one of our favorite podcasts Florida Rocks Again on GaragePunk.com. It's a massive collection of material from bands out of the sunshine state primarily in the 60's, among them the Maundy Quintet (an earlier band of Don's). Every playlist here is worth listening to in it's entirety. If you don't believe us, go listen for yourself.

Another great source of info about Florida bands of the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's can be found at the Limestone Lounge Forum.

Support National Public Radio by tuning in to WXPN which features several distinctive radio streams, featured artists, public service programs and much, much more. Situated in Pennsylvania but internationally relevant.

"Terminal Velocity" is dedicated to Miss B's professional microcosm

Rock on the Net supplies news, lists and trivia from the past 25 years

Earl Klugh Official Site

Guitar Player Tv hosted by Larry Carlton

Big Dume - the band out of Malibu, CA

Bruce Greenwood

www.debearplus.com Felder/Leadon/Meisner tribute page

Nice California Music site in French

Hittin' the Web with perhaps the greatest jam band ever

Clemens Wenners