The Don Felder Site

Don’t know whether is was the fertile soil which ended up in the pots of the marijuana plants or the natural “Rocky Mountain High” at 5000 feet above sea level, but something in Boulder, Colorado in the early 70′s spawned successful recording artists like no other spot on the planet. Everybody hung out there, from the likes of Chicago and Elton John to Stephen Stills and Joe Walsh.

In between all of this “artistry”, guitarist Jock Bartley, along with ex-Flying Burrito Brother Rick Roberts, tested the waters with Firefall
in the local club scene, and before they knew it, they had a record deal. You remember them. A staple on the Adult Contemporary charts, the band scored twelve Top 50 hits between 1976 and 1983. I wore out several C-60 magnetic cassette tapes constantly listening to “You are the Woman,” “Just Remember I Love You” and “Strange Way” on my Panasonic portable.

Don’s in Williamsburg, VA for tonight’s James River Jam fundraiser. He was caught rehearsing together with JD Souther, with whom it’s noted he’ll close the show doing Heartache Tonight, the Grammy-winning Eagles tune Souther helped co-write.

Don and JD’s association goes back a long way, which of course, brings us to another Felder trivia question:

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Albertans, mark your calendars: Don is scheduled to appear at the Red Deer College Arts Centre in Red Deer, AB on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012.

We’ll update the tour page with info once details are available.

Tickets for Don’s February 2012 shows at the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls go on sale to the general public this Friday, November 11, well in time for some early Christmas shopping.

Performances are on February 9th, 10th and 11th and seats start at CAD 33.00. Get ‘em via Ticketmaster.

Entertaining interview via Mr. Media with Ben Fong-Torres, author of a new book entitled Eagles: Taking It to the Limit, published earlier this month to coincide with the Eagles’ upcoming 40th anniversary.