Don will appear together with ZZ Top
at the Catfish Extravaganza sponsored by the Lions of Greenville, WI on Saturday, August 6 at Lion’s Park.

Should be a rip-roarin’ good time. Doors open at 5:00 pm and it’s general admission. Get tickets online at Ticket Star.

Over the past several weeks, we’ve been watching the organizers of the nation’s largest music festival, Summerfest, reveal their lineup with classic press releases or by throwing announcement parties in and around Milwaukee. Yesterday they officially made public the headliners planned for the Potawatami Bingo Stage and Pavilion. Don will appear with his band there on July 3 at 10 p.m.

Among the other entertainment announced for the Bingo Stage include Max Weinberg, Taj Mahal, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Wanda Jackson, The Spinners, De La Soul and Todd Rundgren.

Many of music’s biggest names are set for this year’s Summerfest (June 29 to July 10). Check out the extensive official site for all of the lineup details. Daily admission and entertainment access info here.

Don will once again be the guest on Uncle Joe Benson’s syndicated radio program OFF THE RECORD coming up this Sunday, according to Uncle Joe’s latest Twitter.

Since Off the Record is broadcast independently by radio stations in the U.S. and Canada, exact program times and stations which provide internet streaming vary. Consult the OTR website for a suitable station. Our experience outside the U.S. has shown that you should test a couple of stations well in advance or else you might miss the show.

EAGLES: THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-75

No 1970′s record collection is complete without it. The record-breaking compilation Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-75 turns 35 today.

Certified 29-times-platinium in the U.S. (meaning 29 million copies shipped to retailers – a feat equalled only by Michael Jackson’s Thriller) the disc is estimated to have sold some 42 million copies worldwide. Four of the album’s five number one Billboard Hot 100 Singles were recorded during Don’s tenure as guitarist, with One of These Nights reaching #1 in August 1975 and Lyin Eyes receiving a Grammy award for Best Pop Group Performance in 1976.

Actually, one could call the success a fluke. The record’s release was only meant to kill time in order for the band to finish work on Hotel California.

What we call it is return on investment!

Don stopped by the Gibson booth yesterday at the NAMM show in Anaheim. Who can blame him for not resisting the custom shop Don Felder “Hotel California” ’59 Les Paul?

Earlier in the week, Jackson Browne was on hand to assist Gibson in unveiling their new Jackson Browne signature acoustic.

The NAMM show continues this weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Photo: Harmony Central via Flickr