Rate Felder's Top Ten Eagles Tracks.

[travlnman2]

Well since Bernie and Randy have one Felder should get one too.

1.Hotel California
2.Already Gone
3.One Of These Nights
4.Victim Of Love
5.Get Over It
6.Those Shoes
7.Good Day In Hell
8.Hotel California HFO version
9.Disco Strangler
10.I can't tell you why(Live Version as Glenn was the master behind the orignal solo)

[Funk 50]

UCR have compiled such a list travlnman2 ;
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/don-felder-eagles-songs/


I suppose even Felder himself wouldn't include Visions.
It would be interesting to hear Don compile a list of 10 tracks that define him. He rarely ventures further than Hotel California and Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) when talking about his archive.

Top 10 Eagles Contributions;

01 Hotel California
02 Victim Of Love
03 One Of These Nights
04 Sad Cafe
05 Teenage Jail
06 New Kid In Town
07 Your Bright Baby Blues (Eagles Live 1974 backing up Jackson Browne)
08 Those Shoes
09 The Last Resort
10 Wasted Time


Top 10 non Eagles Contributions ;

01 Rivers Of The Hidden Funk (J Walsh)
02 The Highwayman (S Nicks)
03 Never Surrender (Airborne Album)
04 Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) (Heavy Metal Soundtrack)
05 Still Alive (Airborne Album)
06 Who Tonight (Airborne Album)
07 Man Gonna Love You (J Vitale)
08 Second Hand Store (J Walsh)
09 Meadows (J Walsh Live 1975)
10 tie -- Asphalt Jungle / Haywire (Airborne Album)

I've not heard Don's, Streisand/Gibb tracks and I really don't like Return To Forever

[WalshFan88]

Hotel California
One Of These Nights
Already Gone
Victim Of Love
New Kid In Town
Good Day In Hell
Those Shoes
Get Over It
After The Thrill Is Gone
James Dean

[UndertheWire]

I don't think Felder played on James Dean, unless you're thinking of a live version.

[WalshFan88]

I don't think Felder played on James Dean, unless you're thinking of a live version.

The licks he plays in the intro live version in '74 sure sound like the record to me but it was probably Glenn. Bernie isn't much of a rock solo guy and that isn't his sound. It was probably Glenn's licks. But yes, the live versions are what I'm referring to (like DKRC). But I'd bet dollars to donuts that that vibrato'ed bent string lick that builds up in the beginning after the chords is Glenn, and not Bernie. That's not Bernie's style. When it was just Glenn and Bernie on guitar, Glenn played all of the rock licks (like on Witchy Woman).

[Scarlet Sun]

The licks he plays in the intro live version in '74 sure sound like the record to me but it was probably Glenn. Bernie isn't much of a rock solo guy and that isn't his sound. It was probably Glenn's licks. But yes, the live versions are what I'm referring to (like DKRC). But I'd bet dollars to donuts that that vibrato'ed bent string lick that builds up in the beginning after the chords is Glenn, and not Bernie. That's not Bernie's style. When it was just Glenn and Bernie on guitar, Glenn played all of the rock licks (like on Witchy Woman).

Perhaps, but Bernie's credited for "solo guitars" on "James Dean" on On The Border. He also played the solo for "Outlaw Man."

1. VOL (unreleased version)
2. OOTN
3. AITTIG
4. Already Gone
5. The Long Run
6. Good Day In Hell
7. HC
8. Visions
9. Those Shoes
10. HC (HOF)

[chaim]

Bernie's solo credit on James Dean refers to the actual solo IMO (which is obviously Bernie). I wasn't there so I can't be 100% certain, but I'd say there's no way it's Bernie playing that lead part during the intro.

Rhythmically the "fast" lick in the intro is the same as the beginning of Glenn's solo on Tryin'. In terms of playing technique it's the same lick upside down. But it's a very common lick, so that doesn't prove anything...

[WalshFan88]

Bernie's solo credit on James Dean refers to the actual solo IMO (which is obviously Bernie). I wasn't there so I can't be 100% certain, but I'd say there's no way it's Bernie playing that lead part during the intro.

Rhythmically the "fast" lick in the intro is the same as the beginning of Glenn's solo on Tryin'. In terms of playing technique it's the same lick upside down. But it's a very common lick, so that doesn't prove anything...

Agreed, chaim.

[UndertheWire]

As I'm not good at comparing guitar licks, I'd welcome the opinions of those who know more about the subject. How different is Felder's Good Day in Hell from the one played live* before he joined the band? Obviously, the slide guitar is clearer and louder in the mix in the studio recording, but is he playing essentially the same licks?

* The live version is on the recoding from November 1973 discussed (and linked to) in this thread.

ETA: I'm listening to them both, going from one to another and Don's slide adds a great deal to the song. In the studio version, a guitar intro has been added, and Felder's guitar growls under the lead vocal throughout. The solo in the middle has the same "melody" as the live version but of course, it's crisper and stronger. There's another bootleg version (from the same site as the Nov 73 one) from May 1974 which has Felder, playing so that's next on my list.

ETA2: I've listened to the May 1974 Good Day in Hell. It has a slightly extended solo/jam near the end. It sounds better than the November version - possibly a better recording and maybe more practice but they all sound better, not just the guitar. It also has the guitar under the vocals as in the studio version. (Overall, I'm not keen on that bootleg because I feel Felder wasn't fully integrated and his playing kind of "treads on the toes" of the other band members - he's too busy)

[Funk 50]

Felder plays lead guitar during Outlaw Man. I dunno who played it before he joined.

Joe learned all Bernie's guitar parts when he joined the Eagles. When they played James Dean after Felder was sacked, Joe played the lead guitar intro (they didn't have big screens in the 70s) so I reckon Bernie played it originally. Barring solo tracks, Dirty Laundry and You Belong To The City, Walsh stays clear of parts that Felder played. Steuart Smith plays those.

According to Wikipedia;

Don Felder – lead guitar ("Already Gone"), slide guitar ("Good Day In Hell") (credited as "late arrival")