How to play Hotel California... Don Felder video!

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rupe":ynk6r8qu said:
danyeo":ynk6r8qu said:
Joe Walsh said in a Guitar World interview that Felder wrote the music to this song before Henley wrote any lyrics. Walsh said Felder wrote it, regardless of what Henley claims.
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I never realized that anybody contested the fact that Felder wrote the song. Did Henley actually try to take credit?
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Who does Henley think he is, Ozzy?

:lol: :LOL:
 
They call them "classics" for a reason. That song is timeless.

I read Felder's book and, although it's just one side of the story, I lost a lot of respect for Henley and Frey as people. I still have an immense amount of respect for them as musician's, but Felder's description was less than flattering. If he is to be believed, I find it ironic that neither Henley or Frey were responsible for writing what is, arguably, the best known Eagles song ever recorded.

Just my .02...
 
the very fact that Felder is no longer in the band makes you wonder. My 2 cents : "Hotel California" is nothing without the music behind it. the acoustic riffs, the fills and the solos are all signature iconic parts. Everybody know those parts, not just musicians.
 
luxxtone":25tjd1sk said:
A couple months back I was lucky enough to work on one of Don's strats while he was hanging around waiting. He picked up an acoustic guitar and started playing the Hotel California riffs and I about crapped myself. It was a pretty surreal moment for sure! That guy is a bad ass player.
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That is sweet!

For some reason though, I pictured the Hamster walking into GC and firing away at Master of Puppets for some reason when I read that.
 
I really hate the business side of the music industry. It's very rare to have a band situation where all of the lyrics and music are written, played and sang by the same person (Stevie Wonder). It is usually a group effort where everybody adds their little "something" to it. The last CD I recorded with my old band, Core9, had to list out in the liner notes all of the credits for the lyrics and music individually for the 11 songs on it, all because the singer wrote just the lyrics to only 1 song, and she had to have credit for that!! She didn't write any music or melodies to anything on the CD. I personally wanted the liner notes to read, "All words and music by Core9", because I always believe it's a team effort IN A BAND SITUATION. And this comes from the person (me) who wrote all of the music for 10 of the 11 songs and lyrics for 3 of those 11 songs. Why? Because it's this kind of crap that tears bands apart. That's what happened to the Eagles. If I were to pay you up front to go into a studio and play what I wrote, then I have full rights to it. But if a band goes in and each member of the band does the part he/she wrote for the song while not getting paid, all members get equal shares of the pie. That's my thoughts on how it should work.
 
Death by Uberschall":35p9732z said:
I really hate the business side of the music industry. It's very rare to have a band situation where all of the lyrics and music are written, played and sang by the same person (Stevie Wonder). It is usually a group effort where everybody adds their little "something" to it. The last CD I recorded with my old band, Core9, had to list out in the liner notes all of the credits for the lyrics and music individually for the 11 songs on it, all because the singer wrote just the lyrics to only 1 song, and she had to have credit for that!! She didn't write any music or melodies to anything on the CD. I personally wanted the liner notes to read, "All words and music by Core9", because I always believe it's a team effort IN A BAND SITUATION. And this comes from the person (me) who wrote all of the music for 10 of the 11 songs and lyrics for 3 of those 11 songs. Why? Because it's this kind of crap that tears bands apart. That's what happened to the Eagles. If I were to pay you up front to go into a studio and play what I wrote, then I have full rights to it. But if a band goes in and each member of the band does the part he/she wrote for the song while not getting paid, all members get equal shares of the pie. That's my thoughts on how it should work.
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I find your attitude toward this subject refreshing and I'm in 100% agreement :thumbsup:

I had a very similar situation with my early 90's band, where I was the pricipal music writer and also wrote quite a bit of the lyrics. I never asked for any credit beyond the band as a whole, but the singer eventually tried to take full credit for all songs by changing a few words and claiming himself as the writer.
 
rupe":mug7gbf5 said:
Death by Uberschall":mug7gbf5 said:
I really hate the business side of the music industry. It's very rare to have a band situation where all of the lyrics and music are written, played and sang by the same person (Stevie Wonder). It is usually a group effort where everybody adds their little "something" to it. The last CD I recorded with my old band, Core9, had to list out in the liner notes all of the credits for the lyrics and music individually for the 11 songs on it, all because the singer wrote just the lyrics to only 1 song, and she had to have credit for that!! She didn't write any music or melodies to anything on the CD. I personally wanted the liner notes to read, "All words and music by Core9", because I always believe it's a team effort IN A BAND SITUATION. And this comes from the person (me) who wrote all of the music for 10 of the 11 songs and lyrics for 3 of those 11 songs. Why? Because it's this kind of crap that tears bands apart. That's what happened to the Eagles. If I were to pay you up front to go into a studio and play what I wrote, then I have full rights to it. But if a band goes in and each member of the band does the part he/she wrote for the song while not getting paid, all members get equal shares of the pie. That's my thoughts on how it should work.
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I find your attitude toward this subject refreshing and I'm in 100% agreement :thumbsup:

I had a very similar situation with my early 90's band, where I was the pricipal music writer and also wrote quite a bit of the lyrics. I never asked for any credit beyond the band as a whole, but the singer eventually tried to take full credit for all songs by changing a few words and claiming himself as the writer.
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:2thumbsup:
 
danyeo":1ox5h0r0 said:
Bloodrock":1ox5h0r0 said:
Damned awesome! One of my favorite songs ever...
Can you imagine 20 years from now what these video's will look like?
30 second's of barre chorded garbage with effects followed by a solo of 32'd note dribble.. :cry:
Man this makes me feel like the guitar really is dead.
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Most of all the bullshit today will be forgotten and Hotel California will still be played and remembered. I said the same thing about grunge and look, 90% of it is gone and forgotten.
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You realize that 90% of the music that was around when the Eagles were aroud is gone and forgotten too? Just in case you didn't notice. :poke:

Sounds like someone's showing their age and their inability to mature as music evolves... how them 8 tracks holding up again? :lol: :LOL:

Derek
 
I had a band that was signed by Capital ask if they could use some of my material. I told them it was fine if it is in my name. When I saw a copy I wrote the entire disc & the band had added all band members to my name on the credits. I contacted the person that got them signed & explain it was 100 % my material & they never asked if they could take credit for the material. The producer decided my material was much better than what they had. Not to long after that the band broke up & it was never released. I am certainly not going to give my material away. If I am in a band usually everyone gets credit equal.
 
Viesczy":ukg5clvt said:
danyeo":ukg5clvt said:
Bloodrock":ukg5clvt said:
Damned awesome! One of my favorite songs ever...
Can you imagine 20 years from now what these video's will look like?
30 second's of barre chorded garbage with effects followed by a solo of 32'd note dribble.. :cry:
Man this makes me feel like the guitar really is dead.
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Most of all the bullshit today will be forgotten and Hotel California will still be played and remembered. I said the same thing about grunge and look, 90% of it is gone and forgotten.
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You realize that 90% of the music that was around when the Eagles were aroud is gone and forgotten too? Just in case you didn't notice. :poke:

Sounds like someone's showing their age and their inability to mature as music evolves... how them 8 tracks holding up again? :lol: :LOL:

Derek
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Uh, no... The seventies were an epic heyday for rock music and guitar music, solo's and the like. Disco is the most forgotten part of the 70's by far. There was an emphasis on talent and great songwriting, unlike the one hit garbage bands of today. Can you remember more that 5 bands from the 2000's who had more than 1 or 2 hit songs??? Doubt it. In the 70's they had several hit ALBUMS, not just one popular song maybe on one album. Or even better, show me one song in the last 15 years that will be voted as one of the best guitar solos of all time?? Ain't gonna happen buddy.
Oh and BTW my vinyl collection is holding up great and sounds much better than any Ipod.
 
Great solo and song. It's great to see how a solo is played by the original player.
 
Felder is such a badass, I could listen to him play all day.
 
Wow that was really tasty. Thanks for sharing that!! I think I need to spend the weekend working on my bends :lol: :LOL:
 
Jeez! Killer tone and player. Iconic guitar solo is iconic!
 
Felder interview series from Howard TV. Interesting stuff:

Part 1:

 
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