Mexican Reggae – 50 Years of Don Felder

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

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🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Legendary Eagles guitarist Don Felder joins for a deep dive into his extraordinary musical journey – from co-writing Hotel California and jamming with Joe Walsh to opening up “The Vault,” his new solo album featuring 50 years of unreleased material to growing up in Gainesville, Florida and playing in bands with Duane Allman and Stephen Stills. Felder reflects on his days with The Eagles, how he created unforgettable riffs, his unique relationship with Joe Walsh, and why “Hotel California” almost didn’t sound the way we know it today. He shares the inspiration behind his latest work The Vault, reveals how he unearthed forgotten demos from a Malibu storage unit, and what it was like collaborating with icons like Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jim Keltner, and Todd Sucherman. Plus, Don also talks about his upcoming “Brotherhood of Rock” summer tour with Styx and REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin, his views on playing live today, and the pressure of performing one of the most iconic guitar solos in rock history perfectly every night. Purchase Don Felder - The Vault- Fifty Years Of Music “Brotherhood Of Rock” tour dates and ticket information: https://www.donfelder.com/ More from Talk Is Jericho: 📸Instagram: @chrisjerichofozzy | @talkisjericho 🐦 Twitter/X: @IAmJericho | @TalkIsJericho 🌐 Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm doing fantastic. It's an absolute beautifully stunning tequila center ice here in California,
0:06.3	minus the tequila, obviously, but it is beautiful.
0:11.7	Talk is Jericho, baby. Talk is Jericho.
0:18.1	Talk is Jericho. Mama, talk is me. Well, it's good and talk to you, man.
0:24.3	We want to talk about your new record and talk about all the stuff that's going on.
0:28.2	You've got a great summer coming up.
0:30.1	Let's talk about the vault.
0:31.9	50 years of music, a new Don Felder record.
0:35.0	How do you feel about all of these great tunes put together on the same record?
0:39.0	Some re-recorded, some new. Well, it really just was something I stumbled into. When I moved out of
0:45.0	Malibu in 2000, after living through five major fires, I said, I'm not going to do this again.
0:52.5	I had friends with their helms burned down, studios
0:55.9	burned down, guys lost their entire guitar collection. I said, I love Malibu, but I'm out of here.
1:02.0	Sorry. So I packed up my recording studio, the consoles, the tape machines, the tapes, everything,
1:07.7	and put it into storage in town here while I was looking for a house to
1:12.2	buy. So I found this house, and I bought it from Seal, and it already had a studio built in it.
1:18.3	It was perfect. It's like, okay, I'll take this one. This is exactly what I need.
1:22.6	20 years go by, and around 2020, 2021, I said, you know, I don't even remember what was in that storage
1:30.7	locker that I put away all that stuff. I've been to go take a look. I've been paying for it for 20
1:35.3	years, at least to see if what's in there, you know. So I go and open up the storage vault
1:40.9	and there's my console, the tape machines, and tons of 24-track tapes, 16-track
1:47.8	tape, two-track mix tapes, there's cardboard box full. I mean, must have had 100 cassettes and
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