Dear Friends:

We are proud to announce, as of this morning, that this book, which took six years to arrive on bookstore shelves will be #14 on the NY Times Best Seller list the week of August 10th after 12 weeks of steady sales.   Orion in the UK had strong sales when they were the first to publish in the world last November. The German publisher is gearing up for their trade edition this fall. 

You can download or listen to a couple of recent radio interviews here (more press below):
Adam Carolla Show - Part 1
Adam Carolla Show - Part 2
Leonard Lopate Show
Live from Book Expo in Los Angeles, May 2008

Felder was just a poor boy from Florida, but when he joined the Eagles he soared into the stratosphere. Alongside former bandmates Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, and Felder’s childhood friend Bernie Leadon, he sold tens of millions of records. Eagles: Their Greatest Hits: 1971-1975 is the bestselling album of all time. Don performed before countless adoring fans, and co-wrote the renowned hit ‘Hotel California’. His guitar playing ability lifted the band from mere popularity to iconic status. ‘Maybe there was too much talent. Maybe the personalities clashed with the egos.

“Whatever the reason, there were always these explosive arguments going on while I sat silently in a corner. I never expected it to survive. Never once did I feel, ‘Hey, I got it made. This thing’s gonna last for years.’”

Felder was wrong about that, but he was also right: the band split up in 1980, only to reunite for 1994’s mega-selling Hell Freezes Over album and tour. But tempers continued to flare, and in 2001, after twenty-seven contentious years in the Eagles, Felder was summarily fired by the ‘board of directors’: Frey and Henley. Lawsuits and counter-suits followed.

With legal entanglements behind him, Felder’s book is finally catching the attention of readers as the true and tumultuous story behind the long road of the Eagles. Drugs, greed and endless acrimony had threatened to tear the band apart almost daily. In Heaven and Hell Don Felder finally breaks the Eagles’ decades of public silence.