Newsflash! Eagles Tour Will Feature Founding Guitarist Bernie Leadon

Frank Prince said:
Frey, Henley, and Azoff informed Felder he was fired, and sent him a check to try to buy out his shares. Felder did not negotiate anything, because he was fired with no warning. Felder then sued for breach of contract, etc, etc, a court case was started, and then dismissed when both parties settled out of court for undisclosed terms. So yeah, Felder apparently agreed to some amount, and maybe kept his shares and maybe not, but that is way different from some people offering to buy you out for an amount they determined after firing you.
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If he wasn't happy with the amount he wouldn't have dropped the suit. People fire partners all of the time and make them an offer for their shares. Nothing new there. Of course their initial offer favored the remaining partners, that's just the way of the world. It is really nothing more than a starting point for negotiations.
 
reverend1 said:
You might be interested to know that The Greatest hits album was their best selling album, and is tied with Thriller as the best selling album in the United States. Felder played on one song on that disc. So saying he was instrumental in their success is a stretch at best. He was only with the group for two of their original albums.

I wonder why if those two guys are so awful way Schimdt and Walsh seem completely content and Felder is the only with an axe to grind. We will never know what really happened, but Felder just comes off as one of those guys that is never happy and always has something to bitch about. I've seen them once with him and twice without him and I didn't think they were missing a thing without him.
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I'm well aware of the status of GH, but Don was officially a member of the band on four of its first six albums. Feel free to dismiss his place in and contributions to the band. I choose not to and I understand his disappointment (if not outrage) over the situation. Check the 16 million that HC sold, 11 million of GH 2, seven million of the long run, four million for One of These Nights...that's another 38 million albums sold...kinda beats the 25 from GH and there's no doubt about his contributions to these albums, therefore no stretch at all.

As FP pointed out Don had a full third of the Eagles and without his approval his was to be cut to a seventh. You'd be okay with that? Really?

It's all good, we just have to disagree.
 
Dogsinotpalc said:
I'm well aware of the status of GH, but Don was officially a member of the band on four of its first six albums. Feel free to dismiss his place in and contributions to the band. I choose not to and I understand his disappointment (if not outrage) over the situation. Check the 16 million that HC sold, 11 million of GH 2, seven million of the long run, four million for One of These Nights...that's another 38 million albums sold...kinda beats the 25 from GH and there's no doubt about his contributions to these albums, therefore no stretch at all.

As FP pointed out Don had a full third of the Eagles and without his approval his was to be cut to a seventh. You'd be okay with that? Really?

It's all good, we just have to disagree.
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I would have handled it in a much different manner, without blowing everything up and essentially showing myself the door. Maybe it would have worked maybe not. I also would have looked at this way, 1/7 of many many millions is still preferable 0/7's.
 
boy, all of this wants me want to go see the D-baggles, (not taking sides, I mean any of them) I mean Eagles, even more. :rolleyes:
 
reverend1 said:
I would have handled it in a much different manner, without blowing everything up and essentially showing myself the door. Maybe it would have worked maybe not. I also would have looked at this way, 1/7 of many many millions is still preferable 0/7's.
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How did he blow everything up and show himself the door?
 
reverend1 said:
Gesh, you guys are so squimish. I don't know why it would bother anyone.
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I am just saying learning about their money and ego squabbles doesn't make me want to pay a bunch of money to hear music that I am already tired of (Hotel California was WAY, WAY, WAY overplayed IMO when I was in high school). I like a few songs off On The Border, and a couple other earlier hits, but hearing them come up regularly on one of the two radio stations in the valley is plenty for me. I know some of the ego/personal stuff is to be expected in this band context, especially with all the crap they were putting up their noses, and that the money stuff is just business (and litigation). but this discussion just does nothing to further motivate me to see them.

In fairness, even without this, given the choice to see either EW&F or The Eagles, I would pick EW&F, so apparently I am just not that into them anyway. So I am not adding much to the conversation I suppose. sorry.
 
sunvalleylaw said:
I am just saying learning about their money and ego squabbles doesn't make me want to pay a bunch of money to hear music that I am already tired of (Hotel California was WAY, WAY, WAY overplayed IMO when I was in high school). I like a few songs off On The Border, and a couple other earlier hits, but hearing them come up regularly on one of the two radio stations in the valley is plenty for me. I know some of the ego/personal stuff is to be expected in this band context, especially with all the crap they were putting up their noses, and that the money stuff is just business (and litigation). but this discussion just does nothing to further motivate me to see them.

In fairness, even without this, given the choice to see either EW&F or The Eagles, I would pick EW&F, so apparently I am just not that into them anyway. So I am not adding much to the conversation I suppose. sorry.
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Yeah, I don't really want to support them after seeing the doc and reading Felder's book, but then again I didn't really want to go see them at the first reunion when they were charging $100.00+ a ticket either.

I would go see any lineup of EWF in a heartbeat. I missed them a couple of time when they have been here. I hope they come back again.
 
I don't want to see them, regardless of the lineup, and even if the tickets were 2 dollars, because I'm too lazy to go, and I heard those songs about 12178478976658656879678234652345 times...
 
paulskirocks said:
I don't want to see them, regardless of the lineup, and even if the tickets were 2 dollars, because I'm too lazy to go, and I heard those songs about 12178478976658656879678234652345 times...
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Actually, I will probably go back and dig deep into the first three albums again, because at the time I didn't really appreciate country as much, and didn't have the musical ears to comprehend Bernie Leadon's guitar and steel work. Anything past On The Border doesn't interest me anymore since I was completely burnt on it by the time radio got done with it. I could go the rest of my life without hearing Hotel California or Tequila Sunrise again.

Victim Of Love and Those Shoes are killer cuts, though, and I can always listen to them.
 
I want to hop back in and say that if I rained on anyone's parade that wants to go see the Eagles in this formation, I apologize. They have written some really good music, and are certainly an institution. Just not my taste, or I am just burned out on them at the moment. But that is my issue, not anyone else's. I am not in favor of people telling others the music they like sucks (and I did not say that here to my knowledge) but to the extent I imparted negativity to the thread, sorry. Who am I to say what band someone should or should not go see? So, carry on good people!
 
sunvalleylaw said:
I want to hop back in and say that if I rained on anyone's parade that wants to go see the Eagles in this formation, I apologize. They have written some really good music, and are certainly an institution. Just not my taste, or I am just burned out on them at the moment. But that is my issue, not anyone else's. I am not in favor of people telling others the music they like sucks (and I did not say that here to my knowledge) but to the extent I imparted negativity to the thread, sorry. Who am I to say what band someone should or should not go see? So, carry on good people!
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Stop being such a pussy! This is the internet... Derailing threads is protocol... Soldier!
 
My favorite song on Hotel California is "Try and Love Again."

So now you know. You guys can sleep easier now.
 
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