Don Felder, who plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on May 31, 2025. Credit: Photo via donfeldermusic/Facebook
If you caught the Eagles’ return to Tampa in late February, you may have noticed that the guy holding the double-neck guitar on “Hotel California” was not Don Felder, who originally dueled Joe Walsh on the song’s guitar solo.

The 74-year-old is not with the band anymore, but he’s still going strong, from what we can tell. Felder will showcase an Eagles greatest hits set on Friday in downtown Clearwater, along with a smattering of tunes from his solo career.

And if you want to know why Felder was axed from the band in 2001…well, why don’t you ask Don Henley?

This article appears in Apr 7-13, 2022.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...