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The press conference for Eagles Greatest Hits included a performance of “Tequila Sunrise,” which Felder calls “A brilliantly convincing performance of unity.” So is so much music.

Felder leans into “Long Night at Wrong Beach” and gives deep psychology to the well known recording of Felder and Frey talking smack on stage.

Felder praises Henley’s lyrics for making audiences “see images flicker on their own personal movie screens.”

Bernie Leadon played with Felder in the Maundy Quintet.

Lipham Music

Felder gigged with Stephen Stills and taught Tom Petty at Lippon (?) Music.

Chapter 2 is about growing up poor in Gainesville. There are couple references to music: music outside holy-roller churches and the radio on the polio award.

Felder makes an interesting association with the lyrics “still those voices keep calling from far away,” implying that the voices of distant fans around the world.

The opening line, “We could hear the rumble of the crowd in the dressing room,“ establishes the difference between the onstage perceptions and the backstage reality of the group.