

I would say over half of that solo on the end came off of my original demo.”įelder went on to compliment Henley's lyric writing for the song and the singing drummer's resolve in pushing the record label to release the near seven-minute "Hotel California" as an AM radio single.įelder is currently on tour with Styx and REO Speedwagon. Then I had to sit down and learn what I had just made up, note for note from the hip because Don wanted it just like the demo. So I had to call my housekeeper, have her go find the cassette, put it in a blaster, play it over the phone, so we could record it in the studio in Miami. “I had left my original cassette in my studio in Los Angeles in Malibu. Learn to play guitar by chord / tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Lyrics begin: 'On a dark desert highway, cool. Find your perfect arrangement and access a variety of transpositions so you can print and play instantly, anywhere. “We were sitting in Miami in the recording studio’s doing those guitars,” Felder says. Browse our 48 arrangements of 'Hotel California.' Sheet music is available for Piano, Voice, Guitar and 31 others with 17 scorings and 6 notations in 13 genres. But Felder didn't have it with him and he didn't remember what he played. Felder indicates he recorded the leads simply as guides with the expectation that he and Joe Walsh would further iron out the parts in the studio.īut when the two guitarists began working on new parts, Don Henley stopped them and insisted they play only what was on Felder's demo.
