Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974-2001)

By Don Felder and Wendy Holden

The Eagles are the bestselling, and arguably the tightest-lipped, American group ever. Now band member and guitarist Don Felder finally breaks the Eagles’ years of public silence to take fans behind the scenes. He shares every part of the band’s wild ride, from the pressure-packed recording studios and trashed hotel rooms to the tension-filled courtrooms, and from the joy of writing powerful new songs to the magic of performing in huge arenas packed with roaring fans.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
• Release date: May 4, 2009
• ISBN: 9780470428320

Reviews for Heaven and Hell

[dcavin-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I thought this was a good book. How much the band changed from a country-based rock band to a rock band. After reading this book, it made me want to punch Don Henley and Glenn Frey. Had a nice balance of talk about music as well as the "drugs" angle of rock music.

[lifeguard28 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It is always said that there are two sides to every story, however in this case there may be at least 7. That is how many members of the Eagles there have been who I am sure would have something to say.Often the test of truthfullness in what is reported about others in a book is the candor with which the author reports his own failings and faults. If this is the benchmark that "Heaven and Hell" is to be held to, then I venture to say this book just might be an accurate one.Don Felder, a member of the Eagles Country Rock band from 1974 - 2001, gives an interesting and lively account of one of America's most successful bands in spite of or due to the dictatorship and bullying of "The Gods" Don Henley and Glen Frey.More of a dysfunctional family than a band at times, the Eagles managed the highest selling record in North American history, while not even speaking to one another form time to time.This was an interesting glimpse inside the self proclaimed "Eagles Pressure Cooker"Oh and since I mentioned candor, I am forced to admit that I am a huge fan of the Eagles and that may make this book more interesting to me than the causal reader.