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Now band member and guitarist Don Felder finally breaks the Eagles’ years of public silence to take fans behind the scenes. "An entertaining tell-all."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I recently read that Don was the highest earnings musician last year."
"I would have loved to hear more details about the other Eagles and their journey (especially Joe Walsh). It's true what they say about their music that "people did things" to the Eagles - many of my major life events are mapped to some of their songs."
"I dare say that this time Hell will have to freeze over before Don Henley and Glen Frey would ever consider bringing Fingers back to the band."
"One of the main reasons the Eagles were so successful in their transition from their easy listening music to their more Rock oriented Sounds. As the sole writer of the music for Hotel California, the Eagles biggest hit ever, Don's talent shines through!!! Frey and Henley, on their own merit, decided because they were the main song writers, that they should get the lions share of the profits. Don Felder had every right to question the spending and request his share of the profits in an equal partnership. How they got away with kicking him out, I don't know the legalities of, but it's a darn good thing he had a contract as an equal owner of The Eagles, Inc. As a guitar player myself, Don Felder's lesson on YouTube on Hotel California, is amazing. The YouTube video of Don Felder expressing his regrets about not being able to work things out with Frey are sincere and very sad."
"I think Don Felder contributed a great deal to the Eagles and could have contributed more if "The Gods" (Henley and Frey) had let him."
"I'm not normally into Biographys, but after seeing the documentary, "The History of the Eagles" on Netflix, and loving it, I wanted to hear Felder's side."
"For me, I could not put the book down and I think any Eagles fan will feel the same."
Carly Simon's New York Times bestselling memoir, Boys in the Trees , reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, her musical debut as half of The Simon Sisters performing folk songs with her sister Lucy in Greenwich Village, to a meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top 40 hits, including the #1 song "You're So Vain." An Amazon Best Book of December 2015: In the trees is just about the only place in Carly Simon’s world that there aren’t boys, suggests this unputdownable memoir by the beloved singer and the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for the same song ("Let the River Run" from the movie Working Girl ).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"And sure, Carly Simon has had her affairs with various guys over the years, but I can't help but wonder if the memoir of a male music star would have those same headlines. What about how her voice is the one you hear wherever you go in this world (last week I heard You Belong to Me in the supermarket, and I Haven't Got Time for the Pain in my doctor's office!). It is a serious, beautifully written account of the life of a popular but under appreciated artist, that was charmed in parts, deeply romantic in others and downright upsetting elsewhere."
"of the famous relationships and names are here, framed with the songs and music they inspired, but most important, for me, is the story of a woman coming to terms with her own life long quest for love, understanding and forgiveness."
"This story starts out with a fascinating look at growing up among the upper middle class in the late 1950s but, unfortunately ends with too much focus on James Taylor."
"The book tells her personal story with all its tragedies and heartbreak from her father's early death to the challenges of breaking into the music industry."
"Her "storybook" childhood as the daughter of wealth, success and fame is always noted in articles, but Carly's story goes beyond those presumptions to show both the wonder and the challenges of her life."
"Since she doesn't have a relationship with James, what did she really have to lose by writing about their marriage as it was also her story to tell."
New York Times bestselling poet and multi-platinum singer-songwriter Jewel explores her unconventional upbringing and extraordinary life in an inspirational memoir that covers her childhood to fame, marriage, and motherhood. Living on a homestead in Alaska, Jewel learned to yodel at age five, and joined her parents’ entertainment act, working in hotels, honky-tonks, and biker bars. There is much more to Jewel’s story, though, one complicated by family legacies, by crippling fear and insecurity, and by the extraordinary circumstances in which she managed to flourish and find happiness despite these obstacles. ''From the very beginning of her recording career, Jewel's lyrics reflected the America she lived in with her conversational poetic touch. My friend Ben Keith brought her to my ranch to record, collecting our favorite musicians together for her early songs. --Neil Young. '' Never Broken reads like one of Jewel's songs -- it's vulnerable, passionate and forthright. And it tells a compelling story, in this case, one about a young gifted woman's journey to becoming an adult and an artist. She is the founder of Project Clean Water, and author of the New York Times bestseller A Night Without Armor: Poems as well as two books for children.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Note: The extra content in this Deluxe edition did not work on my Android's Kindle app, nor on my tablets."
"She shares her experiences of being bullied, being physically and verbally abused and neglected as a child, and being surrounded by perverts at a young age, as well as her positive experiences of being treated for free by a physician, being divinely protected throughout Mexico and while homeless, being protected by bikers and Inuit, and obviously being given a HUGE break."
"This book is bursting with enlightened, heartfelt wisdom told through her beautiful, true stories."
"Her powerful writing takes you into her shockingly neglectful/abusive, yet colorful and music-filled world as a child of the great wide open Alaska, gigging with her parents to make a living in bars since she was little, all the way through her early years of homelessness and being preyed upon, with no one/nothing to rely on in the West, but her way of seeing the world and her thoughts."
"Jewel did a good job of sharing her experiences and feelings."
"This is more than just an autobiography... she shares her life , yes but she also shares her wisdom and lessons learn...."
"I will now also recommend both the book and the website to friends who are struggling or know some one who needs uplifting."
"Jewel is a deep thinker and has not had the benefits of growing up with Ozzie and Harriet, Donna Reed or Father knows best."
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Now band member and guitarist Don Felder finally breaks the Eagles’ years of public silence to take fans behind the scenes. "An entertaining tell-all."
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I recently read that Don was the highest earnings musician last year."
"I would have loved to hear more details about the other Eagles and their journey (especially Joe Walsh). It's true what they say about their music that "people did things" to the Eagles - many of my major life events are mapped to some of their songs."
"I dare say that this time Hell will have to freeze over before Don Henley and Glen Frey would ever consider bringing Fingers back to the band."
"One of the main reasons the Eagles were so successful in their transition from their easy listening music to their more Rock oriented Sounds. As the sole writer of the music for Hotel California, the Eagles biggest hit ever, Don's talent shines through!!! Frey and Henley, on their own merit, decided because they were the main song writers, that they should get the lions share of the profits. Don Felder had every right to question the spending and request his share of the profits in an equal partnership. How they got away with kicking him out, I don't know the legalities of, but it's a darn good thing he had a contract as an equal owner of The Eagles, Inc. As a guitar player myself, Don Felder's lesson on YouTube on Hotel California, is amazing. The YouTube video of Don Felder expressing his regrets about not being able to work things out with Frey are sincere and very sad."
"I think Don Felder contributed a great deal to the Eagles and could have contributed more if "The Gods" (Henley and Frey) had let him."
"I'm not normally into Biographys, but after seeing the documentary, "The History of the Eagles" on Netflix, and loving it, I wanted to hear Felder's side."
"For me, I could not put the book down and I think any Eagles fan will feel the same."
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If you are looking for hilarious church jokes and bible jokes you will find them here.
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