HEAVEN AND HELL: MY LIFE IN THE EAGLES, 1974-2001

Book ID/图书代码： 12787508B23088

English Summary/英文概要： SYNOPSIS
Don Felder was just a poor boy from Florida, but when he joined the Eagles he soared into the stratosphere. Alongside former bandmates Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, and Felder’s childhood friend Bernie Leadon, he sold tens of millions of records (Eagles: Their Greatest Hits: 1971-1975 is the bestselling album of all time), performed before countless adoring fans, and co-wrote the renowned hit "Hotel California". His guitar-playing ability lifted the band from mere popularity to iconic status. And now Don Felder finally breaks the Eagles’ decades of public silence to take fans behind the scenes - where drugs, greed and endless acrimony threatened to tear the band apart almost daily. "Maybe there was too much talent. Maybe the personalities clashed with the egos. Whatever the reason, there were always these explosive arguments going on while I sat silently in a corner. I never expected it to survive. Never once did I feel, "Hey, I got it made. This thing’s gonna last for years." "Felder was wrong about that, but he was also right: the band split up in 1980, only to reunite for 1994’s mega-selling "Hell Freezes Over" album and tour.But tempers continued to flare, and in 2001, after 27 contentious years as an Eagle, Felder was summarily fired by the "board of directors": Frey and Henley.

Lawsuits and counter-suits followed. In "Heaven and Hell", Felder takes us inside the pressurised recording studios, the trashed hotel rooms and the tension-filled courtrooms, where he, Frey, and Henley had their ultimate confrontation.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1974年，在童年好友伯尼·利顿（Bernie Leadon）的力邀之下，27岁的唐·费尔德（Don Felder）加入了老鹰乐队（Eagles），自此开启了该乐队在流行音乐史上的新篇章。
成立于1971年的老鹰乐队是20世纪70年代在商业上最为成功的乐队，创作和演奏了许多脍炙人口的经典摇滚歌曲。他们的专辑《老鹰乐队精选曲：1971－1975》总销量高达2600万张，创下了有史以来单张专辑销售记录，而费尔德正是该专辑主打歌《加州旅馆》的三位创作人之一。
在所有成员中，费尔德和曾经在1980年解散的老鹰乐队的关系最为复杂。1994年，老鹰乐队重组，凭借Hell Freezes Over再度征服全美乐迷，续写他们的辉煌。但是在2001年2月6日，费尔德被老鹰乐队除名。费尔德对该乐队的其他成员提起了诉讼，要求赔偿5000万美元的损失。老鹰乐队则提出了反诉讼，指控费尔德违反了合约，并试图出版一本“泄露所有秘密”的书。诉讼双方最终于2007 年5月达成庭外和解，费尔德获得的赔偿金额至今仍是个秘密。
这本书就是《天堂和地狱：我在老鹰乐队的经历（1974-2001）》。2007年11月，该书在英国出版；而美国版由于遭到老鹰乐队其他成员的抗议，被法院勒令进行删节和修改，并于今年4月28日出版。
由于老鹰乐队和费尔德本人的巨大影响力，加上他们之间错综复杂的关系，该书出版之后市场反应良好，经过12个星期的努力，已经登上最近一周《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜第14位。
在所有摇滚歌曲中，“加州旅馆”（Hotel California）和老鹰乐队在国内拥有很高的知名度，甚至比Guns and Roses和Don’t Cry、U2和With or Without You还要高，应该会有大量的摇滚乐迷会关注这本书。(LJH)

Awards/获奖情况：* 2008-8-10 NY Times Bestseller Non-fiction #14

About the Author/作者介绍： Don Felder was born in Florida in 1947. A former member of The Eagles, he joined the band in 1974, co-wrote their groundbreaking hit "Hotel California" and is still widely considered one of the most gifted guitarists in the music industry.

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