老鷹樂隊(duì)的成員之一，搖滾金曲《Hotel California》的作曲人，1947年9月21日出生于佛羅里達(dá)州。1968年時(shí)加入過(guò)Flow合唱團(tuán)，但主要還是伴奏樂手也從事錄音工程。由于Leadon的介紹，F(xiàn)elder從老鷹合唱團(tuán)的首張專輯開始便有參與，可是當(dāng)時(shí)只是樂團(tuán)巡回演唱期間的臨時(shí)團(tuán)員，1974年才正式加入成為第五位團(tuán)員。Don Felder雖然和聲、吉他獨(dú)奏多有貢獻(xiàn)但在站在臺(tái)前的總是Leadon與Walsh；雖然也與其他團(tuán)員合寫很多歌曲，不過(guò)鋒芒卻又都被Frey和Henley所掩蓋，所以他應(yīng)該是樂團(tuán)中最被忽略的一位。Felder雖然也有個(gè)人專輯出版，但是最著名的作品首推為1981年動(dòng)畫電影《Heavy Metal》譜寫、演唱的同名單曲。Felder在樂團(tuán)解散期間（1982-1994，雖然Don Henley宣稱他們“是休息，而非解散”）大都為一些知名藝人如比吉斯合唱團(tuán)、Stevie Nicks、Bob Seger、黛安娜．羅斯…的專輯擔(dān)任吉他伴奏。2001年初已經(jīng)離團(tuán)。 　　以下是Don Felder離開Eagles時(shí)候的新聞 　　老鷹團(tuán)員遭前吉他手Don Felder怒告 　　2001年02月13日19:35:27（自網(wǎng)易）　 　　資深樂團(tuán)也會(huì)面臨“裁員”官司？老鷹合唱團(tuán)的前任吉他手Don Felder要控告該樂團(tuán)2名團(tuán)員Don Henley和Glenn Frey無(wú)故將他逐出老鷹合唱團(tuán)。 　　這件訴訟案于9日正式開庭，被解雇的吉他手Don Felder指出，他于本月6日被同團(tuán)團(tuán)員Don Henley及Glenn Frey莫名其妙地開除。Don Felder借著這場(chǎng)官司發(fā)出不平之鳴，抗議2團(tuán)員濫用權(quán)利及自己遭受的不公平待遇。 　　現(xiàn)年53歲的Don Felder是老鷹合唱團(tuán)的元老級(jí)人物，他于1974年加入該樂團(tuán)，并參與演出了知名的〈Hotel California〉一曲。據(jù)了解，Don Henley和Glenn Frey在Don Felder的加入之后，合組了老鷹股份有限公司（Eagles Ltd.），以方便處理唱片業(yè)務(wù)及巡回演唱及外圍商品收益，并讓公司的資金得以更順暢運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。 　　這場(chǎng)訴訟舉證出，Don Henley和Glenn Frey不顧Don Felder也是公司合伙人之一，完全將他當(dāng)做一個(gè)被使喚者，罔顧Don Felder理應(yīng)享有的權(quán)益。Don Henley和Glenn Frey的委任律師則表示，他的當(dāng)事人有權(quán)利終結(jié)Don Felder的職權(quán)，但該律師并未交待Don Felder被解雇的原因。 　　老鷹合唱團(tuán)是在1971年成軍的資深樂團(tuán)，當(dāng)時(shí)在洛杉磯成立之初，原本只是女歌手Linda Ronstadt的專屬樂團(tuán)，Don Felder是在該樂團(tuán)以《Take it Easy》、《Desperado》等歌曲奠定樂壇基礎(chǔ)之后才加入的。 　　以下來(lái)自w i k i 　　On February 6, 2001, Don Felder was fired from the Eagles. Felder responded by filing two lawsuits against "Eagles, Ltd., a California corporation; Don Henley, an individual; Glenn Frey, an individual; and Does 1-50", alleging wrongful termination, breach of implied-in-fact contract, and breach of fiduciary duty, reportedly seeking $50 million in damages.[3][4] In his latter complaint, Felder alleged that from the 1994 Hell Freezes Over tour onward, Henley and Frey had "...insisted that they each receive a higher percentage of the band's profits...", whereas the money had previously been split in five equal portions (reduced to three after the departure of Leadon and Meisner). Felder also accused them of coercing him into signing an agreement under which Henley and Frey would receive three times as much of the Selected Works: 1972-1999 proceeds as would Felder. This box set, released in November 2000, has sold approximately 267,000 copies at about $60 apiece. Henley and Frey then counter-sued Felder for breach of contract, alleging that Felder had written and attempted to sell the rights to a "tell-all" book. The book, Heaven and Hell[1], was published in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2007, but the initial American release was originally canceled after publisher Hyperion elected to back out in September, when an entire print run of the book had to be recalled for further cuts and changes.[5] The American edition of Heaven and Hell was released for publication by John Wiley & Sons on April 28, 2008,[6] with Felder embarking on a full publicity campaign surrounding its release. On January 23, 2002, the Los Angeles County Court consolidated the two complaints and on May 8, 2007, the case was dismissed after being settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.