DON FELDER
SET TO RELEASE SECOND SINGLE,
“WASH AWAY” (FEATURING TOMMY SHAW OF STYX),
FROM CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ‘ROAD TO FOREVER’ SOLO ALBUM
March
18, 2013 -- DON FELDER (@donfelder) has joined forces with Styx
(@STYXtheband) singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw for the second single, “Wash
Away” from FELDER’s second solo album (and first since 1983), ROAD TO FOREVER,
released October 9, 2012 on Rocket Science Ventures. The song, which
hit radio airwaves today, was co-written by FELDER and Shaw, and
features Shaw’s signature vocal sound.
The singer/guitarist/songwriter/New York Times best-selling author/four-time Grammy® Award winner’s critically-acclaimed ROAD TO FOREVER debuted on Billboard’s “Heatseekers” chart at #27. "Girls In Black," the album’s first single, reached the Top 30 on the Mediabase Rock chart.
Speaking with Sterling Whitaker at Ultimateclassirock.com
about the track, “there were a couple of songs on the album, including
‘Wash Away,’ that I had built the track pretty much top to bottom and
there was a couple of areas where I needed some lyrical help and I said,
‘I’ll just see if Tommy (Shaw) is in town. I’ll just have him come
over and listen to this and see if anything bounces off of him.’ He
listened to it and loved it and we sat and wrote lyrics together that
day for that song. And then he came back the next day and I said, ‘Well,
you’ve got to sing some of these parts while you’re here,’ because he
was getting ready to go back out on the road with Styx. So we set up a
mic in my studio and he sang some of the harmonies on a couple of songs,
‘Wash Away’ and ‘Heal Me.’”
As
Tommy Shaw continues, “The best songs to write are the ones that just
roll out of you and you look back and wonder, ‘Where'd that come from?’
That's what it was like working with DON. There was a natural
chemistry there.”
Many
of FELDER’s fans tuned in to Showtime earlier this month for the
premiere of the two-part documentary, "History of the Eagles." He spoke
with Billboard.com’s
Gary Graff soon after it aired, saying he thought it was a bit
incomplete. "Overall I thought it was OK, but I didn't think it was
really an accurate documentary...I thought a lot was omitted from the
documentary. There were a lot of things that weren't discussed, a lot
of issues that aren't brought to the forefront. It glorified (Don)
Henley and (Glenn) Frey's work, giving very little credit to all the
other people who had worked so hard on the recordings -- including
Bernie (Leadon), Randy (Meisner), myself, the other things people
brought to the table like (producer) Bill Szymczyk. It was a large team
of a lot of people working together to make it happen, and I don't
think that's really reflected in there." As for the depiction of his
dismissal in part two, FELDER says he was surprised by "the anger that
was displayed, and the bitterness, especially from Glenn. It really
left me taken aback that he was still so angry about all of that, and I
couldn't understand why, to tell the truth. I've been way past it for
about 10 years now."
On a lighter note, he told Billboard.com:
“I'd forgotten how skinny I was, and I thought all of our hairstyles
were...interesting, Henley with his 'fro and everything. It was just
fun to look back at those times." And he is satisfied that the film
captures the musical essence of the Eagles. "Here's a huge rock 'n'
roll band on stage with ripped jeans and plaid shirts, as far from the
mega shows you see today as you can get," he says. "You look back and
realize that what came across was nothing except five guys standing on
stage, playing and singing songs. That's really what it was all about."
DON FELDER is continuing to tour all over the U.S. to promote ROAD TO FOREVER (dates to be announced shortly). On April 13,
he’ll be performing as part of a very special show for his buddy
Stephen Stills and wife Kristen. Their “Light Up The Blues Concert – An
Evening of Music to Benefit Autism Speaks” (the world’s leading autism
science and advocacy organization) will be held at Club Nokia in Los
Angeles, CA along with Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN), Ryan Adams,
Rickie Lee Jones, Lucinda Williams, Chris Stills and other surprise
guests. The fundraiser--emceed by Jack Black--spotlights “Light It Up
Blue,” Autism Speaks’ annual global awareness and fundraising campaign
celebrated by the international Autism community during World Autism
Awareness Day and throughout Autism Awareness Month in April. VIP
Preferred Seating Packages for “Light Up The Blues” are on sale now on
CSN’s official website (www.crosbystillsnash.com) and www.AXS.com,
or charge by phone at 888-9AXS-TIX or 888-929-7849 (applicable fees may
apply). Tickets may also be purchased from 10AM-5PM, Mon-Fri, at the
STAPLES Center Box Office (1111 S. Figueroa St., 90015), or at the Club
Nokia box office (800 W. Olympic Blvd., 90015), open after 5PM on show
days. No fees are charged at either box office.
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