My 21 yr. old son saw you at Guitar Center in Scottsdale about three years ago. Not being shy, he went up and talked to you. And, you talked back! He asked you about writing Rocky Mountain Way and you gave him some insight on it. Three weeks later we saw you in Nashville and a few months after that we saw you in Vegas at the epic Hotel California concert! My son has a story he will be telling the rest of his life. Thanks for that!

Don Felder casually bullshitting with Joe Walsh while playing one of the most iconic guitar solos of all time just made my day.

That guitar solo harmony still gives me chills...

Just saw Joe and the rest of the band in Austin last night. Joe had the line of the night: “it was more fun being 20 in the 70s than 70 in the 20s.” What a performance!

I see Joe Walsh...I just click, what a guitarist and a character

2:42 "So we did!" that big, fat grin ... priceless!

Joe's goofy smile and expressions during the solo always crack me up. A great song, right up there with Stairway to Heaven.

The real story is that Felder created the most memorable guitar intro to the most memorable song on their most memorable album.....and Henly and Fry trreated him like nothing more than a session musician. Walsh is incredibly talented and has earned his accolades, but " Hotel California " will always be Felders greatest contribution to classic rock history.

Double-neck guitar looks so cool on Don Felder! Epic recording.

That double guitar solo was destined to put a whole new twist on the rock guitar ecosystem. But the curious thing is that to this day it has never been topped. One of those truly unique and magical moments in the history of Music.

I have always thought that Joe Walsh was an amazing creative artist, and a hell of a guitarist, never realized how well spoken he was until watching this. Thank you

Wow, " We were in a position ... to do anything we wanted...... so we did !!! " Epic statement Joe Walsh! 👍😎

I’ve listened to the Eagles just about my whole life and Joe explains the meaning behind hotel California better than any other member. Nice Joe , you Rule!

“It’s hard to leave when you can’t find the door.” Joe Walsh a true artist of the times!

Joe Walsh does not need to worry about how he will be remembered in the world of rock!

The Eagles were the primary backdrop music for my wife and my's early courtship. 30 years later their music still takes us back to the early stages of a romance that will last forever....

One of the few albums a person can play and not skip even one song. Its brilliant. ❤

Burned in our collective minds forever....This song has this transcendent nostalgia no matter what generation you're in when you hear it.

Joe and Don together is just a beautiful thing. They are 2 completely different approaches to the guitar orbiting each other perfectly 🔥👌

Joe Walsh is always pretty funny. Even if he is serious in an interview he usually laughs at himself. All those guys are/were super talented.

I'm 66 yrs old and the Eagles has always been my favorite band and Hotel California my favorite song.

Well, he has certainly achieved his goal of being remembered. This song will be played for decades to come. I wasnt even a big fan of the Eagles at the time, but this song was good, and only gets better with age. We all feel something when we hear it. A sure sign of high art.

Hotel California is to this day the song | call the best produced song ever. Layers upon layers of musical perfection. I'm not even a big Eagles fan, I do respect them but I'm not a groupie. But Hotel California just sounds out of this world. Respect to everyone who took part in putting this masterpiece together. Will listen to it over and over, forever.

Got on an elevator In Vegas and Joe was on it. Nobody knew it was him except me and he knew I knew who he was. I was shaking from excitement with the biggest smile on my face. Nobody was looking at the big rock star, they were looking at me loosing my mind and trying to keep it together. He just stood there all cool and got off the elevator like a regular dude. As soon as the doors closed I screamed " OH MY FUCKING GOD THAT WAS JOE FUCKING WALSH" Nobody understood what just happened to them. Amazing. Everyone e just wanted to get as far away from me as possible because I was losing my mind. It took every bit of self control I had not to say anything to him, but he knew I knew and he just stared at me , like "Be cool dude, don't lose yer shit in an elevator" closest to a rock GOD I have ever been to. Same freaking elevator in Vegas.

He’s like Spicolli from “Fast Times” grew up.

I was born in 1977 and grew up on your albums. Thank you.

Joe is a musical icon (and also a radio genius). One of my all-time heroes.

One of the greatest songs ever written and played by one of the greatest bands of ALL time!

I grew up on this music not because it was my generation but because it was my dad's. He would always blast his music on the record player with the 4 15" speakers. I remember being little and listening to him play his music as he got ready for work. I would be moving my feet to the music while half asleep. I own records of these bands and blast my music for my children. Great music is always remembered.

I was able to get a great seat close to the stage when the Eagles were on their Hell Freezes over Tour. I was seated about 30 or 35 feet from Joe Walsh's stage amp. Joe and Don Felder's playing guitar parts were flawless. They did not play too loud, the stage volume was perfect. Absolutely great harmonies and well worth the ticket price. A great experience.

I had such fun getting a glimpse of this talented, crazy fun guy when I spent time w/the Eagles back in the mid-70's. He had everyone laughing, and sometimes shaking our heads.

Those guitar solos are legendary

Joe has the ability to connect during interviews and speaking to audiences better than any of the other Eagles

I first heard it at work, and I stopped dead in my tracks to listen fully to the guitar solo in the middle, and I realized that the 2 guitars were singing in harmony. Never heard it in any other song or band and it made my heart soar. I was in guitar heaven, right then. Love it.

Saw the Eagles in concert twice. Best concert memories ever

Hotel California is the unofficial National Anthem of Thailand! I’ve been there 10 times over the past 35 years and you’ll still hear it being played and performed by solo performers and rock bands in clubs, including high school bands etc. I saw a rock band composed of teenagers at a street festival do a great cover of it. I’m just amazed at how much the Thais really love this song. Last time I was there was in 2019, just before the Pandemic, and I heard it many times while there.

I appreciate no host talking on and on... Just the talent please and thank you.

One of the greatest bands of all time!

Joe Walsh... the underappreciated Eagle.

So glad someone did press record as he says. And so grateful to him for his art.

Deze had wat mij betreft op 1 mogen staan in de top2000..

I saw the Eagles for the first of 4 times in 1974 and the ticket was $7.95 and I still have that ticket stub....great back then and great today. RIP to the recent lost band members

Just hearing them today still gives me happy feelings that almost make me an Old man Crying for a return to WHEN EVERYBODY Loved Each Other....FOR REAL. I'm 76, and the EAGLES are still calling all of us to HOTEL CALIFORNIA. We only go around Once in Life. It's short. So Smile and Enjoy it.

Don Felder was definitely one of the most underrated guitarist one the business

The 1970's, a time of the most creative original music to ever come out, never repeated, nor will we ever see a group with as much root talent as the Eagles again.

You guys sure made a evergreen with Hotel California.What more could you ask for ;-)

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The greatest melodic guitar solo of all time.

TIMELESS MASTERPIECE!! 💖

I grew up in Southern California. Born in '59, I was too young for Woodstock but knew the tunes and the climate musically from the '60's. The early '70's was a continuation of the '60's but more of the excess and lifestyle. The Eagles would have never been without Linda Ronstadt. But we didn't know that until 40+ yrs later. They were just there like the California sunshine... always on the air... KLOS, KMET... I guess I never knew just how big and influential they were until sometime late in 1980 when I found myself in Holland on a Mormon mission. I was spending the night away from where I was living (in Den Helder) at a row house in Alkmaar. I couldn't sleep very well, and it was very, very late. I was still adjusting to being so far away from everything I knew when... through the walls from next door, I heard the muffled sounds of Hotel California! The whole album!! It was great, really. I suppose I had a notion people there knew "our" music. But in those days, the California scene and the music that came out of it wasn't as ubiquitous then as now. The New Wave sound out of England ( think The Police etc) was more typical. So like music to my ears (pun intended!) I listened joyfully to The Eagles that night in Alkmaar Holland! I guess, even after many years in The Netherlands and travel to England, Poland and as far east as Belarus... it still amazes me that their sound, their music has had such an influence on the whole world. If you want to see the hotel pictured on the album cover, you'd have to go to Beverly Hills CA and visit The Beverly Hills Hotel just off Sunset Boulevard and Beverly Drive. Sort of a weird intersection. But I agree with Joe here. The whole State was the hotel the song is about. People moved to California from ALL OVER. By the end of the decade and into the '80's, people were sporting bumper stickers that said, "Welcome to California. Now go home!" I sometimes wish they'd gone too. Such a mess now. I've been in Utah over 30 yrs now. But it was a beautiful time to be alive and young in LA once upon a time... echt waar!

I used to play this song over and over again and it drove my daughter nuts...she told me years later

You were the best. I think our generation had re best music of all time

I remember going to see The Eagles " On the Border " tour and being thrilled that Joe Walsh was playing with them...I didn't know he had joined the band. GREAT CONCERT !

Joe, you're a f***in' genius. I love this incredible song so much I'm having it played at my funeral, shame I won't be there to hear it just one more time! 😂

I LOVE JOE WALSH! I love his songs, how he talks, how he sings and plays guitar. I also love how in the early days, he sang with his eyes closed. What a great musician, and representor of the era.

66 years young and I love the hell out of Joe Walsh every since Rocky mountain way first came out! Before he was an Eagle

Hotel California my all time favorite American music song, that guitar riff is just fascinating.

Saw them just before G.F. passed. I'm 42. Best concert I have ever seen or attended. These guys are Unreal.....

Oh, Joe Walsh. You guys will be remembered! The first time I heard the "dueling guitar" riff at the end of H.C., with the studio fade ending, I was thinking "this is impossible, I've never heard such a riot of music . . . this is impossible stuff!" I have loved it ever since, and I never tire of hearing it. I saw you guys at Stagecoach several years ago (the warm up act was John Fogerty!) . . . Oh, what a night! As I recall, the last song was Desperado, which is another Eagle anthem, worlds apart from Hotel California.

Best decade for music hands down.

joe walsh - thank you ❤️

Fascinating explanation on the creation of this iconic tune, and the generation as a whole. The first time I saw the video I was blown away that Joe was playing his part of the lead on a Telecaster. That bare bones, no frills instrument in the hands of a master keeping pace with Felder’s SG is phenomenal.

Love Joe! Makes you even happier to be an Eagles fan.

In my opinion the lead in this song is among the top ten rock lead solos. Maybe not as technically difficult as say VanHalen, but pure genius.

I think there's much more to this song than he speaks about here.

I just love Joe Walsh, such a fantastic musician. There’s nothing better than listening to him rip. He’s such an intelligent man glad he turned his life around.

Joe Walsh has had his share of challenges that came along with the fame and fortune. His skill at diplomacy, stemming from his inherent good nature and kind heartedness kept him afloat where others foundered. That along with his creative accomplishments adds to his eminent stature. He'll always stand tall.

Such a powerful sound with those guitars. So special. ❤❤❤❤

Don Felder & Joe Walsh = CLASSIC!!

An all time classic...that intro 🎶 hooks me then reels me in every time, just perfect 👌

Joe Walsh, you and the Eagles did all you hoped for and so much more!! You guys will go down in rock history as one of the greatest bands of all-time and deservedly so!! When it comes to rock guitarist Mr. Walsh, you don't have to take a back seat to anyone!

Words can not describe how much I love the Eagles ❤❤

No mention of Don FELDER who wrote the whole song’s guitar licks??!? WOW!

We rode the bus 15 miles to school every day. Some brilliant "consolidation" idea. Took about 35 minutes. We had the hippest bus driver, who had the "latest" in 8-track technology! Heh. Speakers in all 4 corners of the bus. We listened to The Eagles almost every day going to school. We were the only bus who had that going on, and we thought it was the coolest thing. He was actually a country fan, but The Eagles were something he liked and the kids liked. I still think making kids ride a bus for 35-40 minutes every day before and after school was pretty messed-up, but we made the best of it.

Joe, I want to thank you,,and the Eagles for this song. I was in rehab,at the end of my treatment, another and my self started the day with writing a line from that song. That was early November of 1991, at Edwin Shaw,in Akron, and have been sober ever since. That line, "you can checkout anytime, BUT YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE" fits to a tee, my drinking addiction. Thank you We miss you. I must admit, the Draughthouse, James Gang, Glass Harp, and the Counterpoints, were fun,of what I can recall LOL.

Joe Walsh and the Eagles represented how great music was for their time . My generation came after but those were some of the best bands and music ever

No auto tune back then just talent !!

I love watching Joe Walsh and Don Felder play off each other in this Video

You, and the rest of The Eagles, are remembered as you said. We love you all.

Wow. That was so well put, because they did do a body of work that represents the time that we lived in. Thank you, Joe.

One of my all time favorite bands...have loved them since I was a young kid. I saw The Eagles play right before we lost Glen at The Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln Nebraska...BEST concert i have EVER been to.....

I don't know why this put a knot in my throat while I listened to it. But it did. Thanks for all the memories Joe

Could never get tired of listening to hotel California

THE best guitar duet in rock history

Hi Joe, I just really enjoyed that quick history lesson. I have a 6yo son and I mostly play him music from Check Berry on... While cooking Sunday breakfast and listening to music, Hotel California came on. My son suddenly cranks it up and says Dad I like this song, then he went silent. He was quiet the whole time totally tuned in focused on nothing but the song. Hotel California is a fine composition in many ways and still captivates listeners of all ages decades later. Thank you for your great talent that will always shine on as long as the human race exists. ❤️

I was there in person too see that show Capital Center March 26 1977 Hotel California tour 77 I sat 4 rows down on the side with Joe Walsh and Don Felder I sure only wish I had my iPhone too take pictures with at that concert ... It was super loud concert 🎶 Rock On 🎼🎸🎸🎸

They represent My Generation !

I always thought that there was an actual Hotel California when I was a young lad growing up, but now I really get the meaning of the song ;-}

one of if not the best bands on the planet

I think the question of validity was settled a long time ago Mr. Walsh. you guys wrote some of the finest songs ever recorded and we thank you.

I was in the U.S. Army in Germany in the 1970's and Hotel California was our anthem. When we were in the field we had a Battalion beer hall where in the evening we could go drink beer and play cards and relax. The Battalion Sgt Major had a jukebox and we could listen to records. He got so tired of hearing Hotel California he took it out of the jukebox. Holy Cow!!! He just about had a riot on his hands. Eventually he put it back in but play was limited to two times a night. Great memories of serving with great people. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

You can see that even though Felder and Walsh are having fun they are both looking hard at what the other is doing to make sure they are in tune and in time with each other. I guess we shall never know how much of the song Felder wrote and how much was down to Frey and Henley - doesn’t really matter, it is one of the all time great songs.

After all of the craziness, Joe is the man! Oh the stories they could tell...

You succeeded. That song, its perhaps unintentional depth, the musicianship, its intro, that Felder/Walsh interplay after Henley's vocals all contributed to its timelessness. Perhaps the greatest American song.

The best part about Joe is that he got sober. What a success.

This song came out during my second year of high school and it was one of those landmark songs although I never really enjoyed it until years later...

one of the greatest bands ever........EVER

"I go to parties sometimes until four It's hard to leave when you can't find the door It's tough to handle this fortune and fame Everybody's so different, I haven't changed"

I am happy watching him relive that time with fondness. It warms my heart.

I always thought the song was about vices and addiction. Always loved Joe’s guitar abilities and comments!