“One night, Duane was sitting on the floor playing slide. I said, ‘You’ve got to show me how to do that’”: Don Felder on what he learned from Duane Allman, how many guitars are in his awe-inspiring collection and why he isn’t stopping any time soon

“One night, Duane was sitting on the floor playing slide. I said, ‘You’ve got to show me how to do that’”: Don Felder on what he learned from Duane Allman, how many guitars are in his awe-inspiring collection and why he isn’t stopping any time soon

Don Felder is used to pain when it comes to music. I mean, the guy was in the Eagles, a band that epitomized the idea of seemingly seeking pleasure through agony. He took that to a new level when he was carted off the stage in February 2025 due to a pretty serious case of dehydration. “My phone has never blown up so much in my life as it did when I had that little thing,” Felder says with a laugh.That laugh is key, as it shows that at 78 – and n…