Petty had wrapped his 40th anniversary tour with the Heartbreakers on September 25th, 2017 at L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl. Before the official announcement came down, fans had spent the better part of October 1st on tenterhooks as word was incorrectly leaked by law enforcement earlier in the day that Petty had died of a heart attack - before it was retracted and announced that he was alive, yet unconscious and pulled off life support. The book eventually was published in the United Kingdom in November 2007, and in 2008 in the USA by Wiley.Four years ago, Saturday, (October 2nd, 2017) the rock word faced a particularly harsh blow with the sudden death of the legendary Tom Petty at age 66 at UCLA Medical Center, one day after suffering cardiac arrest at his home. Heaven and Hell was to be published by Hyperion Books in 2006, but they backed out. In the meantime, Felder wrote a book about his experiences with the Eagles, titled Heaven & Hell (in which he refers to Frey and Henley as "The Gods" - and as might be expected, Frey, Henley and filed a lawsuit against Felder to keep the book from ever seeing the light of day - and nearly succeeded. The amount of the settlement was undisclosed, but is assumed to be substantial. The lawsuit with the group was finally resolved in Felder's favor with an out-of-court settlement in May of 2007. This seems to be about the time that he started raising a fuss about the money issues with Eagles Inc. Why did Don Felder wait so long to complain about the inequities of the situation, when he'd gone ahead and signed the agreements previously? One possible factor is by 2001 he was getting divorced, and knew he was going to have to come up with a lot of money for the settlement. When Felder once again complained, he was sent a letter by Azoff that said he was out of the Eagles. The suit went on to say that "the greed of Henley and Frey became more insatiable with each new project." Before Felder's termination, they formed another company to handle the business dealings related to the Eagles boxed set Selected Works: 1972-1999, and this new company excluded Felder, Walsh, and Schmit from an ownership stake. Felder further stated he was owed money from the assorted Eagles business dealings, and a fair market price for his shares in the Eagles-related companies, in addition to attorney's fees and court costs. He also asked for punitive damages "in an amount sufficient to punish" Henley and Frey, as well as Eagles, Ltd. He was replaced by Nashville session veteran Steuart Smith, who continues to work with the Eagles to this day.įelder's original and amended complaint against Henley, Frey, Azoff and the various companies they created sought damages for "not less than $50 million" for breach of contract, "not less than $50 million" for wrongful termination, and "in excess of $50 million" for breach of fiduciary duty. Nevertheless, he was told on February 6 that his employment would be terminated, which became official on April 10. Felder also claims that in early February 2001, he fired his attorney Barry Tyerman on orders from Henley, Frey, and Azoff in order to avoid being terminated from the group. In his lawsuit, Felder claimed that he had been denied access to the business records relating to the Eagles, which he was entitled to as a partner in Eagles, Ltd. From the other side, rumors began to surface that Felder was refusing to tour and not showing up for rehearsals, as well as causing problems in the studio. From Felder's point of view, the disruption appeared to be that he had begun questioning the band's finances, complaining that profits were being hidden, and that he deserved more of a share of the take.
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