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Eagles – Life in the Fast Lane – Guitar Lesson

Jane — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:33:37 +0000

“Life in the Fast Lane” was written by Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey and Don Henley and released by the Eagles on their 1976 studio album “Hotel California”. After the album’s release, it became the third single from the album peaking at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

The song tells of a couple that takes their excessive lifestyle to the edge.

During an interview with “In the Studio with Redbeard”, Glenn Frey revealed that the song’s title came to him one day when he was riding on the freeway with a drug dealer known as “The Count”. Frey asked The Count to slow down and the response was, “What do you mean? It’s life in the fast lane!” In that same interview, Frey indicated that the song’s central riff was played by Joe Walsh while the band was warming up in rehearsals and Walsh was told to “keep that, it’s a song”.

After watching the videos below you’ll discover that although the main riff sounds quite cool, it’s not really all that hard to play. I have included a “Life in the Fast Lane” backing track at the end of this post. Enjoy!

Life in the Fast Lane Backing Track

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Eagles – Hotel California – Guitar Lesson

Jane — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:28:12 +0000

Released as a single in 1977, “Hotel California” is the title song from the Eagles’ album of the same name. The song topped the Billboard hot 100 singles chart for one week in May of 1977. Since the song’s release there have been many interpretations as to exactly what the lyrics are referring to, however, when asked, Don Henley had the following to say about the song’s meaning:

“It’s our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles” and later he reiterated “it’s basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America, which is something we knew a lot about.”

Below I have posted two different videos and a Hotel California backing track that you can play-along with. Let me know how you make out ….

Hotel California – Intro Guitar Lesson

Hotel California – Complete Guitar Lesson

In the video guitar lesson below you will learn all the chords, picking patterns, strumming patterns and the lead guitar solo! Ben will explain each section step by step! Animated tab appears at the bottom of the screen, and chord diagrams help you learn the chord shapes.

Hotel California Backing Track

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Eagles – Peaceful Easy Feeling – Guitar Lesson

Jane — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:40:04 +0000

“Peaceful Easy Feeling” was written by Jack Tempchin and was the third single from the Eagles’ debut album entitled simply “Eagles”. Glenn Frey sings the lead vocal, with Bernie Leadon providing the main harmony vocal (starting in the beginning of the second verse) and Randy Meisner completing this three-part harmony.

For the video below the Chords and Lead are Improvised in the key of D. At the bottom of this post you’ll find a backing track (and chord listing key of E) to the song that you can play along with.

Peaceful Easy Feeling Backing Track – Key of E

Eagles – Peaceful Easy Feeling Chords – Key of E (same as on the album)

Intro
E Esus E Esus

Verses
E A E A E A B7 2x

Chorus
A E A B E F#m A B7 E / Esus E Esus /

Interlude
E A E A E A B7 2x /A E A B E A B7

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