The Eagles and Jethro Tull Toured together in the early 70's and Felder probably lifted the Jethro Tull song "We Used To Know" for Hotel California. Ian Anderson acknowledged that but said it wasn't a big deal.
Listen for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXB6WcKrtdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgO7MamJnqM
The guitar solos in both songs are pretty similar, if not very.
dawnbaxter34. Take a look at this interview that Ian Anderson gives concerning this controversy.https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0LEVzazcq5WwUUAXYZXNyoA;_ylc=X1MDMjc2NjY3OQRfcgMyBGZyA21jYWZlZQRncHJpZANtU09ETk9qQVRTNkE1NEVmQUdyQThBBG5fcnNsdAMwBG5fc3VnZwMwBG9yaWdpbgNzZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tBHBvcwMwBHBxc3RyAwRwcXN0cmwDBHFzdHJsAzMwBHF1ZXJ5AyJKZXRocm8gVHVsbC9ob3RlbCBjYWxpZm9ybmlhIgR0X3N0bXADMTQ1NDI3MzIzNw--?p=%22Jethro+Tull%2Fhotel+california%22&fr2=sb-top-search&fr=mcafee&type=C111US1134D20140719
Among other things he says the chords are the same but "it's in a different time signature and a different key."
He also doesn't think it is plagiarism.
Interesting.
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