A well-known document producer and nephew of Marilyn Monroe is suing Eagles’ legend Don Felder for allegedly dishonest him out of producer credit on two albums.
Robin DiMaggio, whose nice uncle is Joe DiMaggio, goes after the “Lodge California” hitmaker demanding fee and credit score he claims he was promised.
Explosive courtroom paperwork say Felder introduced him on as a producer and session drummer whereas placing collectively the guitarists’ 2019 solo album “American Rock N Roll.”
DiMaggio, who has labored with David Bowie, Snoop Dogg and Mariah Carrey, claims within the papers he was paid $30,000 for his work and would forgo his producing charge in alternate for a co-producer credit score.
The credit score was way more precious to DiMaggio as a result of he would obtain a proportion of the royalties, which may quantity to 25% of internet receipts, the lawsuit says.
Felder, who was lead guitarist for the Eagles from 1974 to 2001, advised DiMaggio BMG, his album label, wouldn’t launch the album together with his title on it as a result of authorized points the drummer had on the time, in accordance with the courtroom papers.
The authorized points stemmed from DiMaggio being accused of embezzling almost $1 million from a charity live performance supposed to boost cash for youngsters made homeless by wars.
He was sentenced to 27 months in jail in October 2020.
Felder handed the drummer $5,000 in money, which DiMaggio didn’t settle for. He selected to not push the problem as a result of he thought BMG wouldn’t launch the document together with his title on it, the papers say.
However In 2025 Dimaggio would discover out from BMG that the choice for credit score was determined by Felder not BMG, the paperwork allege.
Dimaggio was advised “the request had been referred to BMG’s authorized division” and at no level did BMG say Dimaggio shouldn’t be credited.
The 2 additionally teamed up on one other album, “The Vault- 50 years of Music”, once more DiMaggio was promised producer credit score, in accordance with the papers.
Whereas Felder was on the highway, DiMaggio mentioned he did in depth work on the album, the papers say.
However Felder backed out once more saying Dimaggio had solely performed the drumming work on the album, and mentioned by way of his legal professional the drummer “didn’t present companies as a producer or co-producer on any of the masters,” in accordance with the lawsuit.
DiMaggio is asking for 25% of Felder’s internet receipts for each albums together with one other $15,0000 per monitor for added studio work. He’s additionally requested compensatory and punitive damages together with legal professional charges.
Calls from The Put up to Felder went unreturned. Felder’s legendary fallout with the Eagles is effectively documented and stemmed from monetary disagreements. He’s presently ending up a multi metropolis tour by way of November fifth.
