{"id":547505,"date":"2026-06-22T01:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T01:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/547505\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T01:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T01:19:17","slug":"marilyn-monroes-nephew-robin-dimaggio-goes-to-war-with-the-eagles-guitarist-don-felder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/547505\/","title":{"rendered":"Marilyn Monroe\u2019s nephew Robin DiMaggio goes to war with The Eagles\u2019 guitarist Don Felder"},"content":{"rendered":"

A famous record producer and nephew of Marilyn Monroe is suing Eagles\u2019 legend <\/a>Don Felder for allegedly cheating him out of producer credits on two albums.<\/p>\n

Robin DiMaggio, whose great uncle is Joe DiMaggio, is going after the \u201cHotel California\u201d hitmaker demanding payment and credit he claims he was promised.<\/p>\n

\"Producer\/Drummer<\/p>\n

Producer\/Drummer Robin DiMaggio (left) and Eagle great Don Felder. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Explosive court documents say Felder brought him on as a producer and session drummer while putting together the guitarists\u2019 2019 solo album \u201cAmerican Rock N Roll.\u201d<\/p>\n

DiMaggio, who has worked with David Bowie, Snoop Dogg and Mariah Carrey, claims in the papers he was paid $30,000 for his work and would forgo his producing fee in exchange for a co-producer credit.<\/p>\n

\"Robin<\/p>\n

Robin DiMaggio, whose great uncle is Joe DiMaggio, is going after the \u201cHotel California\u201d hitmaker demanding payment and credit he claims he was promised. WireImage<\/p>\n

\"DiMaggio\u2019s<\/p>\n

DiMaggio\u2019s great uncle is baseball great Joe DiMaggio who married Marilyn Monroe. ullstein bild via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The credit was far more valuable to DiMaggio because he would receive a percentage of the royalties, which could amount to 25% of net receipts, the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n

Felder, who was lead guitarist for the Eagles from 1974 to 2001, told DiMaggio BMG, his album label, would not release the album with his name on it due to legal issues the drummer had at the time, according to the court papers.<\/p>\n

\"Don<\/p>\n

Don Felder was lead guitarist for the Eagles from 1974-2001 Getty Images<\/p>\n

The legal issues stemmed from DiMaggio being accused of\u00a0embezzling nearly $1 million from a charity concert intended to raise money for children made homeless by wars.<\/p>\n

He was sentenced to 27 months in prison in October 2020.<\/p>\n

Felder handed the drummer $5,000 in cash, which DiMaggio did not accept. He chose not to push the issue because he thought BMG wouldn\u2019t release the record with his name on it, the papers say.<\/p>\n

But In 2025 Dimaggio would find out from BMG that the decision for credit was decided by Felder not BMG, the documents allege.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Eagle legend co-wrote iconic song including \u201cHotel California\u201d and \u201cVictim of Love\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n

Dimaggio was told \u201cthe request had been referred to BMG\u2019s legal department\u201d and at no point did BMG say Dimaggio shouldn\u2019t be credited.<\/p>\n

The two also teamed up on another album, \u201cThe Vault- 50 years of Music\u201d, again DiMaggio was promised producer credit, according to the papers.<\/p>\n

While Felder was on the road, DiMaggio said he did extensive work on the album, the papers say.<\/p>\n

But Felder backed out again saying Dimaggio had only done the drumming work on the album, and said through his attorney the drummer \u201cdid not provide services as a producer or co-producer on any of the masters,\u201d according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

DiMaggio is asking for 25% of Felder\u2019s net receipts for both albums along with another $15,0000 per track for additional studio work. He\u2019s also requested compensatory and punitive damages along with attorney fees.<\/p>\n

Calls from The Post to Felder went unreturned. Felder\u2019s legendary fallout with the Eagles is well documented and stemmed from financial disagreements. He\u2019s currently finishing up a multi city tour through November 5th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A famous record producer and nephew of Marilyn Monroe is suing Eagles\u2019 legend Don Felder for allegedly cheating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[234770,234769,107585,18,117,2445,19,17,99371,337,59027,234771],"class_list":["post-547505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-dimaggio","tag-don-felder","tag-eagles","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-getty-images","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-marilyn-monroe","tag-music","tag-record-producer","tag-robin-dimaggio"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116791134079944133","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}