“I play the double-neck and trade solos with Joe Walsh on Hotel California. It’s a bit terrifying, but it’s the greatest thing ever”: Chris Holt landed The Eagles without an audition – but his gigs with Mike Campbell and Don Henley might have helped

Chris Holt.

Chris Holt’s passion keeps him busy – along with being the new Eagles guitaris alongside Joe Walsh and Vince Gill, he’s Mike Campbell’s sideman in the Dirty Knobs, and he’s also working on his solo career.

“Music was the perfect storm for me,” he says of how he started. “I was the right age to be reeled in by MTV. I got hooked immediately and I suddenly started noticing guitar players everywhere.”

While he appreciated the coolness, he knew there was more to it. “Everyone around me in Dallas was playing blues. I started digging into more complex stuff, trying to learn solos. I didn’t have formal training; I just played by instinct.”