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Chris Holt Joins the Eagles As Touring Guitarist, Replacing Steuart Smith
The Eagles are having Chris Holt replace Steuart Smith as touring guitarist. Get the details.
In a video posted Idol Records, Henley welcomed Holt “on the first night of his side hustle with the Eagles.” The Dallas Morning News reported on Thursday (Jan. 23), that Holt is replacing longtime Eagles guitarist Steuart Smith, who recently announced that after a nearly 25-year run with the group, he was stepping down due to a diagnosis of Parkinsonism, a neurological condition that causes slow movements, tremors and stiffness. “I’m trying to fill the giant shoes of all three that came before me,” Holt told the paper in reference to previous Eagles guitarists Don Felder and Bernie Leadon. It’s the highest honor for me to do it, and it’s my duty to get it right.” The paper noted that Smith and Holt are good friends who’ve performed together in the past in Henley’s solo band.
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