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Hotel California
Written by Barney Hoskyns
Narrated by Nick Landrum
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The classic account of the LA Canyons scene between 1967 and 1976 featuring Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, The Eagles, James Taylor and Jackson Browne. Ambition, betrayal, drugs and genius all combine with great music making.
Author
Barney Hoskyns
Rock historian Barney Hoskyns is the author of nine books including SAY IT ONE TIME FOR THE BROKENHEARTED, PRINCE: IMP OF THE PERVERSE, FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM: THE GREAT VOICES OF POPULAR MUSIC and ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE: THE BAND AND AMERICA. He has written for numerous music publications such as NME, MOJO, as well as THE TIMES, VOGUE, ARENA, the NEW STATESMAN and the INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY. He lives in London.
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Reviews for Hotel California
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very sound retrospective. I think it’s important to note that there was a lot of scathing opinions and view points by the players in the book of each other and I think it’s important to keep in mind that most of these people horrifically abused drugs and alcohol which made psychotic personality traits come out. God only knows the damage they did to their brains. Regardless I loved reading about this snapshot in time of the music industry. The ending cracked me up because suddenly everyone was talented and deep thinking and music today can’t compare to any of them hah. I agree they were fantastic but they are just a piece of the incredible musical history of the last 100 years.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5If you enjoy country rock this book will fill in any gaps in your memories. But it will also convince you that so many of our favorites were real jerks.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent....so much detail....So many things I'd never heard before. The minute observations on all these Rock Stars is totally unique.....