Hotel California
Author | : Barney Hoskyns |
Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2010-12-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781118040508 |
ISBN-13 | : 1118040503 |
Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Hoskyns brings a genuine love as well as an outsider's keen eye to the rise and fall of the California scene. . . . This is a riveting story, sensitively told." —Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone From enduring musical achievements to drug-fueled chaos and bed-hopping antics, the L.A. pop music scene in the sixties and seventies was like no other, and journalist Barney Hoskyns re-creates all the excitement and mayhem. Hotel California brings to life the genesis of Crosby, Stills, and Nash at Joni Mitchell’s house; the Eagles’ backstage fistfights after the success of "Hotel California"; the drama of David Geffen and the other money men who transformed the L.A. music scene; and more.