Hotel California : The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends

by Hoskyns, Barney

• ISBN13: 9780471732730
• ISBN10: 0471732737
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-19
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Advance praise for Hotel California"A British rock critic obsessed with America, Barney Hoskyns brings a genuine love as well as an outsider's keen eye to the rise and fall of the California scene in the sixties and seventies. This is a riveting story, sensitively told." -Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone"Comprehensive and lively, Hotel California offers a front-row seat on the wild ride-fueled by drugs, sex, and lots of cash-that took Southern California singer-songwriters from hot tubs and local bars to sold-out stadiums, private jets, and the bestselling album of all time." -Alan Light, author of The Skills to Pay the Bills: The Story of the Beastie Boys"One of our finest pop historians reappraises a neglected and often maligned milieu. Barney Hoskyns deftly evokes not just the decadence but the sense of discovery rooted in 1960s idealism and fostered by a gaggle of record industry mavericks who, for a brief period, managed to make art and business coexist." -Simon Reynolds, author of Rip It Up and Start Again

Author Biography

British journalist BARNEY HOSKYNS has spent much of his professional life in Los Angeles as a correspondent for England's New Musical Express and Mojo. He has written regularly on pop culture and the arts for British Vogue, has contributed to Rolling Stone, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Interview, and Spin, and has published several books on music and pop culture, including Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes, and the Sound of Los Angeles. A familiar media figure on both sides of the Atlantic, Hoskyns has appeared on VH1 and the BBC.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Expecting to Fly	1	(18)
Back to the Garden	19	(16)
New Kids in Town	35	(20)
Horses, Kids, and Forgotten Women	55	(22)
Escape from Sin City	77	(22)
A Case of Me	99	(28)
With a Little Help from Our Friends	127	(60)
The Machinery vs. the Popular Song	187	(30)
After the Thrill Is Gone	217	(28)
Go Your Own Way	245	(28)
Coda: Like a Setting Sun	267	(6)
Notes	273	(30)
Suggested Reading	303	(4)
Credits	307	(2)
Index	309