Hotel California (eBook)

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

Barney Hoskyns (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
336 Seiten
Turner Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-1-118-04050-8 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;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."e;-Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing Editor, Rolling StoneFrom 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 "e;Hotel California"e;; the drama of David Geffen and the other money men who transformed the L.A. music scene; and more.

Autor

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 contributed to Rolling Stone, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Interview, British Vogue, and Spin. His other books include Across the Great Divide: The Band and America and Led Zeppelin IV. He is the cofounder and editorial director of the acclaimed online library Rock's Backpages at www.rocksbackpages.com.

Inhalt

Preface ix1 Expecting to Fly 12 Back to the Garden 193 New Kids in Town 354 Horses, Kids, and Forgotten Women 555 Escape from Sin City 776 A Case of Me 997 With a Little Help from Our Friends 1278 The Machinery vs. the Popular Song 1879 After the Thrill Is Gone 21710 Go Your Own Way 245Coda: Like a Setting Sun 267Notes 273Suggested Reading 303Credits 307Index 309Photographs follow page 158

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.12.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Schlagworte: 1960s • 1970s • california history • david crosby • david geffen • Graham Nash • Hotel California • Jackson Browne • James Taylor • Joni Mitchell • Laurel Canyon • Linda Ronstadt • Los Angeles • Los Angeles Music • Music Criticism • Music History • music journalism • Neil Young • rock music • Stephen Stills • the Eagles (band) • U.S. History • U.S. local history • U.S. state history
• ISBN-10: 1-118-04050-3 / 1118040503
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-04050-8 / 9781118040508