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

If you have read any of the other ,at least 3, Hotel California and Eagles books this will fill in some unanswered questions about the start of that period and the history involved..

This is a fascinating insight to the somewhat musically incestuous tight knit Southern California community of the sixties and seventies. The threaded connections that led to such 'supergroups' as The Eagles and CSN&Y are a true indication that, in most instances, they could not have survived and thrived without each other. A complex human jigsaw of incredible talent, if ever there was one.

I was born too late for this era of music, but in my opinion, the best music there has consistently been was from this time. This book provides personal insights into the movers and shakers behind the music.

Good read and enjoyable if you like the music of the west coast this is fascinating but does tend to focus on the GEFFEN CREW so other artists don't feature as much as I would have liked

Somewhat similar all the way through but interesting

The most boring music biz book that I have ever read. Disjointed, trying to tie together too many people and nothing of real interest to say about any of them. Thank goodness it was short (if you discount the endless list of name checks and photographs). The only reason I gritted my teeth and persevered to the end was that the darned thing cost me ten pounds. The most expensive E book that I have purchased and the second worst. At least the worst one only cost me 99p!

Im a true child of the 70sI just love the Eagles so much they are brill and the California sound

After the gold rush, before the deluge ...Hotel California documents the cultural shifts in the music business from the time when the New York City folk scene of the early sixties moved west to the dominance of arena rock in the late seventies. The migration from the early singer-songwriters to the mega-groups is a fascinating and wide-ranging story that is well told in this book.Hotel California the book, like the song by The Eagles, one of the groups in the story, is also a story of loss of innocence as the tumultuous sixties morph into the self-absorbed seventies. This is the saga behind the music that is still playing today.It's always risky to read about one's musical heroes as their personal stories are rarely as sweet and innocent as the art they created. I appreciated all the behind the scenes peeks at bands like Little Feat and artists like Randy Newman who don't often get top billing in discussions about this era. I exit this book still loving Joni Mitchell and my crush on Linda Ronstadt is intact, but the trajectories of CSNY and The Eagles read like a cautionary tale of how intense, and ego-driven, and drug-fueled the music business became.Behind the success and excess were some very savvy and often cutthroat agents and promoters who recognized and helped realize the potential to re-invent the music business. Mansions and swimming pools for the artists, even deeper profit pools for the record companies.Hotel California is well-written, fast paced and extensively researched. Barney Hoskyns is a seasoned rock journalist who has impeccable credentials to observe and document the California music scene.I enjoyed this book on many levels and recommend it to music fans, students of cultural history, and anyone interested in the business behind the soundtrack of the last fifty years.