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

Name: Hotel California The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends
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ISBN: 9780471732730

ISBN-10: 0471732737

ISBN-13: 9780471732730

Edition: 2006

Authors: Barney Hoskyns

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In the late sixties and early seventies, Los Angeles was a hotbed of musical creativity-the home base of Joni Mitchell, the Eagles, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, among many others. Now, drawing on exclusive interviews with many of the leading players, music journalist Barney Hoskyns recreates the excitement, ferment, and energy of those years. We see the genesis of Crosby, Stills, and Nash at Joni Mitchell's house in Laurel Canyon. We see the Eagles implode in backstage fistfights after the success of their huge hit album Hotel California. And we get the real story on David Geffen and the other money men who nurtured, bankrolled-and some…

Book details

List price: $35.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Publication date: 5/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.39" wide x 9.46" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Barney Hoskyns was born in England in 1959 and began writing for the New Musical Express after leaving Oxford. He has since written for The Times, the New Statesman, the Guardian, Spin, the Los Angeles Reader, Creem, Vogue and many other publications. His other books include Say it One Time for the Brokenhearted and Imp of the Perverse.



Preface



Expecting to Fly



Back to the Garden



New Kids in Town



Horses, Kids, and Forgotten Women



Escape from Sin City



A Case of Me



With a Little Help from Our Friends



The Machinery vs. the Popular Song



After the Thrill Is Gone



Go Your Own Way


Coda: Like a Setting Sun


Notes


Suggested Reading


Credits


Index