Hotel California - Singer-Songwriters and Cocaine Cowboys in the LA Canyons, 1967-1976

Informationen zum Autor Rock historian Barney Hoskyns is the author of nine books and has written about music and pop culture for numerous publications including NME, The Times, Guardian, Vogue and Mojo, of which he was Associate Editor. He lives in London. Klappentext The story of a remarkable time and place: Los Angeles from the dawn of the singer-songwriter era in the mid-Sixties to the peak of The Eagles' success in the late Seventies. Zusammenfassung The story of a remarkable time and place: Los Angeles from the dawn of the singer-songwriter era in the mid-Sixties to the peak of The Eagles’ success in the late Seventies.

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'Hoskyns impresses with the sheer weight of testimony he has amassed and the skill with which he has woven it into a tightly coiled and elegiac narrative.' Christopher Silvester, Sunday Times
'A terrific account of the interface between idealism and squalor, art and commerce.' Guardian
'The author skillfully teases out the complex web of relationships between the artists, managers, and record executives who made up the West Coast's self-styled bohemian elite.' Ben Thompson, Independent
'if you are looking for the ingredients traditionally required of a good rock'n'roll story, then "Hotel California" has got the lot... An ambitious and authoritative account which makes overdue sense of a spectacularly decadent period of pop history' David Sinclair, Guardian

Product details

• Authors: Barney Hoskyns, Hoskyns Barney
• Publisher: Harper Perennial UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.07.2006
• EAN: 9780007177059
• ISBN: 978-0-00-717705-9
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history; Rock, Music, History: specific events & topics, Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, California, Social & cultural history, MUSIC / Reference, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, MUSIC / Essays, Biography: arts & entertainment, Music Industry, History of Music, Social and cultural history, Pop Music, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, c 1970 to c 1979, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, c 1970 to c 1980, Biography: arts and entertainment