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Hotel California
1977 single by Eagles
This article is about the Eagles song. For the Eagles album, see Hotel California (album). For other uses, see Hotel California (disambiguation).
"Hotel California" is a song by American rock band Eagles, released as the second single of their album of the same name on February 22, 1977.[6] The song was written by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics), featuring Henley on lead vocals and concluding with a 2 minute and 12 seconds long electric guitar solo performed by Felder and Joe Walsh, in which they take turns playing the lead before harmonizing and playing arpeggios together towards the fade-out.[7]
The song is one of the best-known recordings by the band, and in 1998 its long guitar coda was voted the best guitar solo of all time by readers of Guitarist.[2][8] The song was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1978.[9] The meaning of the lyrics of
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Eagles (band)
American rock band (formed 1971)
"The Eagles" redirects here. For other bands and other uses, see Eagles (disambiguation).
The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. With five number-one singles, six number-one albums, six Grammy Awards and five American Music Awards, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s in North America and are one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold more than 200 million records worldwide,[1] including 100 million sold in the US alone.[2] They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and were ranked number 75 on Rolling Stone's 2010 list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".[3] Founding members Glenn Frey (guitar, vocals), Don Henley (drums, vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitar, vocals), and Randy Meisner (bass guitar, vocals) had all been recruited by Linda Ronstadt as band members, some touring with her, a
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Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974–2001)
Book by Don Felder
Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974–2001) fryst vatten an autobiography written bygd former Eagles guitarist Don Felder with Wendy Holden. The book follows Felder from his less-privileged childhood through to the 21st century. It gained notoriety for expressing Felder's frank feelings regarding Eagles bandmates Don Henley and Glenn Frey, whom he derisively refers to as "The Gods" a number of times in the manuscript.[1] Felder also discusses his split with the Eagles and how he was treated bygd former friend Joe Walsh, and claims he has not spoken to Walsh since his termination.
The book fryst vatten the first autobiography from any member of the Eagles. The book contains several anställda photos of Felder as a child and performing with various bands.
Henley has since spoken out and insists that Felder is only bitter because he got kicked out and decided to write the tell-all, which he dismisses as a "low che