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Hotel California

By: Barney Hoskyns
Narrated by: Nick Landrum
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The classic account of the LA Canyons scene between 1967 and 1976, featuring Joni Mitchell; Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young; The Eagles; James Taylor; and Jackson Browne. Ambition, betrayal, drugs and genius all combine with great music making.

©2005 Barney Hoskyns (P)2012 Talking Music Music
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A well written account of the music in LA of the sixties and seventies . It gives you an incite into the lives and relationships of these musicians , showing you the dysfunction and often accidental success they had and how it shaped that period in music history.

A look into the LA music scene of the 60’s and 70’s

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An insightful dissection on such a vital and extraordinary time through the singer songwriter era in California. We may never again capture the magic of Laurel Canyon and the wonderful music created in the 60’s and 70’s, but this is as close as you’ll get. But when you’re flying 8 miles high you’re bound to burn out and this fractured fairytale is littered with tragic consequences. Ultimately it becomes a sad reflection on what’s been lost since that time and the vacuous nature of the music industry today.

California dreamin’ and the demons that created the magic.

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