" Hoskyns brings a genuine love as well as an outsider' s keen eye to the rise and fall of the California scene. . . . This is a riveting story, sensitively told." - Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone
From enduring musical achievements to drug-fueled chaos and bed-hopping antics, the L.A. pop music scene in the sixties and seventies was like no other, and journalist Barney Hoskyns re-creates all the excitement and mayhem. Hotel California brings to life the genesis of Crosby, Stills, and Nash at Joni Mitchell' s house; the Eagles' backstage fistfights after the success of " Hotel California"; the drama of David Geffen and the other money men who transformed the L.A. music scene; and more.
Barney Hoskyns (London, UK) is the former U.S. correspondent for MOJO, the author of several books about music and Hollywood, and the cofounder of rocksbackpages.com, a rock journalism library.
