Deciding to ditch the most overtly country aspects of their music, the Eagles brought guitarist Don Felder aboard in 1974 in hopes of pivoting to a more rock-oriented sound. Two years later, Felder ...

And that’s where I wrote Hotel California. “When I first joined the band,” he continued, "my high school band mate Bernie Leadon told me, ‘If you want to wrote songs with Don [Henley] and Glenn [Frey] ...

"Hotel California" reached No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 in 1977. The song won a Grammy and became an iconic classic, influencing many artists. Lyrics sparked debate; Don Henley said, "It can have a ...

This December will mark 50 years since the release of Hotel California, the Eagles' most successful album. The album's title ...

Perhaps no rock song has been analyzed more thoroughly than the Eagles’ magnum opus “Hotel California“. Upon the song’s February 1977 release, many wondered if Hotel California was a real place.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The desert is where mirage and myth are created, and so is Hollywood," Eagles founding member Don Henley tells Guitar World. "We ...