Interpreting The Eagles’ Hotel California

“Hotel California” topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week in May 1977 and peaked at number 10 on the Easy Listening chart. Billboard ranked it number 19 on its 1977 Pop Singles year-end chart.  Three months after its first release, the single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), representing one million copies shipped. The […]

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Gene Parsons – Stringbender Documentary

Gene Parsons was born on September 4, 1944 on his family’s farm in Morongo Valley in the Mojave Desert, California. His professional musical career began when he joined up with guitarist and Fiddle player Gib Guilbeauin the duo Guilbeau & Parsons.  Later the duo was joined by Clarence White, former guitarist with the Kentucky Colonels, and bassist Wayne Moore to form the […]

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Under The Covers

Watching the documentary “Under The Covers – A Magical Journey: Rock N Roll in LA in the 60’s – 70’s” featuring photographer Henry Diltz and artist Gary Burden and their work is like watching two old party buddies hang out and shoot the breeze. Except these two buddies design aesthetic have inserted themselves so far into the Laurel Canyon consciousness […]

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