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Hotel California

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Hotel California is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Steely Dan. Those roots explain a lot about how Hotel California arrange songs and choose their tones. Altogether the chart holds 1 connection around Hotel California, reaching back through Steely Dan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"Hotel California" is a song by American rock band the Eagles, released as the second single of their 1976 album of the same name on February 22, 1977. The song was written by Don Felder (music), Glenn Frey, and Don Henley (lyrics), featuring Henley on lead vocals and concluding with a 2-minute-12-second-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.

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Hotel California grew out of Steely Dan. 1 connection mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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