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How Don Henley bounced back from Eagles’ messy breakup to make a pop classic
2 months ago

How Don Henley bounced back from Eagles’ messy breakup to make a pop classic

The Independent  

The best song ever written about nostalgia starts with a simple drum pattern, followed by a mournful guitar loop. Before “The Boys of Summer”, Henley was reeling from Eagles’ messy implosion in 1980 – when personal differences between band members, exacerbated by fame, money and drugs, came to a head. It was as he was cruising down Los Angeles’s Interstate …

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"Deliberately designed to deceive": Experts say Taylor Swift could sue Trump over fake endorsement
4 months ago

"Deliberately designed to deceive": Experts say Taylor Swift could sue Trump over fake endorsement

Salon  

Taylor Swift could bring a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump for posting her image and falsely accepting her endorsement — but legal experts told Salon that the issue raises questions about free speech and Trump's reputation for hyperbole. Litman said Trump would likely argue that his post was protected by the First Amendment as core political speech since "he …

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Eagles singer Don Henley sues for return of handwritten ‘Hotel California’ lyrics
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Eagles singer Don Henley sues for return of handwritten ‘Hotel California’ lyrics

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Eagles singer Don Henley filed a lawsuit in New York on Friday seeking the return of his handwritten notes and song lyrics from the band’s hit “Hotel California” album. “Hotel California,” released by the Eagles in 1977, is the third-biggest selling album of all time in the U.S. “These 100 pages of personal lyric sheets belong to …

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Don Henley wraps up testimony in Eagles lyric sheets case, saying they were his property
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Don Henley wraps up testimony in Eagles lyric sheets case, saying they were his property

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The lyrics to “Hotel California” and other classic Eagles songs should never have ended up at auction, Don Henley told a court Wednesday. The lyrics sheets document the shaping of a roster of 1970s rock hits, many of them from one of the best-selling albums of all time: the Eagles’ “Hotel California.” The case centers on how …

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In court, Don Henley recounts the making of the Eagles’ megahit ‘Hotel California’
9 months, 3 weeks ago

In court, Don Henley recounts the making of the Eagles’ megahit ‘Hotel California’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Seated in a courtroom witness box, Don Henley opened a large brown envelope Tuesday and paged through the aging yellow sheets of a legal pad. It was the first glimpse in court of some of the physical pages at the heart of a trial involving Henley’s decade-long effort to reclaim handwritten drafts of lyrics to songs, including …

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Don Henley tells court he never gave away drafts of ‘Hotel California’ lyrics
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Don Henley tells court he never gave away drafts of ‘Hotel California’ lyrics

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Don Henley never gave away handwritten pages of draft lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits, he said Monday, calling them “very personal” in testimony that also delved into an unrelated piece of his past: his 1980 arrest. Defense attorney Jonathan Bach played tapes Monday of 1980 phone calls between Sanders and Henley, including one in …

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Eagles’ Don Henley revisits a 1980 arrest as he testifies in case about draft ‘Hotel California’ lyrics
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Eagles’ Don Henley revisits a 1980 arrest as he testifies in case about draft ‘Hotel California’ lyrics

LA Times  

Don Henley, surrounded by security, arrives Monday at Supreme Court in New York to testify about draft lyrics to the song “Hotel California.” Don Henley testified Monday that a “poor decision” led to his arrest in 1980, when authorities said they found drugs and a 16-year-old sex worker suffering from an overdose at his Los Angeles home. Henley was asked …

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Randy Meisner, founding member of L.A. rock band the Eagles, dies at 77
1 year, 4 months ago

Randy Meisner, founding member of L.A. rock band the Eagles, dies at 77

LA Times  

Randy Meisner, a founding member of the Los Angeles rock band the Eagles, who co-wrote and sang lead on the group’s enduring hit “Take It to the Limit,” died on Wednesday at age 77 due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a statement released on the band’s website. “His vocal range was astonishing, as is evident on …

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Welcome to the ‘Hotel California’ saga: Missing lyric sheets, rare book dealers and a relentless Don Henley
2 years, 4 months ago

Welcome to the ‘Hotel California’ saga: Missing lyric sheets, rare book dealers and a relentless Don Henley

LA Times  

In the late 1970s, Ed Sanders had a choice to make. “It’s an exhaustive account.” A decade later, in the mid-2000s, a rare book dealer, Glenn Horowitz, was presented with the opportunity to buy an item of great interest to music fans: Eagles co-founder Don Henley’s handwritten lyrics for much of the band’s landmark 1976 album “Hotel California” — including …

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‘He’s our Satan’: Mega music manager Irving Azoff, still feared, still fighting
4 years, 1 month ago

‘He’s our Satan’: Mega music manager Irving Azoff, still feared, still fighting

LA Times  

Music industry mogul Irving Azoff is a 2020 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: “I don’t think there’s that many smart people in our business.” This is not Irving Azoff’s house. “IN HIGH SCHOOL,” Jeffrey Azoff says, “I wanted to be a professional golfer, which has obviously eluded me.” He never expected to take up his father’s …

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