Hotel California La From The Byrds To The Eagles Torrent - Google Link

No Byrds session tape, no Roger McGuinn interview, and no official discography supports it. The songwriting credit on Hotel California (the 1976 album) goes to Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey.

Let’s drive down that dark desert highway and find out. To understand the link, you have to look at Los Angeles, 1968-1972 . The Byrds had just imploded (again). David Crosby was kicked out, Gene Clark was long gone, and Gram Parsons was drifting through for Sweetheart of the Rodeo . No Byrds session tape, no Roger McGuinn interview,

The phrase taps into one of rock’s greatest conspiracies: Did The Eagles steal “Hotel California” from a lost Byrds demo? Or is it simply the sound of one generation handing the baton to another? No Byrds session tape