It was performed at games by the Philadelphia Eagles' Sound of Brass band, which included 200 musicians and dancers. The song never caught on, especially during what was a bad era of Eagles' football.
Hugh McIntyre covers music ... acts—those who have released songs that people never seem to tire of. “Hotel California” is one of only two tunes by the Eagles to reach the Billboard Global ...
Despite the success of Hotel California in 1976 and on the subsequent tour that followed, the Eagles were coming apart at the seams. Henley and Frey, who wrote most of the band’s songs ...