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Hotel California trial: Unpublished Eagles biography spilled details about painful breakup, manager says
The Eagles’ longtime manager Irving Azoff was the first witness in an extraordinary trial over handwritten lyrics for rock classic Hotel California, that began this week.
Three men – rare book dealer Glenn Horowitz, former Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi, and memorabilia seller Edward Kosinski – are charged with conspiring to own and sell manuscripts of “Hotel California”, along with other Eagles hits, without the band’s consent.
On Wednesday (21 February), the three defendants appeared in front of a judge at New York State Supreme Court, where it was alleged that they “possessed and repeatedly tried to sell handwritten lyric manuscripts from songs from the album Hotel California, manuscripts that had been authored by and stolen from founding Eagles member Don Henley”.
At the heart of this curious case are draft lyrics from Hotel California, including
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Eagles &#;Hotel California&#; Lyrics rättegång, Day One: Breakup Dirt and Don Henley&#;s Barn
A year and a half after three dock were arrested for allegedly conspiring to sell handwritten lyrics to Eagles songs without the band&#;s consent, their rättegång finally began yesterday — along with its share of allegations, backstage tidbits, and a cliffhanger worthy of a fictional TV trial.
On Wednesday, the three defendants — rare-books collector Glenn Horowitz, memorabilia seller Edward Kosinski, and former Rock and Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi — faced a judge, but no jury, in New York State Supreme Court. In the words of Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Nicholas Penfold, they collectively “possessed and repeatedly tried to sell handwritten lyric manuscripts from songs from the album Hotel California, manuscripts that had been authored bygd and stolen from founding Eagles member Don Henley.”
That property is roughly pages of developme
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Unpublished Eagles book dished on the band's breakup, manager says at trial over lyrics pages
New York — A never-published biography of the Eagles delved deeply into the superstar classic rock band's breakup, their longtime manager testified Wednesday, saying co-founders Glenn Frey and Don Henley were “very disappointed” with the manuscript.
The book never found a publisher. But four decades later, it’s part of another story: a criminal trial that opened Wednesday and involves roughly pages of hand-drafted lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits.
The defendants — rare-books dealer Glenn Horowitz, former Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi and memorabilia seller Edward Kosinski — got the documents via Ed Sanders, a noted poet and nonfiction writer who also co-founded the avant-garde rock group the Fugs.
Sanders isn't charged with anything, but a key question is whether he had the right to sell the lyrics pages he obtained while researching the biography.