Review: Eagles Awesome -- You'll Check in and Won't Wanna Leave!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2013
As someone who often belts out ″Hotel California″ at karaoke, either up on stage or in a crowd of tipsy barflies who still know all the words, I was excited to find this book which has given me great insight into the band behind the music! What a well researched, entertaining book! This book was just like watching a VH-1 ″Behind the Music″ special, except you don't have to wait until 3pm on a Sunday two years from when you last watched that episode to remember what they said about the band.One of the many things I truly loved about this book was how you really got into the history of each person associated with the band. This book takes you through the origins of the Eagles, right back to Don Henley's high school band ″The Four Speeds″ and how he made the most of running into Kenny Rogers in a boutique of all places to promote his band, at that point named ″Felicity,″ later on. Mr. Hoag's book is just stuffed full of fun tidbits like this that really make you feel like you're growing along with the band. Also, his humor really shines through (like when he's talking about band rankings, and how Michael Jackson might just have the Eagles beat out by a nose, lol). And of course there's a whole chapter on Hotel California (the facts of which you can use to WOW your friends the intro comes up when you're belting it out at karaoke...well, if that's the kind of thing you do).In short, if you're looking to learn more about The Eagles, buy this book! You'll be glad you did!