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The song's guitar solo was voted the best solo of all time by readers of Guitarist magazine in 1998, [8] and was ranked 8th on Guitar Magazine ' s Top 100 Guitar Solos. [8] The song was also included in the music video game Guitar Hero World Tour .
Hotel California is the fifth studio album by American rock band Eagles, released on December 8, 1976, by Asylum Records.Recorded by the band and produced by Bill Szymczyk at the Criteria and Record Plant studios between March and October 1976, it was the band's first album with guitarist Joe Walsh, who had replaced founding member Bernie Leadon, and the last to feature founding bassist Randy ...
This allowed for the signal to be sent to two separate amplifiers: for "Hotel California", an Echoplex and a Leslie for the swirling tones (played on the 12 string neck capo at the seven fret), and then later through his standard guitar amp (a Blackface Deluxe Reverb or Tweed Deluxe) using the six string neck for the duet/harmony guitar solo ...
A guitar solo is a melodic passage, instrumental section, or entire piece of music, pre-written (or improvised) to be played on a classical, electric, or acoustic guitar.In 20th and 21st century traditional music and popular music such as blues, swing, jazz, jazz fusion, rock and heavy metal, guitar solos often contain virtuoso techniques and varying degrees of improvisation.
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The recording sessions produced 11 tracks for the Hell Freezes Over album, including a new arrangement of "Hotel California" that featured an extended acoustic guitar and percussion opening. At the beginning of the concert, Frey joked to the audience: "For the record, we never broke up; we just took a 14-year vacation".
"Already Gone", which is four minutes and 13 seconds long, was written by Robb Strandlund and Jack Tempchin. [3] [4] In the liner notes for The Very Best Of, Glenn Frey said that Tempchin sent him a tape of the song through the mail.
It features many of their biggest hits not on Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975), including "Hotel California", their signature song. The album was released in 1982, after the band's breakup. That same year, Don Henley and Glenn Frey both released their debut solo albums.