Let's face it Hotel California was always going to feature in this series ... just not by The Eagles!
No, I give you Hotel California by Alabama 3 from their 2000 album La Peste. The follow up to the magnificent 1997 debut Exile on Coldharbour Lane it was a major disappointment as were their live shows from this period. Subsequently I have never felt the urge to pick up any more of their records or to go and see them live again.
I was unsure as to how Wooden Wand (the stage name of James Jackson Toth) first came to my attention until I carried out a search on the Blog revealed it was via a Mojo compilation The New Thunder Review. I was sufficiently impressed enough to track down a copy of the 2011 album Briarwood which includes the song Motel Stationary
More hotels and motels next Monday
Glad you avoided the Eagles, that record is one of my pet hates
ReplyDeleteI suspect you are not alone
DeleteI love the version by The Gypsy Kings...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVNAqNZcpB4