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EDI FITZROY RELUCTANTLY COVERS THE EAGLES’ “HOTEL CALIFORNIA!”

 By Brian Bonitto—  Top: Edi Fitzroy Bottom: Glenn Frey— Edi Fitzroy was apprehensive when asked to cover the Eagles 1977 hit Hotel California. “I had my reservations… First thing, mi nuh like sing ova people songs… I have written all my songs expect for the Heptones’s Handle and Blade. And, secondly, when mi listen to Hotel California, it sound like some duppy thing. But my producers (Jacko Thelwell and Delroy Thompson) say is a big tune and that I should do it,” recalls Fitzroy, 61. He said the cover version was recorded in 1988 and eventually formed part of his repertoire.  “Whenever I performed it locally, the reception was great. A lot of people knew it, and always sing along,” he said. Founding Eagles member and co-writer of Hotel California, Glenn Frey, died of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute … Read entire article »

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