Hotel California: A Journey From Innocence to Experience

Glenn Fry's name is actually Glenn Froy and he saw a pair of fry boots and was so inspired, he changed his name. The songwriter Don Hanley always tells the story of what the song is about slightly differently. He once told Howard Stern that if you drive into LA at night, you can just see this glow on the horizon of lights. It's not really about California. It's about America. And it's about the dark underbelly of the American dream.