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Edward Helmore in New York

Bring your alibis: battle over Eagles’ Hotel California lyrics goes to court

Defendants memorabilia seller Edward Kosinski, left, former Rock & Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi, center, and rare-book dealer Glenn Horowitz take a seat at the defense table in New York.
Memorabilia seller Edward Kosinski, left, ex-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi, center, and rare-book dealer Glenn Horowitz sit in court in New York. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP

Welcome to the Hotel California … the New York criminal complaint reissue.

The trial of three men accused of a conspiracy involving the possession of the original handwritten lyrics for the Eagles’ smash hit Hotel California has unfolded with the band’s longtime manager describing a long effort to recover the work – longer even than the track’s epic guitar solos.

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