Posted on 07/13/2022 7:13:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Three men, including a curator for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, have been indicted for allegedly trying to sell stolen handwritten lyrics by Eagles co-founder Don Henley valued at over $1 million.
According to court documents, nearly 100 pages of Henley’s notes, including lyrics to “Hotel California” and “Life in the Fast Lane,” were stolen in the late 1970s by an author hired to write a biography of the band.
Craig Inciardi, Glenn Horowitz and Edward Kosinski are accused of conspiring to sell Henley’s pages through auction houses, even though they knew the items were stolen.
Rolling Stone notes that it was Horowitz who acquired the Eagles documents in 2005. He then allegedly recruited Inciardi and Kosinski in an effort to “sell off the documents to various auction houses, as well as trying to ‘coerce’ Henley into buying back the property that rightfully belonged to him.”
Inciardi is the curator and director of acquisitions at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He previously worked for the auction house Sotheby’s before joining the Hall’s staff.
All three men have been charged with conspiracy in the fourth degree, which carries up to a four-year prison sentence. Inciardi and Kosinski were also charged with criminal possession, while Horowitz was charged with attempted criminal possession of stolen property and two counts of hindering prosecution. All three men pleaded not guilty.
“The DA’s office alleges criminality where none exists and unfairly tarnishes the reputations of well-respected professionals,” the defendants’ attorneys said via statement. “We will fight these unjustified charges vigorously. These men are innocent.”
Meanwhile, Eagles manager Irving Azoff told Rolling Stone the indictments expose "the truth about music memorabilia sales of highly personal, stolen items hidden behind a facade of legitimacy.”
“No one has the right to sell illegally obtained property or profit from the outright theft of irreplaceable pieces of musical history,” he continued. “These handwritten lyrics are an integral part of the legacy Don Henley has created over the course of his 50-plus-year career.”
I think it was Jeffrey Lebowski that was trying to purchase them.
Not Eugene Hamilton?
The bigger crime is some of the performers they induct into the R&RHOF.
Agreed and the fact that they have excluded Bluer Oyster Cult .
Any HOF has an expiration date, imo. Who cares enough to fund a palace that pays homage to what was cool yesterday?
Agreed. Shouldn't that count as counterfeiting?
Three men charged over stolen lyrics for Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’
07/12/2022 2:56:32 PM PDT · by Not_Who_U_Think · 44 replies
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Agreed, BOC and a host of others.
I saw BOC along with Black Sabbath back in the 80’s Black and Blue tour. Rock’s glory days are over.
Tull is also not in this fraudulent “Hall of fame”.
Until the RRHoF rightfully inducts the fish farming flute player I am not only boycotting the HoF, I am boycotting Cleveland. And the entire state of Ohio.
Therefore, I am not shocked to learn of ethical issues amongst their employees.
For example, a co-worker of mine has a baseball bat hanging on his office wall in a glass case, purportedly one used by Yankee Alex Rodriguez to swat a home run. Paid a hefty amount for it too.
But how does one know for sure it really was the bat actually used? And if it was, so what?
The bigger crime is some of the performers they induct into the R&RHOF.
^ This, can’t be said enough
I was at Lebanon Valley center front for that tour. Amazing concert. I managed to get out before the worst of the rioting. The car flipping and burning had already started in the parking lot though.
BOC put out a new album last year, The Symbol Remains.
First in 20 years, it’s pretty good.
I saw them at the International Amphitheater in Chicago with Sabbath. Great concert, surprisingly, nothing too crazy happened except someone on the main floor had a blowtorch that when he fired it up went about 10 feet high, he lit it off every so often until security nabbed him. Good times.
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