What she ends up doing with her version of this song is play an entire band’s worth of playing with just one guitar.Īnyone who has listened to “Hotel California” can easily tell what she has accomplished which for a person of such a young age is extraordinary. She also happens to insert the back-up melodies into her playing. She plays not just the guitar section, but the vocal melodies as well as the bassline. What makes Gabriella Quevedo stand out if the fact that her rendition of the song she literally plays every section of the song with her one guitar. Many people have covered “Hotel California” and many more will continue to do so. She had taken up the acoustic guitar at the age of 12 and self-taught herself how to play “fingerstyle acoustic” after hearing another musical prodigy, Sungha Jung, play the same style.
This particular cover of the song is by Gabriella Quevedo who is all of 18 years-old. This is why the latest Song of the Day sees the return of “Hotel California” but a cover version by a young talent out of Sweden. For some hearing the song would get them sick of it, but the song most associated with this great American band remains a classic to fans young and old. It was hard not to love the song when it’s played over and over. “Hotel California” by The Eagles has been one of my favorite songs and this came about due to my own father loving the band and this song being his favorite.
