Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. In a career spanning more than forty years, he has been a member of five successful rock bands: James Gang, Barnstorm, Eagles, Party Boys, and Ringo Starr & amp; All-Starr Band. Also, Walsh is part of the New Zealand Herbs band (band). In the 1990s, he was also a member of the short-lived supergroup of the Best.
Walsh also experienced success both as a solo artist and prolific session musician, which featured on various other artist recordings. In 2011, Rolling Stone placed it in the No. position. 54 in the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list.
In the mid-1960s, after joining Kent State University, Walsh played with several local bands based in Ohio before reaching a national audience as a member of James Gang, whose hit song "Funk # 49" highlights his skills as a guitarist and singer. Roger Abramson, the legendary concert producer and artist manager signed James Gang for a management agreement with BPI in Cleveland. After James Gang broke up in 1972, he formed Barnstorm with Joe Vitale, a college friend from Ohio, and Kenny Passarelli, a bassist from Colorado, where Walsh moved after leaving Ohio. While the band remained together for three albums for three years, his works were marketed as Walsh solo projects. The last album of Barnstorm, 1974's So What contains significant guest contributions from several Eagles members, a group that recently hired Walsh producer Bill Szymczyk.
At Szymczyk's suggestion, Walsh joined the Eagles in 1975 as keyboardist and band guitarist after the departure of their founding member Bernie Leadon, with Hotel California becoming his first album with the band. In 1998, a reader's poll conducted by Guitarist magazine chose a guitar solo on the "Hotel California" track by him and Don Felder as the best guitar solo of all time. Guitar World listed it in eighth from Top 100 Guitar Solos.
In addition to his work with several bands, he has released twelve solo studio albums, six compilation albums, and two live albums. His Solo hits include "Rocky Mountain Way", "Life's Been Good", "All Night Long", "A Life of Illusion" and "Ordinary Ordinary Guy".
As an Eagles member, Walsh was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, and became the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001. The Eagles were considered one of the most influential bands of the 1970s, and they remained one of the bands America's best-selling in the history of popular music. His creative contribution to music has earned the praise of many of the best rock guitarists, including Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin, who said, "He has a great feeling for the instrument, I love his style from the beginning of James Gang." Eric Clapton said that "He was one of the best guitarists that appeared in some time, I do not listen to many notes, but I listen to them." The Who guitarist, Pete Townshend, says "Joe Walsh is a smart and intelligent player, not much like it."
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Early life and education
Joseph Fidler Walsh was born on November 20, 1947 in Wichita, Kansas. Walsh's mother was a classically trained pianist of Scottish and German descent, and Walsh was adopted by her stepfather at the age of five after her real father was killed in a plane crash. In the 1950s, it was a common practice for Social Security, school enrollment, and health records for children to take their stepfather's name, but the last name of Walsh's father was Fidler, so he considered it his middle name.
Walsh and his family lived in Columbus, Ohio, for several years during his youth. When Walsh was twelve, his family moved to New York City. Later, Walsh moved to Montclair, New Jersey, and he studied at Montclair High School, where he played oboe in the school band.
Inspired by the success of The Beatles, he replaced Bruce Hoffman as a bass player in the popular local group, Nomads in Montclair, starting his career as a rock musician. After high school, Walsh studied at Kent State University, where he spent time in various bands playing around the Cleveland area, including Measles. Measles recorded for Super K Productions' Ohio Express the song "I Found Me Think You", "And That's Right", and "Maybe" (instrumental version of "And It's True"). Walsh majored in English and played music; he was present during the Kent State massacre in 1970. Walsh commented in 2012: "Being at the shootings really affected me deeply, I decided that maybe I did not need a bad degree." After a semester, he quit the university to pursue his music career.
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Musical career
1965-1967: The Measles (Joe Walsh year )
The Measles, a Ohio garage bar band, was formed in 1965 by four Kent State University students, one of whom was Joe Walsh. Two tracks on the Ohio Express' Beg Borrow and Steal album, "I Find I Think Of You" and "And Is True" (both featuring Joe Walsh vocals) were actually recorded by Measles, led by Walsh. In addition, the instrumental version of "And It's True" was recorded by Measles, entitled "Maybe" and released as the B-side of the single "Beg Borrow and Steal".
1968-1971: James Gang
Around Christmas 1967, guitarist James Gang Glenn Schwartz, who turned AWOL from the army and broke up with his wife, decided to leave the band to move to California, where he eventually formed the band Pacific Gas & Electricity. A few days later, shortly after the new year of 1968, a friend from Schwartz, Joe Walsh (from a fellow band called Measles), knocked on Jim Fox's door and asked for an experimental replacement for Schwartz. Walsh was accepted and the band continued as five parts for a short time until Phil Giallombardo, who was still in high school at the time, left. Jeric and Walsh worked together on guitar parts but Jeric eventually left also in the spring of 1968. He was later replaced by Ronnie Silverman who returned from the military.
In May 1968, the group played a concert in Detroit at the opening of the Ballroom Grande for Cream. At the last minute, Silverman told the others that he would not join them in the show. The band, who desperately need money, took to the stage as a trio. They liked their voice as threesome and decided to keep it that way.
In 1968, the band signed a contract with manager Mark Barger, who handled his fellow Ohio career, Lemon Pipers, who had just scored a big hit with "Green Rebourine." Barger puts the Gang in contact with ABC Records staff producer Bill Szymczyk, who signed it to a new subsidiary of Bluesway Records in January 1969.
They released their debut album, Jer 'Album , in 1969. In November 1969, bassist Tom Kriss decided he was no longer into music and was left to be replaced by Dale Peters, who was taken from the others. a group called ET Hoolie. The addition of Peters created the most successful incarnation of James Gang. Walsh proved to be the star attraction of the band, renowned for its innovative game rhythm and creative guitar riff. In particular he is known for installing a pick-up cable in his electric guitar to create his distinctive "attack" sound. The James Gang has several minor hits and became an album-oriented staple rock for the next two years. In 1969, Walsh sold his Les Paul Guitar to Jimmy Page. Then in 1969, group record producer Bill Szymczyk arranged for the band to appear in the movie "electric electric" Zachariah with two James Gang songs, Lagada Salada and Country Fever. For the recording of these two songs, vocalist Kenny Weiss was brought in to allow Walsh to focus on his guitar playing; he left when the group arrived in Mexico to film their movie scenes. "Laguna Salada" and "Country Fever" subsequently reappeared as a bonus song on the release of The James Gang's Great Birthday 2000 .
Shortly before the release of their second album James Gang Rides Again, James Gang opened the show for the legendary rock band The Who in Pittsburgh. Their guitarist, Pete Townshend, met with James Gang before they left and was impressed enough to invite them to the next European tour. When Walsh was asked about this, he said it, "Pete is a very melodious player and so am I. He told me that he appreciated my game, I was flattered by faith, because I did not think I was that good."
Two subsequent James Gang albums, James Gang Rides Again (1970) and Thirds (1971), produced classics such as "Funk # 49" and "Walk Away. The album James Gang Live at Carnegie Hall was Walsh's last album with them, as he was dissatisfied with the band's limitations.
The remaining two members, Peters and Fox, went on with lead vocalist Roy Kenner and guitarist Domenic Troiano (both former members of the Canadian band Bush) for two albums, Straight Shooter and Passin "Thru >, both released in 1972. But in a recent interview, Fox stated that things did not work musically with Troiano as expected, so he left the band in 1973 and joined the Guess Who.
1971-1973: Barnstorm
In December 1971, Walsh left the Gang James. He was invited to move to England and join Humble Pie by Steve Marriott, since Peter Frampton left the band, but declined his offer. Instead he moved to Colorado and formed a band called Barnstorm, with drummer and multi-instrumentalist Joe Vitale, and bassist Kenny Passarelli, although both of their albums praised Walsh as a solo artist. They started recording their debut album soon after it was formed, but at the time there was only Walsh and Vitale in this session. Chuck Rainey did the first bass track on the album but this was soon replaced by Passarelli. Walsh and Barnstorm released their debut album, eponymous Barnstorm in October 1972. After taking a hint from Townshend, Walsh utilized the ARP Odyssey synthesizer to great effect on songs like "Mother Says" and "Here We Go". Walsh also experimented with acoustic guitar, slide guitar, effect pedal, fuzzbox, talk box, and keyboard, and run his guitar directly to Leslie 122 speakers to get guitar-like guitar tones. The album was a critical success, but only moderate commercial success. The follow-up, The Smoker You Drink, Player You Get , was released in June 1973, marketed under the name Walsh (although officially the Barnstorm album) and is their commercial breakthrough. It peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard chart. The first and leading single, "Rocky Mountain Way" received heavy airing and reached No. 1. 23 on the US Top 40 chart. It featured new members, keyboardist Rocke Grace, and Walsh shared vocals and songwriting with three other band members. As a result, various styles are explored on this album. There are elements of blues, jazz, folk, pop, and caribbean music. In 1974, Barnstorm broke up and Walsh continued as a solo artist.
In late 1974, Walsh played a slide guitar on the debut album of former band Barnstorm's Joe Vitale's Roller Coaster Weekend . Walsh taught the slide technique by Duane Allman who plays at Eric Clapton Layla of Derek and Dominos.
1975-1980: Eagle
In 1975, Walsh was invited to join the Eagles instead of founding member Bernie Leadon. There are some early concerns about Walsh's ability to adjust to the band, as he is considered too "wild" for the Eagles, especially by their drummer and vocalist, Don Henley.
Released on December 8, 1976, Hotel California is the band's fifth studio album and the first featuring Walsh. The album took a year and a half to complete, a process that, along with the tour, drained the band.
The second single from the album is the eponymous title song, which topped the charts in May 1977 and became one of the Eagles signature songs beside "Take It Easy" and "Desperado". It features Henley on the main vocals, with a guitar duet performed by Felder and Walsh.
Hard rock "Life in the Fast Lane" is based on a riff by Walsh. It reached No. 11 on the charts and helped build Walsh's position in the band.
Hotel California is the last album featuring founding member Randy Meisner, who suddenly left the band after the 1977 tour. He was replaced by the same musician who succeeded him in Poco, Timothy B. Schmit.
In 1977, the band, minus Don Felder, performed instrumental work and backing vocals for Randy Newman's Little Criminals album, including "Short Man," which has supported vocals by Frey and Schmit.
The Eagles entered the recording studio in 1977 to begin work on his next album, The Long Run. This album took two years to complete. The Long Run was released on September 24, 1979. Considered as a disappointment by some music critics for failing to live up to Hotel California, it proved a huge commercial success anyway; the album topped the charts and sold 7 million copies. In addition, it includes three Top 10 singles - "Heartache Tonight", the title track and "I Can not Tell You Why". "In The City" by Walsh also received many games. The band also recorded two Christmas songs during this session, "Funky New Year" and "Please Come Home For Christmas," which was released as a single in 1978 and reached No. 2. 18 on the charts. In 1980, the band broke up.
1973-2012: solo career
Walsh has released twelve solo studio albums.
In December 1974, Walsh released his first solo album not considered a Barnstorm project, So What, containing more introspective material such as "Help Me Through the Night" and "Song For Emma", a tribute to Walsh's daughter who died in a car accident the previous year. In some songs, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Randy Meisner of the Eagles contributed backing vocals.
In March 1976, Walsh released a live album, You Can not Argue with Ill Mind , which also features Eagles.
As the Eagles struggled to record their follow-up to the California Hotel, Walsh rekindled his solo career with a very well-received album, But Seriously, Folks... in May 1978 It contains the single "Life's Been Good", a comedic portrayal of rock stars, who reached number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and remains his biggest solo hit. Walsh also contributed "In the City" to The Warriors soundtrack in 1979, a song written and sung by Walsh which was later re-recorded for the Eagles studio album, The Long Run .
After the breakup of the Eagles in July 1980, Walsh continued to release solo albums throughout the 1980s, but his sales did not meet the same level of previous success.
There Goes the Neighborhood is Walsh's first album since the death of the Eagles, and peaked at No. 1. 20 on Billboards 200. The album only spawned a single, "A Life of Illusion", which became one of the most popular songs in Walsh. The single also topped the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, in 1981.
"A Life of Illusion" was recorded in 1973 with Walsh's first solo band, Barnstorm but unfinished. Overdub and final mix were completed during the There Goes Neighborhood session and released in the album. Promotional video for the track shows the creation of album art. The song also appeared on the opening credits of The 40-Year-Old Virgin and appeared as the first song on the soundtrack.
In May 1983, Walsh released You Bought It - You Name It ; the album was received negatively by the majority of music critics, while other reviewers noted good points for this album. It was also not as successful as Walsh's previous albums, peaking at No. 1. 48 on Billboard 200. Walsh found moderate success with the single "Space Age Whiz Kids", about the culmination of the 1980s craze video arcade. The album contains hard rock songs such as "I Can Play That Rock & Roll" and cover of Dick Haymes song, "Love Letters". It also contains more introspective material like "Class '65", and contains a song titled "I.L.B.T", an acronym for "I Like Big Tits".
New girlfriend Walsh Stevie Nicks was involved in the next album, The Confessor . Her old friend Keith Olsen, hired to produce albums and musicians is a prolific LA session musician including: Jim Keltner, Mike Porcaro, Wadt Wachtel, Randy Newman, Alan Pasqua, and many other musicians that Walsh has never worked on before.
In 1987, Walsh released his last solo album in the 1980s, Got Any Gum? , produced by Terry Manning, and featured vocal contributions from JD Souther and vocalist Survivor Jimi Jamison, but the album was a commercial disappointment.
In 1991, Ordinary Guy's , his ninth solo studio album, and the title of his single, was released on the Epic label. The album featured Ringo Starr, Jimi Jamison, and drummer Joe Vitale from the former band Barnstorm Walsh. Vitale also sang the main vocals on the last song of the album, "School Days".
In 1992, Walsh released what appeared to be his last album (up to 2012), Songs for Dying Planet , his tenth solo album. Like its predecessor, it was released on the Epic label. Interested to rebuild himself after receiving some bad reviews for his previous album, Walsh enlisted his former producer, Bill Szymczyk. At the end of the path "Specific Situation" you can hear Morse code messages saying "Register and select me". The song "Vote for Me" is a small success, peaking at No. 10 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Walsh's song "One Day at a Time" was released in 2012 and details of his struggle with alcohol and drug abuse early in his career. The song appears on the album Walsh Analog Man , which was released on June 5, 2012. The album was produced jointly by Jeff Lynne, with Tommy Lee James writing some songs on the album.
Eagle reunion
An Eagles tribute country album titled Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles was released in 1993, thirteen years after breaking up. Travis Tritt insists on having Long Run -a Eagles in his video for "Take It Easy" and they agree. After years of public speculation, the band officially reunited the following year. The line-up consists of five members of Long Run - Frey, Henley, Walsh, Felder and Schmit - equipped by Scott Crago (drums), John Corey (keyboard, guitar, backing vocals) Timothy Drury (keyboard, guitar, backing vocals) and Al Garth (saxophone, violin) on stage.
"For the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14 year holiday," announced Frey on their first live performance in April 1994. The next tour gave birth to a live album titled Hell Freezes Over (named for Henley's statement which repeated that the band will be back together "when the hell freezes"), which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. This includes four new studio tracks, with "Get Over It" and "Love Will Keep Us Alive" both of which become Top 40 hits. The album proved equally successful with the tour, selling 6 million copies in the US The tour was disrupted in September 1994 due to serious Frey diverticulitis recurrence, but continued in 1995 and continued into 1996. In 1998, the Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For the induction ceremony, all seven Eagles members (Frey, Henley, Leadon, Meisner, Felder, Walsh, and Schmit) played together for two songs, "Take It Easy" and "Hotel California". Several subsequent reunion tours follow (without Leadon or Meisner), which is famous for record ticket prices.
The Eagles performed at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on December 28 and 29, 1999, followed by a concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on 31 December. The concert marked the last time Felder played with the band and these events (including the planned video release) then formed part of a lawsuit filed by Felder against his former band member.
The concert footage was released on CD as part of the four-disk Selected Works: 1972-1999 box in November 2000. Along with the millennium concert, this set included single hit bands, track albums and outtakes from the < i> The Long Run . Selected Works received platinum certification from the RIAA in 2002.
The band started the tour in 2001, with a lineup consisting of Frey, Henley, Walsh and Schmit, along with Steuart Smith (guitar, mandolin, keyboard, backing vocals, basically taking over Felder's role), Michael Thompson (keyboard, trombone), Will Hollis (keyboard, backing vocals), Scott Crago (drums, percussion), Bill Armstrong (horn), Al Garth (saxophone, violin), Christian Mostert (saxophone) and Greg Smith (saxophone, percussion).
In 2003, Eagles released the greatest hits album, The Best Of The Best. The two disk compilations are the first to cover their entire career, from Eagles to Hell freezes. It debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard charts and eventually earned triple platinum status. This album includes a new single, "Hole in the World" themed September 11th. Also in 2003, Warren Zevon, an old friend of Eagles, began working on his last album, The Wind, with the help of Henley, Walsh and Schmit.
On June 14, 2005, Eagles released a new 2-DVD set entitled Melbourne's Live-Touring Part 1, featuring two new songs: Frey "No More Cloudy Days" and Walsh's "One Day at a Time". The 2006 special edition of exclusive releases for Walmart and affiliate stores includes a bonus audio CD with three new songs: studio version of "No More Cloudy Days", "Fast Company" and "Do Something".
In 2007, the Eagles consisted of Frey, Henley, Walsh, and Schmit. On August 20, 2007, "How Long", written by J. D. Souther, was released as a single to radio with an accompanying online video on Yahoo! Music. It debuted on television on Country Music Television during the Top 20 Countdown on August 23, 2007. The band had performed the song as part of their live set in the early to mid 1970s, but did not record it at the time because Souther wanted to order it for use on his first solo album. Souther had previously worked with the Eagles, writing some of their biggest hits, including "Best of My Love", "Victim of Love", "Heartache Tonight" and "New Kid in Town".
On October 30, 2007, Eagles released their first full album of all new material since 1979. For the first year after the album's release, it was available in the US only through the band's website, at Walmart and at Sam's Club store. It is commercially available through traditional retail outlets in other countries. The album debuted at number 1 in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands and Norway. It became the third studio album and the seventh overall release to be certified at least seven times platinum by the RIAA. Henley told CNN that "This may be the last Eagles album we've ever made." The Eagles made their award show debut on November 7, 2007, when they performed "How Long" live at the Country Music Association Awards.
On January 28, 2008, the second single from Long Road Out of Eden was released. "Busy Being Fabulous" reached position 28 on the US Country Songs chart Billboard and at No. 2. 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The Eagles won their fifth Grammy in 2008, in the Grammy Award category for Best Country Show by Duo or Group with Vocals for "How Long".
On March 20, 2008, Eagles launched their world tour to support Long Road Out of Eden at The O2 Arena in London. The Long Road Out of Eden Tour closed the American section of the tour at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah on May 9, 2009. This was the first concert to be held at the new football stadium. The tour traveled to Europe, with its last concert date on July 22, 2009, in Lisbon. The band spent the summer of 2010 on a North American stadium tour with Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban. The tour was extended to England as the main action of the Hop Farm Festival on July 1, 2011.
Asked in November 2010 whether the Eagles are planning a follow-up to Long Road Out of Eden, Schmit replied, "My first reaction is: it's impossible, but I say it before the last one, so you never really know the Band is a fragile entity and you never know what will happen.It took a long time to do that last album, for several years, really, and it took many of us this year at one point I'm not sure if we can I will not close the door on it, but I do not know. "Walsh said in 2010 that there may be one more album before the band" wraps it up ".
In February 2013, Eagles released a career documentary film called History of the Eagles and started a supporting tour with 11 arena dates from 6 to 25 July. Henley said the tour, which will continue until 2015, "could be our last... we will include at least one former band member on this tour and somewhat back to the roots, and how we created some of these songs." We will break it down into a base -based and then bring it to where it is now. "
Original guitarist Eagle, Bernie Leadon, also appeared on the tour. Walsh stated, "Bernie is brilliant, I never really got a chance to play with him, but we've been in touch.We see him from time to time, and I'm really glad he came because it will take a notch show, and I really waiting to play with him, finally. "It has been reported that former members of Randy Meisner and Don Felder will not appear. Meisner had been invited but could not participate due to health problems, while Felder was reportedly not invited because of ongoing legal dispute with the band.
Other bands
In late 1984 Walsh was contacted by Australian musician Paul Christie, former bassist for Mondo Rock. Christie invited her to come to Australia to perform with Party Boys, an all-star band with a floating membership of famous Australian rock musicians. This includes critically acclaimed guitarist Kevin Borich, with whom Walsh became a good friend. Walsh accepted and performed with the Party Boys at the end of their initial 1984s Australian tour and appeared on their live album, You Need Professional Help . He remained in Australia for some time after the tour, composing short touring bands "Creatures From America", with Waddy Wachtel (guitar), Rick Rosas (bass guitar) and Australian drummer Richard Harvey (Divinyls, the Party Boys) In 1987, Walsh back to the United States to work on his album Got Any Gum? , produced by Terry Manning and featuring vocal contributions from JD Souther and vocalist Survivor Jimi Jamison. After the commercial disappointment of the album, Walsh decided to return to Australia in 1989 for a tour with another incarnation of the Boys Party. Walsh also toured with Ringo Starr & amp; All-Starr Band in 1989 and 1992, alternated some of his most famous songs with Starr and songs by other members of the All-Starr Band. In 1989, Walsh recorded MTV Unplugged with R & amp; B, Dr. John. Also in 1989 Walsh filmed a live concert from Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles with Etta James and Albert Collins, called Jazzvision: Jump the Blues Away .
While producing their homegrown album in 1989, Walsh briefly joined the New Zealand Reggae reggae band. Although he had left at the time of the 1990 release, he still appeared as a vocalist on two songs, "Up All Night" and "It's Alright". The album included the first recording of "Regular Guys Usage" (sung by Herbs final bassist Charlie Tumahai), who later became a solo hit for Walsh as "Average Guy Average".
In the late 1990s, Walsh was part of a band called Best, along with keyboardist Keith Emerson, bassist John Entwistle, guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and drummer Simon Phillips. The band performed several shows in Hawaii and Japan, with live video produced.
In 1993, Walsh teamed up with Glenn Frey for a "Party of Two" tour of the United States.
In 1996, James Gang reunited for Democrat president Bill Clinton. The band consisted of their "classic" line-up (Walsh, Peters, Fox), and they performed at the Cleveland State University Convocation Center on November 4, 1996.
In 1998, ABC wanted to use classic rock rock for Monday Night Football that year, so they asked Walsh to rewrite the lyrics to "Rocky Mountain Way" for John Elway's quarterback from the Denver Broncos. "Rocky Mountain Elway" is the new title of the song and Walsh appeared in a video shown by ABC on Monday Night Football.
2000 and 2010s
In June 2004, Walsh performed at Crossroads Guitar Festival Eric Clapton in Dallas, Texas. He also performed in September 2004 at Strat Pack, a concert held in London, England, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster guitar. In 2006, Walsh reunited with Jim Fox and Dale Peters from James Gang for a new recording and a 15-date summer reunion tour. The tour lasts until autumn.
In 2008, Walsh appeared on Carvin 60th Anniversary Celebration DVD as a celebrity endorser. In the recorded interview, he highly praises Carvin Guitars and claims that the bridge design is "like the first Les Paul model, I can not even get Gibson out of it."
Kent State University awarded Walsh an honorary degree in music in December 2001. In May 2012, Berklee College of Music awarded Walsh, along with other members of the Eagles, honorary doctorate degrees on his musical accomplishments.
Essential appearance
In 1974, Walsh produced Danfluelberg's Souvenirs and played guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, ARP bass and provided backing vocals. He also contacted Graham Nash to sing the harmony vocals on "Part of the Plan", which helped send the album to No. 1. 17 on the 1975 album chart Billboard .
In 1981 Walsh and former bandmate Barnstorm, Joe Vitale, went on to work on the fifth solo album of John Entwistle's old friend Too Late the Hero, whenever they were free to work on it. The album turned out to be John Entwistle's best solo album, with hit singles "Talk Dirty" and "Too Late the Hero".
Walsh was a back-ground musician (first guitar soloist) on the band member Donald Donley 1982 hit "Dirty Laundry" (listed as in liner notes from I Can not Stand Still and actually Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits ). Walsh also contributed to the album by: Ringo Starr, America, REO Speedwagon, Jay Ferguson, Andy Gibb, Wilson Phillips, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Steve Winwood, and on Richard Marx hit "Do not Mean Nothing".
Walsh was a regular guest DJ at the Los Angeles KLOS radio station during the mid-1980s. They have a Saturday night feature, with guest-hosted celebrities taking over the microphone (Walsh is a much more frequent guest host than others). He is also a frequent guest and host of the Detroit and Chicago radio personalities, Steve Dahl.
Pada layar, Walsh telah muncul di: The Blues Brothers , RoboCop , Tanah Terjanji , The Drew Carey Show , < i> Duckman , MADtv , Langsung dari Daryl House , Rock the Cradle dan Zachariah .
In October 2004, Walsh lectured in New Zealand to warn of the dangers of substance abuse. He said the visit was a "thank you" to the people who took him to Otatara Pa when he toured New Zealand with Herbs reggae while being addicted to alcohol and heavy cocaine in 1989, an experience he described as the start of a long journey back. for good health. At Otatara Pa in 2004, Walsh said, "This is a special place, and that is very special to me, it was here on a visit a few years ago, on the hill, that I had a momentary clarity, I do not understand it, I reconnected with my soul, and I remember who I was.I admitted I had a problem and I had to do something.This was the beginning of my recovery from addiction to alcohol and drugs, and when I returned to America, gave me the courage to seeking help. "
On February 12, 2012, Walsh appeared on stage with Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, and the McCartney band at the Staples Center in Los Angeles to close the Grammy Awards. Walsh also appeared on Episode 60th Live from Daryl's House with Daryl Hall, which aired on November 15, 2012.
On February 9, 2014, Walsh was featured on a few tracks on CBS specially The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles .
In 2014, Walsh made a guest appearance on the eighth studio album Foo Fighters Sonic Highways .
On May 24, 2016, Walsh appeared on NBC's The Voice where he played slide guitar, talk box, and performed Rocky Mountain Way with Laith Al-Saadi contestant.
Influences
Walsh cites influences and with rock music/pop bands and guitarists found in many concert tours: Jimi Hendrix, BB King, Chuck Berry, Richard Small, Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, Jeff Beck, The Beatles, Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin, Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple, Manfred Mann, Duane Allman and The Allman Brothers, Ronnie Wood and The Faces, Pete Townshend and The Who. In turn, he has influenced Dan Fogelberg, Maroon 5, Kenny Chesney, Jonny Lang, Superb Thunderbirds, and George Thorogood. Duane Allman of Allman Brothers Band taught Walsh how to play slide guitar.
Public services
Walsh is active in charitable activities and has performed at a number of concerts to raise money for charitable purposes. He has also been a personal contributor to a number of charitable causes including half-way homes for adult women displaced in Wichita, Kansas. Walsh funded the first talent-based scholarship at Kent State University in 2008.
Walsh's love of Santa Cruz Island grew into a lifetime commitment to preserving the environment there, and he has been active in preserving the island's park. He is the President of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation, and has served in the board of the Foundation since the 1980s.
Walsh often joked about running for office, announcing a 1980 imperial presidency campaign and a vice presidential campaign in 1992. Walsh ran for President of the United States in 1980, pledging to make Life's Been Good a new anthem if he won , and ran on the platform "Free Gas For Everyone". Although Walsh was only 32 at the time of the election and thus would not meet the 35-year requirement to actually consider the office, he said that he wanted to raise public awareness about the election. In 1992 Walsh ran for vice president with Rev. Goat Carson under the slogan "We Want Money Back!"
In an interview to promote his album Analog Man in 2012, Walsh revealed he was considering a serious offer for political office. "I think I'm going to be serious, and I think I'll run for Congress," Walsh told WASH in Washington, DC. "The root problem is that the Congress is very poor, we die in water until Congress starts working, new laws to change things. "
In 2017, Walsh contacted others in the Zac Brown Band music industry, Gary Clark Jr., Keith Urban to try to organize and do what VetsAid - a series of concerts along the lines of the Agricultural Assistance program pioneered by country entertainer Willie Nelson.
Personal life
Joe Walsh has been married five times. He married briefly to Margie Walsh in the 1960s, to Stefany Rhodes from 1971 to 1978, to Juanita Boyer from 1980 to 1988, and to Denise Driscoll from 1999 to 2006. Walsh married Marjorie Bach (sister Barbara Bach and sister-in - Ringo Starr's law) in Los Angeles on December 13, 2008.
Walsh's daughter, Lucy Walsh, is also a musician who once worked with Ashlee Simpson and others. She released her debut solo album, Lost in the Lights , in spring 2007.
Walsh's eldest daughter, Emma Kristen, was born in 1971 and died in 1974 at the age of 3 years as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident on the way to a nursery school. His story inspired the song "Song For Emma" on Walsh So So's released album later that year. In his memory, he has a fountain and a memorial plaque placed in a garden where he plays: North Boulder Park in Boulder, Colorado, He has said that the album name So What is the result of Emma's death: nothing else seemed meaningful or important in the following months. Tension ultimately contributed to Walsh's divorce from his second wife, Stefany. While on tour with singer Stevie Nicks in 1984, Walsh took Nicks to the garden fountain; Nicks then immortalized this story in his song "Does Anyone Write Anything for You?" on his 1985 album Rock A Little . When discussing their relationship, Nicks stated in a 2007 interview with The British Telegraph that Walsh has become "the greatest love of my life".
Walsh claims to have fought alcohol and drug addiction for most of his early careers and has been in recovery since 1993. In 1989 while touring with New Zealand's Herbal band, Walsh experienced "enlightenment" during visits to the ancient M or ori. ? sites in the Hawke's Bay area. In 2004 on a return visit to New Zealand, Walsh described the experience and referred to it as the beginning of his recovery from his addiction. Walsh tells the story that in 1994 he woke up after collapsing on an airplane to Paris. When she arrived, she had her passport, but did not remember boarding the plane. That was the turning point, and from then on he was conscious.
While living in New York City, Walsh began a lifetime interest in amateur radio. Walsh has Amateur Radio Amateur Extra Class, and callsign station is WB6ACU. In 2006 he donated a signed guitar to the ARRL in Newington, Connecticut, for his charity auction. He is also involved with the group's "Big Project", which brings amateur radio to schools. Walsh has included Morse Code messages in his album on two occasions: once on the album Barnstorm ("Sign up and Vote), and then on Songs for the Dying Planet "Sign Up and Select Me"). Walsh provides the theme song (which includes Morse code) for TWiT podcast Ham Nation (debuted in 2011), and he appeared as a guest on the first podcast.
Instruments
Jimmy Page's sunburst 1959 Gibson Les Paul, better known as "Number 1" was originally owned by Joe Walsh and sold to Page in 1969.
In 1970, Walsh gave 1959 Gretsch 6120 to the lead guitarist, Pete Townshend. Townshend uses Gretsch in the studio to record songs on albums like Who's Next and Quadrophenia .
Choose another guitar
- 1959 Gibson Les Paul given/sold to lead guitarist Led Zeppelin Jimmy Page in April 1969
- Carvin DC4, CT6, CT4, CS4, and many other models.
Amplifiers
- Marshall 50 watt Plexi
Discography
Album only
More recordings
- Measles "I Found Me Think You", "And That's Right", and "Maybe", all released under the name Ohio Express (1967)
- Jay Ferguson Thunder Island (1977)
- The Future for This Life: RobocopÃ, - The Series Soundtrack (1995)
- Todd Rundgren "Sleep" (2017)
Movieography
Awards
- As a member of the Eagles, Walsh has won five Grammy Awards:
- (1977) Recording of the Year: "Hotel California" (single)
- (1977) Best Setting for Voice: "New Child in the City"
- (1979) Best Vocal Rock Show by Duo or Group: "Heartache Tonight"
- (2008) Best Country Performance by Duo or Group with Vowels: "How Long"
- (2009) Best Pop Instrumental Performance: "I Dreamed There Was No War"
- Walsh was inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998
- Walsh was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001.
See also
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Mainstream Rock chart
Additional readings
- Walsh, Joe (1996). See What I Do! And Then Some... . Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0793544714
- Lemco, Steve (2011). Joe & amp; I am . Mandiri CreateSpace Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1463612276
References
External links
- Official website
- Joe Walsh at AllMusic
- Joe Walsh discography in Discogs
- Joe Walsh on IMDb
- "Joe Walsh". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
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