Joe Walsh

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Joe Walsh, 2006
Joe Walsh, 1975

Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh (* 20th November 1947 in Wichita , Kansas ) is an American rock - guitarist . He has been a member of the Eagles since 1976 .

Life

While studying oboe and clarinet at Kent State University, Walsh played in various local bands, first bass and later guitar.

In 1969 he became known as the lead guitarist of the James Gang . The James Gang had several small hits and produced four long-playing records .

1971 Walsh left the band to start a solo career. His first solo works, Barnstorm from 1972 and the successor The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get from 1973 cemented his status as a rock musician . His distinctive voice also contributed to the fact that he was able to establish himself as a solo performer. Several tracks on these albums, notably Rocky Mountain Way, were widely played on the radio and are still popular examples of the classic rock genre.

After another studio and live album , Walsh was invited to join the Eagles in 1976 , where he replaced the outgoing second guitarist Bernie Leadon . He introduced a more rock-heavy sound there and was largely responsible for the style of their very successful album Hotel California . The guitar solo at the end of the title song , played jointly by Walsh and Don Felder , was voted best solo of all time by Guitarist magazine in 1998 and eighth in the top 100 guitar solos by Guitar Magazine in 1998 .

When the Eagles approached their temporary end in 1978, Walsh worked again as a solo musician. His two albums, But Seriously Folks (1978) and There Goes The Neighborhood (1981), sold well. He recorded other albums during the 1980s, but musical trends passed him by.

In 1990 Walsh toured with Jeff Baxter ( Steely Dan , Doobie Brothers ), John Entwistle ( The Who ), Keith Emerson ( Emerson, Lake & Palmer ) and the distinguished studio drummer Simon Phillips through Hawaii and Japan under the band name The Best . An album of this line-up never came off.

On October 18, 1991 Joe Walsh appeared on the occasion of the world exhibition Expo 92 in Seville (Spain) together with Steve Vai , Brian May , Joe Satriani and others in the context of the concert series Las Leyendas De La Guitarra .

Until the reunification of the Eagles in 1994 and a concert tour together in the late 1990s, little was heard from him.

Joe Walsh has also performed and recorded with other artists, including Ringo Starr , Dan Fogelberg , Nicky Hopkins and Steve Winwood . He also appeared briefly in The Blues Brothers and starred in an episode of the eleventh season of the US series Criminal Minds .

In 2011, Rolling Stone listed Walsh as 54th of the 100 best guitarists of all time .

In addition, he works as a radio amateur with the callsign WB6ACU.

Discography

For publications with the Eagles see here .

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1974 So what - - US11
gold
gold

(22 weeks)US
1976 You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind - UK28 (3 weeks)
UK 		US20 (18 weeks)
US
Live album
1978 But Seriously, Folks ... - UK16
silver
silver

(17 weeks)UK 		US8th
platinum
platinum

(27 weeks)US
1981 There Goes the Neighborhood - - US20 (18 weeks)
US
1983 You Bought It - You Name It - - US48 (14 weeks)
US
1985 The Confessor - - US65 (19 weeks)
US
1987 Got Any Gum? - - US113 (8 weeks)
US
1991 Ordinary Average Guy - - US112 (17 weeks)
US
2012 Analog Man DE73 (1 week)
DE 		UK53 (2 weeks)
UK 		US12 (8 weeks)
US

More albums

  • 1992: Songs for a Dying Planet
  • 2014: All Night Long: Live in Dallas (1981)

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1978 The Best of Joe Walsh - - US71 (7 weeks)
US

More compilations

  • 1978: So Far So Good
  • 1995: A Future to this Life (Robocop: The Series Soundtrack)
  • 1995: Look what I did: The Joe Walsh Anthology
  • 1997: Joe Walsh's Greatest Hits - Little Did He Know ...
  • 1997: The Best of Joe Walsh & The James Gang 1969-1974

With Barnstorm

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1972 Barnstorm - - US79 (29 weeks)
US
The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get - UK-
silver
silver
UK 		US6th
gold
gold

(54 weeks)US

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1973 Rocky Mountain Way
The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get 		UK39 (4 weeks)
UK 		US23 (15 weeks)
US
Chart entry in UK only in 1977
1974 Meadows
The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get 		- US89 (4 weeks)
US
1975 Turn to Stone
So What 		- US93 (3 weeks)
US
1978 Life's Been Good
But Seriously Folks ... 		UK14 (11 weeks)
UK 		US12 (15 weeks)
US
1980 All Night Long
Urban Cowboy OST 		- US19 (16 weeks)
US
1981 A Life of Illusion
There Goes The Neighborhood 		- US34 (12 weeks)
US
1983 Space Age Whiz Kids
You Bought It, You Name It 		- US52 (8 weeks)
US

More singles

  • 1972: Mother says
  • 1976: Time Out (Live)
  • 1976: Walk Away (Live)
  • 1978: Over and Over
  • 1981: Rivers of the Hidden Funk
  • 1981: Things
  • 1982: The Waffle Stomp
  • 1983: I Can Play That Rock & Roll
  • 1983: Love Letters
  • 1985: The Confessor
  • 1985: I Broke My Leg
  • 1987: The Radio Song
  • 1987: In My Car
  • 1991: Ordinary Average Guy
  • 1991: All of a Sudden
  • 1992: Vote for Me
  • 1995: A Future to his Life (EP / duet with Lita Ford)

Awards (with the Eagles)

  • 1976 Grammy Award - Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
  • 1977 Grammy Award - Best Arrangement For Voices
  • 1977 Grammy Award - Record of the Year
  • 1979 Grammy Award - Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
  • 2007 Grammy Award - Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
  • 2008 Grammy Award - Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • 2015 Kennedy Prize - as a member of the Eagles

Web links

Commons : Joe Walsh  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ oboe, clarinet
  2. ^ History of the Eagles - The Story Of An American Band. DVD documentation, April 2013.
  3. ↑ guitarworld.com: Don Felder
  4. ↑ rocklistmusic.co.uk: Best Solos
  5. ↑ 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Rolling Stone , December 18, 2015, accessed August 8, 2017 .
  6. ↑ WB6ACU in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) database
  7. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE UK US
  8. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US
Eagles
Studio albums

Eagles • Desperado • On the Border • One of These Nights • Hotel California • The Long Run • Long Road Out of Eden

Live albums

Eagles Live / Live • Hell Freezes Over • Farewell 1 Tour-Live From Melb • The New Zealand Concert

Compilation albums

Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) • Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 • The Best of Eagles • The Legend of Eagles • The Very Best of the Eagles • Selected Works: 1972-1999 • The Very Best of the Eagles • The Complete Greatest Hits / The Very Best of • Eagles

Singles

Take It Easy • Witchy Woman • Peaceful Easy Feeling • Tequila Sunrise • Outlaw Man • Already Gone • James Dean • Best of My Love • One of These Nights • Lyin 'Eyes • Take It to the Limit • New Kid in Town • Hotel California • Life in the Fast Lane • Please Come Home for Christmas • Heartache Tonight • The Long Run • I Can't Tell You Why • Seven Bridges Road • Get Over It • Love Will Keep Us Alive • The Girl from Yesterday • Learn to Be Still • Hole in the World • No More Cloudy Days • How Long • Busy Being Fabulous • What Do I Do with My Heart • I Don't Want to Hear Any More

personal data
SURNAME Walsh, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walsh, Joseph Fidler (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rock musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Wichita , Kansas