I met Joe Walsh in a guitar store a few years ago, he was ridiculously cool. He gave me a big hug and slapped me on the back when I told him I loved the James Gang. He was there buying a Fender Telecaster- he handed it to me and asked my opinion. I told him it was cool then he took it back and started playing Funk 49 for me while looking straight into my eyes. It was a little awkward but I was totally shitting myself.
Here he is post James Gang and pre Eagles, looking kinda like Luke Skywalker in his giant boots and weird haircut. He definitely wins the award for best rock faces, its like he's in total pain playing those leads. The drummer, Joe Vitale, is pretty awesome as well. He does this double bass thing starting at 4:10 and his gong and kettle drum finale is totally hip in a 2001-Space Odyssey kind of way.
Check out the audience at this show. At 2:47 you can see a weird hippy trying to talk to a girl in the audience- she gives him a nasty look and turns away. Sorry, guy!
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How Cool is Joe??? I'm glad you shared this story to give us an idea of what a great guy he is.
ReplyDeleteThe back of his Les Paul must have taken a beating from that big funky belt.
ReplyDeleteHa, ha. I know what you mean, that guitar must be worth at least $200,000 these days. Bet he would have treated it a little differently if he'd know how much a 59 Les Paul would appreciate in value over the next 30 years.
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