Joe Walsh Joins the Eagles | This Week in Music History

[@dsimon123]

Joe Walsh is rock royalty and still making great music. Thanks for the post.

[@marthajoyce8571]

I absolutely love Joe Walsh's music!

[@TEXASLOYAL]

Good interview, I've always liked Joe, he seems down to earth

[@orourkeb40]

I just love seeing Joe Walsh talk! He's got the most EPIC TALENT!

[@marysterpkadelaney7310]

I sang on Midnight Man. Joe is, was, a great guy.

[@lab4389]

Joe Walsh took The Eagle’s to a place they’d never been. He gave them a edgy sound. I love Joe Walsh, and I loved James Gang. 💯👏🏻

[@caperboy1169]

That’s why they hired him, that’s what they wanted

[@BenitaRomero-gh5pb]

Joe Walsh and his excellent guitar skills were beyond MAGICAL AND AMAZING ❤ I LOVE HIM❤ HE REALLY ADDED THAT ROCK AND ROLL FLAVOR TO THE EAGLES 🎼🎵🎸🎶💽🎹

[@johnbutler4235]

Always LOVED The Eagles, PURE CLASS and Great Guys ❤️🎶🎸

[@higgs923]

Saw Joe and Barnstorm here in SoCal. Keep on rockin'!

[@mrh11169]

I saw Joe Walsh in 1974 in West Palm ,Florida withBarnstorm too. I was 17, Party-time

[@mrh11169]

What a unique voice..

[@brianl3883]

The King….of all Guitar Faces! I like the Eagles. I love Joe. Wife took me to see Eagles a couple years ago (the Deacon and Vince iteration, and yes they are very good). We get there, and she asks me if I am having a good time. I said, “an awesome time, but can I admit I really am jacked to see Joe Walsh, a true guitar god.”

[@paulfildes5489]

Wearing a Ramones T shirt - how cool is that!

[@chumbels]

Wonder if Joe ever leans over to Ringo over dinner and asked " so what's the Beatles best selling album ?". Oh 22 million huh? Pretty good".

[@craigmiller6451]

What a charmed life

[@Mark72672]

That's an Eagles song dude !!

[@spiritof6663]

Walsh didn't join The Eagles until December 1975, not 1974. The Eagles made "One Of These Nights" in 1975 without him.

[@DemskePaul2017]

Glenn Frey has famously told the story about how he and a drug dealer friend of his were flying down the freeway (holding... BIG time), and Frey's buddy mentioned the title of the song while on the freeway, and the phrase stuck with Frey.

[@andyshep2576]

huh????

[@stephenberson7236]

When a musician joins a band with writing skills, some bands may feel ALL of his or her writing is now owned by the band when he or she may want those songs for future solo career or wish to sell them to other bands.

[@NoNameNo.5]

The only good thing the Eagles ever did was add this man

[@andyshep2576]

also, write several timeless classics

[@NoNameNo.5]

@@andyshep2576 lol they don’t have e any “timeless classics” from before Joe was in the band!

[@bmojo7118]

The Eagles joined Joe Walsh.

[@doctorgarbonzo2525]

Joe's an American Icon, Sadly, He should have stayed put & not joined the Eagles, one track! Life in the fast lane , The Band clipped his wings

[@DemskePaul2017]

well he DID join a BAND... and with being in a band, comes compromise and being a part of a team, even if that "team" was run by two dictators. If they 'clipped his wings' then Joe allowed them to, in between solo albums.

[@dalecauthen9086]

Dead on ! Joe was a great success. Eagles were a unique and fantastic sound. But combine the two and you just had "The James Gang" part two. I loved the original country rock Eagles. For me, "Hotel California" is nauseating and the end of the Eagles.

[@doctorgarbonzo2525]

@@dalecauthen9086 Yup! Mediocre ! Never could understand the hype from Hotel? High school stuff at best! Love Henley & Hornsby End of the Innocent

[@ThomasWilliams-bk6fd]

Eagles are thieves and scavengers.Joe was a professional musician with many albums and hits.Joe should have stayed solo.He was awesome on his own.James gang kicked ass too.

[@marthajoyce8571]

What?!? EAGLES SOAR!

[@doctorgarbonzo2525]

You my Friend are the only Sane one who see's this! Joe blew it when he went to the Eagles! Got Lazy & It clipped his wings! Just imagine? he probably would of joined forces with Jimmy Page among others. Joe's a Living Legend

[@DemskePaul2017]

Eagles are not thieves - fans are buying the tickets. Nobody holding guns to their heads. Opportunists, perhaps. Joe continued to make solo albums during and after the Eagles so he's hardly a victim.