What’s the Greatest Song Joe Walsh Ever Wrote?

[@kimbarnett4113]

When my son passed away 12 years ago at the age of 27 I listen to his iPod to hear the last song he listened to and it was Life’s Been Good. Thank you Joe Walsh because I know you made him smile.☮️💟

[@gnr4381]

I’m sorry for your loss❤️ life’s too short

[@jeffmckirdy661]

Thank you for sharing that. I’m sure that song put a huge smile on his face. ❤️

[@artluvnanita]

Thank you for sharing this. I can’t imagine the heartache of losing a child. I love this song, but now your story is going to give it deeper meaning.

[@kimbarnett4113]

@@artluvnanita Please one time for me , do as I do every time I hear this song I smile and say thank you because I know Jimmy is with me and he’s smiling too ☮️💟

[@dranderson6071]

@@kimbarnett4113 Appreciate your story. Massive cyberhug for you

[@vcp93]

I don't think Joe Walsh will ever get the appreciation he deserves. Such a great guitarist and what an amazing, distinct voice. Great interview Howard.

[@NipItInTheBud100]

I absolutely love Joe Walsh…..what a character! So open and honest. He just tells it as it is!

[@paulletchworth8127]

No one is more down to earth than Joe , damn what a American treasure !!! Thanks Joe !!!!!!!!!!!

[@nickrandles1102]

I spent some time in rehab for alcoholism while in the Navy in 2018. I was pretty sure no one understood me until I had a counselor, the first time she’d ever met me, said “hi”and said “I’d like to play something for you.” And she sat me down and played “One Day At A Time.” The only time I shed a tear while I was there and one of the nicest things a human had ever done for me. So that’s my favorite of Joe’s tunes. But I play along with Rocky Mountain way on the drums about every day too :) Anyways, Joe is a legend!

[@jaypickett3552]

Good to hear that you’re better now, Nick. 👌🏻

[@nickrandles1102]

@@jaypickett3552 Well thanks bud. I’m going on 16 months not a drop. The story told there has a lot to do with it. Thanks for the kind thoughts!

[@carterpaul7748]

Life’s Been Good is my personal favorite

[@jaywalshmusicandsong1736]

Great tune! But unrelatable to most.

[@peterwieser4631]

@@jaywalshmusicandsong1736 Yup. I can't relate to that song about living a life of debauchery and wretched excess. Totally wish I could though that is why I love that tune. Thanks Joe!

[@jaywalshmusicandsong1736]

@@peterwieser4631 I hear ya!

[@Michael15_25]

Yes and I love how he’s changed the lyrics at various points in his career lol

[@tjallingdejong9645]

mine too

[@KimbrellBrad]

Joe Walsh is the coolest, most humble rock star I know! What a great talent! Love everything he ever touched.

[@SM-bm6jo]

Well said, me too....including Stevie Nicks in her prime ;-)

[@canadianroot]

The groove on Funk 49 is off the charts. What a unique song. Just mind blowing.

[@kawasakiwhiptwo5821]

I love how Joe can answer that question fully and in great detail without even a hint of arrogance. P.S. he sounds awesome in that performance clip.

[@billmers3219]

Joe's just cool👍

[@someguitarguy6663]

The Melbourne Australia DVD is incredible. Farewell I Tour if you care to look it up.

[@charleswestfall622]

Love WALSH

[@RizzoFrank1979]

He’s amazing.

[@scottgood7888]

Agreed!

[@Fakeaorta]

'In The City' and 'Life's Been Good' have been my go to songs for decades.

[@freakbennett2263]

huh, My fãvs tõō, jùs såyîn ¡😎🥚😎¡

[@babybanchie7607]

In the city is my favorite from him. I can’t hear it without thinking of The Warriors, a classic from my childhood.

[@Fakeaorta]

@@babybanchie7607 Yea! Classic movie with a superb music choice at the end!

[@jaykay6387]

Wow. A rock star who actually answered a question about how he wrote a song without shrouding it in bullshit mystique and opacity. Props to Joe!

[@OGStinkywizzleteats]

Sad that it's such a surprise! Goes to show how full of themselves most stars are.

[@rolandofgilead43]

@@jon8004 there are some that explain it Billy Joel explains it to for some songs, Joe Walsh does apparently he's from my home state too Ohio

[@molonlabe9602]

Sorry, I don't buy the part about the lawn mower kept going and ate the neighbor's garden. I think that is BS.

[@ckmoore101]

@@molonlabe9602 Actually, the neighbor stripped naked and slithered behind the lawnmower, eating all the clippings as they shoot out.

[@SolzeyeJewels]

Uhhh... He left a pretty important part out. He didnt write Rocky Mountain Way! Look up Rock Grace. Rock Grace wrote it. I just lost SO MUCH resect for Joe Walsh.

[@intotheunknown8774]

The best part is you know he ain’t bullshitin he definitely left that mower running 🤣

[@JokersWild70]

With Joe, it's always what you see is what you get. He's the real deal.

[@MDK2_Radio]

He's told this story a number of times over the years, and the details are always the same so you know it's true. If he were embellishing just to make it "better" the details would be different from one telling to the next.

[@foothilldave]

I once bought a book on "build your own guitar effects" (electronic circuits) that had a little plastic 45 record in it with Joe Walsh explaining and demonstrating each effect - cause he's the coolest guy on earth

[@markl5998]

That is awesome

[@beaufreeman700]

In The City...what a beautiful masterpiece. ..pure talent!!

[@ralphholiman7401]

Walk Away is the best song as far as I'm concerned. I love that song.

[@CVGuitar]

Life of Illusion is my favorite song of all time

[@wecandobetter9821]

Christo, That’s my all time favorite also✌️✌️✌️

[@billmers3219]

Xlent tune

[@scottnapier943]

Joe is an inspiration, he made it through all the drugs and alcohol and is still here to tell the tale. Respect! ✌🎸

[@paulstanitz2723]

you think he's sober here?

[@juniorjohnson9509]

@@paulstanitz2723 Yes,l he is.

[@paulstanitz2723]

@@juniorjohnson9509 guess you're not sober yourself, Jr.

[@juniorjohnson9509]

@@paulstanitz2723 Joe cleaned his act up in 1994, and has stayed clean ever since. You must be the one drinking if you did not know that.

[@doyoulovehimloretta1607]

Pretty Maids is my fave, LOVE JOE!❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️

[@seanjones2456]

"That guy sounds just like Joe Walsh!" Are words that will never be said by anyone.

[@stephenstills2]

THANK HEAVENS!! Ever been to a James Gang concert?

[@jimiplayscobo5877]

To me my life has followed Joe Walsh in a sense he was my mentor in my party days then we became sober around the same time.

[@JorshWarshington1]

Joe is cool. My favorite story was him on Bob and Tom. He was talking about when he toured with Sabbath. Years later they were trying to reminisce, but nobody could remember what happened. Then he says, well, we knew we played the shows...because we had the posters.

[@mistymac9345]

😁😁

[@jeffking887]

I’ve heard him say about the Keith Moon days, “…I don’t remember but I’ve read the police reports…”

[@williamalbritton1867]

Everything on Barnstorm. That is a absolute classic.So much beautiful melody. It blends so well . You are the best Joe. Thank you . Much love brother.

[@jk-76]

Funk 49 for fucking sure. This man is the KING of tone.

[@victorcarrillo1570]

Funk 48 is pretty good, too.

[@brentj.peterson6070]

I LOVE hearing the back stories behind songs. So good.

[@mauriceclemens3286]

Joe is the most under rated guitarist in America. Great performer!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@garyolshan4177]

Certain Situations is one Joe's best songs. A living legend. One of the greatest guitarists of all time. and a genuinely nice guy.

[@mavtaco9394]

Such a badass. Joe Walsh rules!

[@clutchcarabelli8054]

The first record I ever bought was a 45 of life's been good in 1979 (I was 13) and I still stand by it

[@robertcronin6603]

I really love how Howard is always seeking answers to the stories behind the creative process of song writing...it's a hard thing to explain 🔥

[@scotmiculan7055]

One of the coolest and most talented people in Rock! EVER!!

[@jrvondoom]

JOE WALSH IS ONE OF THE LAST TRUE LOONS. ❤️

[@regandunn4850]

Pure legend

[@charlescrisp2814]

Joe Walsh is one of the greatest guitar players ever.

[@andrewbentley7039]

Howard Stern, king of all media. Also, king of putting words in ppls mouths

[@tleav61]

No kidding, I was thinking about saying the same.

[@dynamicvoltage9765]

That's not what he does. Stern is a great interviewer. He knows how to keep the interview rolling, so if he knows the answer to a question, or knows where the celeb is taking it, he jumps in and keep them from rambling.

[@jefferypadgett334]

"Falling Down" off "So What" is my favorite Joe Walsh song. "So What" is one of my all time favorite albums by anyone.

[@spikespa5208]

Welcome To The Club.

[@DrTomoculus]

i love joe

[@jmm1817]

Love Joe Walsh he's just so real and down-to-earth no pretentious pompous and egotistic BS

[@kel4461]

I've seen Joe in 70 for I was SO close that I could have reached out and touched his feet.My neck hurt from looking up at him all night long but it was a greatest show

[@rixvspinner]

In The City - from The Long Run. Otherwise, his album Barnstorm 1:53 is very good and most don't know it. It's definately my fav of Joe's solo records although Life s Been Good is excellent as well. What a talent and yes, he saved the Eagles. They maxed out their orig format and started rocking more when Joe came on board. This is why Hotel California just blew up when it came out. I remember the radio promos that mentioned Joe was now an Eagle. That success was well deserved.

[@douglasholdenjr.45]

"Help me through the night" is pretty damn great too!!!!

[@martinhall932]

Me too, got the chills... such a down to earth and vivid explanation of a iconic song

[@pierre-claudemeriot6562]

Rocky mountain way is mine as well. I love how he's got an amazing reason to switch guitars in one song, playing slide on one tuned in open E and another one for his talk box part which by the way is the most badass talk box sound and solo ever recorded.

[@treyjones7579]

About the lawnmower wrecking the garden, love it.lol grad of 76. Joe was king then and now

[@jimepper8259]

That's for sure. He has some great songs. Excellent. Have you heard ILBTs? Awesome 👍

[@Ira06002]

Great rocker, advocate for our Vets and supporter for amateur radio! God bless Joe!

[@chaleau8116]

Rocky Mountain Way, hands down the best. I still remember as a teen in the 70's, the first time I heard it. I can't say that about too many songs since.

[@TreyPhillips19693]

“Pretty Maids.” 🔥❤️😎

[@marioparedes4936]

Luv how he explains the words to the song, just awesome, luv how he's seriously talking about how he's mowing the lawn, then jokes about it being an expensive song to write and laugh about it, thanks Joe, listening to your music since the fifth grade

[@matthewsalomone3800]

Love Joe he's down to earth and has some of the best stories.

[@johnnieisrotten]

Confessor came out at a time in my life that I needed some guidance. It got me thinking about the people I hung out with and where my life was going. I loved it ever since and play it often.

[@oguislacasa2253]

JOE IS ANOTHER GENIOUS OF THAT TIME, I ADORE HIM

[@sharonramsey715]

Best song has got to be Rocky Mountain Way. Love that song. Great talent in Joe Walsh.

[@rectori]

Joe is my favorite Eagle member. But his solo albuns are higher quality. Plus he's an awesome story teller. And what stories,...

[@stevewright2972]

"Indian Summer", "Life Of Illusion", and "In The City". My Joe Walsh Faves.

[@rayrod2021]

Life's been good, is my personal favorite of his.

[@mistymac9345]

The wah wah's 🤗

[@SuperStrik9]

Rocky Mountain Way, Turn To Stone, Life In The Fast Lane, Life's Been Good and In The City are my favorite Joe Walsh songs. Joe's lead and harmony guitar parts in Hotel California is my favorite guitar playing of all time. 🎸👍

[@averydraper]

Turn To Stone...

[@billkeon880]

Barnstorm is one of the great underrated, unknown albums for all time.

[@Acujeremy]

Joe Walsh's guitar licks are so damn sweet!

[@kmlgraph]

Gotta love Howard. Asks a question. Interrupts. Asks another question. Interrupts. Asks another question. Goes back to original question.

[@dfinma]

Joe is so awesome.

[@Kingofcasamere]

I freaking LOVE Joe Walsh

[@muskiebuster13]

In The City. Love the tempo and mood. Eerily foreshadowing eminent danger, yet somehow peaceful.

[@pauleverson8408]

Rocky Mountain Way my favorite and Joe playing the talk box. Listened to it all the way through high school.

[@nolongerthere]

Joe's solo album So What is a criminally underrated and forgotten album. His musical range and songwriting is fantastic

[@Daniel58S]

i saw him w his band in Peoria Il ....i love Barnstorm

[@jackbrandenberger5921]

So What is a killer album I'd take it over any of the Eagles stuff

[@SM-bm6jo]

You had me until you said "underrated" Come on! Aside from using that over used cliche (underrated), Joe Walsh is NOT underrated! He is well loved, well known, well respected, famous as can be and everyone knows he made The Eagles better when he officially became a member. He had been playing with them already for years BTW.

[@MeneerHerculePoirot]

There is a track on The James Gang 'Yer Album' vinyl called 'Collage'. It's an acoustic number. Great song and my personal favorite of Joe's. Walk Away and Funk #48 are great tracks on that album as well.

[@tunahelpa5433]

The entire eponymous James Gang album is his best work. Period.

[@dianesaienni5466]

I love Joe! He was great on his own and even greater with the Eagles! Stevie Nick's tells a beautiful story of her and Joe that makes me love him even more.

[@bobf.5538]

Joe once said " if I knew I had to play this song for the rest of my life , I would have written something else ! "

[@bonnieparent6301]

In the city, hands down. Love joe walsh. Life been good. Wow hard to pick

[@joecahill1994]

Life’s been good is one of the all time greats!!!

[@jfonlinenow1]

The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get was my favorite Joe Walsh album. Fabulous.

[@WASN55]

Please share more of this interview. This is awesome!

[@lyleswann6296]

Ashes, The Rain, And I is such a haunting and soulful masterpiece. Must mention also Bomber, Confessor, Life of Illusion, I.L.B.T.'s.

[@robbiecox]

Howard Stern loves the sound of his own voice and can't wait to butt in.

[@hksoundpro]

Life's Been Good should also be on that list. Joe is The Man!

[@mikestoolfun]

Lifes been good!! My fav of his

[@JeremyS86]

Joe walsh is one section i can say is complete in my collection, great stuff.

[@mz6504]

The answer is “in the city”…..that song is mind blowingly good…

[@dalem8332]

The Confessor is a Masterpiece! Then again, Joe has many many Masterpieces! Love him! ♥️🎼🎵🎶🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@ericcook4665]

wow joe is so human and what a killer way to write a song amazing wow

[@oliviergeoffroy9823]

"pretty maids all in a row "for me and most of what he wrote in "so what" 1974 joe walsh is excellent on guitar composition arrangement he's got his own sound it matched very well with The Eagles and ..oh i forgot james gang ....an underated genious

[@FrankFrankly711]

Joe doesn't just mow the lawn, he also Picks up the dog doo, and Hopes that it's hard!

[@defaultusername123]

Gonna find me an Analog girl

[@RoboSantasRevenge]

He’s just an ordinary average guy

[@commonman317]

Just an ordinary, average guy!

[@scott729]

Had to watch it twice and that wasn't enough

[@bradwest4821]

One of the best interviews I've ever seen. Absolute genius.

[@Daverotherham]

Rocky Mountain Way was the first Walsh song I heard ( James Gang didn’t get on UK radio) and instantly made me a fan. However, his greatest surely has to be The Confessor - epic!

[@rosemarylopez8493]

I believe Stevie Nicks helped him with this album when they were together I believe for a year.

[@mauriceclemens3286]

Rocky Mountain Way is my favorite Joe Walsh song. Brings me back to when I first joined The USAF and was stationed at Lowry AFB in Denver. Great times!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@timmyteaching]

Howard is always fascinated with the writing process.

[@LesPaul3399]

LIFE'S BEEN GOOD!

[@vincemarshall9520]

That’s a great story! Always nice to hear from the musicians what actually inspired them.

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

Great story - and a great explanation of the song. Joe Walsh is the real deal.

[@BelleTolles]

That smoker you get is one of my all time favourite albums

[@elmo1119]

I wish this whole interview could be uploaded. Would love to see it.

[@blacksabbath4252]

It is it was just uploaded

[@jessegonzales1788]

Proud to say I saw Joe Walsh at Tom petty last show in the woodlands Texas

[@ianbauer4703]

Absolutely love Joe Walsh's music...especially Rocky Mountain Way!

[@Fafafohi]

Turn to Stone.

[@L_Valentino]

Yesss

[@jacktorrance2633]

Yep!

[@ttomgast1769]

Totally

[@oguislacasa2253]

​ WOW, IT IS!!!!!!

[@sarge420]

What a phenomenal musician and many fantastic songs.

[@markusaurelius777]

Class act, and amazing song writer / producer / guitarist.

[@ShelbyCorGT500]

Absolutely one of the best ever !!!

[@thetr00per30]

Joe Walsh, man what a fuchin legend , If you can out crazy Keith Moon that is saying something , What a catalogue Walsh has put together.

[@Robertodette]

Rocky mountain way was my favourite when it came out and how i was introduced to joe. Then an older friend turned me on to the james gang's Bomber. It's still a standard in my music collection