Joe Walsh on Playing with Peter Townshend, VetsAid Charity Show & He Jams on the Clarinet

Joe talks about co-founding VetsAid to honor his dad, all the amazing musicians joining the cause, learning to play the guitar, Peter Townshend, playing the clarinet in school, and Jimmy and Joe jam on the clarinet together.
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[@coverbros.8387]

This man! One of the true guitar legends still around. The things he has gone through You can only love Joe Walsh

[@gib59er56]

Joe Walsh is the reason I picked up the guitar at 13 in 1980. We have other things we have done as men in the "not a good idea" level. Mom took me to a frieds dinner party and I ran far away from adult crap and found the hosts stereo and a guitar. I played a James gang tune and fiddled with the guitar and getting the idea of how it worked. I got my first guitar that year.Still jammin hard at 56.

[@danmayberry1185]

A beautiful human being. Pure class, genuinely kind, legendary player.

[@diannamurray3040]

Absofreakinglutely!❤

[@jamesduescher3462]

The best!

[@adrianpoesiat]

Absolutely. What amazing connections as well. Ringo Starr’s brother in law through marriage 👍

[@danmayberry1185]

@@adrianpoesiat ... and godfather to Roy Orbison III

[@rixvspinner]

So true. For those that might not know Joe's solo music, check out his first solo album Barnstorm

[@charliesimar7541]

As a vet, THANKS,JOE!!! And KEEP ROCKING! I love playing your music on guitar!

[@NewMessage]

Looks like life's been good to him, so far.

[@ringoluv1331]

Thank you for honoring our Vets! Joe Walsh is the best! His daughter Lucy Walsh was here for this taping too.

[@sjt4225]

I love Joe Walsh. Great person.

[@Tini_Scrapitti]

Admirable.

[@Kreepyb5]

I love this! Joe and jimmy 😂

[@LindaBundt-sh5xi]

God bless your father. I lost my dad when I was 5. Not to a war though.

[@JerseyKarl]

Joe Walsh is a Class act!!

[@jmorrison146]

Introduced as, “the only man known to every hotel security officer in North America”.

[@peterjonas4971]

Love you, Joe Walsh. You inspired me to quit drinking. Thank you!!

[@busdriver3469]

Congrats on that ,keep up the good work. When you get a sobriety coin and you feel like drinking put that coin in your mouth and if it melts you can drink. It will never happen. It's a great life, 35 years sober.

[@hudsonlane7468]

Congrats Peter! Was there a particular song that did it? Or just his overall story??

[@RichS.73yroldbodybuilder]

He and Ringo too…great examples of how you can stay alive just by doing the right thing❤ 21 years sober for me .💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@jimmoore8951]

Taught me to stop trashing hotels

[@peterjonas4971]

@@busdriver3469 Ha! I like that one! THanks!

[@lab4389]

Man I loved James Gang. Been following Joe Walsh forever. Best thing The Eagles ever did was to hire Joe Walsh. A great guitarist. 💯✌️

[@MundoDragon]

Second best. Best was Don Felder.

[@JDJ473]

Brilliant keyboard player also. All his tracks have fantastic keys 💪

[@donchonealyotheoneal5456]

Joe's looking really good I'm happy for him that he has survived and he's doing good for the people way to go Joe

[@yamahaguy1732]

Yep he is a legend! He seems to be doing amazing especially for his age I’d say better than most!

[@VangeliRock]

This man is a living legend. Always love his music and the human being he is.

[@ciarraibuzz]

Thanks, Joe, for helping veterans.

[@davinalopez-oz1ez]

money talks

[@narvul]

Yeah well thank veterans period.

[@billyc1956]

Thank you Joe (and Jimmy) for everything you’re doing for us vets.

[@davinalopez-oz1ez]

lol

[@davinalopez-oz1ez]

dude got offered money to do this

[@billyc1956]

@@davinalopez-oz1ez so you’re claiming no money for veterans?!?

[@davinalopez-oz1ez]

@@billyc1956 Joe is getting paid. You know show me the money and i will pretend im doing this charity show for the vets

[@michaelhovsepian2584]

it (she?) isn't really claiming anything ... just trolling . some folks are cynical & never having been involved in a worthy cause , just can't relate ✔️ you know , the way Donald Trump considers veterans (even soldiers wounded/taken prisoner/killed in action) to be "suckers" .

[@josephpowell3949]

It is good to see he is still doing good. My favorite album of his was "The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get"! Every song is great!

[@calmic75]

Joe walsh gave Townshend a guitar. It was then used as the main guitar on Who's Next, and every album that came after.

[@michaelhovsepian2584]

he didn't SMASH it ?! 🤣

[@NLBassist]

@@michaelhovsepian2584 in fact he did and had it repaired again! A Gretsch 6120

[@michaelhovsepian2584]

@@NLBassist 😵 😂 😎

[@EdwardBloom89]

He also gave Jimmy Page THE Les Paul

[@adrianpoesiat]

A generous bloke❤

[@patriot1382]

This was hilarious, what a great interview with the great Joe Walsh. The clarinet bit was the icing on the cake! LOL funny but classy!

[@GabrielNavarro-bo7st]

Not easy playing that instrument

[@alanosterman7130]

Gotta love Joe. Surviving all the rock n' roll demons since the 60s, is a big mountain to climb. My guitar hero.

[@progressnotperfection1839]

God bless you Joe Walsh!!! ❤ I love you all you do!

[@andrewwilliams9599]

Even people who hate the Eagles love Joe Walsh.

[@recole374]

Who hates the Eagles ? One of the greatest bands ever.

[@Confoil]

_“Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.”_

[@jeffclement2468]

That's me.

[@Mclem2k24]

Hate the Eagles? WTF, that's rock blasphemy man

[@boyvale]

I think he means people who hate Don Henley and Glenn Frey, great musicians but jerks.

[@janetpingrey7155]

As a veteran, I love this man for the love he shows us. Loved his music long before I learned of his involvement, but even more since...

[@TinCupChalice40]

Sincerely appreciate your service. Pray for our country as it is ran by the worst Commander in chief in her history.

[@karenlebouef6010]

TFG was the worse commander in chief in the history of America 🙄

[@tammyponmorris9324]

Jimmy Kimmel forgot to introduce him as the LEGENDARY Joe Walsh!

[@gib59er56]

Yeah!!!! What`s up with that??? Big dis to Joe !!

[@jf7098]

Joe seems like a great dude. I had the privilege of seeing The Eagles perform in 2003. One of my first concerts actually. They were fantastic! ❤

[@gaycramer2658]

I was lucky enough to see Joe Walsh with the Eagles twice on the Hell Freezes Over tour. Once at Tiger Stadium and then at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Love Joe Walsh and the Eagles. ✌🏻 ❤️🎶😎

[@jf7098]

@@gaycramer2658 ❤️👍

[@amyjackson8725]

As Glenn Frey said, THERE IS NO "THE"!! It is JUST "Eagles"!

[@jf7098]

@@amyjackson8725 yeah, that's fantastic and all. I'm still going to call them THE Eagles 😂 Sorry if it sends you to a dark place. It would take one of the Eagles members personally asking me to not refer to them as the eagles to get me to stop. Yeah and I'm going to be sloppy with capitalization now too. It took a literal war for me to stop referring to Ukraine as THE Ukraine, just to put it in perspective. ❤️

[@HENJAM48]

Wow... Another reason to be impressed by Joe Walsh.

[@davebawden1777]

Absolute guitar genius and all round nice guy! I was lucky enough to him on that James Gang tour he talked of Oct 11 1970 Odeon Birmingham UK

[@MaidenHelll]

The message about gets it so important…America needs to take better care of it’s vets

[@CSchaefer1960]

How can you NOT love this man?

[@jeffkovach9495]

GOD SPEED MR. WALSH!

[@GaiaCarney]

Joe Walsh played a hilarious character on ‘The Connors’ Comedy gold 🌟

[@Kat-gx3se]

He also used to have a recurring role on the Drew Carey show.

[@paulmc3457]

As amazing at defying all the odds as Keith Richards, plus ol Joe even looks great!

[@Corvaire]

Watching you two struggle on those clarinets was priceless. ;O)-

[@phillipzx3754]

Walsh is not only well known as a musician but he's also pretty famous among the amateur/ham radio community.

[@ThomasQuigley-b1b]

Gotta love Joe Walsh. Meadows is still playing in the back oof my head among many others on replay.

[@KelleneHubbard-dz4gt]

❤ Love Joe Walsh 😊. Nice to see him again 😊

[@loose-arrow-garage]

Joe Walsh once said: "I only got drunk once but it lasted 20 years!" Joe I'm glad you survived Rock and Roll, but we can't say the same about your hotel rooms!

[@davinalopez-oz1ez]

you dont gotta be a rock star to do drugs and alcohol

[@kitesalet]

@@davinalopez-oz1ez but you gotta be to afford that lifestyle

[@davinalopez-oz1ez]

@@kitesalet bro you just got to be connected with somebody. Lol do you think Junk heads are Rich? Lol

[@TheSometimesWhy]

How is it that neither Jimmy nor the audience acknowledged Joe's father's service/sacrifice when he mentioned it? Talk about a whiff...

[@Mclem2k24]

Walsh, Stones, Talking Heads...thankful these legendary music makers are healthy and doing what they love Respect

[@GabrielNavarro-bo7st]

Robert Fripp. 👍

[@IMeMineWho]

Pete Townshend..The Who..genius and inventor of the Marshall stack; producer of Rock Against Racism, composer of The Who Sells Out; Tommy and Quadrophenia; Lifehouse. Novelist. (Hint: he is referred to in the Header!)

[@GabrielNavarro-bo7st]

@@IMeMineWho America needs a rock n roll trivia game show.

[@IMeMineWho]

@@GabrielNavarro-bo7st Agree.

[@michaelhovsepian2584]

​@@GabrielNavarro-bo7st listening to Talking Heads led me to Robert Fripp ✌️

[@robingastonia]

I love Joe Walsh. What a great guy, thank you for helping the vets. I saw him with James Gang and The Eagles. I love to hear him play. Bless his heart, he sure has been through alot. He is a legend.

[@travis_singh]

I don't usually watch Jimmy Kimmel show. But when I see Joe Walsh, yeah I click it immediately.

[@tomfilipiak690]

Welsh and Kimmel playing Clarinet on TV? That's a hoot.

[@melissas9245]

Joe Walsh is one of the most underrated musicians on this planet. This is before the Eagles. I mean Rocky Mountain Way, and Funk 49 are rock gems!!

[@KevinBrighton]

Very underrated for sure.

[@superorangeish]

No he's not. People know how great he is.

[@reverendrikkus3758]

Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, Kennedy Center Honors, underrated??

[@melissas9245]

@@reverendrikkus3758 I don't know many people who know Joe Walsh unless I said the Eagles. However, you say people like Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton or Jimi Hendrix. No one has to be told what band or what songs these people have made you instantly know their ability to play guitar. Walsh is better than Page or Richards for sure. He is not better than Hendrix and he is equal if not better than Clapton.

[@Kat-gx3se]

@@melissas9245 And yet everyone I know ,,,,,,,,knows who Joe Walsh is. And I disagree, he smokes Clapton........also he's Rock 'n Roll.......Clapton is a blues player first and foremost.

[@jaymorf7374]

Played him on with his solo from the completely underappreciated County Fair. Still funny and talented.

[@jagsnumberone88]

Last year was in Columbus, Ohio and I was lucky enough to attend. It was a great evening.

[@sharonhollock3040]

Joe Walsh is an awesome guitar player.KUDOS!

[@markgigiel2722]

What a great personality. Joe is awesome.

[@cindyyeager8627]

Bless you Joe Walsh. Thank you for all you do to honor vets and what a wonderful tribute to your father. He would be so incredibly proud of you.

[@bhornannawindeedeigh5007]

God bless you, Joe Walsh! So blessed to have seen you play twice with the Eagles in the late 70s and early 80s in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Thank you for working with our Vets. You are a Sweetheart - and one of the Greatest Guitarists EVER! Period. You are a Star. I love you! 💐🙏🏽❤️

[@IMeMineWho]

I (obviously ❤ Pete Townshend)..never heard him referred to as Peter Townshend in my life!! Whoever the transcriptionist is, please fix!!!

[@PeytonWind]

Joe seems like a really good guy and some of his songs show his humorous side. There's also a video on KZbin where he demonstrates how to tune a guitar -- I play no instruments and had no idea that so much goes into tuning it beyond turning the obvious knobs at the end (very good instruction).

[@peterdarker1]

Right on....I'll have to check that out!

[@AlisMarsaili1351]

My brother was/is guitarist and it took him about 40 minutes to turn. Thank you for your comment. He would do what your describing and you are correct it makes a huge difference. I see these snippets of guitar “lessons” and I can tell if that guitar is well tuned. If it’s not tuned I turn it off because it drives me crazy.

[@sharkfintech5893]

​@bonniebrodie5754 It can take quite a while if you've just re-strung the instrument, and you're working from scratch with a tuning fork, or some other very old-school standardized equipment or method (say, to another instrument, like a piano). It's easier & faster to just buy a small electronic tuning device (typically battery-operated & not expensive). Also, once you have one string in tune (most guitarists start with low E, the top string), standard tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E) is fairly fast & easy to achieve by ear (without a tuner): You tune the next string down (A) by plucking the low A note (5th fret) repeatedly on that low E string - in unison with the open A string - and keep turning the tuning head on the A string until their pitch matches. And pretty much right on down the line: 5th fret of the A string is the D note, so you tune the open D string until it matches that. Old-school but simple, relatively fast, & effective - esp if you don't have a tuning device handy (like onstage, or perhaps in a friend's basement or garage) 😅

[@sharkfintech5893]

​@@AlisMarsaili1351 BTW, I love your very last point, and it drives me to distraction also: There's literally almost no good excuse for guitarists to be out of tune in this day & age, esp ones that are considered "professionals". 🤦 😩 😅

[@MrNategriffin]

imagine keith moon and joe walsh together?

[@waynej2608]

Those lads knew how to have a 'good time'! 😅

[@fasteddie4435]

A living legend of rock

[@peggyfulghum.welovetheoldf2920]

Why would anyone hate the Eagles

[@michaelhovsepian2584]

The Dude abides 😎

[@ringoluv1331]

They don’t know good music.

[@Elizabeth-rq1vi]

Oh my! Joe is a little rusty on the clarinet!😂 But he rocks on the guitar. No Jimmy this didn’t make you cooler🤣. I’d love to attend one of those VetAid concerts!

[@darrenbigelow9639]

Warriors, come out and Play yeah

[@garyhansen1769]

Joe, you are the extraordinary average guy!..heckofa guitar player..thank from a vet

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

Love to Joe! Thank you for the music and inspiration

[@deloreswilson1798]

Love Joe Walsh...Glad he found the door to get in there...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤭🤪

[@michaelhovsepian2584]

BUT could he find it "to leave" ... that's the "hard" part ✌️

[@deloreswilson1798]

@@michaelhovsepian2584 You're looking for miracles now...🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelhovsepian2584]

@@deloreswilson1798 " I go to parties , sometimes until 4 , it's hard to leave when you can't find the door " - Life's Been Good ( lyrics by Joe Walsh )

[@touncy1533]

alltime cool legend Joe Walsh

[@adrianpoesiat]

I adore his guitar work on hotel California. Three guitarists playing harmonies off each other. So good

[@khayes9591]

Great interview. Love Joe!

[@Greg-io1ip]

Loved seeing Joe Walsh. And he's still got it. You're a good man Joe!

[@btdes5868]

Still one of the coolest and certainly best guitarist/composer/performers in Rock & Roll! Your pop would have been very proud of you, Joe.

[@jeffhenderson3184]

I LOVE joes music… pre eagles and with eagles. Life’s Been Good is one of my all time favorite albums. Never gets old. Joe is one of those artists that I’m so grateful he made the decision to pursue music. 🙏🙏🙏

[@melanieshaw3210]

The reason the clarinet playing sounds so bad is because neither one of them moistened the reeds in their mouth for about 5 minutes beforehand! But i guess the whole point was to be terrible😂

[@keysersoze3987]

Thank you guys for all you do for our Vets! Hey Joe, James Gang Rides Again is one of my all time favorite albums!

[@richardfodaski5827]

Very rare musician and great legend

[@gwynnielsen5081]

I like musicians who spend time helping others. Joe is a very decent human being.

[@breifne555]

My hero forever. Oh...and I was a clarinet player in my younger life because it got me girls in the orchestra. I hooked up with a red haired Oboe babe. She had the most incredible ombouchure and really knew how to use it. Then I spent a lot of my life learning Joe's licks and empoyed them. I met him in Germany on tour but didn't know about his clarinet days. Such an amzing guy on so many levels.

[@questioneverything-rf3yf]

"The scariest day of my life was the day Keith Moon decided he liked me." ~Joe Walsh

[@NLBassist]

Joe tell's how his father didn't came back, repeats it and gets ignored twice..

[@dianebinpa6668]

Yes. That was awful.

[@stephengiese7549]

I remember him from the James gang. Listened a lot to them. He is funny and what a character. Very cute and charming. Fantastic smile. What a performing life he has had. Thanks for helping the vets who need it. My brother is one from nam but he is doing ok.

[@gonestacmac]

Joe Walsh for President 2024

[@AlisMarsaili1351]

I want to thank Mr.Walsh for honoring his father AND I want to thank his father for his service and bravery in taking flight for us, the American people!

[@Dreamster399]

Legend.

[@michaelhovsepian2584]

Total 😎

[@jaydoubleu3419]

❤ Joe

[@Madakalim]

"Turn To Stone" was one of the coolest songs ever written.

[@nickluzzi8767]

There are so many versions of this song .. One of the best is on So What . Another is with the Eagles and don felder ,and the one I like the best is a live concert from 1973 which was on tv. Thanks

[@TheCream14]

Joe is one of the very few truly inspirational people in my life. What a great guy!

[@cmkilcullen8176]

Joe is so down to earth - could be the guy you grew up with - still has that personable quality!

[@rustyotis8283]

Joe, one of the kings of Rock and roll 👌

[@GabrielNavarro-bo7st]

Joe should jam with Keith Richards 😎

[@davinalopez-oz1ez]

ahahahahah woo joke of the day . Thanks!

[@graphicbrew]

7:20 The strangest Joe Walsh moment I've ever seen, and there is a lot of competition for that title. Well done!

[@tomwalsh4592]

I did see him do a trombone solo during Rocky Mountain Way at a club show in Cincy around 1990

[@davedarling6512]

I don't think there are too many "rock stars" out there who would be willing to do something like this. A very humble man.

[@royskuderin2386]

Remember seeing Joe Walsh playing the clubs down in "The Flats" in Cleveland, Ohio with The James Gang before they were famous. It's why you see Joe playing the character of Ed in on the "Drew Carey Show". Long live WIXY 1260 A.M.

[@PaulC39]

I saw Joe Walsh live in concert way back in 1983 at the Hollywood Sportatorium opening for Stevie Nicks. I love all his music starting with the James Gang. Barnstorm and of course what he wrote and played guitar with the Eagles. Then his later solo albums after the Eagles broke up. Very good lyricist besides his guitar prowess. There Goes the Neighborhood and You Bought It You Name It are 2 of my favorite albums of his from the early 80s.

[@michaelhovsepian2584]

Lucky he's sane after all he's been through . He's cool . 😎

[@jasoncoventon7157]

Always Loved JOE🤘😎 He is his own thing🥳

[@Kat-gx3se]

As Glen once said......"he's an interesting bunch of guys".

[@stevetucker9181]

Thanks for showing the rest of us that you can be even cooler without all the substances, Joe. 29 years in November for me.

[@dr.krinkleweldon5934]

Joe had not played the clarinet in years. Picks it up and starts playing Life’s Been Good to Me So Far

[@JeffLynnesELOFan]

ELO and Joe nothing better!

[@kimdurig1322]

Saw Joe at a small club in Cincinnati once and he had Ringo's son Zach playing drums

[@ChrisJKing-se4dp]

The mighty Pete Townshend always rated Joe as a great guitarist

[@johnmccormack7360]

Just another reason to love Joe Walsh!

[@brianmoser3947]

Obviously, Joe and Jimmy don't consider military vets to be suckers and losers 😂❤

[@LizinLouie]

That riff on the clarinet sounded like the melody from Hotel California !

[@tonydagostino6158]

Joe is turning into the Bob Uecker of rock

[@ptv2506]

Such a legend.

[@JamesHadfield-qz9rv]

always Loved joe and after hearing his story of his Dad and Support for the VETS, its tenfold. couldn't careless for the beagles but glad he's happy with them.

[@bold810]

For you folks who don't know of Joe Walsh.. know Joe Walsh, and know who Bob Welch is, too. 🎉

[@forestghost7]

I remember Bob, saw him in Fleetwood Mac my 1st concert I was 14, his and Danny Kirwans playing blew me away RIP to both 😢😢

[@h2ofield]

National Treasure! I love Joe!

[@solarczyk49]

Huge Applause 👏👏👏👏👏