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Didn't Joe Walsh and Barmstorm tour with Humble Pie in the 1970's? C'mon guys, I know there's alot more information to put on here. Stuff like how he entered rehab after appearing in the Howard Stern Show and, oh, I don't know, WHEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT!?!?!?
There is an early 90s Howard Stern clip of Billy West mocking Joe Walsh. It came to discussion that he had been ordered by the Eagles to stop drinking and what not, and rehab had forbade him from hanging out with old friends that encouraged that behavior.
Apparently, that meant he would never appear on the Stern show again. They renamed him Stepford Joe Walsh
Joe was on Stern on 8/21/06. He gave a lengthy interview, which gave many interesting facts. I was working at the time and cannot remember most of them. Anyone else have that info?--pahsons 23:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Personally, I want to know how he lost his teeth. The best I could find on google was a mocking paragraph which said that he lost them by knocking them out when using the talk box. lol --BlueStream 09:42, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Years and years ago, a friend of mine asserted that Joe Walsh became a heroin addict after his wife and children were killed in a car wreck; I've never been able to find any verification of this. If it's true, it's terribly tragic; if not, I've been feeling sorry for Joe for all these years for the wrong reason (this friend of mine often came up with unsubstantuiated assertions). Anyone know?
For Notable Appearances-- Fairly certain JW spent time as a disk jockey in Los Angeles, CA. (KLOS?) Extremely humorous summer. Maybe circa 1981? Joe Rocks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.244.80.174 (talk) 05:47, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Can someone make it clear for us was that Sunburst Les Paul Joe Walsh's main guitar? or was it only Walsh's guitar and he gave it to Page and then it was specialized by Page?
bottom line: That Les Paul was special to Page or to Walsh? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Punkruptcy (talk • contribs) 09:58, 27 February 2007 (UTC).
"Walsh gave Pete Townshend (guitarist/songwriter for The Who) the guitar he used on Who's Next. In return, Townshend gave Walsh his first Synthesiser." Shouldnt it be the other way around? this makes no sense. --Krautukie 02:18, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
(moved from top of page by emw 03:20, 22 October 2007 (UTC))
I challenge the challenge as being moot. The fact remains the Joe Walsh is one of the greatest artists, singer, sonwriter and guitar player of the rock era. Let the rest go and appreciate his contributions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lostbayern (talk • contribs) 23:03, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
I challenge the teetotler part. Joe Walsh apeared to be drunk at the eagles show in las vegas. The show was at Mandalay Bay during the last week of 1999.
I second this Challenge as he was deffinately drinking beer ontstage during a tour with Glen Frey in the late 80's/early 90's which i personally saw - Idiotninja
Were there any news reports of drink / drug abuse or convictions duriing his life? These would be part of his personal life. John a s 18:32, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
Academic and professional titles like "Professor" or "Doctor" are not to be used; see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)#Academic_titles. Instead, a description of the apropriate qualifications should be included in the body text. Regardless of WP policy, one should never use a title based on an honorary degree. --emw 03:20, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Who the fuck thought a shitty line drawing of a face was a useful fucking image for this article?? 72.40.101.115 (talk) 18:32, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
It's pretty funny. Keep it. (Totally not signing my post). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.125.55 (talk) 17:17, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
This was my reaction exactly. It would be better to have an actual picture of Joe Walsh, but as long as nobody finds one, might as well keep this ridiculous line drawing. NickRinger (talk) 19:20, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
I removed banjo from his instrument list. Walsh is not a banjo player, never has been. Nor has he recorded any notable banjo playing (he did replace Bernie Leadon in Eagles, but Bernie's live banjo duties were transferred to Don Felder in order to keep Midnight Flyer on the Hote California tour setlist)
Also why is there a link to Free Bird (the Lynyrd Skynyrd song) under the section "solo". I don't remember Joe Walsh playing with Skynyrd, is this a joke of some kind? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eaglesfan8881 (talk • contribs) 09:55, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Links say NOT fanpage, NOT fansite, and link to some random Myspace. That... can't be right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.163.77.172 (talk) 10:41, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Isn't he sometimes known as "Average" Joe Walsh? I'm pretty sure I've heard/ read about this nickname on some websites and on The Drew Carey Show, but I don't know of any citable references. Minaker (talk) 13:39, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
This makes no sense. If Joe Walsh became an Amateur Radio Operator while living in New York, his callsign would have a 2 instead of a 6. A 6 indicates residence in California, yet the biography makes no mention of him ever living there. Something's not right here.
Please See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_licensing_in_the_United_States — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.109.75.166 (talk) 01:06, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
Little late to the discussion (and this may be a bit of a nitpick) but is it accurate to say one “began a lifelong interest” in something as a full-grown adult who’s had a successful career? Capneb (talk) 04:53, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
This article calls the James Gang, "commercially successful", yet the article James Gang says "the band was not a huge commercial success". I'm not sure that any quibbles about "huge" are quite enough to resolve this contradiction. 81.159.106.144 (talk) 00:45, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Problem solved. Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 20:27, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
I believe that the montage of the Eagles from their Long Road Out of Eden Tour should be featured on the article. It is featured on the article for the Eagles, the Eagles discography, Timothy B. Schmit, etc. If anybody wants to talk to me about this, please leave a message on my talk page. Thank you.--67.54.187.27 (talk) 21:12, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
The Album is listed as [Walsh and Barnstorm] - but it is really his first solo album. The album has his name prominently featured on the cover and at the time, it was considered a "Joe Walsh album". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffmaslan (talk • contribs) 03:30, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
"The guitar solo on the track Hotel California by Walsh and Don Felder[4] was, in 1998 by Guitarist magazine, " Should this be "guitar solos" or tweaked in some other way? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccheever (talk • contribs) 08:30, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
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Isn't it peculiar that there are six paragraphs of general Eagles info here on the Joe Walsh page about the album Hotel California, but no mention of the fact that Joe Walsh wrote and sang the song "Pretty Maids All in a Row" on that album? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.89.36.147 (talk) 04:29, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
FYI: He wrote it with Joe Vitale his Barnstorm colleague and performs it often on his solo tours because it is essentially his own song. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.147.130.240 (talk) 01:34, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
Currently it says he was there - "Walsh has also stated he was present during the Kent State massacre in 1970." It also says "After high school, Walsh briefly attended Kent State University . . ." He was born November 1947 so he probably graduated HS 1965 or 1966. Of course he could have been back at Kent for a visit; or his brief time there might have been a few years after he graduated HS. As it is the timeline does not make a lot of sense or at least could use a little explanation. Cross Reference (talk) 19:28, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
The current lead sentence: "Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947)[1] is an American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer." is overwrought. Any suggestions on how to streamline it, to better follow the guidelines WP:LEADSENTENCE and WP:BLPLEAD? LK (talk) 10:54, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
I have plans to change the genres to better represent all the musical styles he does but want to post it here for other users to throw in their opinions on this subject before I change them. The genres as of the current are Hard rock, blues rock, pop rock and country rock but those are rather bland so to speak. Yes, he did those genres but he also incorporated loads of other genres such as soft rock and reggae fusion so to cover all these genres, I was thinking of changing the genres to just Rock, pop, blues, country, folk and reggae fusion since those seem like they sum up all the musical styles he incorporated on his albums. I can remove reggae fusion if you don't feel it to be appropriate. Let me know what you think. Also, could you let me know on my talkpage when you respond to this please? I don't have an e-mail registered and to register one, I have to re-login as verification but I forgot my password here. Jakob9999 (talk) 23:02, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
I don't see what makes him one. I only know he is a registered Democrat, and that's all. MrLW97 (talk) 22:42, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
I don't know who said that about him, but they may be thinking of this guy instead. Joe_Walsh_(American_politician) Sullidav (talk) 09:16, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
The Eagles did not headline at the Hop Farm Festival in 2011. The headline act was Prince and a damn good show it was.
There's no mention of The Flew in Joe's article!
"Walsh’s traveling party is his informal band, the Flew."... "When ex-Eagle guitarist Joe Walsh, scratchy-voiced English vocalist Terry Reid, and crack session musicians Nicky Hopkins, Rick Rosas and Phil Jones decide to kick up their heels, folks not only don’t complain, they come in droves and pay money to join in the fun." [1] Johnalexwood (talk) 11:18, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: not moved. Closing early per WP:SNOW. (closed by non-admin page mover) Calidum 17:06, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
Joe Walsh → Joe Walsh (singer) – There is no primary topic because of the many people listed at Joseph Walsh including Joe Walsh (American politician) and Joe Walsh (Irish politician). Sahaib3005 (talk) 17:59, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
there is no mention of Walsh being married to Joe Walsh Yrdnome (talk) 03:07, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
Keyboards should be restored to the instrument list because he has played keyboards a number of times to warrant an inclusion due to his Hammond organ and electric piano playing with the eagles. GTAGamer245 (talk) 22:45, 24 May 2023 (UTC)