Joe Vitale - Plantation Harbor MINT!!! Label Wounded Bird

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CD is MINT!!! Vitale started his career with the Ohio band called The Chylds. He eventually enrolled at Kent State University, and was attending during the May 4, 1970 shootings. His first national break came when Ted Nugent hired him to play drums in the Amboy Dukes in 1971. That fall Vitale was invited by his former Kent State classmate Joe Walsh to join Barnstorm, a new group being formed by Walsh in Colorado. The group recorded two albums together and Vitale and Walsh began a longtime partnership although Barnstorm broke up in 1974.After the breakup, Vitale was the temporary original drummer for the Michael Stanley Band (before Tommy Dobeck was hired), and he recorded his first solo album 1974's Roller Coaster Weekend , produced by Ron & Howard Albert, with guitar solos contributed by Walsh, Rick Derringer and Phil Keaggy. He then joined the Stills-Young Band for the Long May You Run sessions. Later, Vitale would be one of the musicians that Crosby, Stills & Nash record and tour with beginning with the CSN album and continuing to the present day. He has also co-produced and contributed songs to Crosby, Stills & Nash as well as to solo efforts by Stephen Stills and Graham Nash.Meanwhile, Vitale's longtime partner Walsh became part of the Eagles and Vitale became part of the Eagles' road band on drums and keyboards, appearing on read more