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JOE WALSH THE EAGLES SIGNED ALBUM COVER "SO WHAT" Extremely rare! Own a piece of rock history PSA AUTHENTICATED Certificate # H11362 *PSA/DNA PUTS A WHOLE NEW SPIN ON COLLECTING AUTOGRAPHS PSA/DNA Authentication Services is the world's most trusted third-party authenticator of autographs and memorabilia. PSA/DNA Certificates and Letters of Authenticity are the standard for top dealers, auction houses, collectors and investors. PSA/DNA "Autographs will sell for a premium with a PSA/DNA Certification." T are so many fake signed items on the internet..Buy with confidence. This is the real deal! Joe Walsh bio Joseph Fidler Walsh was born on November 20, 1947 in Wichita, Kansas, but in his youth he lived in Columbus, Ohio and then later New York City and Montclair, New Jersey. He attended college at Kent State University in Cleveland, w he first joined the group the James Gang in 1968. At that time, the James Gang consisted of Walsh on guitar and vocals, Jim Fox on drums, and Tom Kriss on bass in a “power trio” form. They released their first album, Yer’ Album , in 1969. Afterwards, Kriss left the band and was replaced by Dale Peters, creating the most successful incarnation of the James Gang. Walsh’s dynamic and creative playing featuring his famously catchy guitar riffs made the band memorable. Their next two albums, James Gang Rides Again (1970) and Thirds (1971), produced such classics as “Funk #49” and “Walk Away.” While the “power trio” format worked well for the James Gang, Walsh was beginning to become dissatisfied with its limitations. After the release of James Gang Live in Concert in 1971, Walsh left the band to pursue a solo career. Not quite ready to leave the band format entirely, however, he called himself and his two core backing band members Kenny Passarelli and Joe Vitale “Barnstorm” and released an album of the same name. Passerelli and Vitale would also be the core backing band members for The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get (1973). While the albums were solo efforts, the three men functioned as a unit, and even played together on Friends and Legends by Michael Stanley. Even after Barnstorm broke up, Vitale continued to be a collaborator and friend of Walsh. Their most famous collaboration is the magnificent “Pretty Maids All in a Row” which appeared on the Eagles’ Hotel California (1976). Walsh made a name for himself as a solo artist with the hit “Rocky Mountain Way” off of The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get (1973). The song was inspired by Walsh’s move to Colorado with his wife Stephanie and small child Emma Kristen. Tragically, Emma was killed in a car accident in 1974 while on her way to nursery school, an event which haunts Walsh to this day. He had a small drinking fountain built in her memory in her favorite park in Boulder, denoted by a simple plaque. His next album, So What (1975), contained a tribute to her entitled “Song for Emma.” He has said that even the album name was a result of Emma’s death – that nothing else seemed meaningful or important in the months that followed. The strain would eventually contribute to Walsh’s divorce from his first wife. Unable to enjoy Colorado anymore, he moved back to L.A. He released a live album called You Can’t Argue with a Sick Mind in 1976, but by that time he was tired of working alone and was looking for a band to join. He found it in the Eagles, who had just lost their main guitarist Bernie Leadon to creative differences. Once on board, he helped the Eagles craft their most famous album Hotel California which was released later that year. Adding a more rock-oriented edge to the Eagles in the place of Leadon’s more country-flavored style, his contributions to the guitarwork of the title track and the famous riffs of “Life in the Fast Lane” are especially notable. Walsh’s tenure with the Eagles did not preclude him from releasing more work as a solo artist at the same time. The Eagles’ slow pace making The Long Run (1979) was conveni... read more

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