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Joe Walsh is an American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter who has been a member of three successful bands: James Gang , Eagles , and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band . He has also recorded solo. His highest charting song is "A Life of Illusion ", which reached number-one on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks .
Discography [ ]
James Gang albums [ ]
Barnstorm albums [ ]
Eagles albums [ ]
Solo albums [ ]
Compilation albums [ ]
Albums with REO Speedwagon [ ]
Albums with Ringo Starr [ ]
Other album appearances [ ]
Year
Artist
Album
1967
The Ohio Express
"Beg, Borrow and Steal" LP by
(vocals/guitar on "I Find I Think Of You" and "And It's True,")
1970
B.B. King
Indianola Mississippi Seeds
(Guest artist, rhythm guitar)
1973
Manassas
Down the Road
1973
America
Hat Trick
1973
Michael Stanley
Rosewood Bitters
1973
Michael Stanley
Friends and Legends
(performed on most songs on album)
1973
Rick Derringer
All American Boy
(performed on "Teenage Queen")
1974
Billy Preston
The Kids and Me
1974
Dan Fogelberg
Souvenirs
(Walsh performed on and produced this album)
1974
Joe Vitale
Roller Coaster Weekend
1975
Keith Moon
Two Sides of the Moon
(Walsh played electric guitar on four songs.)
1976
Fools Gold
Fools Gold
(Walsh performed on and produced this album with Glenn Frey and Glyn Johns . Walsh played guitar on "Coming Out Of Hiding")
1977
Al Kooper
Act Like Nothing's Wrong
(Slide guitar on "Hollywood Vampire")
1977
Andy Gibb
Flowing Rivers
1977
Randy Newman
Little Criminals
1977
Jay Ferguson
Thunder Island
1977
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Works Vol 1 - L.A. Nights With Keith Emerson on keyboards.
1979
Jay Ferguson
Real Life Ain't This Way
1980
Warren Zevon
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
1980
Beach Boys
Keepin' the Summer Alive
(Walsh played guitar on the title track)
1981
John Entwistle
Too Late the Hero
(Walsh performed on and produced this album)
1981
Joe Vitale
Plantation Harbor
1982
Don Henley
I Can't Stand Still
1982
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie
(Electric guitar and guitar solos on "Wandering Stranger")
1984
Timothy B. Schmit
Playin' It Cool
(Slide guitar, electric guitar)
1985
Michael McDonald
No Lookin' Back
(Guest artist, slide guitar)
1986
Steve Winwood
Back in the High Life
(Co-writer and guitar on "Split Decision")
1986
Albert Collins
Jazzvisions: Jump The Blues Away
1987
Richard Marx
Richard Marx
1990
Wilson Phillips
Wilson Phillips
1990
Herbs
Homegrown
(Walsh played and sang on, wrote for and produced this album; it includes the original versions of "Up All Night", "Ordinary Average Guys" (sung by Herbs bassist Charlie Tumahai) and "It's Alright")
1991
Bob Seger
The Fire Inside
(Guitar, 12 string guitar)
1993
Paul Shaffer
The World's Most Dangerous Party
1995
Various
A Future to This Life: Robocop – The Series Soundtrack
(Three songs, including the title track in a duet with Lita Ford )
1998
Fleetwood Mac
Live in Boston Volume Two
2000
Rick Danko
Times Like These
(Guest artist, guitar, piano, backing vocals)
2006
Frankie Miller
Long Way Home
2012
Ringo Starr
Ringo 2012
2012
Kix Brooks
New to This Town
2014
Foo Fighters
Sonic Highways
(Guest guitar solo on "Outside")
Eagles songs written by Joe Walsh [ ]
Eagles studio recordings featuring Joe Walsh on lead vocal [ ]
Year
Song
Album
1976
"Pretty Maids All in a Row"
Hotel California
1979
"In The City"
The Long Run
2007
"Guilty Of The Crime"
Long Road Out Of Eden
"Last Good Time In Town"
Note: Other songs in the Eagles catalog that were sung and written by Walsh include "Life's Been Good " and "All Night Long", from Walsh's solo career, which were included on Eagles Live , and "Funk #49", from Walsh's days in the James Gang , was included on the fourth "Millennium Concert" disc of the Eagles box set Selected Works: 1972-1999 . The band has also been known to play "Rocky Mountain Way," as seen on the Farewell Tour I DVD. These are not Eagles songs however, since the studio cuts did not originate under the Eagles name.
Singles [ ]
Year
Title
Chart positions
Album
US
AUS [4]
UK [5]
1973
"Rocky Mountain Way "
23
39
—
The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
1974
"Meadows"
89
—
—
1975
"Turn to Stone "
93
—
—
So What
1976
"Walk Away"
105
—
—
You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind
1977
"Rocky Mountain Way"
—
—
39
Rocky Mountain Way EP
1978
"Life's Been Good "
12
56
14
But Seriously Folks...
"Over and Over"
106
—
—
1979
"Turn to Stone "
109
—
—
The Best of Joe Walsh
Year
Title
Chart positions
Album
US
US Main
UK [5]
1980
"All Night Long "
19
—
—
Urban Cowboy Soundtrack
1981
"A Life of Illusion "
34
1
—
There Goes The Neighborhood
"Rivers of the Hidden Funk"
—
35
—
"Things"
—
36
—
1982
"The Waffle Stomp"
—
20
—
Fast Times at Ridgemont High Soundtrack
1983
"Space Age Whiz Kids "
52
21
—
You Bought It, You Name It
"I Can Play That Rock & Roll"
—
13
—
1985
"The Confessor "
—
8
—
The Confessor
1987
"The Radio Song "
—
8
—
Got Any Gum?
"In My Car "
—
14
—
1991
"Ordinary Average Guy"
—
3
—
Ordinary Average Guy
"All of a Sudden"
—
13
—
1992
"Vote for Me"
—
10
—
Songs for a Dying Planet
[6]
Guest singles [ ]
Other charted songs [ ]
References [ ]
^ a b c d Jason Ankeny (1947-11-20). "Joe Walsh | Biography" . AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-24 .
^ a b c "Gold & Platinum - RIAA" . RIAA . Retrieved 2018-11-02 .
^ a b c "Gold & Platinum" . RIAA . Retrieved 2020-07-18 .
^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 332. ISBN 0-646-11917-6 .
^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 590. ISBN 1-904994-10-5 .
^ Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 1044–1045. ISBN 1-84195-017-3 .