Re: Joe Videos on YouTube and other video sites
Joe's a total geek. He built his first home studio in CO in '71 or '72. It didn't work!! Joe Vitale tells a great story about it in his book. In the last year or two Joe did a bunch of great videos for Gibson in which he gives you all kinds of geeky hints as to how to fine tune your guitar to get the best sounds from it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKTXTWbI4FU
I know that he's built model airplanes/helicopters/rockets. I think he's even a blacksmith! I recall that being a new hobby of his in the '80's.
Have you ever read the bio he wrote to promote the Confessor album? This still cracks me up:
JOE WALSH
I was born on November 20, 1947, in a place called Wichita, Kansas. I was 0 years old. Wichita is almost exactly in the middle of the continental United States, if you ignore Alaska and Hawaii. Most folks in Kansas do. Wichita is also famous for being called “The Airplane Capital,” which it is, but I’m not sure how important this is outside Kansas. I’m sure it’s not a priority in Alaska or Hawaii. Kansas is also where Dorothy and Toto lived once. To the best of my knowledge, I was not born in New York, and whoever started that rumor is full of beans.
Places I have lived:
1. Wichita, Kansas
2. Evanston, Illinois
3. Columbus, Ohio
4. Flushing, Long Island, New York (Queens)
5. Montclair, New Jersey
6. Kent, Ohio
7. Ipswich, Massachusetts
9. Nederland, Colorado
10. Boulder, Colorado
11. Los Angeles, California
12. In Irving Azoff’s car
14. Santa Barbara, California
15. Coconut Grove, Florida
16. Ringo’s house
17. Nowhere
19. Los Angeles, California, where I currently live as far as I can tell.
Things I have done:
– Produced albums for Dan Fogelberg and Ringo.
– Ran for President of the United States.
– Played on everybody’s albums.
– Flown in the Concorde.
– Met Robert Mitchum.
Brief summary of my careers:
1. Member of the James Gang (“Funk #49,” “Walk-Away”).
1. Ex-member of the James Gang.
2. Leader and founding member of Barnstorm (“Rocky Mt. Way”).
2. Only member of Barnstorm.
3. Brief but glorious solo career, So What, You Can’t Argue With A Sick Mind, ending with much public head-scratching because of career #4.
4. Member of The Eagles Hotel California (1977), Long Run (1979), during which also made 1 solo album, But Seriously Folks.
5. Right around in here somewhere is my present career — In a couple of years, I’ll be able to tell you how I did.
Things that might be interesting to know about me:
– I attended Kent State University regularly over a 6-year period without graduation.
– One time I crashed in a Boeing 727.
– Yes, on occasion I do saw up hotel rooms with chain saws and throw the pieces out the window. Why not?
– I have absolutely no idea whether I have a Maserati or not … probably. It would seem logical.
– No, I do not need a new nose.
– I prefer B.B. King to Don Ho.
Things that people like to ask:
– What does “The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get” mean?
– “Where are you from?” (I’m from Ohio, I don’t know why.)
– “Hey Joe, what ever happened to the guys in the James Gang?”
– “Hey Joe, I love that song of yours — how does it go?”
My hobbies include such activities as:
Amateur radio (since 1962), blacksmithing (honest). Arguing all night about politics, (or, for that matter — anything.) Hooking stuff up to see if it works, and beer.
What my new album, The Confessor is about:
My new album, The Confessor, is about 20 minutes a side.
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There is only one Joe Walsh! Thanks for posting his "bio" MV! Love it!
