Joe Walsh 'The Definitive Collection' album

Joe Walsh is a true rock & roll pioneer; legendary for the unique combination the consummate axe man, an intriguing vocalist, and lyrically a keen observer of pop culture.

His near 40-year recording career has taken him from The James Gang to solo hits to the Eagles and now, in summer 2006, back to The James Gang. Walsh’s “The James Gang Rides Again” tour kicks-off this August through September and marks the first tour the band his done in 35 years.

Also back is his only multi-label single-disc compilation as Joe Walsh - The Definitive Collection (Geffen/UMe), released August 8, 2006, repackages 1997’s stellar Joe Walsh’s Greatest Hits: Little Did He Know...

Featuring his 15 favorites spanning 1970 to 1991, from The James Gang, Barnstorm, and his solo career, The Definitive Collection spotlights such rock classics as “Rocky Mountain Way,” “Walk Away,” “Funk #49” and “Life’s Been Good.”

Walsh was attending Kent State University in 1968 and playing guitar in local bars when fellow Kent State locals, The James Gang, offered him their lead guitarist spot. The group’s debut album, Yer Album (1969), topped the Billboard charts for nearly a year. The James Gang Rides Again (1970) followed, containing some of the band’s best-known songs, such as “Funk 49,” “The Bomber,” and “Tend My Garden.” The band’s third album, appropriately titled Thirds (1971), features the classics “Walk Away” and “Midnight Man.”

Walsh left The James Gang in 1971 and formed Barnstorm. It’s self-titled 1972 album includes “Mother Says” and “Turn To Stone.” He went officially solo with 1973’s The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get, with “Meadows” and the Top 30 “Rocky Mountain Way.” So What (1975) boasted “Help Me Thru The Night” with Don Henley and Glenn Frey on vocals, previewing what the Eagles would sound like with Walsh.

His contributions to such Eagles albums as Hotel California, Eagles Live and The Long Run cannot be overestimated even as his solo career continued. But Seriously, Folks in 1978 includes his highest charting pop hit (#12), the self-deprecating “Life’s Been Good,” and the 1980 Urban Cowboy soundtrack spawned “All Night Long,” which cracked the Top 20. 1981’s There Goes The Neighborhood yielded the Top 40 “A Life Of Illusion.”

Also heard on The Definitive Collection are the title tracks to 1985’s The Confessor and 1991’s Ordinary Average Guy.

For Joe Walsh, life’s been good.

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