Crossroads Guitar Festival
Joe Walsh....anyone
with half a brain knows that when you talk about guitar players,
this guy's name
is bound to come up sooner than later. Up until the point he hit the stage,
there
had been very little
comic relief, but once he opened his mouth, the crowd started laughing.
For those who might
not know, Joe has been playing the part of the quintessential stoner since
the
days when he really
was just that. About the only one who comes close to his performance
is Ozzy and unfortunately,
his is not an act. Joe realized early on that he had the perfect look
and a very good
delivery to go with it. His first words were "This IS Sunday right?" Then
he tells us
he's cold (he has
a jacket on)...what a nut!
I have seen Joe several
times, even once with the Eagles, but I enjoyed this show much more even
though his set was shorter than I would have liked it to be. We got to
hear Funk 49, Walk Away &
Rocky Mountain Way...all
were great.
The first big highlight
of this show was JW. He had the crowd rocking and had the best between
song verbage of
any band or guest during the whole show. Steve Cropper from the MG's
stayed on stage
to play with Joe and they played very well together. I sure hope Joe
tours again solo
soon...he's great with the Eagles, but he really shines on his own.
All this has me thinking
about getting a new digital camera soon. I really like the idea of a
better zoom for
the next show we go to.
Here's a page I found of more pics from Joe's performance courtesy of the Eagles fan site...