Joe Walsh explaining the wild true stories behind 'Life's Been Good'

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Originally published at: Joe Walsh explaining the wild true stories behind 'Life's Been Good' | Boing Boing

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That was fun, thank you for posting :smiley:. It seems that Keith Moon (R.I.P.) was always an instigator. I heard Graham Chapman speak at my university in the late 1980s and he shared many tales of his adventures with “Moonie”, including some exploits in the Dangerous Sports Club.

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Joe Walsh for President!

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Also worth mentioning that “But Seriously Folks” is a really good album - pretty mellow and almost pensive in places. “Life’s Been Good” is kind of an anomaly on the record.

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… and I’m immediatley going back over the tablature in my head. That particular intro riff is iconic.

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Joe Walsh’s reflections on finding sobriety are also of note, part of this article:

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I love Joe Walsh.

I also love the fact that Joe Walsh and Ringo Starr are related. Can you imagine the holiday get togethers.

The entire interview with both of them is really good.

I was searching for Sam Kinison earlier because of the sick humor topic, sometimes the YouTube algorithm works well. This video of Joe Walsh and Sam popped up. I forgot Sam could play a decent guitar.

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this song and Rocky Mountain Way are two of his i can never get tired of. His work with the James Gang was also really great. i believe (late, also great) Tommy Bolin replaced him in the James Gang when he left to join the Eagles, but i’m not entirely sure about that.

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Mojo Nixon, interviewed in 1999, said:

Joe Walsh can’t move. If he moves, he’ll fall over. I met Joe Walsh trying to rehabilitate in Memphis years ago. I can’t believe he was touring! His brain seemed totally scrambled. I’m talking scrambled scrambled. He could hardly hold a conversation. He’s just a big mess. I said, “Whoa, I don’t want to end up like that! Not for a couple years, anyway!”

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Interesting set of points of view. I like!

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Uh oh, here comes a flock of WAH WAAAHS

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LIfe’s been Good. One of the songs you have to blast while cruising down the highway.

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