Cool show this November in Columbus OH
https://www.nationwidearena.com/events/detail/vets-aid
Nov 13, 2022| Sunday| 6PM
VetsAid 2022 will feature sets from a newly reunited James Gang (Joe Walsh, Jimmy Fox and Dale Peters) for a final performance, or “One Last Ride,” with special guests Dave Grohl, Nine Inch Nails, The Black Keys and The Breeders.
Walsh’s vision was to curate an all-Ohio bill for this year’s show. He considers Columbus to be his hometown, the James Gang and Nine Inch Nails hail originally from Cleveland, The Black Keys from Akron, The Breeders from Dayton and Dave Grohl is native to Warren, OH. “It all started in Ohio,” Walsh reflects. “Picking up my first guitar as a kid in Columbus set me on a musical journey to Kent State, Cleveland and then the world. It is a great privilege for me to share the stage once again with my original James Gang buddies and this incredible group of Ohio rock legends like Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails, The Black Keys, The Breeders and Dave Grohl. I believe in Ohio and look forward to celebrating our musical legacy while honoring our veterans with VetsAid 2022.”
All net proceeds will go directly to veterans’ services charities with ties to Ohio; grant applications are open now at www.vetsaid.org/grants. Veterans are important to Walsh, a Gold Star son himself. His father, a flight instructor for the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star (first US operational jet powered aircraft) died while on active duty on Okinawa when he was just 20 months old. Through the establishment of the VetsAid annual benefit concert, he aims to give back to those who have given so much in sacrifice for this country.
Would love to be there. Always liked Joe Walsh on lead AND slide guitar. Saw the James Gang several times in the 1970's.
Funk 49 is a big favorite. Howard Stern show!
Over 1 MILLION 500 thousand views.
Joe Walsh playing Slip Slide Away guitar. Rickenbacker then a Lester sounding good.
Joe Walsh playing about life on the road, limos, mansion you can't stay in if you're always on the road, expensive sports car but loose your license and now you don't drive and staying at parties until quarter to four because it's hard to leave if you can't find the door!
I saw The James Gang do a reunion show at the Beacon in 2006. Very impressive. Not a long show - maybe 75 minutes - but all killer, no filler, and the sober Joe was singing like an angel. Great display of guitar tone. Most of the solos seemed composed rather than being jams, but they were lovely.
Joe Walsh is a lovely guy. I'll always heard he ( like Berry Oakley) was easy to meet and talk too. Down to earth.
Oh boy!! Oh Lord!! WHAT A BAND!! WHAT A JAM!!!
Put your good headphones on and turn this up!!!
I'd pay several hundred dollars a ticket to see this band live!
These guys plus Joe Walsh have extremely expensive tickets too!! But they are well rehearsed and slick.
Don Henley on drums on vocals. He is a money bags too. Net worth $250 million! Henley is the fourth richest drummer in the world. Ringo Starr is first!
I was there too! Great show, it was nice to hear a few deep James Gang cuts. But "short" is right, I was so used to an ABB show the while I was taking a quick bathroom break I heard them launch into their "Funk 49" closer.
Joe Walsh playing Slip Slide Away guitar. Rickenbacker then a Lester sounding good.
Looks like Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn ... all of Booker T and the MGs? That's some folks!
Wish I was rich because this show would be AWESOME! I'll prob never go to a show as expensive as The Brothers 50 ever again. I see 3rd row is only $1,334 each..... plus fees..
Those 3 albums from James Gang during the Walsh era are some of my all time favorites. I wish Joe would get back to that style of rock. Never caught on to his goof ball schtick music.
Everyone has a plan, till you get punched in the face,
According to Drummer World, Dave Grohl who is guesting with the James Gang is the third richest drummer on the planet. Does he even play drums now. He played guitar with the Foo Fighters didn't he or both.
They have Ringo Starr the richest at $300 million net worth. Followed by Phil Collins, Dave Grohl and Don Henley of the Eagles all at various places in the $200 million net worth level. Then the drummer for Metallica at $175 million.
Jaimoe is listed on another site at $2 million and Butch ZERO at his death.
Those drummers worth over $200 million, probably much of that came from song writing and publishing royalties NOT from playing the drums is my guess.
I don't know rd, I am sure they make some good coin from publishing but Grohl and Henley must make major $$$ from touring considering the outrageous ticket prices for Foo Fighters and Eagles concerts
@bill_graham Yeah I imagine you are correct. After an Eagles tour all of them probably add a few million to their bank balance from just ticket sales.
I respect Don Henley as a singer, songwriter and drummer and in awe of someone who can be worth $250 million dollars in the music business.
But "Hell would freeze over" before I would pay huge bucks, 100s of dollars a ticket, to see The Eagles:)
Or the Foo Fighters or Bruce Springsteen or the Rolling Stones etc etc.
Yeah the Eagles have been a major recording and concert act since the mid 1970's and Henley was/is a big song writer for that band as well as having a very successful solo career so I imagine his wealth is a combo of publishing and concert revenue.
I am in the same boat as you in that I refuse to pay big money for tix prices being asked these days and as I have gotten older I refuse to sit in nosebleeds just because the ticket prices are cheap. If I have to watch a big screen to see the band count me out.
I have half a dozen concerts coming up in the next couple of months and only one was over $100 including fees. That would be the Allman Family Revival where the tix price was $89 but with the ridiculous fees it brought the price over $100. It is about a 3 hour concert with great guest musicians so well worth it to me for 7th row seats in a great old Boston Theater, The Shubert.
I was considering getting a ticket to see Joe Bonamassa next Saturday at the Mansfield, Mass shed but the cheapest decent seat was close to $200 with all the Ticketmaster fees so I am passing.
There are too many great concerts to go to for reasonable prices, less than $100, to pay the crazy prices for the big name acts now IMHO.
@bill_graham Here is an older version than the one I posted above earlier. Joe Walsh is in it but this is before Glen Frye and Don Henley threw Don Felder out of the band. Joe Walsh later admitted that Frey and Henley run this show. No doubt about it!!
Joe Walsh Kennedy Center honors as member of The Eagles. What a lucky guy I suppose to be invited to join such a hugely successful band.
Note at the beginning of Linda Ronstadt's presentation the audio is cut for awhile for some reason. Said something the lawyers didn't like? Who knows?
Also comment section has a lot of people irritated they didn't mention ALL the original members of the Eagles and Don Felder who wrote the music for Hotel California but was suddenly and swiftly thrown out of the band by Glenn and Don.
@robertdee I honestly try not to speak out of school, say negative things about any band (even ones I don't like) or speak ill of the dead - but I know a guy in the record biz who has met many of the bigs - friends with quite a lot of them. He once told me that the only two bigger @ssholes than Don Henley and Glen Frey were the two Journey guys. I remember watching a documentary where Frey volunteered the band to play at a politicians fundraiser (without asking the members how they felt) - Felder made an off-the cuff statement to the politician that enraged Frey to the point where the two nearly got into fisticuffs on stage. This likely led to the final bad blood between the two. Honestly, I sided with Felder on this. Nobody should have the right or authority to volunteer anybody for anything without asking first. I think Henley's solo music far out-shined that of Frey. I honestly think that Frey's stuff might've never seen the light of day had he not been an Eagle first. As with Joe Walsh - the Eagles were lucky to have had Don Felder. In my opinion ... this is more than just my opinion. 😉
@rusty Yes I imagine you are right. Maybe it's my imagination but Henley and Frey(RIP) always looked like men who were egotistical and jerks. But I do not know that to be the case. Just a vibe from their interviews.
I must give credit where it is due so I acknowledge their talent, dedication and incredible success. Both men are much wealthier than anyone who was ever associated with the Allman Brothers including Dickey.
The Eagles Greatest hits has sold over 25 million copies, more than any album in U. S. history. Well that is what I read. I remember back when I was paying more attention, that album was competing with Michael Jackson's Thriller for all time best selling album with both running neck and neck.
Don Felder was added to the band and clearly was an equal to Frey and Henley creatively. Frey in an interview said Felder would sent him and Henley demos which often admittedly was good music but where and when do you sing?? Frey said they had to work on Hotel California to make it work but did admit the music on that track came from Felder.
I can't remember what got it started, probably the deal you mentioned, but Frey and Felder became jealous and irritated with each other until Felder told Frey on stage when this show ends I'm going to kick your $ss. Frey said something like " No I'm kicking yours and oh am I ready". Frey went to Henley who apparently is all business and controlling, but the two immediately had Don Felder thrown out of the band. Joe Walsh later said that now he has no doubt that Glen and Don run this show.
It is irritating that at this late date Don Felder is ignored and erased from the band's history.
Butch tried to do that to Dickey in the ABB. And leading up to the 2009 40th anniversary Butch told the press that all musicians who played with Duane Allman would be invited including Eric Clapton except one. He will not be invited. Warren and Derek were uncomfortable with that and went to Gregg so Dickey ended up being invited tho Dickey's manager denied Dickey was. But Dickey chose not to attend.
I guess a lot of bands end up on Family Feud.
Off topic for Joe Walsh so skip this if you don't like it but here is Butch talking about ABB problems.
Joe Walsh playing some hot guitar!!
I think the reason the Eagles are so much bigger than the Allman Brothers Band and even Van Halen is because like the second version of Fleetwood Mac, the Eagle's songs appeal to a lot of women.
Don Henley is worth more than $200 million and I checked and nobody in Van Halen including Eddie or Z
Z Top is worth as much as Henley.
Great interview with Joe Walsh. A party boy!!
@robertdee Shorter songs! Most pop songs are 4 minutes or under. Radio program directors (especially AM radio in the 70's) wouldn't play epic-length material. The bands you mention (even Van Halen) played, short, catchy, memorable tunes. When's the last time you heard someone humming 'Liz Reed in an elevator? 😉
I think the reason the Eagles are so much bigger than the Allman Brothers Band and even Van Halen is because like the second version of Fleetwood Mac, the Eagle's songs appeal to a lot of women.
Well, bigger or richer doesn't mean better.
As @rusty points out, the Eagles had shorter more radio-friendly songs. Their first album had 3 hit singles. They were also together longer to develop their brand (had Duane lived on, I'd wager he'd become bigger than Clapton).
People forget, but The Eagles' first three albums were successful, but it wasn't until One of These Nights that they had a smash hit after over 3 years together (Desperado and On the Border weren't hugely successful until later). People forget that when Joe Walsh joined The Eagles, they weren't The Eagles we know today. Hotel California solidified them as a legendary FM band before the wheels came off with The Long Run, which, similar to Fleetwood Mac, featured only two members from the original band - Henley and Frey.
@porkchopbob Well of course I agree. There are Eagles shows on YouTube and they are tight, polished and slick but it's like a bluegrass band to me. I've had enough for a few weeks before the show is over.
I completely agree the Allman Brothers Band for me and how the music moves me, is much better.. especially the original lineup.
The top 100 guitarists list compiled by Rolling Stone Magazine some years ago had Duane in second place behind Hendrix only. Hendrix and Duane dying so young and while their careers were still climbing may be why Hendrix and Duane were on top.
But had Duane Allman lived, he would have continued to get better and the band bigger and I agree. Duane would have been bigger than Eric Clapton.
The richest drummer in the world is Ringo Starr and Don Henley is fourth at $250 million. And Ringo and Henley are very good but not the best. I like Butch and Jaimoe better and Steve Gadd too. John Bonham is another. Jo Jones was fantastic. This is off the topic but here is a quick sample of Jo Jones if you haven't see him.
@porkchopbob Eagles Greatest hits has sold over 38 million copies in the US and over 40 million worldwide making it the best selling album in history!!
That alone would make Frey and Henley extremely wealthy from the song writing wouldn't it?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Their_Greatest_Hits_(1971%E2%80%931975)
