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(started at Friday 5/23/25)
Abracadabra – STEVE MILLER BAND
Achilles Last Stand – LED ZEPPELIN
Addicted To Love -ROBERT PALMER
After Midnight – ERIC CLAPTON
After Midnight (’88) – ERIC CLAPTON
Against The Wind – BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love – VAN HALEN
Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More – ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
Alabama Get Away -GRATEFUL DEAD
All Along The Watchtower – JIMI HENDRIX
All Day And All Of The Night – KINKS
All Down The Line -ROLLING STONES
All Night Long – JOE WALSH
All Right Now – FREE
All She Wants To Do Is Dance – DON HENLEY
Already Gone – EAGLES
Amanda – BOSTON
American Girl – TOM PETTY/HEARTBREAKERS
American Woman – GUESS WHO
And The Cradle Will Rock – VAN HALEN
Angie – ROLLING STONES
Animal – DEF LEPPARD
Another One Bites – The Dust QUEEN
Anthem – RUSH
Any Way You Want It – JOURNEY
Authority Song – JOHN MELLENCAMP
Baba O’Riley – WHO
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You – LED ZEPPELIN
Baby Hold On – EDDIE MONEY
Baby, I Love Your Way (live) – PETER FRAMPTON
Back In Black – AC/DC
Back In The Saddle AEROSMITH
Back On The Chain Gang – PRETENDERS
Bad Company – BAD COMPANY
Bad Medicine – BON JOVI
Bad Moon Rising – CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REV
Bang A Gong (Get It On) – T REX
Bark At The Moon – OZZY OSBOURNE
Barracuda – HEART
Beast Of Burden – ROLLING STONES
Beautiful Girls – VAN HALEN
Because The Night – PATTI SMITH GROUP
Beginnings – CHICAGO
Behind Blue Eyes – WHO
Best Of Both Worlds – VAN HALEN
Bicycle Race – QUEEN
Big City Nights – SCORPIONS
Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen – SANTANA
Black Water – DOOBIE BROTHERS
Bloody Well Right – SUPERTRAMP
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) STYX
Blue Morning, Blue Day – FOREIGNER
Bohemian Rhapsody – QUEEN
Born In The U.S.A. – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Born On The Bayou – CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REV
Born To Be Wild – STEPPENWOLF
Born To Run – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE
Boys Are Back In Town – THIN LIZZY
Brass In Pocket (I’m Special) – PRETENDERS
Break On Through (To The Other Side) – DOORS
Breakdown – TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
Breaking The Law – JUDAS PRIEST
Bringin’ On The Heartbreak – DEF LEPPARD
Brown Eyed Girl – VAN MORRISON
Brown Sugar – ROLLING STONES
Bungle In The Jungle – JETHRO TULL
Burnin’ For You – BLUE OYSTER CULT
Burning Down The House – TALKING HEADS
Bye Bye Love – CARS
Call Me The Breeze – LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Can’t Find My Way Home – BLIND FAITH
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking – ROLLING STONES
Can’t You See – MARSHALL TUCKER BAND
Carry On Wayward Son – KANSAS
Casey Jones – GRATEFUL DEAD
Cat Scratch Fever – TED NUGENT
Caught Up In You – .38 SPECIAL
Centerfold – J. GEILS BAND
Cheap Sunglasses – ZZ TOP
China Grove – DOOBIE BROTHERS
Cinnamon Girl – NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
Closer To The Heart – RUSH
Cold As Ice – FOREIGNER
Cold Shot – STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN & DOUBLE TROUBLE
Come Sail Away – STYX
Come Together – AEROSMITH
Come Together – BEATLES
Comfortably Numb – PINK FLOYD
Communication Breakdown – LED ZEPPELIN
Cover Me – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Cowgirl In The Sand – NEIL YOUNG
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – QUEEN
Crazy On You – HEART
Crazy Train – OZZY OSBOURNE
(5/24/25)
Crumblin’ Down – JOHN MELLENCAMP
Crystal Ship, The – DOORS
Dance The Night Away – VAN HALEN
Dancing Days – LED ZEPPELIN
Dancing In The Street – VAN HALEN
Day Of The Eagle – ROBIN TROWER
Dazed And Confused – LED ZEPPELIN
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da – POLICE
Deacon Blues – STEELY DAN
Desperado – EAGLES
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – AC/DC
Dirty Laundry – DON HENLEY
Do You Feel Like We Do (live) – PETER FRAMPTON
Don’t Come Around Here No More – TOM PETTY/HEARTBREAKERS
Don’t Do Me Like That – TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
Don’t Fear The Reaper – BLUE OYSTER CULT
Don’t Look Back – BOSTON
Don’t Stand So Close To Me – POLICE
Don’t Stop – FLEETWOOD MAC
Don’t Stop Believin’ – JOURNEY
Don’t Tell Me You Love Me – NIGHT RANGER
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) – ROLLING STONES
Dream On – AEROSMITH
Dream Police – CHEAP TRICK
Dream Weaver – GARY WRIGHT
Dreamer – SUPERTRAMP
Dreams – FLEETWOOD MAC
Dreams – VAN HALEN
Dude (Looks Like A Lady) – AEROSMITH
Dust In The Wind – KANSAS
D’yer Mak’er – LED ZEPPELIN
Easy Livin – URIAH HEEP
Edge Of Seventeen – STEVIE NICKS
Eruption/You Really Got Me – VAN HALEN
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic – POLICE
Everybody’s Everything – SANTANA
Evil Ways – SANTANA
Evil Woman – ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
Fame – DAVID BOWIE
Fat Bottomed Girls – QUEEN
Feel Like A Number – BOB SEGER & THE SILVER B
Feel Like Makin’ Love – BAD COMPANY
Feelin’ Alright – TRAFFIC
Feelin’ Alright – JOE COCKER
Feelin’ Satisfied – BOSTON
Feels Like The First Time – FOREIGNER
Find Your Way Back – JEFFERSON STARSHIP
Finish What Ya Started – VAN HALEN
Fire – JIMI HENDRIX
Fire and Ice – PAT BENATAR
Fire Down Below – BOB SEGER & THE SILVER B
Flirtin’ With Disaster – MOLLY HATCHET
Fly Like An Eagle – STEVE MILLER BAND
Flying High Again – OZZY OSBOURNE
FM (No Static At All) – STEELY DAN
Follow You Follow Me – GENESIS
Fool For The City – FOGHAT
Foolin’ – DEF LEPPARD
Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) – STYX
For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) – AC/DC
Foreplay/Longtime – BOSTON
Forever Man – ERIC CLAPTON
Fortunate Son – CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Four Sticks – LED ZEPPELIN
Foxey Lady – JIMI HENDRIX
Free Bird – LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Free Fallin’ – TOM PETTY
Free For All – TED NUGENT
Freeze-Frame – J. GEILS BAND
Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding – ELTON JOHN
Funk #49 – JAMES GANG
Get Back – BEATLES
Get Off Of My Cloud – ROLLING STONES
Getting In Tune – WHO
Gimme Shelter – ROLLING STONES
Gimme Three Steps – LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Girls Got Rhythm – AC/DC
Girls, Girls, Girls – MOTLEY CRUE
Gold Dust Woman – FLEETWOOD MAC
Good Lovin’ Gone Bad – BAD COMPANY
Good Times Bad Times – LED ZEPPELIN
Good Times Roll – CARS
Goodbye Stranger – SUPERTRAMP
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – ELTON JOHN
Grand Illusion – STYX
Great Gig In The Sky – PINK FLOYD
Green Grass & High Tides -OUTLAWS
Green River – CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REV
Hair Of The Dog – NAZARETH
Hang Fire – ROLLING STONES
Have A Cigar – PINK FLOYD
Head Games – FOREIGNER
Heart Of Gold – NEIL YOUNG
Heartache Tonight – EAGLES
Heartbreaker – PAT BENATAR
Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid – LED ZEPPELIN
Heartless – HEART
Heavy Metal – SAMMY HAGAR
Hello Goodbye – BEATLES
Hello, I Love You – DOORS
Hells Bells – AC/DC
Her Strut – BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
Hey Joe – JIMI HENDRIX
Hey Jude – BEATLES
Hey You – PINK FLOYD
Highway Star – DEEP PURPLE
Highway To Hell – AC/DC
Hitch A Ride – BOSTON
Hocus Pocus – FOCUS
Hollywood Nights – BOB SEGER & THE SILVER B
Holy Diver – DIO
Honky Cat – ELTON JOHN
Honky Tonk Women – ROLLING STONES
Hot For Teacher – VAN HALEN
Hotel California – EAGLES
House Is Rockin’, The – STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN & DOUBLE TROUBLE
Houses Of The Holy – LED ZEPPELIN
How Many More Times – LED ZEPPELIN
Hungry Heart – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Hush – DEEP PURPLE
Hysteria – DEF LEPPARD
I Am The Walrus – BEATLES
I Can’t Drive 55 – SAMMY HAGAR
I Can’t Quit You Baby – LED ZEPPELIN
I Hear You Knocking – DAVE EDMUNDS
I Just Want To Make Love To You – FOGHAT
I Love Rock ‘n Roll JOAN – JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
I Need A Lover – JOHN MELLENCAMP
I Need To Know – TOM PETTY/HEARTBREAKERS
I Shot The Sheriff – ERIC CLAPTON
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
I Want You To Want Me (Live) – CHEAP TRICK
I Won’t Back Down – TOM PETTY
Ice Cream Man – VAN HALEN
I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide – ZZ TOP
I’m Your Captain (Closer To Home) – GRAND FUNK
Immigrant Song – LED ZEPPELIN
(5/25/25)
I’ve Seen All Good People – YES
Jailbreak – THIN LIZZY
Jamie’s Cryin’ – VAN HALEN
Jamming – BOB MARLEY
Jessica – ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
Jesus Is Just Alright – DOOBIE BROTHERS
Juke Box Hero – FOREIGNER
Jump – VAN HALEN
Jumpin’ Jack Flash – ROLLING STONES
Jungle Love – STEVE MILLER BAND
Junior’s Farm – PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS
Just What I Needed – CARS
Karn Evil 9 – EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
Kashmir – LED ZEPPELIN
Katmandu (Live Bullet) – BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
Keep Your Hands To Yourself – GEORGIA SATELLITES
Killer Queen – QUEEN
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – GUNS N’ ROSES
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – BOB DYLAN
L.A. Woman – DOORS
La Grange – ZZ TOP
Layla – DEREK & THE DOMINOS
Learning To Fly – TOM PETTY/HEARTBREAKERS
Learning To Fly – PINK FLOYD
Let It Be – BEATLES
Let Me Roll It – PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS
Let My Love Open The Door – PETE TOWNSEND
Let’s Go – CARS
Let’s Spend The Night Together – ROLLING STONES
Levon – ELTON JOHN
Life In The Fast Lane – EAGLES
Life’s Been Good – JOE WALSH
Like A Rolling Stone – BOB DYLAN
Limelight – RUSH
Listen To The Music – DOOBIE BROTHERS
Live And Let Die – PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS
Livin’ On A Prayer – BON JOVI
Living In The U.S.A. – STEVE MILLER BAND
Locomotive Breath – JETHRO TULL
Lola – KINKS
Lonely Is The Night – BILLY SQUIER
Long Run, The – EAGLES
Long Time Gone – CROSBY, STILLS & NASH
Love In An Elevator – AEROSMITH
Love Is A Battlefield – PAT BENATAR
Love Is Alive – GARY WRIGHT
Love Me Two Times – DOORS
Love Reign O’Er Me – WHO
Love Stinks – J. GEILS BAND
Love The One You’re With – STEPHEN STILLS
Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ – JOURNEY
Low Rider – WAR
Lucky Man EMERSON, – LAKE & PALMER
Lunatic Fringe – RED RIDER
Magic Man – HEART
Magic Power – TRIUMPH
Mary Jane’s Last Dance – TOM PETTY/HEARTBREAKERS
Maybe I’m Amazed (live) – PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS
Mercedes Benz – JANIS JOPLIN
Message In A Bottle – POLICE
Midnight Rambler – ROLLING STONES
Midnight Rider – ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
Miss You – ROLLING STONES
Mississippi Queen – MOUNTAIN
Misty Mountain Hop – LED ZEPPELIN
Money For Nothing – DIRE STRAITS
Moneytalks – AC/DC
Monkey Man – ROLLING STONES
More Than A Feeling – BOSTON
Movin’ On – BAD COMPANY
Moving In Stereo – CARS
Must Of Got Lost – J. GEILS BAND
My Best Friend’s Girl – CARS
My Generation – WHO
My Head’s In Mississippi – ZZ TOP
My Kinda Lover – BILLY SQUIER
My Old School – STEELY DAN
Never Been Any Reason – HEAD EAST
New World Man – RUSH
New Year’s Day – U2
Night Moves – BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
No One Like You – SCORPIONS
No One To Depend On – SANTANA
November Rain – GUNS N’ ROSES
Old Man – NEIL YOUNG
Old Man Down The Road – JOHN FOGERTY
Old Time Rock & Roll – BOB SEGER & THE SILVER B
On The Road Again – CANNED HEAT
Once Bitten Twice Shy – GREAT WHITE
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer – GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS
One Of These Nights – EAGLES
One Way Out (live) – ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
Only You Know And I Know – DAVE MASON
Over The Hills And Far Away – LED ZEPPELIN
Owner Of A Lonely Heart – YES
Oye Como Va – SANTANA
Paint It, Black – ROLLING STONES
Panama – VAN HALEN
Paradise City – GUNS N’ ROSES
Peace Of Mind – BOSTON
Peaceful Easy Feeling – EAGLES
People Are Strange – DOORS
Photograph – DEF LEPPARD
Piece Of My Heart – JANIS JOPLIN W/BIG BROTHER
Pinball Wizard – WHO
Pink Houses – JOHN MELLENCAMP
Point Of Know Return – KANSAS
Pour Some Sugar On Me – DEF LEPPARD
Pretender, The – JACKSON BROWNE
Pride (In The Name Of Love) – U2
Pride And Joy – STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN & DOUBLE TROUBLE
Prove It All Night – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND
Radar Love – GOLDEN EARRING
(5/26/25)
Rain Song – LED ZEPPELIN
Ramble On – LED ZEPPELIN
Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man – BOB SEGER SYSTEM
Ramblin’ Man – ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
Rebel Rebel – DAVID BOWIE
Rebel Yell – BILLY IDOL
Reeling In The Years – STEELY DAN
Revolution – BEATLES
Revolution 1 – BEATLES
Riders On The Storm – DOORS
Ridin’ The Storm Out – REO SPEEDWAGON
Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution – AC/DC
Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo – RICK DERRINGER
Rock ‘n’ Roll Woman – BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
Rock Of Ages – DEF LEPPARD
Rock On – DAVID ESSEX
Rock Steady – BAD COMPANY
Rock The Casbah – CLASH
Rock The Nation – MONTROSE
Rock This Town – STRAY CATS
Rockin’ Down The Highway – DOOBIE BROTHERS
Rockin’ Into The Night – .38 SPECIAL
Rough Boys – PETE TOWNSEND
Roxanne – POLICE
Ruby Tuesday – ROLLING STONES
Runnin’ Down A Dream – TOM PETTY
Runnin’ With The Devil – VAN HALEN
Running On Empty – JACKSON BROWNE
Saturday Night Special – LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting – ELTON JOHN
School’s Out – ALICE COOPER
Shakin’ – EDDIE MONEY
Shapes Of Things – YARDBIRDS
Sharp Dressed Man – ZZ TOP
Shattered – ROLLING STONES
She’s A Beauty – TUBES
She’s Not There – SANTANA
She’s So Cold – ROLLING STONES
Shine On You Crazy…(Pt. 1-5) – PINK FLOYD
Shock The Monkey – PETER GABRIEL
Shoot To Thrill – AC/DC
Smoke On The Water – DEEP PURPLE
Smokin’ In The Boys Room – MOTLEY CRUE
Snortin Whiskey – PAT TRAVERS
Somebody To Love -JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
Somebody To Love – QUEEN
Something About You – BOSTON
Something In The Air – THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN
Song Remains The Same, The- LED ZEPPELIN
Space Oddity – DAVID BOWIE
Speak To Me/Breathe – PINK FLOYD
Spirit Of Radio, The – RUSH
Starship Trooper – YES
Start Me Up – ROLLING STONES
Stay With Me – FACES
Straight On – HEART
Stranglehold – TED NUGENT
Subdivisions – RUSH
Sugar Magnolia – GRATEFUL DEAD
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes – CROSBY, STILLS & NASH
Sultans Of Swing – DIRE STRAITS
Sunshine Of Your Love – CREAM
Sweet Child O’ Mine – GUNS N’ ROSES
Sweet Emotion – AEROSMITH
Sweet Home Alabama – LYNYRD SKYNYRD
Sympathy For The Devil – ROLLING STONES
Take It Easy – EAGLES
Take It To The Limit EAGLES
That Smell – LYNYRD SKYNYRD
The Stroke – BILLY SQUIER
The Thrill Is Gone – B.B. KING
The Weight – THE BAND
There’s Only One Way To Rock – SAMMY HAGAR
Time – PINK FLOYD
Time For Me To Fly – REO SPEEDWAGON
Tom Sawyer – RUSH
Too Hot To Handle – UFO
Too Late For Love – DEF LEPPARD
Too Much Time On My Hands – STYX
Touch Me – DOORS
Train Kept A-Rollin’ – AEROSMITH
Travelin’ Band – CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Treat Me Right – PAT BENATAR
Truckin’ – GRATEFUL DEAD
Tumbling Dice – ROLLING STONES
Turn It On Again – GENESIS
Turn Me Loose – LOVERBOY
Turn To Stone – JOE WALSH
Turn To Stone – ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
Tush – ZZ TOP
Two Tickets To Paradise – EDDIE MONEY
Unchained – VAN HALEN
Urgent – FOREIGNER
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – JIMI HENDRIX
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) – STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
Walk Away – JAMES GANG
Walk On The Wild Side – LOU REED
Walk This Way – AEROSMITH
We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions – QUEEN
Welcome To The Jungle – GUNS N’ ROSES
We’re An American Band – GRAND FUNK
We’re Not Gonna Take It – TWISTED SISTER
What Is Hip – TOWER OF POWER
What’s Your Name – LYNYRD SKYNYRD
When The Levee Breaks – LED ZEPPELIN
When The Whip Comes Down – ROLLING STONES
Where Have All The Good Times Gone – VAN HALEN
Whipping Post – ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
White Wedding – BILLY IDOL
Whole Lotta Love – LED ZEPPELIN
Who’ll Stop The Rain -CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Wild Horses – ROLLING STONES
Wild Night – VAN MORRISON
Wish You Were Here – PINK FLOYD
Witchy Woman – EAGLES
Won’t Get Fooled Again -WHO
Woodstock – CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
Working Man – RUSH
Yellow Submarine – BEATLES
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE
You Can’t Always Get What You Want – ROLLING STONES
You Got That Right – LYNYRD SKYNYRD
You Shook Me – LED ZEPPELIN
You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
Your Time Is Gonna Come – LED ZEPPELIN
You’re My Best Friend -QUEEN
You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ – JUDAS PRIEST
Zombie Zoo – TOM PETTY/HEARTBREAKERS
Zoo, The – SCORPIONS
Lynyrd Skynyrd (/lɛnərd ˈskɪnərd/, LEN-ərd SKIN-ərd)[2] is an American Southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. The group originally formed as My Backyard and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (vocals), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Junstrom (bass), and Bob Burns (drums). The band spent five years touring small venues under various names and with several lineup changes before deciding on “Lynyrd Skynyrd” in 1968. The band released its first album, (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd), in 1973. By then, they had settled on a lineup that included bassist Leon Wilkeson, keyboardist Billy Powell, and guitarist Ed King. Burns left and was replaced by Artimus Pyle in 1974. King left in 1975 and was replaced by Steve Gaines in 1976. At the height of their fame in the 1970s, the band popularized the Southern rock genre with songs such as “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird“. After releasing five studio albums and one live album, the band’s career was abruptly halted on October 20, 1977, when their chartered airplane crashed, killing Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines, and seriously injuring the rest of the band.
Lynyrd Skynyrd reformed in 1987 for a reunion tour with Ronnie’s brother, Johnny Van Zant, as lead vocalist. They continued to tour and record with co-founder Rossington, Johnny Van Zant, and Rickey Medlocke, who first wrote and recorded with the band from 1971 to 1972 before his return in 1996. Over the years, other founding members of the band have died either during—or after—their time in the band. In January 2018, Lynyrd Skynyrd announced its farewell tour,[3] and continued touring until 2022. Members were still working on the band’s fifteenth album at the time of Rossington’s death in 2023,[4] after which no founding members remained in the band.
In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Lynyrd Skynyrd No. 95 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”.[5][6] Lynyrd Skynyrd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006.[7] As of 2023, the band has sold more than 28 million records in the United States. AllMusic called them “the definitive Southern rock band”.[1]
Bio from Wikipedia:
Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947)[2] is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he has been a member of three successful rock bands: James Gang, Eagles, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. Walsh was also part of the New Zealand band Herbs. In the 1990s, he was a member of the short-lived supergroup The Best.
Walsh has also experienced success both as a solo artist and as a prolific session musician, being featured on a wide array of other artists’ recordings. In 2011, Rolling Stone placed him at the No. 54 spot on its list of “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”.[3]
In the mid-1960s, after attending Kent State University, Walsh played with several local Ohio-based bands before reaching a national audience as a member of the James Gang, whose hit song “Funk #49” highlighted his skill as both a guitarist and singer. Roger Abramson, a concert producer and artist manager, signed the James Gang to a management agreement with BPI in Cleveland. After leaving the James Gang in 1972, he formed Barnstorm with Joe Vitale, a college friend from Ohio, and Kenny Passarelli, a bassist from Colorado, where Walsh had moved after leaving Ohio. While the band stayed together for three albums over three years, its works were marketed as Walsh solo projects. The last Barnstorm album, 1974’s So What contained significant guest contributions from several members of the Eagles, a group that had recently hired Walsh’s producer, Bill Szymczyk.
At Szymczyk’s suggestion, Walsh joined the Eagles in 1975 as the band’s guitarist and keyboardist following the departure of their founding member Bernie Leadon, with Hotel California being his first album with the band.[4] In 1998, a reader’s poll conducted by Guitarist magazine selected the guitar solos on the track “Hotel California” by Walsh and Don Felder[5] as the best guitar solos of all time. Guitar World magazine listed it at eighth of the Top 100 Guitar Solos.[6]
Besides his work with his several bands, he has released twelve solo studio albums, six compilation albums and two live albums. His solo hits include “Rocky Mountain Way“, “Life’s Been Good“, “All Night Long“, “A Life of Illusion” and “Ordinary Average Guy“.
As a member of the Eagles, Walsh was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, and into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001. The Eagles are considered to be one of the most influential bands of the 1970s, and they remain one of the best-selling American bands in the history of popular music.[7] His creative contribution to music has received praise from many of the best rock guitarists, including Led Zeppelin‘s Jimmy Page, who said, “He has a tremendous feel for the instrument. I’ve loved his style since the early James Gang.”[8] Eric Clapton said that “He’s one of the best guitarists to surface in some time. I don’t listen to many records, but I listen to his.”[8] The Who‘s guitarist, Pete Townshend, said “Joe Walsh is a fluid and intelligent player. There’re not many like that around.”[3][8]
Bio from Wikipedia:
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time.[2] Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone‘s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time“[3] and fourth in Gibson‘s “Top 50 Guitarists of All Time”.[4] He was also named number five in Time magazine’s list of “The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players” in 2009.[5]
After playing in a number of different local bands, Clapton joined the Yardbirds in 1963, replacing founding guitarist Top Topham. Dissatisfied with the change of the Yardbirds sound from blues rock to a more radio-friendly pop rock sound, Clapton left the Yardbirds in 1965 to play with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, with whom he played on one album. After leaving Mayall in 1966, Clapton formed the power trio Cream with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and “arty, blues-based psychedelic pop”.[6] After Cream broke up, he formed blues rock band Blind Faith with Baker, Steve Winwood, and Ric Grech, recording one album and performing on one tour before they broke up, leading Clapton to embark on a solo career in 1970. Alongside his solo career, he also performed with Delaney & Bonnie and Derek and the Dominos, with whom he recorded “Layla“, one of his signature songs. He continued to record a number of successful solo albums and songs over the next several decades, including a 1974 cover of Bob Marley‘s “I Shot the Sheriff” (which helped reggae reach a mass market.[7]), the country-infused Slowhand album (1977) and the pop rock of 1986’s August. Following the death of his son Conor in 1991, Clapton’s grief was expressed in the song “Tears in Heaven“, which appeared on his Unplugged album, and in 1996 he had another top-40 hit with the R&B crossover “Change The World“, and in 1998 released the Grammy award winning “My Father’s Eyes“. Since 1999, he has recorded a number of traditional blues and blues rock albums and hosted the periodic Crossroads Guitar Festival. His most recent studio album is 2018’s Happy Xmas.
Clapton has been the recipient of 18 Grammy Awards, and the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2004 he was awarded a CBE at Buckingham Palace for services to music.[8][9][10] He has received four Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In his solo career, Clapton has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time.[11] In 1998, Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers.[12]
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The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. The founding members were Glenn Frey (guitars, vocals), Don Henley (drums, vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitars, vocals) and Randy Meisner (bass guitar, vocals). With five number-one singles, six number-one albums, six Grammy Awards, and five American Music Awards, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s. Their albums Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) and Hotel California rank first and third, respectively, among the best-selling albums in the United States, with 38 million and 26 million album units in sales.[1] The Eagles are one of the world’s best-selling bands, having sold more than 200 million records, including 100 million albums sold in U.S alone.[2][3] They were ranked number 75 on Rolling Stone‘s 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[4]
Their debut album, Eagles (1972), spawned three top 40 singles: “Take It Easy“, “Witchy Woman“, and “Peaceful Easy Feeling“. Desperado (1973) was less successful, only reaching number 41 on the charts; neither of its singles reached the top 40. However, its songs “Desperado” and “Tequila Sunrise” became two of the band’s most popular tracks. On the Border (1974) added guitarist Don Felder and produced two top 40 singles: “Already Gone” and the Eagles’ first number one, “Best of My Love“.
Their 1975 album One of These Nights included three top 10 singles: “One of These Nights“, “Lyin’ Eyes“, and “Take It to the Limit“, the first hitting the top of the charts. Guitarist and vocalist Joe Walsh also joined the band in 1975, replacing Leadon. The Eagles continued that success and hit their commercial peak in late 1976 with the release of Hotel California, which would go on to sell more than 26 million copies in the U.S. alone and more than 42 million copies worldwide. The album yielded two number-one singles, “New Kid in Town” and “Hotel California“. Meisner left the band in 1977 and was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit. They released their last studio album for nearly 28 years in 1979 with The Long Run, which spawned three top 10 singles: “Heartache Tonight“, “The Long Run“, and “I Can’t Tell You Why“, the lead single being another chart-topping hit.
The Eagles broke up in July 1980 but reunited in 1994 for the album Hell Freezes Over, a mix of live and new studio tracks. They toured consistently and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2007, the Eagles released Long Road Out of Eden, their first full studio album in 28 years and their sixth number-one album. The next year they launched the Long Road Out of Eden Tour in support of the album. In 2013, they began the extended History of the Eagles Tour in conjunction with the band’s documentary release, History of the Eagles.
Following Glenn Frey’s death in January 2016 and a one-year hiatus, the Eagles re-formed in 2017, with Deacon Frey and Vince Gill sharing lead vocals for Frey’s songs.[5]
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Bad Company are an English rock supergroup formed in Albury, Surrey in 1973 by singer Paul Rodgers, guitarist Mick Ralphs, drummer Simon Kirke and later adding bassist Boz Burrell.[1] Peter Grant, who managed the rock band Led Zeppelin, also managed Bad Company until 1982.
Bad Company enjoyed great success throughout the 1970s. Their first three albums, Bad Company (1974), Straight Shooter (1975), and Run with the Pack (1976), reached the top five in the album charts in both the UK and the US.[2][3] Many of their singles and songs, such as “Bad Company“, “Can’t Get Enough“, “Good Lovin’ Gone Bad“, “Feel Like Makin’ Love“, “Ready for Love“, “Shooting Star“, and “Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy“, remain staples of classic rock radio. They have sold 20 million RIAA-certified albums in the US and 40 million worldwide.[4]
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