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Joe Walsh - Analog Man (June 5th)

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Excerpt: Joe Walsh Discusses His Career, Gear and New Album, 'Analog Man'

In many ways, Walsh seems the living embodiment of his 1978 hit, “Life’s Been Good.” He’s been a central and influential figure in rock music ever since the late Sixties, first as leader of the James Gang, then as a solo artist and as a member of the Eagles. In the latter capacity, Walsh was the man who put rock foremost in the Eagles’ highly successful country-rock sound. His incisive lead guitar work turbocharged hits like “Life in the Fast Lane” and “Hotel California,” the latter being a track that regularly ranks high on lists of the greatest guitar solos ever.

All of Walsh’s many musical virtues are beautifully encapsulated on his new album, Analog Man. It’s rife with the concise, catchy song craft, understated humor and “regular-guy” honesty we’ve come to expect from Walsh, not to mention reams of his sterling guitar work. Walsh is a quintessential rock guitarist as well as one of the genre’s most distinctive stylists. The choppy, syncopated eloquence of his rhythm playing is as unique as a fingerprint. As a lead player, he knows how to make a guitar solo ignite instantly and burn hot all the way through. His slide playing is as gracefully idiosyncratic and instantly recognizable as his plaintive, high-pitched vocal style. Hear just a few notes and you immediately know it’s him.

Given the register of his singing voice, it’s somewhat surprising that Walsh speaks in a low, gravely growl. The words come out slowly. He chooses them carefully, pausing between phrases to let their impact sink in.

“It’s been 20 years since my last solo album, so I feel like the time is right,” he says of Analog Man. “I’m really happy with it, really proud of it. Jeff Lynne [ELO, Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty] produced it, which took it in a direction I never would have gone in. And I believe the music is much better for it. It’s an honor and privilege to work with Jeff.”

While life has generally been good to Joe Walsh, his road hasn’t always been an easy one. Now 64, he’s suffered the early death of his first-born child, alcohol and drug addiction, and serial divorces. These trials have etched deep lines on a face framed by chin-length hair. But Walsh seems to have come out on the other end of all his difficulties reasonably intact.

He’s been sober since the Nineties, a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner of some years’ standing, and very happily married since 2008 to Marjorie Bach, sister of actress Barbara Bach, who is Ringo Starr’s wife. Ringo is one of several celebrity guest musicians on Analog Man. The Beatles connection also led Walsh to serve as lead guitar for Paul McCartney on Macca’s recent performance at the Grammys.

“When I married Marjorie, along with her I got this very large family and a bunch of family friends,” Walsh says, laughing. “It’s a dynamic I’ve never been around. I’ve always been kind of a loner, and my attempts at domestic life failed miserably. So the family dynamic is a great thing.”

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Reply #1 posted 04/12/12 1:21pm

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I'm analog too. smile

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton

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Reply #2 posted 04/12/12 3:59pm

Red	He has a few gigs starting next month; really hoping he makes it my way - love to see his show.
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Red said:

He has a few gigs starting next month; really hoping he makes it my way - love to see his show.

I thought Joe was touring with Ringo's All Starr Band sometime soon.

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Reply #4 posted 04/12/12 10:02pm

Red	I see three solo dates. May 17 Catoosa, OK, The River Fest in Little Rock Ark May 27 and Rierside, IA July 14.
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Reply #5 posted 04/13/12 12:28pm

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Joe is not on the tour, he just plays on Ringo's album.

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ANNOUNCING RINGO STARR & HIS 13th ALL STARR BAND

Featuring Steve Lukather (Toto), Gregg Rolie (Journey, Santana), Richard Page (Mr. Mister), Todd Rundgren, Mark Rivera and Gregg Bissonette

Today Ringo Starr announced his 13th All Starr Band, which will launch June 14, 2012 from Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ontario and conclude July 21, 2012 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, California. New to the All Starrs are Steve Lukather (Toto) and Gregg Rolie (Santana & Journey) who will join All Starr alumni Richard Page, Todd Rundgren, Mark Rivera, and Gregg Bissonette.

The tour is being produced by Dave Hart and as always fans can expect to hear a jukebox worth of hits. Ringo classic’s such as “It Don’t Come Easy”, “Photograph”, “Little Help From My Friends”, “Yellow Submarine” and “Wings", from Starr’s just released 17th solo record, Ringo 2012 (Hip-O/Ume). All Starr’s hits include “Rosanna,” “Broken Wings,” “Hello It’s Me,” “Black Magic Woman.”

Ringo will spend his birthday on the road, with a performance at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on July 7. Following in the tradition of the last few years, at Noon from the Hard Rock Nashville, Ringo will ask anyone anywhere, and everyone everywhere, to join him in a wish for Peace & Love.

The confirmed dates are as follows:

June 14, 15 – Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, ON
June 16 – Bethel Woods PAC, Bethel, NY
June 17 – Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT
June 19 – Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA
June 20 - American Theatre, Lancaster PA
June 22 – Jones Beach Ampitheater, Wantagh, NY
June 23 – Caesar's, Atlantic City, NJ
June 24 – Meyerhoff, Baltimore, MD
June 26 – State Theater, Easton, PA
June 27 – Mayo Center, Morristown, NJ
June 29 – St Augustine Theater, St. Augustine, FL
June 30 – Seminole Hard Rock Arena, Hollywood, FL
July 1 – Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
July 3 – Tuscaloosa Ampitheater, Tuscaloosa, Al
July 4 – The Wharf, Orange Beach, Al
July 6 – Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA
July 7 – Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
July 8 – Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, IN
July 11 – Usana Ampitheater, Salt Lake, UT
July 13 – Northern Quest, Airway Heights, WA
July 14 – Chateau St. Michelle, Woodinville, WA
July 15 – Edgefield, Portland, OR
July 17 – Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA
July 19 – Humphrey’s, San Diego, CA
July 21 – The Greek, Los Angeles, CA

More dates to be announced soon.
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Ringo Starr’s 17th solo studio record, and his second on Hip-O/Ume is now available!

Titled simply “Ringo 2012” and produced by Ringo, it was recorded in LA and mixed in England by Ringo and Bruce Sugar, and features 9 songs.

Of the 9 tracks two are covers, “Think It Over,” and “Rock Island Line” and two are new versions of his own songs, “Wings” and “Step Lightly.”

The track listing is as follows:

1. Anthem (Richard Starkey/Glen Ballard)
2. Wings (Richard Starkey/Vince Poncia)
3. Think It Over (Buddy Holly/Norman Perry)
4. Samba (Richard Starkey/Van Dyke Parks)
5. Rock Island Line (Arrangement by Richard Starkey)
6. Step Lightly (Richard Starkey)
7. Wonderful (Richard Starkey/Gary Nicholson)
8. In Liverpool (Richard Starkey/Dave Stewart)
9. Slow Down (Richard Starkey/Joe Walsh)

Joining Ringo in the studio for Ringo 2012 were musicians (in alphabetical order): Michael Bradford, Ann Marie Calhoun, Matt Cartsonis, Steve Dudas, Charlie Haden, Amy Keys, Kelly Moneymaker, Richard Page, Van Dyke parks, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Dave Stewart, Bruce Sugar, Benmont Tench, Joe Walsh , Don Was, Edgar Winter.

“Ringo 2012” available digitally, on CD and vinyl.

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Reply #6 posted 04/13/12 3:10pm

Red	Joe IS on tour and those dates above are firm.
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cool Me digs!!! (((((I'm an Analog Man))))).

..and it's produced by Lynne; different from the ELO sound.

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StarMon said:

Me digs!!! (((((I'm an Analog Man))))).

..and it's produced by Lynne; different from the ELO sound.

Jeff also produced Free As A Bird by The Beatles.

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[Edited 5/23/12 15:29pm]

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‘Lordy! Lordy!’: Little Richard reacts to recently discovered jam with Joe Walsh

While digging around for tasty extras to include in the deluxe edition of the forthcoming 2012 release Analog Man, Joe Walsh came across an amazing find: A tape of his former band the James Gang jamming with Little Richard.

Co-produced by Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra fame, Analog Man also features brother-in-law Ringo Starr, just a few months after the two collaborated on the former Beatle drummer’s Ringo 2012. (A link to preorder the album is included below.) Already, Walsh has released the title track — a hilariously cranky diatribe on technology — as the project’s lead single. Now, this seven-minute jam promises to provide another high point for Analog Man, due June 5, 2012.

“It’s just a classic,” Walsh told Matt Wardlaw of Ultimate Classic Rock. “It’s a real treasure to have found, and I thought I’d just throw that on there.”

Walsh goes on to reveal that the jam actually stretched to 15 minutes (“because he wouldn’t stop,” Walsh says), before editing. “(It’s) about seven minutes of Little Richard at his best with the James Gang backing him up.”

He called the famously flamboyant Rock and Hall of Famer for permission, before including it on Analog Man — with suitably hilarious results: “I told him, and he remembered and I said: ‘Is it OK?’ He said: ‘It makes me want to go out in the yard and yell ‘Lordy, Lordy!’ I guess that meant ‘OK!’” Walsh tells Wardlaw, laughing.

Walsh was a member of the James Gang from 1968-71, before joining the Eagles in 1975. He reached the Top 40 with 1973′s “Rocky Mountain Way,” 1978′s “Life’s Been Good” and 1981′s “A Life of Illusion” as a solo artist. Among his most notable moments with the Eagles are “Life in the Fast Lane” and “Pretty Maids All in a Row,” both from 1976′s Hotel California, and “In the City” — originally included on “The Warriors” soundtrack, and later rerecorded by for The Long Run.

This is Walsh’s first solo album since 1992′s Songs for a Dying Planet.

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