Joe Walsh

From LA Times September 19, 1988
MUSIC
POP WEEKEND : In a Show of Mostly ‘Classic Rock,’ Joe Walsh Plays It Loose and Loony

Before he played a note Friday, he dispensed a dose of his tilted commentary, telling the crowd: “You can just sit there and burp and get the mashed potatoes out of your ears.” Given Walsh’s penchant for goofiness--sometimes at the expense of everything else, including well-written songs--he could have been announcing the title of the opening number.

Nah. It was just Joe establishing the show’s sometimes funny, sometimes fuzzy tone--before kicking in to “Welcome to the Club,” from his 1974 solo LP, “So What.”
Two songs later, Walsh had represented the three phases of his career: He followed “Welcome” with “Walk Away” from his pre-solo days with the James Gang, then moved into “Life in the Fast Lane” from his stint with the Eagles, but not before revealing: “Don Henley’s my favorite Eagle--besides me.”

The set continued to operate as a kind of greatest-hits grab bag. Which makes some sense, because at $27.50 a ticket it should be a crowd-pleaser in terms of content, especially since it was a little skimpy in length: 75 minutes.