I went to go see Eagles at The Forum not long ago, and was reminded it's not "The Eagles" — this isn't football — it's simply "Eagles." And it was beautiful, and it was great. But even in beautiful great things there can be a standout. And the standout of the night to me was Joe Walsh.
Now, I've always loved Joe Walsh, but I had to see him live to understand how positively incendiary he is. This guy is pulling guitar notes out of a deeper well in the ground than most anyone else alive right now. You have to see it to believe it. Nothing tells the truth more than a live performance onstage, because you're all in the same room at the same moment. And so everything that the guitar player is doing is speaking for the crowd all at once. And this guy was speaking with a flamethrower.
He played on a lot of cool stuff, but a song that he played that reminded me of how clever it is, is "Life's Been Good To Me." It is a miniature rock and roll opera. It's got these little pieces and parts. It's clever. It's kind of funny. It's super revealing and honest. And life has been good to Joe Walsh, and life has been good to us, because Joe Walsh is in it.