Eagles' Joe Walsh: I'm dropping out of GOP convention show

MSN ^ | April 21, 2016

[detective]

Eagles keyboardist and guitarist Joe Walsh says he's pulling out of a Cleveland summer concert he thought would be a nonpartisan event for veterans' families because it's actually a launch for the Republican National Convention.

Walsh says in an emailed statement he's "very concerned about the rampant vitriol, fear-mongering and bullying coming from the current Republican campaigns." He says he "cannot in good conscience endorse the Republican party in any way."

[exit82]

Hey Joe, Take it easy.

Very clever.

[ßuddaßudd]

So What

[Gay State Conservative]

JOE WALSH NET WORTH = $65 MILLION

Yet he's still a member of "The 99%"

[dontreadthis]

Jeff “the Skunk” Baxter might do it

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“The Dude was right about The Eagles.”

Joe Walsh joined the Eagles after some of their very best work. Walsh joined for their fifth album (Hotel California). They became much more pop-commercial rock after that. No offense to him as a musician.

[CMailBag]

Charlie Daniels

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Walsh had nothing to do with ‘Take it easy’.

[farming pharmer]

He needed to get this in a press release because nobody even knows he’s still alive.

Seriously, did not know he was still alive.

[.45 Long Colt]

Life in the fast lane fried his brain long ago.

[exit82]

I know—but it is an iconic Eagles song.

Greetings from Winslow, AZ. ;)

[CaptainK]

I’m shocked he outlived Glenn Frey.

[KevinB]

I saw an interview with Don Felder who mentioned Walsh and TBSchmit were hired as “employees” and not given partnership status that Felder had with the group.

It is correct that Schmit and Walsh were hired as employees rather than partners. Frey and Henley stopped paying Felder, an original member, as a partner also, which is why Felder quit the band. Felder had to sue them to get the money he was owed. (Frey was a major league as**ole and Henley isn't much better.) The Eagles sucked after Felder left. Walsh didn't come anywhere close to filling his shoes.

[ohioman]

Eat Shyte and die slowly Joe.

[newfreep]

Agree 100%

Also, “Take it Easy” was written by Jackson Browne although Frey added the “Winslow” verse.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Joe Walsh must be a Ted Cruz fan. It’s the “Rocky Mountain Way”.

[4yearlurker]

Seems to me he don't want to talk about it...

[Rummyfan]

Joe plays a heckuva guitar, but I think all the drugs have left him a little addled.

[Hatteras]

Good for Joe Walsh. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. I would just assume celebrity entertainers of ALL stripes, stay the hell away from politics. And truth be told, I'd rather listen to Joe Walsh play than have to listen to Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Bernie, Hillary or any of the self-anointed idiots in Washington, on the interweb chat sites or on cable TV news, spewing lies and empty promises.

"If you’re listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you’re a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we’re morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal." - Alice Cooper

Just shut up and sing, right?

[Rummyfan]

[Buckeye McFrog]

I’d cancel too. The streets of Cleveland are gonna be one jumpin’ ugly place if the GOPe tries what I think they are going to try. I’d be very concerned about being able to get out of the arena.