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"In Cleveland power trio the James Gang, Joe Walsh combined Who-style fury with Yardbirds-style technical fireworks and R&amp;amp;B crunch, notably on 1970's \"Funk #49.\" The humor in Walsh's bluesy facility came out in the talk-box flight on his '73 solo hit \"Rocky Mountain Way.\" But it was when he joined the Eagles in 1975 that he truly lodged himself on classic-rock radio. Walsh brought a hard-rock edge to the Eagles' easygoing pop songs, creating a series of indestructible licks in the process: See his staccato-snarl riff in \"Life in the Fast Lane\" and his elegant aggression in the dueling-guitars section of \"Hotel California.\" Walsh influenced the Who's 1971 classic, Who's Next, although he didn't play a note on it: He gave Pete Townshend, as a gift, the 1959 Gretsch Chet Atkins guitar that Townshend played all over that album. Townshend later repaid the favor while talking to Rolling Stone in 1975: \"Joe Walsh is a fluid and intelligent player. There're not many like that around.\"\r\nKey Tracks: \"Rocky Mountain Way,\" \"Funk #49\"\r\nRelated&amp;bull; 'Hotel California' Voted Best Guitar Solo\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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