Joe Walsh – ‘Life’s Been Good’
  • Writers: Joe Walsh
  • Producers: Bill Szymczyk
  • Recorded: Early 1978
  • Released: May 16th, 1978
  • Players:
    Joe Walsh — vocals, guitar
    Joey Murcia — guitar
    Jay Furgeson — keyboards
    Willie Weeks — bass
    Joe Vitale — drums, percussion, synthesizer
  • Album: But Seriously, Folks… (Asylum, 1978)
  • Also On:
    Eagles Live (Asylum, 1980) (The Eagles)
    Look What I Did! The Joe Walsh Anthology (MCA, 1995)
    Greatest Hits: Little Did He Know (MCA, 1997)
  • But Seriously, Folks… was singer-guitarist Joe Walsh‘s fifth solo album.
  • “Life’s Been Good” took a humorous and self-effacing look at rock stardom. Lines like, “I go to parties sometimes until four/It’s hard to leave when you can’t find the door” helped augment, if not cement, Walsh’s image as an affable joker, slightly wasted and amused by the trappings of stardom.
  • Helped in large part by the popularity of “Life’s Been Good,” But Seriously, Folks… earned Walsh his first platinum disc.
  • One year after the release of But Seriously, Folks…, Walsh announced his bid for the 1980 presidential campaign. He promised free gas for the entire nation.

FAST FORWARD:

  • Walsh joined forces with his James Gang bandmates on his Vote For Me tour in 1993.
  • He rejoined the Eagles for the group’s Hell Freezes Over reunion tour in 1994.
  • Walsh has also been a part of Ringo Starr‘s All-Starr Band.
  • Walsh has a couple of minor screen credits to his name. He appears as a prisoner in the closing scenes of The Blues Brothers, and he’s also made several guest appearances on the TV series The Drew Carey Show.

The Eagles’ long-awaited reunion album Long Road Out of Eden, a double-disc set, was released October 30th, exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores and at walmart.com in the U.S.