Joe Walsh's 7th solo album dropped on this day in 1985. The Confessor included. Timothy B. Schmidt was the only other member of the Eagles involved, and he just did some background vocals.Walsh recruited drummer Jim Keltner, guitarist Waddy Wachtel, Toto bassist Mike Porcaro, and Randy Newman and Alan Pasqua to play keyboards on the release. A number of other musicians Walsh had never worked with were brought in for specific songs on the musically diverse album.
Production was handled by Keith Olsen, whose credits include albums from a wide range of musicians that includes Ozzy Osbourne, the Grateful Dead, Heart, Foreigner, Scorpions, Rick Springfield, Fleetwood Mac and Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on May 21 include...
1940 Early Beatles collaborator Tony Sheridan born.
1943 Animals guitarist Hilton Valentine born.
1947 Bill Champlin of the Sons of Champlin and Chicago born.
1955 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Stan Lynch born.
1968 Rolling Stones Brian Jones arrested on marijuana charges in London apartment.
1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young record Ohio in LA.
1971 Free, Paul Rodgers' pre-Bad Company band, calls it quits.
1975 Joe Strummer arrested for whacking a fan with his guitar during Clash concert in Hamburg, Germany.
1976 Blue Oyster Cult releases Agents of Fortune.
1980 Five Jimi Hendrix gold album awards stolen from Electric Lady Studio in New York City.
1981 Bob Marley laid to rest in St. Ann's, Jamaica.
1996 Soundgarden releases Down on The Upside.
1997 USC Marching Band does Louie Louie with Stone Temple Pilots before San Diego concert.
2003 Paul McCartney awarded honorary doctorate degree by St. Petersburg State University in Russia.
2008 Steven Tyler checks into rehab to deal with after effects of several leg injuries and surgeries.
2010 Bono undergoes spinal surgery, U2 postpones 360 degree tour dates.
2014 the family of a film crew member that was killed by a train while filming a scene atop a railway bridge in Georgia for a biopic about Gregg Allman files suit. The movie subsequently scrapped.
