So What by Joe Walsh

So What, Joe Walsh's third studio album, came out on ABC in late 1974 with Bill Szymczyk producing, and it swings hard between two moods. On one side are the hard-rock bruisers, "Welcome to the Club" and a fresh run at "Turn to Stone", first cut with Barnstorm; on the other, quieter, inward-looking songs such as "Help Me Through the Night" and "Song for Emma". Country rock and blues rock seep in around the edges.

The Eagles connection is already in the grooves: Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner sing backup on a few tracks. Before long Walsh was in the band himself, on Szymczyk's suggestion, stepping in for founding member Bernie Leadon, and his first album with them was Hotel California.

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