To me, he went there to save himself he was zonked on Vodka etc etc - almost died - the Eagles act now is like the Joe Walsh band - his stuff with the James Gang & his solo stuff with Barnstorm was his best era - He still before Covid does his own act with accomplished musicians some from Barnstorm - his voice is obviously going a bit , but his gutair playing is brilliant - he convinced Jimmy Page to not just use a Strat & sold him his Gibson guitar...... His mother was a musician & he played Oboe in an orchestra when he was a young kid .... I found an early live bootleg gig on Youtube of the James gang before they were really famous - wow - Joe was always going to make it....