072 - Joe Vitale ::  Giving It All That You Got, Even to 10 People
Channel: Rich Redmond
Date: 2020-09-02

Born into a musical family, Joe Vitale is a veteran musician and drummer whose career has spanned over forty years of touring, recording, song writing, and producing with legendary and Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame artists.  Along with vocals, he also plays percussion, keyboards and flute.  His drumming encompasses all styles of music.  A dedicated professional, his quality of performance is evident in his resume.
 

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Joe has recorded and toured with Ted Nugent, Joe Walsh, Dan Fogelberg, Peter Frampton, The Eagles, Crosby, Stills and Nash, and CSNY to name a few.  In addition, he has recorded with Rick Derringer, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Ronnie Wood, Van Morrison, Carl Wilson, Don Felder, Boz Scaggs, John Entwhistle and many others.
 
He has three solo albums, “Roller Coaster Weekend,”  “Plantation Harbor,” and “Speaking In Drums,” and a book, “Back Stage Pass,” about his career in music. He’s also produced his son, Joe Jr.’s, first album, “Dancing with Shadows.”
 
A few things that came up:

-Coming up in the music business with Joe Walsh
-Having to listen to record and tapes to figure out drum parts
-Giving it your all even if there are only 10 people in the audience
-The Frankensteining of "Life's Been Good"
-Recording Dan Fogelberg's "Leader of the Band" and trying not to cry while performing it
-Lesser known song that Joe recorded with Joe Walsh "Too Late to Hero" was his most proud recording
-Mispronounced italian words
  
 
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