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Even though Joe Walsh<\/a> has gained a sense of notoriety as your everyday \u2018Average Joe\u2019, his career is a testament to the exact antithesis of that very ideal.\u00a0<\/p>\n He is best known, of course, for his prolific stint in the Eagles, but this is a man who is worth so much more than a bunch of hits in a major rock band. Commercial success is nice and all, but the spice of life \u2013 and of rock music \u2013 is nuance, darkness, and possibly even a little dance with the devil. Although that may not instantly ring true to Walsh\u2019s work, he knew someone for whom it most definitely did. <\/p>\n Indeed, as much as the guitarist has most prolifically made his mark as one of the Eagles, it\u2019s easy to forget that Walsh had an entire life before them that laid the foundations for something stratospheric \u2013 and also allowed him to rub shoulders with some of the smouldering greats. To that end, he learned many of the tricks of the trade from one of the darkest, most enigmatic and crazed frontmen there was out there: the one and only Ozzy Osbourne. <\/p>\n It was the early 1970s when Black Sabbath were obliterating the scene and Walsh was still a member of James Gang, and the two came face to face for one fateful experience \u2013 not that they had much recollection of it later. \u201cSo Black Sabbath and whatever band I was in, we had a lot of shows together,\u201d Walsh later explained. \u201cThose were wonderful days, but it\u2019s in the distant past. Ozzy and I don\u2019t have much of a clue about it other than what I just told you. I wish we\u2019d have had a chance to hang out more in the old days, but we wouldn\u2019t be here probably<\/a> if we had.\u201d<\/p>\n