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Shrek

(4,374 posts) Mon Nov 10, 2025, 09:21 AM Nov 10

"It's time to come home." Joe Walsh on bringing his VetsAid concert to Wichita

Joe Walsh said the previous eight VetsAid concerts – benefit performances for military veterans and their families – were just a warmup for the ninth edition, in his hometown of Wichita.

“I don’t know. We probably should have done it sooner,” the guitar great said in a phone interview with The Eagle from his Los Angeles home. “We were visiting venues we thought were important vet-wise and making the rounds. Wichita was always on the bucket list to play, but this is our ninth one and it’s time to come home.

“We probably should have done it before, but it’s kinda sweet that we know what we’re doing now,” he added. “The first dates, we didn’t have a clue, but we pulled it off.”

VetsAid 2025 takes the stage at Intrust Bank Arena on Saturday night, Nov. 15, five days before Walsh’s 78th birthday.

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"It's time to come home." Joe Walsh on bringing his VetsAid concert to Wichita (Original Post) Shrek Nov 10 OP

More Kudos to the Clown Prince of Rock'n'Roll! justaprogressive Nov 10 #1

Hmm, I guess he was born there or had grandparents there IbogaProject Nov 10 #2

Yes, he was born here Shrek Nov 10 #3

Wichita street renamed after Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh Shrek Saturday #4

justaprogressive

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1. More Kudos to the Clown Prince of Rock'n'Roll!

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Mon Nov 10, 2025, 11:55 AM

Nov 10

IbogaProject

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2. Hmm, I guess he was born there or had grandparents there

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Mon Nov 10, 2025, 12:41 PM

Nov 10

He graduated high school in Montclaire NJ.

I always really dug his work. The fuzzy tone and the way he structured his music always really caught my ear. I just recently found out he gave important tips and guitars to both Jimmy Page, and Pete Townshend in the late 60s, early 70s.

Shrek

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3. Yes, he was born here

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Mon Nov 10, 2025, 12:45 PM

Nov 10

In the same hospital as my son.

Shrek

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4. Wichita street renamed after Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh

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Sat Nov 15, 2025, 05:45 AM

Saturday

https://www.kwch.com/2025/11/14/wichita-street-renamed-after-eagles-guitarist-joe-walsh/

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Joe Walsh, the world famous guitarist for the Eagles and a Wichita native, was honored by having a street named after him at 1 p.m. on Friday.

The street is at the intersection of English and St. Francis, near Intrust Bank Arena. The arena is the venue for the 9th Annual VetsAid, a concert put together by Walsh, which benefits local and regional veteran organizations.

During the street renaming ceremony, Walsh spoke about his Wichita memories. One memory he has is of his mother prodding him to learn the oboe, which he later abandoned for the guitar.

Walsh joked, “I’d like to dedicate this to my dearly departed mother and ask her, all the way up there, wherever she is, ‘Ma, how many oboe players can you think of with a street named after them?’”

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