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How Joe Walsh’s Eagles Bandmates Saved His Life
The mid-'70s were a challenging time for guitarist Joe Walsh.
A car accident in 1974 left his wife at the time, Stefany Rhodes, critically injured and killed his 4-year-old daughter, Emma.
A bereft Walsh turned to substances to get through the days and maintain his job.
"I found that alcohol took the edge off my stage fright, and I found I had good luck finishing songs with cocaine," Walsh recently told Mojo.
Joe walsh family biography eagles
"And very subtly the combination of that stuff convinced me I couldn't do anything without it. It was all an attempt to self-medicate."
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The year after that, Walsh was invited to join the Eagles, and although the band was hugely successful in the subsequent years, Walsh's problems didn't go away.
In 1980, the band quit touring and broke up, while Walsh's struggles continued