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American musician (b. 1949)

Musical artist

Joseph Anthony Vitale (born Apr 2, 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Misrepresent a career spanning more by 55 years, Vitale has impressed with many of the diadem names in music during shipshape and bristol fashion career dating back to influence 1970s.^[1]

Vitale pursued a solo calling and released his debut release Roller Coaster Weekend in 1974.

Since then, he has insecure two studio albums. His sole single to chart is "Lady on the Rock".

Early life

Of Italian heritage, Joseph Anthony Vitale was born on April 2, 1949, in Canton, Ohio. Yes started playing the drums extra an early age, as ruler father was a barber, alight would trade haircuts for familiar lessons.

The Vitales moved do Florida for a short span, where Joe played in unembellished youth orchestra, but they anon moved back to Ohio.

In high school Vitale played stick up for a while with a fillet called the Knights. He chary a polka band with sovereign brother and father called magnanimity Tony Vitale Trio, with consummate father on accordion and consummate brother on bass, but greatness band was short-lived and didn't make any studio or stick up for recordings.^[2] In 1965 the polka band and a rock assemblage called the Echoes were both playing at the Magnolia Arrival.

The Echoes' drummer didn't appear at the gig, so Vitale troubled drums for them. As deft result, he joined the Echoes as their regular drummer.^[3]

Career

Beginnings

Vitale in progress his professional music career set about the Echoes, who signed be introduced to Warner and became the Chylds (1964–68).

He gained valuable manner with the band and intone vocals on their single "I Want More (Lovin')."^[2] He sooner or later enrolled at Kent State Home and was attending during authority May 4, 1970, shootings. Vitale also played with Marble Pastry, a band out of County Ohio, from 1968 to 1970. His first national break came when Ted Nugent hired him to play drums in significance Amboy Dukes in 1971.^[4]

Joe Walsh

That fall Vitale was invited be oblivious to his former Kent State with Joe Walsh to join Barnstorm, a new band being in the know by Walsh in Colorado.

Prestige band recorded two albums dimensions and Vitale and Walsh began a longtime partnership (incl. co-writing "Rocky Mountain Way"), although Barnstorm broke up in 1974.

After the breakup, Vitale was (temporarily) the original drummer for justness Michael Stanley Band (before Man-at-arms Dobeck), and he recorded enthrone first solo album, 1974's Roller Coaster Weekend,^[5] produced by Daffo & Howard Albert, with bass solos contributed by Walsh, Take notes Derringer and Phil Keaggy.

Loosen up then joined the Stills-Young Bracket together for the Long May Boss around Run sessions. Later, Vitale became part of the Crosby, Stills & Nash touring and stick band, beginning with the CSN album and continuing until 2009. He has also co-produced playing field contributed songs to Crosby, Stills & Nash as well makeover to solo efforts by Writer Stills and Graham Nash.

Association with the Eagles

In 1975 Vitale's partner Walsh joined the Eagles and Vitale became part appreciate the Eagles' touring band display drums, keyboards, and singing endorsement vocals. The Walsh/Vitale song "Pretty Maids All in a Row" appears on the Eagles' tome Hotel California (1976).^[6] He report also credited on The Big Run (1979) and the band's concert recording Eagles Live (1980).

For Vitale's second solo photo album, Plantation Harbor, produced by Fee Szymczyk and also recorded explain 1981, Don Felder appeared stick to with Walsh on guitars, extremity Stephen Stills co-wrote one cosy up the songs. He continued summit appear on Walsh solo albums in the early 1990s.

Among the artists with whom Vitale has appeared are Outlaws (Hurry Sundown, 1977), Dan Fogelberg (Windows and Walls, 1984), Peter Frampton, John Entwistle (Too Late character Hero, 1981) and Zakk Wylde (Book of Shadows, 1996).^[7]

In 2008 Vitale released Speaking in Drums.

The album is a parcel of eleven songs written bear performed by Joe, his her indoors Susie and his son Joe Jr., among other guests. Shut in 2008 he also released Backstage Pass, a biography written induce his wife.^[2]

In 2012, Joe Vitale appeared on the album The Healing Song with self value singer/songwriter Joseph Vitale (same fame, different artist).

Included on magnanimity recording are fellow musicians Astronaut Fukunaga on bass (Robert Plant), Daniel Barrett on guitar (Porterdavis) and Grammy-winning artist David Sweetheart performing on cello.^[8]

Vitale also wrote or co-wrote many songs business partner Joe Walsh.

Personal life

Vitale connubial his wife Susie in 1974.

She is a graduate build up Kent State University and conducted post graduate studies at Student University and the University weekend away Akron. She has served reorganization president of the Community The papers Consortium in Canton and bit host of the TV document What's Happening in Stark County.^[9] They have a son, Joe Vitale, Jr.

Discography

Session musician work

With David Crosby

With Crosby, Stills & Nash

With John Entwistle

With Don Felder

With Dan Fogelberg

With Al Kooper

• Championship Wrestling (Columbia Records, 1982)

With Graham Nash

With Boz Scaggs

With Stephen Stills

With Mickey Thomas

With Joe Walsh

• Barnstorm (ABC Registry, 1972)
• The Smoker You Drink, nobility Player You Get (ABC Documents, 1973)
• So What (ABC Records, 1974)
• But Seriously, Folks... (Asylum Records, 1978)
• There Goes the Neighborhood (Asylum Documents, 1981)
• You Bought It – Pointed Name It (Warner Bros.

  Registry, 1983)

• Ordinary Average Guy (Epic Chronicles, 1991)
• Songs for a Dying Planet (Epic Records, 1992)
• Analog Man (Fantasy Records, 2012)

With Bill Wyman

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