Joe Walsh Talks Upcoming Charity Show

Joe Walsh has opened up about plans for his upcoming benefit concert. The show, scheduled to take place on September 20, will benefit Walsh’s VetsAid charity and will include a host of other top stars.More »

By on July 30, 2017

Joe Walsh has opened up about plans for his upcoming benefit concert. The show, scheduled to take place on September 20, will benefit Walsh’s VetsAid charity and will include a host of other top stars. “I looked at Willie Nelson and Farm Aid as a role model; they do it every year and it draws people together, and drawing people together where they realize they’re not alone, to me, is strategic in healing,” Walsh tells Billboard. “I would like it to be annual. I don’t see any way that this cannot be a great concert. It’s a real guitar gunslingers battle, and I think after everybody’s played, we’ll get onstage and have a go at each other. It really feels great to me, and hopefully we’ll do this every year.” “There’s a bunch of smaller organizations around the country, and some of them are vet-operated, and they’re really in the trenches and they’re doing a great job,” says Walsh, whose father, a test pilot, was killed in active duty when Walsh was just 20 months old. “I wanted to help these little individual pockets of veterans-related organizations and get them together and also help fund them so they can keep going. I think it’s sorely needed in the country because it’s an ongoing war with no end in sight, and kids continue to come home fairly shattered, and the transition to civilian life is quite a journey. I want to be involved in all of that.” Copyright(c) 2017 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «