Joe

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If you listen to Joe talk, he's dismissive about everything... so I don't take anything he says to heart. He's just a grizzly old recovering addict/veteran rock star.

For that matter, I don't really believe Stevie's words on anything, either. Her stories change so often, and are always greatly embellished. This whole Joe Walsh "love of her life" thing came out of nowhere after 2 decades, then died a pretty prompt death after several mentions. The woman's just flighty.

So when it comes down to it, I enjoy Joe for being a great songwriter & performer. I don't care if he did or didn't date Stevie, if he was bad to her or not, etc. His relationship with her, to whatever extent it once existed, holds no sway on my opinion of the man & his music. To hear Stevie tell it, she was certainly no angel during that time herself. I honestly never connect these two in my mind. I just don't think whatever they had was more than a drug & booze filled extended hookup, and we all know they both had plenty of those...