What was Joe Walsh's style?

 
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WalshÕs heavy sustain and nasty slide work may have seemed groundbreaking, but were actually just a natural progression. ÒIÕm a third-generation blues studier, and thatÕs why I sound like I do,Ó Walsh told Guitar World. ÒI studied the blues through white English guys!Ó However, unlike his mentors Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor, Walsh was not restricted to just the guitar. ÒI hear a lot of tones and textures and such,Ó he told Jas Obrecht in Guitar Player. ÒI know IÕm known mostly for my guitar work, but in terms of being a musician, there are other vehicles that I am quite capable of playing, and sometimes that ainÕt guitar. The song tells me what to play.Ó ...

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