Joe Walsh, a rock and roll icon whose career has spanned nearly six decades, returned to the place of his birth with an all-star ensemble to raise money for veterans on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Walsh\u2019s VetsAid benefit concert took place at Intrust Bank Arena before 5,651 fans and featured a variety of well-known country, blues and rock acts.<\/p>\n
VetsAid was started by Walsh in 2017 and has featured an impressive lineup of different bands and musicians that give their time and talent to raise money for local and regional veteran organizations.<\/p>\n
This was Walsh\u2019s 9th VetsAid concert and a special one given that Walsh was born in Wichita and his father, Robert Fidler, an Army Air Force pilot who died in a crash in 1949, was a Wichita native and is buried here.<\/p>\n
The show began with sets from Ryan Bingham and the Texas Gentleman and 22-time Grammy winner Vince Gill.<\/p>\n
After a tribute to Walsh\u2019s mother, sung by the Wichita State University Concert Chorale, Walsh took the stage and started off the party with the James Gang song \u201cWalk Away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Walsh came and went from the stage playing songs spanning his career while other acts like the Tedeschi Trucks Band and Nathaniel Rateliff played short sets and were joined by Walsh for classics like \u201cLife\u2019s Been Good,\u201d and \u201cRocky Mountain Way.\u201d Gill returned to the stage for the James Gang classic \u201cFunk 49.\u201d<\/p>\n
A surprise highlight of the night was when songwriter Jimmy Webb appeared on stage and performed a duet with Walsh of Webb\u2019s song \u201cWichita Lineman.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joe Walsh plays alongside renowned slide guitarist Derek Trucks at Walsh\u2019s VetsAid concert at Intrust Bank Arena on Saturday night. The benefit concert raised money for local and regional veteran organizations.<\/p>\n
Joe Walsh plays the song \u201cRocky Mountain Way\u201d with his godson, Roy Orbison III, at Intrust Bank Arena on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Joe Walsh, right, plays the James Gang classic \u201cFunk 49\u201d with 22-time Grammy winner Vince Gill at Intrust Bank Arena on Saturday night. Gill was one of several musicians on hand for Walsh\u2019s VetsAid concert.<\/p>\n
Joe Walsh performs the classic song \u201cWichita Lineman with the song\u2019s creator, Jimmy Webb, at Walsh\u2019s VetsAid concert at Intrust Bank Arena on Saturday night. The benefit concert raises money for local and regional veteran organizations.<\/p>\n
Joe Walsh performs at his VetsAid concert at Intrust Bank Arena on Saturday night. The benefit concert raises money for local and regional veteran organizations.<\/p>\n
Joe Walsh performs his classic song \u201cLife\u2019s Been Good\u201d with Susan Tedeschi at Walsh\u2019s VetsAid concert at Intrust Bank Arena on Saturday night. The benefit concert raises money for local and regional veteran organizations.<\/p>\n
Joe Walsh performs at his VetsAid concert at Intrust Bank Arena on Saturday night. The benefit concert raises money for local and regional veteran organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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