Barnstorm (band)

Barnstorm
Origin	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Genres	Rock Hard rock
Years active	1972 — 1974
Labels	ABC Records
Associated acts	James Gang Eagles
Past members
Joe Walsh Joe Vitale Kenny Passarelli Rocke Grace

Barnstorm was the group created by Joe Walsh after he left the James Gang. The original members of the group were Walsh (guitars, keyboards), Joe Vitale (drums, flute, keyboards) and Kenny Passarelli (bass); all of the members contributed vocals and songs, although Walsh was the principal singer and songwriter. Later, the group added keyboardist Rocke Grace, to permit it to play the complex arrangements live that it was creating through multitracking in the studio or with the help of session musicians such as Paul Harris (piano) and Joe Lala (percussion).

Barnstorm would record only three albums over its three-year life (two as principals, Barnstorm and The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get, plus serving as the backing band on Michael Stanley's Friends and Legends) before disbanding, although Walsh and Vitale have continued to work together ever since. Passarelli, meanwhile, joined Stephen Stills' band Manassas in 1973 and Elton John's backing band in 1975, and later rejoined Stills and Vitale in Crosby, Stills and Nash's backing band.