Trio formed by Joe Walsh after his exit from The James Gang in 1972. The group consisted of Walsh, Joe Vitale and Kenny Passarelli. They began recording the album intended as an eponymous debut, [m=195756], in March of 1973. By the time of the record's release late in 1973, Dunhill executives had given Walsh top billing on the album, although the group was still referred to as Barnstorm in the credits of his 1978 retrospective [m=117298]. Barnstorm was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2017.