- Brother-in-law of Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 (as a member of Eagles).
- One daughter, Lucy Walsh, She is an accomplished actress in TV, film and theatre, singer and classical pianist. She was nominated "Best Actress" by "Broadway World" for her role as "Ariel" in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
- Along with most of the other former Eagles, he made a contribution to the Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) soundtrack.
- Licensed amateur (ham) radio operator with call sign WB6ACU.
- On 4/8/2005 he made his long-awaited return to the Howard Stern Show studio nearly 15 years after his last appearance. Aside from a brief conversation over the phone in 1993, he had avoided the show while trying to clean up his life, which had been filled with drug and alcohol abuse. He is married and the father of two sons, ages nine and six.
- Is one of the few guitarists that Eric Clapton says he listens to.
- Made a cameo appearance in The Blues Brothers (1980).
- Raised in Wichita, KS, , and attended high school there. However, he attended Kent State University in Ohio but dropped out. Says he hopes to "finish up at Kent State someday.".
- His former sister-in-law, journalist Susan Walsh, ex-wife of his brother Mark Walsh, disappeared on July 16, 1996 in Nutley, New Jersey, US aged 36. As for 2023, she is still missing.
- In August and September 2005 he joined the "Hotel California" tour with Eagles.
- He was nominated for the 2023 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Performing Arts & Entertainment category.
- Went to Montclair High School, Montclair, NJ.
- The "Reunited James Gang" Walsh toured with in 2006 was, despite what was advertised, NOT the original line-up. It was actually the Rides Again/Thirds line-up.
- Father was a flight instructor for the first U.S. operational jet powered aircraft, the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, and died while stationed and on active duty on Okinawa when he was 20 months old.
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