Early History The ancient egg-holding Neanderthal, such as that in this representation, likely invented The Walsh many thousands of years ago. The history of the Walsh likely dates back to ancient times. A time when men were men and the heavens were ruled by a plurality of beings. It is quite possible that the first ever collection of musical notes ever played by man, perhaps in a brisk whistle, was in fact a Walsh. It is also likely that when the Neanderthal made his very first flute, he played a Walsh on it test the instrument's musicality and gauge his workmanship. As man evolved, so too did The Walsh. The musical progression and note order used in the Walsh is very similar to many examples dated throughout history in the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. It is quite possibly that composers of this era took a page from history, and as if in a game of cosmic cross-species phone tag, the melody of The Walsh was transferred to them from the unknown. If there were recordings of Gregorian Chant from the 14th century, it would not be surprising to hear a Walsh commence throughout some, or even most, of them. While neglected in most of what is deemed as classical composition throughout the second millennium, the Walsh survived and has flourished in the blues influenced music of the late 20th century. The notes within The Walsh lend themselves to this sort of music more so than any other because of the music's common I IV V pattern and pentatonically rooted scales played on guitars or guitar like instruments. The 1970's Walsh Circa 1976 Man who helped popularize The Walsh. The earliest known example of The Walsh currently in our collection dates to the late 1940's A.D. and gained its way to popularity as the theme song for the crowned-princes of baseball, America's team, the Harlem Globetrotters. But it was decades later when Joe Walsh would bring Walsh to new levels. The year was 1976, the year of the mutton chops, and The Eagles began work on their album, and song, "Hotel California" in between trips to Southern California's many roller discos. The 1970's have been the best decade for The Walsh so far. More of the samples in our library date from the 1970's than any other decade yet. It was at this time that the Walsh was at it's peak popularity. Unfortunately the immediate future would hold a slight decline in the popularity of The Walsh in popular music. The Recent Walsh In the future, man will be able to listen to The Walsh on his personal jetpack. After the surge of Walshes in the 1970's, the lack of them in the 1980's made their absence that more noticeable. There is a vast emptiness in our collection in the 1980's that should be filled by musical artists and synth keyboard players letting their Walsh out. Instead, there are only a small number of examples in our collection from the 1980's and 1990's. Hopefully, though, the future ahead holds in its hand, many Walshes. The Walshes we do have from this era are typical of what the ancient Mayan calendars predicted for this period. Stylistically, they do not deviate too far from their predecessors, but the modes of interpretation are quite different. For example, the synth Walsh is one of the new types of Walshes that is first found in specimens dating from the 1980's. As the synthesizer declined in popularity, the Walsh began to make a slow return to its former status. This is where we find The Walsh today.