You really need to see Joe do this song live. Whether with his band or The Eagles. The talk box that he uses is a little different from what Peter Frampton but both used them amazingly well.
Joe Walsh is not only one of the preeminent guitar players in the world, he's a lot of fun. He's played with lots of other artists, has acted on TV and just generally seems to have a good time.
He has played himself in some notable roles on TV as well as other characters that are similar to him. I have seen him on The Drew Carey Show, Two And A Half Men and another one which I can't remember right now. But he is a funny guy.
Joe is playing slide guitar on this song.He is an underrated lead guitarist in my opinion.Nice reaction !, ps..he is also using a Peter Frampton type talk box on his guitar.
As mentioned, the James Gang, Joe's previous group, had some really good songs. Funk #49, and Walk Away, both cool. Also might like "Life's Been Good", which I believe he recorded on his own. Fun to listen to. I enjoyed an interview Joe Walsh did about the song "Hotel California". He was asked if he still needed to practice ahead of time to get it right after all these years. He said he didn't, that he had no trouble playing it like sh*t without any practice at all! So I guess he still brushes up a bit before playing it again! Thanks for another great reaction! God bless you!
Life’s been Good is one song that describes him so well when it come to his past lifestyle. You will also enjoy it as much if not more than this one. He is great
Fun fact: At the end of the movie "The Blues Brothers", Joe Walsh is the first prisoner to get up and start dancing as the band is playing "Jailhouse Rock" in the prison cafeteria. He really gets around. And could really play the Voice Box, as well as the Guitar.
The Eagles were also fire before Joe joined the band! Joe was added to give the band more of a rock sound and it was fantastic.I think you may be confused Joe didn't sing Hotel California. That was Don Henley the Eagles drummer and main vocalist,although every band member sang
Waaaaaay back when. In the days not long after he left the James Gang and had released his first solo album, he was in a studio in Redondo Beach. He wasn't happy with the way things were going and decided to take a break. He left the studio and walked for a few minutes. Just down the street was a Unitarian Church where the band I played in had a one night gig. Saturday night dance. We were a good band and Joe heard us playing the hard rock and blues we liked and the next thing we knew there was Joe Walsh asking if he could sit in with us. Between the shock and falling all over ourselves to say yes the next thing we knew there he was sitting in with us. He only played 4 songs with us but it cleared his mind so he headed back to the studio and we walked on clouds for a while. It was a memorable gig.
What a great experience to hear. That’s how it was though huh? Goes all the way back to Lou Armstrong. They just built off each others sounds and vibes. Really an unmatched time in history. Thanks for sharing, fantastic visual.
I love Joe Walsh... "Life's Been Good" is another great tune. Here's a fun fact that most people don't know: the band he joined is not "The Eagles"... their name is just "Eagles".
I owe you an apology Tim, I didn't believe you, so I looked it up and you are correct. They are the Eagles, not The Eagles, the word 'the' is not in their name. Thank you for teaching me something new.
At the 2004 Crossroads Guitar Festival he said "if I had known I was going to have to play this song the rest of my life I would have written something better"... we all disagreed! Love Joe!
Spent a week with Joe in Jamaica back in 1986. Our group didn’t once talk about his fame and fortune. We were on a boat and every time an order was barked at him, you could see an almost imperceptible smile. He gave me his personal information to look him up in LA but I never followed through. He went on and on about what a great time he had. Every evening when we brought him home his entourage were giving us evil looks. He’s a guy you would go bowling with more than a super star. Yes, we were partying.
Joe Walsh joined the Eagles in 1975 (that was the year I graduated High School). This one is on the Album "The smoker you drink the player you get" another good one from the same album is "Wolf".
The Eagles,my favorite group of all time. They were very popular during my college years in the 70s. Joe Walsh was a WILD MAN back in the day. He destroyed a lot of hotel rooms.
No Joe said I'm living in Colorado and I'm mowing the lawn. I look up and there's the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and there's snow on them in the summer. And it knocked me back because it was just beautiful. And I thought, 'Well I have committed. I'm already in Colorado and it's too late to regret the James Gang. The Rocky Mountain way is better than the way I had, because the music was better.' I got the words. Bam
Another fun one! Love this song. Btw, "Casey's at bat" references a poem written some years ago. In the poem, Casey was arrogant because of great success and ended up losing the game because of his complacency. I LOVE that even though y'all did not know the reference, you still got the meaning. Well played!!
the voice box was invented in 1939 and was first used musically & vocaly by Peter drake in 1964 and Alvin rey. It was introduced to FRAMPTON through George Harrison when working on "All things must come to pass". Framton was the first one to use it on the guitar and made it famous
That George Thorogood-style riff you noticed has actually been around for the entire history of rock and roll. It migrated over from blues genre, where it's a go-to guitar technique.
This has been great introduction to a cool song. Can I recommend ' heal the world ' from live in Bucharest 1993 concert. That was the Dangerous Tour. It's a spectacular show with such a hopeful massage. An iconic song. Other one if you find time😅 : wuthering heights - you will be surprised.
I saw Joe Walsh several times. Including in 1974 at the Ozark Music Festival where the Eagles also performed. Didn’t know at the time he would one day join them.
Saw The Eagles back in 2014 in Houston. Played a few songs Joe Walsh did as a solo artist as well as Funk #49 from his James Gang days that blew the roof off the place.
Joe’s one of the best ever ❤ he’s been through so much but he’s strong! He lost his daughter in 1974 in a car accident, combined with years of drug and alcohol addiction… he got through it all and is recovered! Love him ❤
Regarding the talkbox, I think you guys have probably reacted to Peter Frampton doing that live but I'm pretty sure you have not yet covered Nazareth from the late 70s, and they had a massive hit with their cover of the Everly Brothers Love Hurts. Which you guys would absolutely love, but the title track of the album and also a big hit which is mostly known by a different title, but the actual title is Hair of the Dog, which is the name of the album. And that's also a fantastic and iconic use of the talk box. And there are many others as well but those really stand out.
Joe Walsh was inspired to write Rocky Mountain Way after spending a tremendous amount of time at Colorado's Caribou Ranch Studios / Hippy Resort high in the Colorado mountains. Was also where John Denver was inspired to write his song Rocky Mountain High. The rustic mountain ranch was transformed into a recording studio and a favorite hangout destination for a long list of who's who in rock n rollers. other guests included Elton John, Chicago Earth Wind & Fire, Bad Finger, Stephen Stills, Ronnie James Dio, Tommy Bolin and James Gang Michael jackson and a bunch of hippies
I've never seen the Eagles, but I did see Joe in a small club in Greenville SC back in the 90s. He really is a great entertainer in addition to being a great musician. He is a really funny guy, and a fun one. Now, I have seen him say once, on one of Clapton's Crossroads DVDs, when introducing Rocky Mountain Way; something like "If I'd known I was going to be playing this for the next 30 years I would have written something else". It didn't come off that he was bored with it, but more like he wished it was better, so the crowds wouldn't grow bored with it. As if THAT would happen! A really nice reaction to this great song.
Joe has a bunch of hits... life been good, waffle stomp, ordinary average guy... county fair... funk 49... walk away... turn to stone.. the confessor... meadows... .he was awesome. Great reaction. 😊
Mark has definitely steered you right in his requests. Other great Joe Walsh solo songs are Life's Been Good, The Confessor and A Life of Illusion. His banger songs from the James Gang are Funk #49 and Walk Away.
it was done before them by. peter drake&alvin rey 1964, he introduced it to frampton through george harrison. the voice bow was invented in 1939. framton made it famous
Next to Smoke on the Water this was the most requested song by my band in the 70s when we playing clubs. At lease 3-4 times a night. The love dancing to this. They danced hard and drank a lot of beer. For some funny reason they all danced in 16th note while the song was in 18th notes. The club owners loved us as we mad them a lot of money in beer sales. Not bragging but we always packed the house. Some of the best times in my life. I was the drummer and back then the girls love drummers.
This is a great song. Remember when it first came out. Also a fan of his solo version of “In The City” featured at the end of the film The Warriors (great cult movie from 1979). The song was also performed by the Eagles and appears on their 1979 album, The Long Run
Joe is from the Kent, Ohio area. He started playing Bass guitar but switched to six string. The James Gang was a great band who had Glenn Schwartz as the lead guitarist. He was phenomenal. Glenn moved to California and Joe took his place in the James Gang. Our band played all of the same stages around the Cleveland area and suburbs as the James Gang. This brings back lots of great memories. I believe that here on YT there's a sound track of "The James Gang Rides Again" album. It's well worth the time listening to it. That album takes the album tunes to another level. Oddly enough, this album was released around the same time as the 1st Bruce Springsteen. Music critics of the time said that the voices of Bruce, and Joe, would never be successful. As a drummer, I learned a lot from watching Jimmy Fox, the drummer.
@@BigTimeRushFan2112 I recall them, that area, and sure do miss those days. I started playing/learning drums in 1964. MS was a good friend of someone who lived across the street.
The riff in Bad to the Bone is a standard blues progression ( shuffle) that's been used in countless songs. Yes Rocky Mountain Way is also a Shuffle. Its time to check the black blues cats that invented the music Muddy Waters- Mannish Boy
Joe is using a guitar "talk box" during the part of the song after your pause. To see one in action, I suggest you react to Peter Frampton's appearance on Midnight Special where he performs Do You Feel Like We Do. Frampton exploded onto the scene in 1976 with his live album, Frampton Comes Alive. Earlier in his career, he was a member of Humble Pie beginning in 1969 at 18 years old.
If I remember the story right, this song was written about Joe's departure from the James Gang because of managing problems (a common dilemma). He went into the Rockies to regroup, rest, and just get his head together. Afterward, he entered the era of the Eagles.
Love Joe's use of the slide guitar. Slide and the voice box were both very popular items in rock at the time. Groups like Alman Brothers and others were using slide a lot as well.
Nothing like cruising down I70, in Colorado, to Denver (In the Rockies) in a 550hp 68 Chevelle pedal to the metal kicking a Porsche's a$$ blasting Joe Walsh. A tall tale story I heard once upon a time.
Joe Walsh guest starred on The Drew Carey for a while. There's a scene where Walsh tries out for Drew's band and it is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. It would be a great comedy reaction for you guys!
I went to see The Eagles live in Frankfurt Germany in 1977 during the Hotel California tour. I had been a huge fan of theirs since their first album came out. When they came out for the first song I noticed immediately their was a line up change. I knew the Don's, Glenn, Randy, yet there was someone new. I kept looking and all of a sudden it hit me. That's Joe Walsh. Being from the Midwest, I'd known him forever from the Barnstorm and James Gang bands. I was quite surprised to see him in The Eagles. I think his joining was good for the band and for him.
Saw Joe Walsh headline in 1977... Little warmup band named Foreigner on their first tour in the US! No body had a clue for a couple of songs till they started "Cold as Ice" and place erupted!
OMG guys, I love Joe Walsh. I've seen him live multiple times and he's been with a few of the greatest bands along with playing live with multiple other great Stars of the past 30 years. He was with the great James Gang from the 1960s. And of course, he's been a member of the Eagles for many, many years. And of course, there was or is his great solo career. I love what he does with his guitar. It's unique and has its own particular sound. Which jumps out at you when you hear It. And you're not even told that it's him playing on a song. Maybe you've never heard before. He was a semi regular guest on the Howard Stern show and he was always a great interview. Anyway, I last saw him on the Eagles last American tour. And they were as good as they were in the 1980s!! You have to make room for playing more of his music from his extensive portfolio with multiple groups. Absolutely a great choice.
Joe Walsh was a star prior to joining the Eagles. He started with the James Gang, then did a solo gig with "Barnstorm" and had a lot of solo hits. Going back to the James Gang years, check out Walk Away or Funk #49
That song led off his best solo album for me, just Joe taking flight with a crack band to help. Meadows is another great track off it. Also, to hear Joe at his cranking best, try The James Gang Live and hear the opening tune, Stop, to start an amazing album, he is great on electric and acoustic guitar plus does a great tune on the organ. This album is his best, enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
I love Joe Walsh on Live from Daryl’s House. Daryl Hall from Hall and Oates had an internet show and eventually went to TV. Basically started out as jam sessions. It just came back on TV on AXIS Worth checking out.
The talk box was big at the time. Huge on Frampton Comes Alive. Pink Floyd used it on Animals a few years later on the track Pigs. Others included Jeff Beck on She’s a Woman, Chaka Khan and Rufus on Tell Me Something Good, Steely Dan Haitian Divorce and later on Bon Jovi Livin’ on a Prayer…to name a few.
Iron Butterfly used the talk box on Butterfly Bleau. I love the live video of Butterfly Bleau as you can watch them but feel the studio version sounds better.
I still have to pinch myself when I hear kids like yourselves say they have never heard "Rocky Mountain Way." When the world stopped listening to Classic Rock and drove off the musical cliff back in the 1990s it deprived you of probably the greatest contemporary music we have ever had. I saw Joe Walsh with the Eagles back in the summer of 1978 here in Calgary at McMahon Stadium on an absolutely gorgeous evening. The place was packed, with smoke pouring out of it like a volcano. Then Joe played the opening chords to Rocky Mountain Way and the place went totally crazy! With the real Rocky Mountains on full display out the western end of the stadium it was a surreal moment! I remember it almost like yesterday and that was 47 years ago! Those guys could really play and were a very tight band! 🎸🎸🎸👌👌👌💖💖💖
Joe Walsh is great , When I was in the Army stationed at Ft Riley Ks , 1st inf div , when we got back to Ft Riley from Desert storm in May of 91 , Joe walsh came to Ft Riley that summer and had a free concert on one of the parade fields , this song was played and many others .
Imagine listening to the radio as a young teen in 1973 / 74 and hearing this song come on. And at the same time in music history, Money by Pink Floyd might play. You talk about sonic euphoria !! Then add in the plethora of other great songs that were popular at the time, and you won't question why us 70's Classic Rock'ers claim to have been kids in the greatest decade of modern music. This song and Money were simply cool songs. They sound great, for sure. But each one had a unique aspect to it that set them apart from the other stupendous releases of the era. And then try to wrap your minds around the reality of having, just 3 or 4 years later, Hotel California and Do You Feel Like We Do added to the mix of iconic songs that were sitting in your music box, getting ready to pep up your day at some highly anticipated moment !! Come on, man !! And I wanted to add ... Pause away, guys. We can always hear the uninterrupted song at any time. You two cool people are the main draw of the Bars & Barbells TH-cam Channel.
The front range around Denver used to be such a wonderful place to live. So glad I got to enjoy it when it still had the vibe that Joe captures so well.
This solo album by Joe is a minor masterpiece, every song done so differently. This MAY be the first use of a vocoder on record, certainly one of the earliest.
One of the few albums that I bought because of a song that turned out to be just what you said, drop the needle on side one, song one, get up to flip it over and relish every note.
joe Walsh played in the band The James Gang, also a band called Barnstorm and one called the Party Boys. He first started playing with the Eagles in 1975
Don’t you just love that great transition out of the bridge section? It was predictable, or perhaps anticipatory is the right word, but it is still so well executed and oh so satisfying!😁😁😁
Ironically, seeing he had a great career with the Eagles, when I hear the name Joe Walsh, I immediately picture the James Gang, which I loved and saw in concert with Joe before he joined the Eagles. Great band with great songs and they put on a great concert too.
This song was done by the band called Barnstorm. It was Joe Walsh🔥, a bass guitarist, and a drummer. They were actually living in the Colorado Rockies way out in the boonies. This was the first song I ever heard where they used a voice box.🤯 Joe's first band was the James Gang (formed in '66) and they had some bangers! Joe also has a bunch of solo hits and 12 solo albums! Joe Walsh was a beast way before he joined the Eagles in '75!💯 I was rockin' the James Gang Rides Again album my senior year in school! (1970) I would love to see you react to "The Confessor" by Joe Walsh from the album of the same name. The lyrics are deep and he absolutely shreds the guitar!🤗 I love your channel!😁❤️✌️
There is a Canadian all teenage group called Leave Those Kids Alone that do a great cover of this tune. The lead guitarist is 16 and slays the slide and talk box on it as well.
Every time I hear Walsh in an interview I always think “I would love to have a beer and hang out with this guy”. Side note, Walsh is brother in law to Ringo Star.
You really need to see Joe do this song live. Whether with his band or The Eagles. The talk box that he uses is a little different from what Peter Frampton but both used them amazingly well.
Life’s been Good by Joe Walsh is 🔥
Joe Walsh is not only one of the preeminent guitar players in the world, he's a lot of fun. He's played with lots of other artists, has acted on TV and just generally seems to have a good time.
i used to be a dj in the 70's & one night i played this track in a soul based venue & the people were amazed at the song!!!
He has played himself in some notable roles on TV as well as other characters that are similar to him. I have seen him on The Drew Carey Show, Two And A Half Men and another one which I can't remember right now. But he is a funny guy.
"Life's Been Good" is a hoot!
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Joe is playing slide guitar on this song.He is an underrated lead guitarist in my opinion.Nice reaction !, ps..he is also using a Peter Frampton type talk box on his guitar.
Got to check out Joe with the James Gang and "Walk Away" and "Funk 49"
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And The Confessor and also the Bomber!
My Favorite Joe Walsh is Pre Eagles, Rocky Mountain Way was good and I play it on my guitar to this day!
As mentioned, the James Gang, Joe's previous group, had some really good songs. Funk #49, and Walk Away, both cool. Also might like "Life's Been Good", which I believe he recorded on his own. Fun to listen to. I enjoyed an interview Joe Walsh did about the song "Hotel California". He was asked if he still needed to practice ahead of time to get it right after all these years. He said he didn't, that he had no trouble playing it like sh*t without any practice at all! So I guess he still brushes up a bit before playing it again! Thanks for another great reaction! God bless you!
He wrote Rocky Mt Way while mowing his lawn in Colorado.
"Life's been good" and "The Confessor" - Joe Walsh
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Life’s been Good is one song that describes him so well when it come to his past lifestyle. You will also enjoy it as much if not more than this one. He is great
Fun fact: At the end of the movie "The Blues Brothers", Joe Walsh is the first prisoner to get up and start dancing as the band is playing "Jailhouse Rock" in the prison cafeteria. He really gets around. And could really play the Voice Box, as well as the Guitar.
What he used is actually called a Talk box.
Joe Walsh appearing on "Live From Daryl's House" is something you might want to check out.
DEFINITELY
I was going to suggest the same thing. that was a good watch
The Eagles were also fire before Joe joined the band! Joe was added to give the band more of a rock sound and it was fantastic.I think you may be confused Joe didn't sing Hotel California. That was Don Henley the Eagles drummer and main vocalist,although every band member sang
Including bassist Timothy B. Schmidt
Waaaaaay back when. In the days not long after he left the James Gang and had released his first solo album, he was in a studio in Redondo Beach. He wasn't happy with the way things were going and decided to take a break. He left the studio and walked for a few minutes. Just down the street was a Unitarian Church where the band I played in had a one night gig. Saturday night dance. We were a good band and Joe heard us playing the hard rock and blues we liked and the next thing we knew there was Joe Walsh asking if he could sit in with us. Between the shock and falling all over ourselves to say yes the next thing we knew there he was sitting in with us. He only played 4 songs with us but it cleared his mind so he headed back to the studio and we walked on clouds for a while. It was a memorable gig.
What a great experience to hear. That’s how it was though huh? Goes all the way back to Lou Armstrong. They just built off each others sounds and vibes. Really an unmatched time in history. Thanks for sharing, fantastic visual.
You always have to realize when songs are released when comparing with other songs. Joe was a pioneer
He was in James Gang before the Eagles. James Gang rocked!
My all-time favorite of Joe's is "Turn To Stone" from his "You Can't Argue With a Sick Mind" album. It's incredible.
I love Joe Walsh... "Life's Been Good" is another great tune. Here's a fun fact that most people don't know: the band he joined is not "The Eagles"... their name is just "Eagles".
It’s tough to tell if they are saying the “Eagles” or “The Eagles” without air quotes so I choose to believe they meant the former.
Yeah, it's just "Eagles" on the albums, but it sounds weird to say "Joe Walsh joined Eagles in 1975" right?
I owe you an apology Tim, I didn't believe you, so I looked it up and you are correct. They are the Eagles, not The Eagles, the word 'the' is not in their name. Thank you for teaching me something new.
At the 2004 Crossroads Guitar Festival he said "if I had known I was going to have to play this song the rest of my life I would have written something better"... we all disagreed! Love Joe!
Spent a week with Joe in Jamaica back in 1986. Our group didn’t once talk about his fame and fortune. We were on a boat and every time an order was barked at him, you could see an almost imperceptible smile. He gave me his personal information to look him up in LA but I never followed through. He went on and on about what a great time he had. Every evening when we brought him home his entourage were giving us evil looks. He’s a guy you would go bowling with more than a super star. Yes, we were partying.
There are so many great stories about Joe. Regarding his partying, "I only got drunk once.... for 25 years."
Joe Walsh joined the Eagles in 1975 (that was the year I graduated High School). This one is on the Album "The smoker you drink the player you get" another good one from the same album is "Wolf".
I was actually going to guess 74/75. I was 8/9 so - not a bad guess
Those Shoes by The Eagles is my favorite. Some good Joe Walsh.
Great song choice! Awesome to hear this one again. Love Joe Walsh!
Thanks Mare! It was awesome!
The Eagles,my favorite group of all time. They were very popular during my college years in the 70s. Joe Walsh was a WILD MAN back in the day. He destroyed a lot of hotel rooms.
There's another version, 40(?) years later from the "Daryl's house" series (Daryl Hall)
With video... The whole band kicking off.
Well worth a watch.
Joe Walsh has a great song called "Funk 49" when he was in the James Gang. Another great band.
No Joe said I'm living in Colorado and I'm mowing the lawn. I look up and there's the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and there's snow on them in the summer. And it knocked me back because it was just beautiful. And I thought, 'Well I have committed. I'm already in Colorado and it's too late to regret the James Gang. The Rocky Mountain way is better than the way I had, because the music was better.' I got the words. Bam
“Those Shoes” Joe Walsh,is a must hear/react,Big Fan thnx for all the content
Another fun one! Love this song. Btw, "Casey's at bat" references a poem written some years ago. In the poem, Casey was arrogant because of great success and ended up losing the game because of his complacency. I LOVE that even though y'all did not know the reference, you still got the meaning. Well played!!
Beat me to it.
Great minds!!
The mighty Casey has struck out.
the voice box was invented in 1939 and was first used musically & vocaly by Peter drake in 1964 and Alvin rey. It was introduced to FRAMPTON through George Harrison when working on "All things must come to pass". Framton was the first one to use it on the guitar and made it famous
It's "All Things Must Pass" - just sayin'.
What he used is actually called a Talk box.
That George Thorogood-style riff you noticed has actually been around for the entire history of rock and roll. It migrated over from blues genre, where it's a go-to guitar technique.
This has been great introduction to a cool song. Can I recommend ' heal the world ' from live in Bucharest 1993 concert. That was the Dangerous Tour. It's a spectacular show with such a hopeful massage. An iconic song.
Other one if you find time😅 : wuthering heights - you will be surprised.
The funk is on fire in this one 😊 Funk 49 by Joe Walsh as part of the James Gang will get you moving!
I saw Joe Walsh several times. Including in 1974 at the Ozark Music Festival where the Eagles also performed. Didn’t know at the time he would one day join them.
I was there, too! I was right in front when he played. Couldn't hear for two days afterwards.
I was there too!
You missed joe coming out to play with the eagles on sat night?
Joe Shreds.☮🥁☘
I saw The Eagles in concert in 2018. I was most impressed with Joe Walsh. He’s still got it.
I was young in the 70’s and this got regular play at drinking parties! Everybody knew the words! Good times.👍😎
Joe is one of the funniest people in rock, hanging with Keith Moon rubbed off on him. Great guitar player and a legendary career.
According to Joe: "The best day of my life is when Keith Moon decided he liked me. The worst day of my life is when Keith Moon decided he liked me".
Saw The Eagles back in 2014 in Houston. Played a few songs Joe Walsh did as a solo artist as well as Funk #49 from his James Gang days that blew the roof off the place.
I was always more of a Walsh than Eagles, I saw them in Toronto, may have been the same year and had the same experience.
Love this song, Suggest Life’s Been Good”💯🔥🔥🔥🔥
Joe’s one of the best ever ❤ he’s been through so much but he’s strong! He lost his daughter in 1974 in a car accident, combined with years of drug and alcohol addiction… he got through it all and is recovered! Love him ❤
Joe is the definition of a Rockstar 🤘🤘
Regarding the talkbox, I think you guys have probably reacted to Peter Frampton doing that live but I'm pretty sure you have not yet covered Nazareth from the late 70s, and they had a massive hit with their cover of the Everly Brothers Love Hurts.
Which you guys would absolutely love, but the title track of the album and also a big hit which is mostly known by a different title, but the actual title is Hair of the Dog, which is the name of the album. And that's also a fantastic and iconic use of the talk box. And there are many others as well but those really stand out.
Joe Walsh was inspired to write Rocky Mountain Way after spending a tremendous amount of time at Colorado's Caribou Ranch Studios / Hippy Resort high in the Colorado mountains. Was also where John Denver was inspired to write his song Rocky Mountain High.
The rustic mountain ranch was transformed into a recording studio and a favorite hangout destination for a long list of who's who in rock n rollers. other guests included Elton John, Chicago Earth Wind & Fire, Bad Finger, Stephen Stills, Ronnie James Dio, Tommy Bolin and James Gang Michael jackson and a bunch of hippies
Yeah Samantha it's hard not to have a stank face when listening to Joe 👍👍 Spread the love 🐶😎🇺🇸
I've never seen the Eagles, but I did see Joe in a small club in Greenville SC back in the 90s. He really is a great entertainer in addition to being a great musician. He is a really funny guy, and a fun one. Now, I have seen him say once, on one of Clapton's Crossroads DVDs, when introducing Rocky Mountain Way; something like "If I'd known I was going to be playing this for the next 30 years I would have written something else". It didn't come off that he was bored with it, but more like he wished it was better, so the crowds wouldn't grow bored with it. As if THAT would happen! A really nice reaction to this great song.
James Gang was such a great group, my first intro to Joe, Funk #49
Joe has a bunch of hits... life been good, waffle stomp, ordinary average guy... county fair... funk 49... walk away... turn to stone.. the confessor... meadows... .he was awesome. Great reaction. 😊
You forgot the Bomber.
That really funky sound is the Talk Box.
The album "The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get" is wonderful.
Mark has definitely steered you right in his requests. Other great Joe Walsh solo songs are Life's Been Good, The Confessor and A Life of Illusion. His banger songs from the James Gang are Funk #49 and Walk Away.
all great suggestions for them to review.
Life’s been good and funk#49 are awesome, check those out
First David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) then Joe Walsh, and then Peter Frampton all had famous songs using the Hiel talk box for guitar.
it was done before them by. peter drake&alvin rey 1964, he introduced it to frampton through george harrison. the voice bow was invented in 1939. framton made it famous
Next to Smoke on the Water this was the most requested song by my band in the 70s when we playing clubs. At lease 3-4 times a night. The love dancing to this. They danced hard and drank a lot of beer. For some funny reason they all danced in 16th note while the song was in 18th notes. The club owners loved us as we mad them a lot of money in beer sales. Not bragging but we always packed the house. Some of the best times in my life. I was the drummer and back then the girls love drummers.
This is a great song. Remember when it first came out. Also a fan of his solo version of “In The City” featured at the end of the film The Warriors (great cult movie from 1979). The song was also performed by the Eagles and appears on their 1979 album, The Long Run
Joe is from the Kent, Ohio area. He started playing Bass guitar but switched to six string. The James Gang was a great band who had Glenn Schwartz as the lead guitarist. He was phenomenal. Glenn moved to California and Joe took his place in the James Gang. Our band played all of the same stages around the Cleveland area and suburbs as the James Gang. This brings back lots of great memories.
I believe that here on YT there's a sound track of "The James Gang Rides Again" album. It's well worth the time listening to it.
That album takes the album tunes to another level. Oddly enough, this album was released around the same time as the 1st Bruce Springsteen. Music critics of the time said that the voices of Bruce, and Joe, would never be successful.
As a drummer, I learned a lot from watching Jimmy Fox, the drummer.
He was at Kent State a year before me.
Joe also worked with another Ohio legend on studio recordings, Michael Stanley of MSB fame (RIP Michael).
@@BigTimeRushFan2112 I recall them, that area, and sure do miss those days. I started playing/learning drums in 1964. MS was a good friend of someone who lived across the street.
The riff in Bad to the Bone is a standard blues progression ( shuffle) that's been used in countless songs. Yes Rocky Mountain Way is also a Shuffle. Its time to check the black blues cats that invented the music
Muddy Waters- Mannish Boy
The best way to listen to "Rocky Mountain Way" is with multiple speakers coming at you from all directions.
Joe Walsh was in a band named
The James Gang
Check out
Funk #49
Walk Away
Next, from Joe, Life's Been Good.... Hilarious, fun song. 🙂
You need to check out the live version of this you won't regret it.
Joe is using a guitar "talk box" during the part of the song after your pause. To see one in action, I suggest you react to Peter Frampton's appearance on Midnight Special where he performs Do You Feel Like We Do. Frampton exploded onto the scene in 1976 with his live album, Frampton Comes Alive. Earlier in his career, he was a member of Humble Pie beginning in 1969 at 18 years old.
If I remember the story right, this song was written about Joe's departure from the James Gang because of managing problems (a common dilemma). He went into the Rockies to regroup, rest, and just get his head together. Afterward, he entered the era of the Eagles.
Don't forget the long, great solo stint he had between James Gang and The Eagles--some people worship those records.
Actually referred to as a Talk Box @@CuriousGeorge1111
Love Joe's use of the slide guitar. Slide and the voice box were both very popular items in rock at the time. Groups like Alman Brothers and others were using slide a lot as well.
Nothing like cruising down I70, in Colorado, to Denver (In the Rockies) in a 550hp 68 Chevelle pedal to the metal kicking a Porsche's a$$ blasting Joe Walsh. A tall tale story I heard once upon a time.
aught to watch Joe Walsh Live At Daryls House, gives you a glimpse in to Joes personality and sense of humor
Saw him sing this with the Eagles in 1980, I was 13, Heart opened.
The Great Joe Walsh! 😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Hey, great pause man.
Joe Walsh guest starred on The Drew Carey for a while. There's a scene where Walsh tries out for Drew's band and it is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. It would be a great comedy reaction for you guys!
I went to see The Eagles live in Frankfurt Germany in 1977 during the Hotel California tour. I had been a huge fan of theirs since their first album came out. When they came out for the first song I noticed immediately their was a line up change. I knew the Don's, Glenn, Randy, yet there was someone new. I kept looking and all of a sudden it hit me. That's Joe Walsh. Being from the Midwest, I'd known him forever from the Barnstorm and James Gang bands. I was quite surprised to see him in The Eagles. I think his joining was good for the band and for him.
Saw Joe Walsh headline in 1977... Little warmup band named Foreigner on their first tour in the US! No body had a clue for a couple of songs till they started "Cold as Ice" and place erupted!
OMG guys, I love Joe Walsh. I've seen him live multiple times and he's been with a few of the greatest bands along with playing live with multiple other great Stars of the past 30 years. He was with the great James Gang from the 1960s. And of course, he's been a member of the Eagles for many, many years. And of course, there was or is his great solo career. I love what he does with his guitar. It's unique and has its own particular sound. Which jumps out at you when you hear It. And you're not even told that it's him playing on a song. Maybe you've never heard before. He was a semi regular guest on the Howard Stern show and he was always a great interview.
Anyway, I last saw him on the Eagles last American tour. And they were as good as they were in the 1980s!!
You have to make room for playing more of his music from his extensive portfolio with multiple groups. Absolutely a great choice.
Joe Walsh was a star prior to joining the Eagles. He started with the James Gang, then did a solo gig with "Barnstorm" and had a lot of solo hits. Going back to the James Gang years, check out Walk Away or Funk #49
That song led off his best solo album for me, just Joe taking flight with a crack band to help. Meadows is another great track off it.
Also, to hear Joe at his cranking best, try The James Gang Live and hear the opening tune, Stop, to start an amazing album, he is great on electric and acoustic guitar plus does a great tune on the organ. This album is his best, enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
I've been a fan of Joe Walsh since his days with The James Gang. He joined Eagles in 1975 and lent them a needed "rock" vibe. Genius move. Fun song.
I love Joe Walsh on Live from Daryl’s House. Daryl Hall from Hall and Oates had an internet show and eventually went to TV. Basically started out as jam sessions. It just came back on TV on AXIS Worth checking out.
Echoing the other fine comments here... James Gang... Funk #49, Walk Away... and The Bomber
Another Joe Walsh solo song worth listening to is "Life's Been Good" (1978).
Joe and The James Gang. He is talented beyond description.
The talk box was big at the time. Huge on Frampton Comes Alive. Pink Floyd used it on Animals a few years later on the track Pigs. Others included Jeff Beck on She’s a Woman, Chaka Khan and Rufus on Tell Me Something Good, Steely Dan Haitian Divorce and later on Bon Jovi Livin’ on a Prayer…to name a few.
Iron Butterfly used the talk box on Butterfly Bleau. I love the live video of Butterfly Bleau as you can watch them but feel the studio version sounds better.
Aerosmith Sweet Emotion
Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog.
I still have to pinch myself when I hear kids like yourselves say they have never heard "Rocky Mountain Way." When the world stopped listening to Classic Rock and drove off the musical cliff back in the 1990s it deprived you of probably the greatest contemporary music we have ever had. I saw Joe Walsh with the Eagles back in the summer of 1978 here in Calgary at McMahon Stadium on an absolutely gorgeous evening. The place was packed, with smoke pouring out of it like a volcano. Then Joe played the opening chords to Rocky Mountain Way and the place went totally crazy! With the real Rocky Mountains on full display out the western end of the stadium it was a surreal moment! I remember it almost like yesterday and that was 47 years ago! Those guys could really play and were a very tight band! 🎸🎸🎸👌👌👌💖💖💖
Joe Walsh is great , When I was in the Army stationed at Ft Riley Ks , 1st inf div , when we got back to Ft Riley from Desert storm in May of 91 , Joe walsh came to Ft Riley that summer and had a free concert on one of the parade fields , this song was played and many others .
Joe plays at least 2 of his solo songs during an Eagles concert. He is quite funny on stage and a great guitarist.
Imagine listening to the radio as a young teen in 1973 / 74 and hearing this song come on.
And at the same time in music history, Money by Pink Floyd might play. You talk about sonic euphoria !! Then add in the plethora of other great songs that were popular at the time, and you won't question why us 70's Classic Rock'ers claim to have been kids in the greatest decade of modern music.
This song and Money were simply cool songs.
They sound great, for sure. But each one had a unique aspect to it that set them apart from the other stupendous releases of the era.
And then try to wrap your minds around the reality of having, just 3 or 4 years later, Hotel California and Do You Feel Like We Do added to the mix of iconic songs that were sitting in your music box, getting ready to pep up your day at some highly anticipated moment !! Come on, man !!
And I wanted to add ... Pause away, guys. We can always hear the uninterrupted song at any time. You two cool people are the main draw of the Bars & Barbells TH-cam Channel.
Absolutely check out Joe Walsh with the band James Gang, a favorite of mine since way back when! Funk #49 and Walk Away are must listens.
The front range around Denver used to be such a wonderful place to live.
So glad I got to enjoy it when it still had the vibe that Joe captures so well.
This solo album by Joe is a minor masterpiece, every song done so differently. This MAY be the first use of a vocoder on record, certainly one of the earliest.
One of the few albums that I bought because of a song that turned out to be just what you said, drop the needle on side one, song one, get up to flip it over and relish every note.
@@cdnpicker Meadows
Talk box not vocoder
joe Walsh played in the band The James Gang, also a band called Barnstorm and one called the Party Boys. He first started playing with the Eagles in 1975
Don’t you just love that great transition out of the bridge section?
It was predictable, or perhaps anticipatory is the right word, but it is still so well executed and oh so satisfying!😁😁😁
It’s amazing that Joe is still with us, check out Life’s Been Good.
Life's been good.😊😊
Saw the Eagles in concert recently and they played this song. Sounds this great live and at his age
Ironically, seeing he had a great career with the Eagles, when I hear the name Joe Walsh, I immediately picture the James Gang, which I loved and saw in concert with Joe before he joined the Eagles. Great band with great songs and they put on a great concert too.
Fun fact: Stevie Nicks says Joe was the “great, great love of my life”.
Yes,and she even wrote a song for him.
Gotta love the drums in this song, Mr. Joe Vitale keeping things rock steady!
Better drummer than Henley. Felder talks about it in his book.
This song was done by the band called Barnstorm. It was Joe Walsh🔥, a bass guitarist, and a drummer. They were actually living in the Colorado Rockies way out in the boonies. This was the first song I ever heard where they used a voice box.🤯 Joe's first band was the James Gang (formed in '66) and they had some bangers! Joe also has a bunch of solo hits and 12 solo albums! Joe Walsh was a beast way before he joined the Eagles in '75!💯 I was rockin' the James Gang Rides Again album my senior year in school! (1970) I would love to see you react to "The Confessor" by Joe Walsh from the album of the same name. The lyrics are deep and he absolutely shreds the guitar!🤗 I love your channel!😁❤️✌️
There is a Canadian all teenage group called Leave Those Kids Alone that do a great cover of this tune. The lead guitarist is 16 and slays the slide and talk box on it as well.
Every time I hear Walsh in an interview I always think “I would love to have a beer and hang out with this guy”.
Side note, Walsh is brother in law to Ringo Star.
Always played this on the jukebox at my local pub. Love it.
Loved him with the James Gang. One of the first 3 albums i ever bought!!
Funk 49 and Walk Away are also really good.
A great artist! Great reaction