Sure, a lot of casual fans think of them as Joe Walsh songs. But that doesn’t change the fact that both songs were recorded, released and had charted as James Gang songs and as such is what should be reflected when discussing his hits.
all i am saying is that the james gang were joe walsh's band. the eagles, on the other hand, were not. of the 37 songs the james gang recorded, only 7 were not written by joe walsh. of the 5 chating songs by the james gang, walsh wrote all 5.
It is Zachariah. I tried to watch that movie once. John Rubinstein as Zachariah Pat Quinn as Belle Starr Don Johnson as Matthew Country Joe and The Fish as The Crackers Elvin Jones as Job Cain Doug Kershaw as The Fiddler William Challee as Old Man Robert Ball as Stage Manager Dick Van Patten as The Dude The James Gang as Job Cain's Band White Lightnin' as Old Man's Band The New York Rock Ensemble as Belle Starr's Band
John Rubinstein. His character teams up with Don Johnson's character. Film makes little sense, a surreal comic musical based on a Hermann Hesse novel. Initially released in 1971, the film only recouped half its cost. It was shown at the midnight movies in the early 80s. In this clip, The James Gang is playing/miming Country Fever. (Forgot the vocalist name, but this is the only tune he did with the band, Its on one of the James Gang's greatest hits, the one with the rattlesnake on it. Sounds great, btw) Jazz drummer Elvin Jones (Mingus, Coltrane, Miles) who plays the villian wins a gunfight in the saloon, then takes over for Jim Fox to do a drum solo.
I think Joe's career high point were the two Barnstorm albums, along with the stuff he did in James Gang. I love everything he did up until the early-to-mid 1980's, but I think his young daughter's death in 1974 sucked some of the mojo out of him and he was never really the same after that.
I think but seriously a soft california rock masterpiece (different than the rest of his early stuff but I have a soft spot for it)....I think the early ones rank; The Smoker You Drink JG Rides Again So What But Seriously JG Yer Album Barnstorm JG Thirds but theyre all really high caliber
I do love "But Seriously." Just listened to Side 1 on headphones last night. "Barnstorm" is my favorite album by him.
I might have to listen again to it.....its been a while I know 4 classics are on it here we go again, one and one, mother says and turn to ston
One of the many great things about his 70's solo work was that each album had a slightly different direction. Barnstorm was almost Floydian in places, Smoker was jazzy, So What had some hard rock moments, and But Seriously was pure California summer light rock. All classics. In the eighties like so many great seventies acts, the decline begins. Neighborhood is pretty good, The Confessor has the 2 really good songs as mentioned earlier, and for me, You Bought It is the end of the line. Then a strong return with Analog Man. But Joe remains an all time favorite, I'm a fanatic over his work including The James Gang and the Eagles. Its no surprise that the Eagles best album is the first one featuring Joe.
That'll be Long Road Out of Eden then. But seriously folks, no Joe = No Life In The Fast Lane. The duelling guitars on Hotel California are tough to beat & he really pushes Don Felder to great things doesn't he? I have been really enjoying the early 70s solo albums recently especially Barnstorm, Smoker & So What. Plenty to love. I did have 2 late 80s/90s albums but couldn't really get interested.
It's a shame that "There Goes The Neighborhood" is so hard to find on cd/expensive. It's a great little album. I've never heard the follow-up "You Bought It You Name It." That one's really impossible to find on cd.
i had it on vinyl back in high school.i'd love the cd..a solid album!there was a real poignant song on there called Class Of 65 i really liked
