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Topic: James Gang Revisited & Great 70's Albums

Been listening to a lot of  classic rock (circa '70 to '79) lately and tripped over James Gang's Thirds this morning.  It would be the band's last album with Joe Walsh and some said their weakest.  I would have to disagree strongly with that assessment.  Thirds a very interesting effort with a nice mixture of acoustic, blues,rock, funk and country.  "Walk Away" sounds like "Funk 49" part 2, "Midnight Man" an early Eagles rocker and then you get something off the wall like "Yadig?"  with its jazzy piano and tasty guitar solo by Walsh.  Pretty good stuff and an overlooked gem.
Others I've been listen to from the period are Steely Dan's Aja and don't gasp, but Stephen Bishop's Bish from 1978.

http://youtu.be/x_GZIaghqV0

http://youtu.be/4dCEzC-vuis

http://youtu.be/4nv7Qicg2Og   Very interesting video.  Simply genius!

http://youtu.be/7rjJZ2oiA8w  Short and sweet.  Bish is an interesting album that must be played completely - first song to last.  A lot of the albums back then demanded that and I miss the experience.  Incredibly it starts off with "If I only Had a Brain" on trombone.

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Re: James Gang Revisited & Great 70's Albums

All favs of mine that have needed listening too. Gotta start digging in the back catalog! Sometimes one forgets how good that music was.
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Re: James Gang Revisited & Great 70's Albums

If Joe Walsh is involved, it works for me.

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Re: James Gang Revisited & Great 70's Albums

ohiodawg13 wrote:

If Joe Walsh is involved, it works for me.

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Ditto

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Re: James Gang Revisited & Great 70's Albums

Trifecta here!!

Also, last week I did a search on the forum to see if there was a Joe Walsh thread and there wasn't but I found this started by Stu.
https://forum.jbonamassa.com/viewtopic. … 1262#p1262

I posted this 2 places here, but just in case you didn't see it, I think its classic Joe Walsh with some added humor.  Joe's new release Analog Man.  http://www.joewalsh.com/

If a thread ever starts about guitar faces, Joe Walsh would certainly top the list! lol

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ohiodawg13 wrote:

If Joe Walsh is involved, it works for me.

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Ditto

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Re: James Gang Revisited & Great 70's Albums

Angela wrote:

Trifecta here!!

Also, last week I did a search on the forum to see if there was a Joe Walsh thread and there wasn't but I found this started by Stu.
https://forum.jbonamassa.com/viewtopic. … 1262#p1262

I posted this 2 places here, but just in case you didn't see it, I think its classic Joe Walsh with some added humor.  Joe's new release Analog Man.  http://www.joewalsh.com/

If a thread ever starts about guitar faces, Joe Walsh would certainly top the list! lol

Stu Craig wrote:
ohiodawg13 wrote:

If Joe Walsh is involved, it works for me.

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Ditto

Always thought Joe was spending too much time with The Eagles and a check of his website shows some upcoming gigs, 3 in South Africa, Dubai, Vegas, and 2 in Ga. Hopefully more will be added, especially in NorCal.

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Re: James Gang Revisited & Great 70's Albums

Jdawg,
I saw the Eagles tour last time around, BUT 100% agree, would love to see Joe Walsh outside the Eagles.

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Re: James Gang Revisited & Great 70's Albums

Angela wrote:

Jdawg,
I saw the Eagles tour last time around, BUT 100% agree, would love to see Joe Walsh outside the Eagles.

Like I said, I hope he expands that tour through the U.S. I just caught a bio show on Klaus Voorman on the Smithsonian Channel and Joe pops up in an LA studio scene playin' Short People w/Klaus & other studio guys. he shares a few memories of Klaus as well. My favorite album of Joe's is So What, favorite track, County Fair. Much better when it's a Joe Walsh project w/ The Eagles singin' harmonies.

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