flagshipmile354 Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 God, I just wanted to say that Joe Walsh is in my opinion a GOD! He is a great songwriter. I know alot of guys would judge him on 'Rocky Mountain Way' or whatever, but if you listen to the James Gang's gretest hits or any of his post Eagles stuff like 'There goes the nieghborhood', his songwriting is awesome. I mean he has style. I think he is what made the Eagles 'Hotel California' great just cuz he was there! I mean I also think he is an awesome lead player. He has a killer rythmn tone on 'Midnight Man' I think. He has awesome taste. I haven't listened to anything current, most of my listening is of the older Joe Walsh stuff but the guy just seems to be SUPER cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Keelan Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 He has alot of killer riffs under his belt, that's for sure. I enjoy his stuff. Something about his playing makes him stand out from the crowd IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwayne Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 Words of wisdom from Joe Walsh-- "If your nose runs, and your feet smell, you're upside down." Living' in the shadow, of someone else's dream.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 joe is one of those guys who have "it". you can't get "it", you have to have "it". do i make sense? http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 One of my early guitar heroes back in the day...I wore out the grooves on James Gang's "Rides Again" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not coaster MODERATOR Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 i love the song life's been good to me so far. it's really great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 Funk 49 or Walk Away. Need I say more? BlueStrat a.k.a. "El Guapo" ...Better fuzz through science... http://geocities.com/teleman28056/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timrocker Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 I gotta chime in here. Joe Walsh Rules. Here's a song for ya-Tend My Garden. And everything by The James Gang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagshipmile354 Posted December 7, 2003 Author Share Posted December 7, 2003 A personal fav of mine of Joe Walsh is called 'Rivers'. I love the whole arrangement. I think Don Felder plays the solo in it. I also love the resolve of the solo in 'The Bomber'. 'Take a look around' is a tune also. He has so many. I mean I don't necessarily like all his hits, but he has so many songs that were awesome that weren't hits too. 'Things' is a tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hound Dog Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 I love "Life's Been Good" simply because it is practically an encyclopedia of great guitar tones. Joe is great at knowing what to play and when to play it. Yum, Yum! Eat em up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 cracked me up when he was on the drew cary show! and drew was playing accordian can't get better than joe for that no-bulls**t, fun rock n roll. remember when rock was fun? before all that crapola with the hair, and before all this super-whiney puke we have now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-money Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 Joe is truly talented. Great singer with an unusual voice. The guy can sing harmony too. But Seriously Folks is a great album. Some of my favorite Walsh songs are The Confessor, Tomorrow, At The Station, Indian Summer, Help Me Through the Night, Meadows, Turn to Stone, Over and Over, Pretty Maids All In A Row. IMHO, he is the most talented Eagle. "Politics are like sports, where all the teams suck" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagshipmile354 Posted December 7, 2003 Author Share Posted December 7, 2003 I agree 100% with the statement that he was the most talented Eagle. Joe has so much soul in his music. I love most of his stuff. I think his voice whether it is great or not is COMPLETELY defined sounding. I don't know for sure but I am assuming he wrote the riff for 'Life in the fastlane'. It would be cool to meet Joe and hang out with him and smoke one and drink a beer. I bet he has some great stories. My buddy saw him give a clinic at GIT about 10 years ago and he said he was amazed at how good he was. He said that he is FAR better than he shows in his songs or live performance and very versatile. In fact he told me Joe was the most impressive player he saw give a clinic there. I believe it just because he is Joe Walsh. Anything goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Originally posted by bluestrat: Funk 49 or Walk Away. Need I say more?Word! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 `Turn to Stone`-oh yeah... what was that other great one-`Meadow`? too good-Joe rocks. Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 JW tells this great story (I heard it for the first time on the radio) about recording the solo for "Hotel California". Apparently, he nailed his part on the very first take, but Henley, who is a perfectionist, said that he should just play it 10 more times to make sure he couldn't do it better. Henley heads out to the lounge to play some pool, and Joe cranks up the monitors and plays back his track 10 times in a row. Henly comes back in and says "I liked the third take for feel, but the fifth one had better timing." "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demarc Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Originally posted by bluestrat: Funk 49 or Walk Away. Need I say more? That's kind funny, When I was about 17(musta been around 74???) I had had a little mini-studio set up in the basement with a cheap drum kit( w/ Ludwig toms ), guitar w/ amp and an old RCA reel to reel that I put a switch in that disconnected the erase head( for psuedo sound on sound). I did my fair share of "basement tapes". One of the first few I cut were Funk 49 and Walk Away... I guess you could say I am a Joe Walsh fan.... Check out some handcrafted guitars: http://home.mindspring.com/~grus/guitars.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 He's one of those pickers that you can immediately know exactly who it is playing when you hear him. Also notice how his singing voice and his guitar voice are very similar. Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Joe is one of my favorite guitar players. He's one of the few guys who can write a funny song and not sound corny or cheezy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Geezer Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Joe has ALWAYS been in my top 5 favorites - since WAAAAY Back..... And have you noticed - over the years - what ever guitar, amp or whatever je's endorsing - he always sounds like Joe Walsh http://www.teamtatham.com/lynntest/walsh.gif Lynn G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 One thing I've noticed Joe doing a lot is a little signature slide thing... he slides up to a note, holds JUST flat of the target note and then at the last instant he "snaps" it to DEAD ON ACCURATE pitch. Gotta love that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 I've loved Joe Walsh's playing since I was a kid, in the mid-1970's. (Yikes! ) I don't think he gets near enough credit for his songwriting. The entire Confessor album is filled with songs nobody but die-hard JW fans know, but each one is incredible. The powerful music and poignant lyrics of The Confessor. (And lyrically, the same could be said of Problems.) The humor of [/i]Bubbles, Fifteen Years[/i], and I Broke My Leg. I can listen to Slow Dancing for hours. The music is positively hypnotic. Originally posted by Geenard: He's one of those pickers that you can immediately know exactly who it is playing when you hear him. Also notice how his singing voice and his guitar voice are very similar.In 1987 I heard a song on the radio and remarked, "I don't know who's singing this song, but the guitar player must've learned to play slide guitar from Joe Walsh!" The singer was Richard Marx and the song was Don't Mean Nothing, with Joe Walsh playing slide guitar. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Yeah man, Joe is the sheeeeeeit. I don't hear many distinct voices in guitar today, very few. They seem to be more worried about playing more notes than making the one note sound great. And if all else fails, MORE GAIN! Or more tricks, or whatever. Guys like Joe Walsh, Ry Cooder, Johnny Winter, Duane Allman, and others are what made me buy my first slide years ago. Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklava Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Joe is the man,but I liked James Gang w/Tommy Bolin.James Gang Bang great album! The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 I also really like his singing on "Pretty Maids All in a Row" as well as the song. aka riffing Double Post music: Strip Down http://rimspeed.com http://loadedtheband.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac_Jack Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Back around '70 or so, I saw Joe and the Gang in the movie Zachariah. Until then I thought that fingers weren't used for vibrato, that's what the bar was for...14 and naive, never saw a good live band. 30+ years later and still workin' on the perfect vibrato. Thanks, Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerJay Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Joe Walsh kicks ass. Reveals Pat Metheny to be the pretentious little twit that he is. Pat's a pussy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demarc Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Back around '70 or so, I saw Joe and the Gang in the movie ZachariahI remember a movie from the 70's... the soundtrack included "In The City"... I can't seem to place the name of the movie though... I remember the song, just about note for note, but am lost for a title of the movie... Check out some handcrafted guitars: http://home.mindspring.com/~grus/guitars.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 You don't need to sell ME, Flagship! Been a Walsh fan since the days the James Gang had five members! That was in '68-'69, before they cut an album. They used to be regulars at Detroit's old Grande Ballroom. Two of the guys died in a car crash during their commute from Cleveland in early '69. Walsh always seemed to do some amazing stuff, and also made it look soooo easy. Some of you Jeff Beck freaks may flame me, but The James Gang did a cover of "Jeff's Boogie", and Walsh kicked the SHIT out of Beck's version! Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 Originally posted by Hermey: Back around '70 or so, I saw Joe and the Gang in the movie ZachariahI remember a movie from the 70's... the soundtrack included "In The City"... I can't seem to place the name of the movie though... I remember the song, just about note for note, but am lost for a title of the movie...The movie was `The Warriors`. Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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