Joe Walsh / Eagles Live (Rocky Mountain Way) Kel's First Reaction 

As Glenn Frey said "Joe is an interesting bunch of guys". Joe definately underrated guitar player. He's a master.

As an old musician myself I really appreciate that she sees and appreciates the musical talent and passion of these old dog rocker musicians. This was real talent

Joe Walsh so underrated, so friggin' good!!!

Joe Walsh is one of America’s most under rated guitarists. He is an unappreciated treasure. The Smoker You Drink,The Player You Get is my favorite Joe Walsh album. Brings back lots of great memories.

I would put Joe Walsh 🎸up there with the great ones like Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray, Eric Clapton, Tony Iommi, and David Gilmore ♥️! Been a fan of his since the James Gang in '67!🤣🔥🎸

Hi again. I saw The Eagles live at Vivent Arena, Salt Lake City, in May 2022, they played this and Joe Walsh is just as wicked on the guitar at 70 something as he was at 30. It was the concert of a lifetime.

My wife and I saw the Eagles at Madison Square Garden last year. Joe did this song as well as a few others during the concert and he was absolutely terrific! In fact even though the entire concert was awesome, I think Joe stole the show! He is a treasure and I am so happy that he’s straightened out his life and is still with us!

I saw them around 10 years ago and they still sounded this good live. Hearing the eagles live is a totally different experience! One of the best concerts I’ve been to!

The live version is FABULOUS!!!!!🖤

Love this as much now as I did in 1973. What a composer, musician, vocalist and arranger and such a tight band. Superbly produced! Joe’s the man!

The Eagles are all smiles during this song.

She is hearing "Heartache Tonight" which was co wrote by Bob Seger and Glenn Fry....and Glenn Fry is an original Eagles member......good call Kel

I saw Eagles with Joe Walsh in concert in late 1979. My husband surprised me with the tickets.

Check out Joe Walsh’s ‘Life’s Been Good’ from the ‘But Seriously, Folks...’ album. 👍😁👍

I could not get enough of this song when I bought the album in 1973. My Dad would not allow this music at home but when I went into the Air Force I bought up everything. Joe is still doing it!

Joe Walsh the legend!

Step back a little further and listen to Joe with the James Gang and “Funk #49”.

One of my ALL TIME favorites 🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼🤠🤘🏼

You two are so much better than you think you are! Thank you, for you.

Joe Walsh is a truly underappreciated musician. He has such a diverse range of music: hard-rockin' blues (Rocky Mountain Way; Funk 49) - beautiful sweet ballads (Rockets; Tend My Garden) - as well as introspective tunes (The Confessor; In The City) - and Joe also got to show off his dry sense of humor (Life's Been Good; Ordinary Average Guy). I remember listening to KY102 FM (a rock station that used to be in Kansas City, Missouri), back in the late '80s, and Joe was in town for a concert promoting the The Confessor album, and the station had him in, as a guest. They also let him guest dj. He was hilarious. He kept playing with the vocal effects (slowing down his voice and such). I loved it.

"Life's Been Good" another great Joe Walsh classic.

They did a brilliant version of this on "Live At Daryl's House" with Daryl Hall

Kel gets this all so many years later. Standing strong so many years after. Joe Walsh covers decades.

The best collection of talent ever...the potential was unlimited had they been able to get along

Joe Walsh is the Master of the Talk Box! Nobody even comes close to him and never will. I remember hearing the other Eagles saying the more stoned he got... the better he played... and I believe that is true!

DON'T FORGET THE MOVIE "THE WARRIORS" - THE SONG AT THE END IS GREAT !!!! IN THE CITY

I am 70 years old and grew up with ALL this music like many others who comment here. Listening to these great old bands and singers in the days before things like "Autotune" , confirms the talent that was at the top of the food chain back then. Love Joe Walsh!!

Can not believe how long it has been since I heard this. I was lucky enough to see them live twice, and I do remember them doing this song, it was so totally amazing to see & hear.

The Humble High School Senior Prom around 1990. Our band kicked in with this tune, sort of live version style....funny, students stood around rather perplexed....all and I mean all of the faculty danced their butts off! After that I guess you could say it was the real Senior Prom!

...and always remember "The Smoker you Drink the Player you Get!"

There is nothing simpler to play than nearly ALL of Walsh's songs...THEN try to play it like HIM!

In 1973, I had an old cassette tape player and late at night I'd listen to a radio station out of New York on my parents old radio gramophone they kept in my bedroom [quiet, so I wouldn't wake the my brothers in the same room]. I'd place the cassette player up to the one big mono speaker on the gramophone and wait till a song I liked came on. One night Rocky mountain way came on and I hit the play/record buttons just in time to record it but I missed the first 20 seconds...I was 15 and I'd never heard this song before...I treasured that song and always kept that cassette tape. In 1974 I bought the ''the Smoker you drink the player you get'' on vinyl. A year later, my little brother accidentally melted my record on a heater...fortunately it only managed to warp the intro guitar lines of Rocky mountain way and Meadows intro on side 2, so the needle jumped at the end of every phrase into the middle of the next phrase for about 30 seconds........most annoying but he was young and didn't know. I have a complete version of the album on CD now but somehow my kooky memory enjoys the damaged missing riff version even today. I still have that original pressing with it's distinctive 'buckle' and I'm always playing it...fantastic album, great musician, timeless songs, despite my brothers mindless actions...he has no memory of it. I already knew Joe Walsh from the James gang and the song Funk 49 At live concerts where my favourite rock bands were playing in the late '70's and through the '80's it was obligatory to shout out an encore of Rocky mountain way and get the band [whoever it was] to play it...they always obliged. That stamps this song as a classic...up there with Running Bear...which also demanded an encore ritually at the end of any bands live show. ps: Kel...you may be thinking of ''Heartache tonight'' by the Eagles..also starring Joe Walsh...no mistake.

Hi kel & rich. Thank u so much. I was brought up in the 70s. We had somusic, it was unreal. Every week, it was buying a new album, from simon &Garfunkel to pink floyd best times

When Joe Walsh joined the Eagles, that was so incredible!! To go see the Eagles, you were watching three great solo artist play all there great songs. Don Henley, Glen Frey and Joe Walsh! Great review Kel n Rich!!

you make my week, thank you guys!

Joe Walsh was/is a wonderful guitar player. I`m so pleased he sorted himself out.....he went a lot crazy with the drink & drugs, we almost lost him. Rocky mountain way, fine song.

The backdrop in the first video is the view of the back side of 14,255ft Longs Peak from Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I climbed the front side of it once but couldn't handle the sheer cliffs of the backside. I saw The Eagles last year. Joe Walsh can still rock this song.

In case Kel doesn't know- The guitar is shifted from the Amplifiers to a box that has a small speaker as its amplifier. The tube is connected to the speaker and put in the guitarist mouth. So, now the guitarist's mouth is a part of the speaker/ tube amplifier. The microphone picks up the sounds coming from the guitarists mouth. I may have confused myself in this explanation, I need some aspirin!

Kel has the Eagles "Heartache Tonight" stuck in her head.

Ahhh, there it is! I've been waiting for this one. Great song, great artist, and great reaction!

Kel you are so lucky. You are experiencing fantastic music that was. The 60's was a musical movement of a generation in awaken state of consciousness. I lived the 60's the 70's the 80's and so on. Kel as you know true music is fluid like a river or an ocean - ever changing. You can't catch every wave that comes your way. But you get to a point in time when you can pick and choose what interest you; effects your soul, your spirit. Music is both mechanical and precise; and yet fluid and unpredictable. It amplifies the human condition of untapped potential, inspiration and imagination. 88 keys on a piano, 4, 6, 12 stings on a guitar, variations are endless just as we are. That is music. You stand where you have the ability to look back and see how you got where you are today. As for myself, I traveled the road that got us here. You will one day pick up where I and others left off. One day you too, will have others pick up where you had left off. If you don't believe me then look at your channel. People are already picking up what you and Rich are laying down - picking up where you had left off. That my dear friend is the nature of music. :-)

You two are fantastic. Its one thing to hear a song or band for the first time and really enjoy it. Then there is Getting to hear an entirely new genre that just lights up and opens a whole new world to your life. Watching Kel helps me to appreciate the music I have been hearing for years on years. I have tons of respect for you Rich taking care of the love of your life and filling her days with this kind of Joy. Thank you both for the open, honest and vulnerability. Blessings

See, and I commented on Life's been good before watching this one so I didn't know Kel knew about Hotel California. This is a fantastic live version of the song! The moment he starts working the talk box, the look on Kel's face is awesome! Thank you both for the joy.

saw the eagles live in 77 Birmingham Al Hotel California tour.... Joe was killing it

Love Rich and Kel, Kel's reaction to the talk box just great!! Obviously her 1st introduction to this i thing was Peter Frampton's Do you feel like we do just great!

I so envy Kel getting to hear this music for the first time. I grew up in NY in the sixties and listened to pop and rock music constantly and then in 1973 moved to LA and lived there till 2000. At the time LA was the center of the music industry universe. This music was on everyone's car and home stereos from morning to night. It truly was like a sound track. Unfortunately radio is no longer free and therefore you either buy your music or don't listen at all. When radio was free what you listened to was randomly chosen. If you like to only listen to one kind of music or one artist you might think it would be weird to have someone else choose what you listened to. But what happened is you were forced to to listen to everything and so you discovered music you might not otherwise have listened to. People like me loved to listen to the radio because we loved the very fact that you never knew what you were going to hear next but you knew it would blow you away. From the time the Beatles and Stones hit the radio in '63 till everything faded in the late 80's it was one unbroken stream of creativity at least as far as music was concerned. It was a constant flow of new and wonderful music that was ever changing and evolving over a period of decades. I guess those of us who grew up in that time just assumed it would always be that way. I miss it so much. But it is great to see that even years later that music still has the power to bring a child like sense of joy and wonder. Kel's reactions are priceless and transport me back to a time when I first rocked out to this music. Kel would have fit into those times so well. I know she would have been the quintessential rocker girl! What do I recommend you react to next. EVERTHING!!!

Tremendously awesome. I concur! I hadn't seen this live version and it does not disappoint! Also.... tremendously awesome Mtv t-shirt. Those were the days...

I like it when y'all talk over the songs. I'm not here to just listen to the music. I'm here for the great insights you two have in the moment. Talk away! Love it!

This song underscores why The Eagles recruited Joe Walsh to join them. They were looking to do something a bit more in the rock genre especially with guitar. The rest as they say is history. I loved this song from the moment I heard it back in my college days in San Jose, California.

She’s got the most amazing reaction. Very genuine. You’re a lucky man Rich to get to share those moments with her.

Joe Walsh is a musical genius.

i think at times i've seen it all. thankyou knr

this is why you guys are the best reactors on youtube, to see kel laugh with such pure child llike glee when a bit of music hits her sweet spot.

Hi. Kel, love your MTV t-shirt. Martha Quinn was one of the very first vj's on MTV; she is now a dj on our local oldies radio station in Salt Lake City; she is so fun to listen to. Keep rockin you two. Love the reactions.

LOVE that shirt Kel! I had a professional massage once so I'm surprised Rich is even partly lucid. Kel, you recognize it because it's a basic blues progression. HUNDREDS of different songs have been written with this progression over the decades.

Favorite Joe Walsh song is walk away

I love Joe's wacky lyrics in his songs. "Ordinary Average Guy" is so awesome for its lyrical simplicity given the subject matter. :)

Bits of this song has been in tons of movies.

I LOVE YALLS SHOW OR REACTIONS

The band is Barnstorm. During this time Joe Walsh actually lived in the Rockies in Colorado waayyy out in the middle of nowhere!

Eagles tune! Heartache Tonight!

I saw Joe play back in the 80s. One of the most entertaining shows I have ever been to and I've seen a lot.

I'm from Massachusetts too so I love hearing people say "wicked"! Cheers!

Mr. Walsh, the Confessor.

I've just encountered magic. Cheers from Canada

Great reaction!!! And you do have a great playlist!!!

Happy Friday guys!! Now you guys got me thinking about other Joe Walsh song's 👍😎👍 Thx!! Godsmack rocks Kel!!🤘

Joe Walsh one word GENIUS. His slide playing is awesome and he is the master of the talking pipe which he uses to stunning affect on this song.

One of my favorite guitarists of all time. He was good with the Eagles, he was GREAT on his own. During this weird lock down time, am finally getting caught up on your videos. Thank you both, hope you are well. Would love to see your pup after a year, lol. Be well.

Best music ever bar none

Then there's the well, diggin' "The James Gang". Love Joe Walsh!

Great Southern Rock!!! One of the greatest band of US!!!!

Had to Subscribe because of the good taste of doing this song! So underrated, Joe was a brilliant Producer as well! Thank you for including the live version.

Rocky Mountain was done by Joe and his band Barnstorm (active from 1972-74) off the second album The Smoker you drink the Player you Get

Joe is one of the best, on his own, but when the Eagles asked him to join, they couldn't have made a better choice...for them and for Joe. It gave him a reason to get sober and even he has said that it saved his life. Thanks Joe, for all of your music. You are one class act.

Kel... you are on a most excellent adventure. I was very fortunate to have attended a concert (1976) with Joe Walsh, the Eagles, Jackson Browne, and Linda Ronstadt. Yes... there is so much music to enjoy; but we're all just musical miners diggin' for treasures ❤️

I am agreeing that the break the Eagles took (They never broke up) saved Joe's life as several members from the band got him on the rehab track and then back for Hell Freezes Over and BOOM they where back in top form..Ty for the reaction Keep Well Keep Safe

You know. I was driving home from work 2 days ago. This song came on the radio. My first thought was," I bet Kel would love this song. I wonder if Rich has thought of this one. Now today. I see this.. So Great you guys!!!!

What a guitarist Joe Walsh is. Thanks.

Classic song!

The best performance of Rocky Mountain Way is Houston TX 1977 but RU-vid doesn't have it look it up on internet it's the best!! you look it up if you react to it together it's what you are looking for.

He's 4 octave, beautiful

Tremendously awesome.....yes, ma'am 😎

grew up loving the Eagles in the late 80's as i discovered 70's music, only recently realized it was the Joe Walsh influence that caught my soul. This song basically became the album Hotel California in my humble opinion you can here it in every verse!

Have you heard "Turn to Stone" from Joe Walsh? Off the album"So What" or " Barnstorm"... Great tune🤘😎

Thought you guys were going to break into an Abbot & Costello style musical "Who's on First?" comedy routine there for a second! xD Joe Walsh is one of those guys that when he comes on the radio, you always have to turn it up!

Top of the Top. You are so right.

this song was cover like a thousand times, but this song will never die

Oh my god, this was the first time seeing Kel N’ Rich, I just subscribed, for some unknown reason I like these two hicks!

Washington DC Way, I was at that Eagles concert. I also went to see Joe Walsh in concert. Only him, not James Gang. Backup band we'd never heard of, nobody had heard of them/him. Charlie Daniel's Band. Yep, fan of them ever since.

That live performance was kickass!

Joe is totally kick arse amazing ! Thanks for sharing the song, and your thoughts. Lerv from down under \m/ \m/

Joe had a great (but small) role on the Drew Carey Show and he was hilarious. Look for the clip where Drew is auditioning people for his band!

I love this song because it makes no sense at all but it made perfect sense to us.

Oh please do some more Joe Walsh. Thank you. Saw The Eagles and Joe back in '77. Wish I could remember it.

Your getting ROCK brain 🧠 Kel. It happens to the best of us!✌️👈❗️

The Eagles Heart Ache Tonight is the song Kel is thinking of, “There’s gonna be a heart ache tonight, heart ache tonight I know” \m/ Stay Metal \m/

Ha ha “fish filter line” for the talk box. We had to make our own when I was in high school in the 70’s. Joe Walsh is awesome. I saw him play this with Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band. Not sure if you know, but, Joe is Ringo’s brother in law.

Her Zanax kicks in at 7:48 : ) Love it!!!!

The first version is from the album "The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get. Joe Vitale on drums and synthesizer.