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I saw him a couple of times with the James Gang at the Long Beach Arena, and in 1973 with ROBIN TROWER and WISHBONE ASH at the Santa Monica Civic, man, those WERE great times to be a ROCK fan, it seemed like EVERY night we'd be at a killer show in L. A., so glad that I grew up there back in the 60's, 70's and 80's, when REAL ROCK music ruled the world!
There actually ARE good things about being 70 years old, and one is that we did live through a great time for music, and stuff was reasonably priced back then, I saw BLIND FAITH, DELANEY AND BONNIE and FREE at the L. A. Forum with money I scrounged from taking back Coke bottles to the market! I saw world class, life-threatening shows for less than it costs for a HAMBURGER now! You actually COULD go see a show, get gas, a pinch of weed, park your car there, and get at soda at the show for less than $15.00. It was nothing to see concerts almost every night, everybody would pitch in together, folks can make fun of the spirit of the '60's and '70's, but I wouldn't trade those times for even another 30 years or so of living now!@@vanzandt8809
Very underrated! Definitely one of the best slide guitarists ever! I play guitar and try a little slide. He makes it look and sound effortless. I make it sound like crap!
This is an amazing trip down memory lane. I love Joe Walsh. I remember that I couldn't wait that night, cause I knew who was going to be on the show. This really made my teenage years filled with amazing music 🎶 🎵 and good times and memories.
Have never viewed this sweet high quality vintage footage of Joe Walsh, playing Rocky Mountain Way. Love this era. Solid band. Thank you, Midnight Special.
The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get is a fantastic album, Rocky Mountain Way song is why I bought the album when it came out. I love Joe Walsh, he’s a fantastic musician and slideee/talk box player. He’s so handsome here in his black-sparkly outfit too, whew, what’s not to like?!💫♥️💫
Got to hear this one live about ten days ago. It was one of the encores at The Eagles concert at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Joe still has it. Thanks for posting.
I grew up in the '70's. I graduated n 1975. We all knew the music we had was good, but I'm not sure we knew just how incredibly good it really was at the time. To us it was just normal to have the music we had. It's only in our old age looking back do we really appreciate what we had; the best era in music in American history. Just phenomenal stuff. We were very fortunate.
Man , have you seen the size of Joe Walsh ' s hands ? They are like shovels ! No wonder he can play the geetar like a demon ? Chords will be doddle to him with those paws? Love it .....he also has the quite brilliant Joe Vitale on drums ....how could you possibly fail ?
My grandpa used to exchange Morse code messages from a farm in Northern Alberta with Joe in LA in the 1970s. Grandpa was a pioneer at Morse code and Hamm radio. One day he mentioned he had a chat with a musician in LA named Joe. I realized who it was and said "Grandpa, That's Joe Walsh of The Eagles! They're the biggest band on earth now!" Grandpa replied "Nice guy and he's pretty good at Morse code too." I finally got to see Joe play live with The Eagles many years later in Tokyo in 2012 and he was on his A game. #LEGEND
As a huge fan I think Joe's personality sometimes overshadowed his talents. Admittedly not the greatest guitarist ever but you could at least bring him into the conversation
He's one one guy often overlooked for his considerable guitar prowess, probably because his famously impish sense of humor tends to take the limelight from his outstanding skill on not just guitar, but as a multi-instrumentalist.
@@eric_in_florida He plays keyboards and synths. That's him doing the distinctive keys for "New Kid in Town," as but one example. He also plays the synths and piano on "Pretty Maids All in a Row," although there are other songs on which he plays synth.
Been listening to his music and other greats from the best generation of music for 60 something years. We grew up with the best and this is one of them!❤
Love this footage, so many fun things to take in, back in the days when rock stars dressed like rock stars or maybe like a country star in Joe's case, lol, interesting band with the two keyboardists one on grand piano, always loved his slide playing, too bad this didn't include the squawk box like Frampton's but still a great, truly live performance of an iconic song!
@@debbiekelley7899 Who cares about that? Well, the people who select which artists go into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame care about that and they don't care who you would rather listen to.
I agree. My honest theory is his personality always walked into the room before his guitar did and therefore overlooked AS a guitar player. Same I believe with Stephen Stills. Both very talented guitar players that never quite got the credit they deserved
Go on any music video on the internet and somebody is crying about somebody being underrated. Here we sit 50 years later watching him.. isn’t he now lead guitarist of the most successful band in American history ( Eagles). What exacting is underrated?
@fa17hpatriqt2.0 as one of my favorites Walsh doesn't quite get the recognition as a guitar player I believe because his personality sometimes overshadowed it. I would have to add Stills to this list as he doesn't quite get the credit either.
I saw the Eagles at the Gorge at George one summer maybe 15 years ago or so. Terrific show. I don’t go to concerts anymore because I just can’t stand the crowds. But if you’re going to see a band that’s a great place to go because of the scenery.
@rmz5667 Did you ever see The Tribute to The Beatles that Joe Walsh, Dhani Harrison, and Jeff Lynne did together? It's perfection... I love it almost, if not better than the original Joe Walsh, Jeff Lynne, & Dhanni Harrison (Tribute to the Beatles, 2014) Posted by: Edu Seijus. Thank you, I will! 🦃
I might’ve only been 4 years old back in 1973 when this happened but take me back there right now! Rock-and-roll will never die! Still sounds Amazing on 11-29-2023🤘🤘
Agreed. All great musicians! Walsh, Joe Vitale and Kenny Passerelli where the American Cream. It's sad that no matter how they tried, the label or management would always go back to Joe Walsh for name recognition I guess.
I've always appreciated Joe Vitale's tastey drumming , like on the studio version during the talk-box part when he hits that off-kilter beat . Kind of throws you , but brings you right back .
Joe vitale!! Roller Coaster Weekend!!! Lives just miles from my home.. and I live a mile from where Joe once taught guitar… that’s as close as it gets.. that’s good nuff fer me
Joe Walsh is the quintessential musician and is still growing strong. My band covered this back in 75-76. One of Joe's best. Of course our band never made it sound that great 😜😆
My dad's work buddies had a jam band they would get together on the weekends with the families and just make a party all weekend of it. Dad was a drummer by hobby mechanic by trade. This was one of the songs they would do. I remember as a kid setting on the couch by the band area just listening while everyone of the other kids were outside playing and the wives making dinner or other stuff. Classic 70s rock and country rock is what they played the most.
What makes a great Rock and roll star is not how great he plays the guitar or how great he sings it is about relatibility. Joe Walsh wrote great music that everyone could relate to and aspiring musicians could play, Perhaps not as good but play none the less. Joe was a great American musician that should be respected and adored by all music lovers
LMFAO!!! They were never, EVER considered POP music. Pop stands for the noise that bubblegum makes when you explode a bubble, hence the term "bubblegum pop music" (The Osmonds, Jackson 5, NSYNC, etc.) It wasn't a derivative of POPULAR. TOP 40 radio was a different animal from pre-teen focused pop radio stations. There were many hard rock songs on Top 40 radio throughout the years, and they would kick your ass if you ever called them POP to their face, lol.
I’m chocked. I’ve records with this band but havent listened to them for many years. Now I’ll look them up and play them. Great band. Marriot is outstanding.
Joe is so badass! Double pianos, and check out those bass players shoes!! I want them. Looks like they all shopped at Granny Takes a Trip. ❤ He's such a doll, too. I love his solo & James Gang work, prefer Eagles pre-Joe, but he rocked it with them, too! ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks Joe for this song. But the version I first heard was Triumph’s, off the Album “ Rock & Roll Machine “. I thought it was their song. It was much heavier without the country twang etc. At the time I thought it was the be all and end all of heavy rock riffs ever. Interesting story, a group of guys close to my neighbourhood, set up a stage in their backyard. They had full Martial Stacks, and just went to town one evening, cranking everything to max. They played Triumphs version of this song., it could be heard a mile away. Really cool memory, cops broke it up after that song.
My favorite years of the EAGLES were the Joe Walsh years starting out with "Life in the Fast Lane". Joe Walsh was to the EAGLES as Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham were to FLEETWOOD MAC when they joined in 1974 changing their previous musical direction into something much better!
Drummers did that back in the day (and some still do) to deaden the sound. Otherwise you get a clanging type tone, similar to a marching band bass drum. These days they make different devices to deaden the sound without having to use pillows.
@@chrisreick4325 The gigs I've played in recent years and when needed, I've see where the sound engineer will put a noise gate on the kick to tame that boominess. Man, how times have changed.
