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Another good James Gang song is "Walk Away." Then Joe Walsh joined the Eagles, then went solo again and had several more good songs.

Everything Joe Walsh touched turned to gold. I absolutely love this song.

James Gang is great, but Joe Walsh is also great on his own. Should try out "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh

James Gang was the first project to have Joe Walsh. James Gang released a few albums, Joe went solo for a few years, joined the Eagles for their last few albums in the 70's. When the Eagles took a 14 year break, Joe continued to record solo material. The Eagles reformed in the 90s and he's been a member since. When he's not playing with them or recording solo stuff, he has played with his brother-in-law Ringo Starr's All Starr Band from time to time.

Joe Walsh IS the band. Joe's legendary guitar magic can be seen and heard in James Gang, Barnstorm, then he joined Eagles, and has had a great solo career. Take a listen to him play Life's Been Good to Me. Won't regret it.

"Rocky Mountain Way" is another banger by The James Gang...

Take a look at Joe Walsh's dueling guitar set on Hotel California when he was with the Eagles. ICONIC.

Here we go … Joe Walsh. So many great tunes. Walk Away another good James Gang tune. Ohio based band.

Bam! It's been used in the commercial arena. It never got over played. 'Turned To Stone' is another gem of theirs.

You will love anything by Joe Walsh or a Joe Walsh band. He was in sooo many important rock bands: James Gang, Eagles, and lots of solo work. He's been on TV cameos, sat in on Steve Colbert's band for a week. He's a lot of fun!!

Joe Walsh was a wild man on stage. His guitar playing....one of the best, period. His fingers would fly....

There's an 8 track playing this in a station wagon back 1978 with dad at the wheel, wife doing crosswords, and kids in the backseat on a Sunday drive to the local Wendy's for dinner and then drive in movie.

Dude! Someone either showed u much respect with a tip or u dug down deep in the comments, but this is a super insider high talent band! Joe Walsh is a LEGEND!

This song puts me in the backseat of my parents '72 Monte Carlo as soon as it starts.

Joe Walsh is bad-ass. Major part of my playlist.

'The Bomber' shows the range of the band to its best, and really shoes Joe's playing well.

Yep, this is Joe Walsh. He had a great solo career and joined the Eagles for a while, also doing solo stuff at that time. Highly regarded by the music industry and certified lunatic. Toured with and opened for The Who on their "Tommy" tour in '69. He said the scariest thing that ever happened was Keith Moon (Who drummer) said they were friends and they decided to stay up 'til the end of the tour, figured out together how to modify hotel rooms with a chainsaw. Later Joe sobered up and said "I only got drunk once. For thirty years!" Play anything from his "So What" album (solo) 1974. "Welcome to the Club" is a good start. Great reactions, thank you.

Check out Rocky Mountain Way by Joe Walsh, recorded after his time with James gang, it was often used in those days to audition high end audio for good reason! BTW i saw James Gang live back then they were good live too.

The first side of James Gang Rides Again was played continuiously at 2 week long house party (hosts parents were vacationing in Florida) I attended as an 18-year old the summer of 1971. A wild time, that would make an awesome movie Over the years hearing it again brings back the memories of that party.

1971 This was in HEAVY rotation at all our parties. To my Homies RIP ❤

"Life's Been Good" is a great parady peice about life in a rock band by Mr Walsh and the gang.

Don't forget the iconic "Rocky Mountain Way" that is played at Colorado Rockies games.

This was drummer Jim "James" Fox's band! The James Gang! He was an incredible drummer!

Joe Walsh is amazing... but Jim Fox on drums and Dale Peters on bass and backing vocals are epic.

If you've ever reacted to "Hotel California ", the live version, but the Eagles, Joe Walsh is the guy in the bandana playing the quitar solo at the end. And if you haven't reacted to it, you need to.

Joe is a godfather of rock n' roll, and sometimes a court jester. "Life's Been Good" is kind of his anthem, but also check out "In the City," "Turn to Stone," and "Pretty Maids All In A Row." I have much respect for the man.

One of the best pure jam R&R songs ever.

Joe Walsh is one of the Very Best Slide Guitar Players out there! Saw him perform "The Bomber" in concert in 1971 Amazing!

The overall BEST James Gang song is The Bomber……. If you never listen to another James Gang song you must listen to The Bomber.😊👍🎸😎🎶

Walk Away is a fav of mine. Thx ✌🏻 oh yea. 'Life's Been Good to me So Far' is also sweet.

James Gang actually got back together to play the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert. Even though the crowd was into it, I don't think they recognized how great of a moment it was.

That’s Joe Walsh in his younger days. He’s been very prolific and and successful both as a solo artist and as a member of The Eagles. Walk Away, Turn To Stone, In The City and Rocky Mountain Way are some of his greatest hits. Probably his greatest work is the dual solo with Don Felder on Hotel California. That has been humorously referred to as a bad Yelp review with a 3 minute guitar solo 😂

He had a recurring role on the Drew Carey Show and played this song

Saw James Gang live at Fillmore East, Jan. 1970. If I remember correctly they opened for Santana. Not sure if you heard "Sultans of Swing" Dire Straights Alchemy Live album,

Joe Walsh has many hits. The Confessor is one I have not heard in a while. ☮️❤️

Another good reaction 👍 blast from the past

I love starting my morning with Funk #49 and a cup of coffee!, ☮️❤️

This has been one of my favorite songs for as long as i can remember

Joe went to Kent State. Thats the bands start. He is practically a Clevelander as much as he has played there.

This song came out in 1971. In 1984 the movie footloose ripped off this sound. When Joe Walsh was asked about it, he said oh well mozart never got royalties. Joe could afford to be generous. He made more money from his James Gang days, solo career, and career with the Eagles than he could spend on drinking and drugs. Joe said it was a miracle he survived and has been sober for a long time. Kenny Loggins, who wrote the song for Footloose claims he did not rip Joe off. I beg to differ. He is lucky Joe did not go after him as you can clearly hear the similarity. The James Gang was another power trio like Cream and Grand Funk Railroad.

can't go wrong with Joe Walsh!

I've loved this song for about 50 years! LOL

Joe walsh "Rocky Mountain way" " lifes been good " great songs

Love this Funky song!!!! Great song

One of the most powerful bands playing a most powerful song! Love Joe Walsh!

This was one of the first songs I learned on the guitar

My jam, back in the day. Also, if you saw the live of Hotel California, he was one of the two musicians in the guitar play-off at the end. (The guy in the bandanna having too much fun!) He also was front man for Country Joe and the Fish.

This is was our classic repeat mainstay of White FUNK for us back upon it's release when I was 15. In fact the entire album was a huge Hit with us.

Joe Walsh is great. The James Gang, solo work, Then being a main part of The Eagles

Agreed! Walk away is a must hear!!

Barnstorm is so worth it, Joe Walsh continually giving us great tunes! also “Ya Dig” is a superb listen❤️

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love Joe Walsh. Joe is by far, stand alone, the single coolest rock n roll guitar player that ever lived. He is the epitome of a cool dude.

Adam Jones from Tool called up Joe Walsh to get advice on how to best use the talk box effect in the song Jambi. Kind of an unusual bit of music trivia.

The Smoker You Drink the Player You Get was My Favorite. Stoned as Hell on Acid the First day it came Out , WOW !

this is joe walsh's early band before he joined the eagles, they do have a lot of good tracks

Joe Walsh had some great solo songs - check out "In The City" from the movie The Warriors and also look for The Confessor - awesome song that deserves so much more love.

The other James Gang hit was Walk Away. Joe Walsh went on to a pretty great solo career and then to The Eagles. One of the GOATs. He is married to Ringo Starr's wife's sister., btw. And he's a recovering alcoholic. Props to him.

One of my all-time favorite bass lines!

These are there best songs according to my ears: ""Ashes, the Rain, and I", "Tend My Garden", "Walk Away", "The Bomber", and this one. "Funk 48" is pretty good too. In the '70s, there were midnight movies, with odd films for stoners to enjoy. The James Gang was in one of them, along with Don Johnson, Elvin Jones (Coltrane's drummer), and John Rubenstein. Zachariah: An Electric Western. Here's a clip, as I go and dig on your review. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rq5hiNie2M-qhXk.html

Joe walsh is now with The Eagles. He recoded the follow up to this song, Funk 50, on his Analog Man solo album .

GREAT song suggestion! Stevie Nicks said that Joe Walsh (singing) was the love of her life, but they may have ended up dead if they had stayed together.

Joe does a new version of the song called Funk 50 on his Analog Man CD, which was produced by Jeff Lynne the head man for Electric Light Orchestra. Jeff was the lead guitarist, bass, keyboard player for the later years of his band. I don't know if he plays on Joe's Funk 50.

Joe Walsh's album the Confessor is just track for track Bitchen' ! The Confessor song , dear John , floating on a bubble . Love it ! Nevermind his insane guitar skills ! Those are a given gift ! Enjoy the giving !

Joe Walsh jumped up on the cafeteria table in the JAILHOUSE ROCK scene in the Blues Brothers.

This song was from 1970. The band reunited & added 3 backup singers & an extra percussionist in 2006, and played this same song live on Howard Stern's show. 36 years later and still sounds amazing. It deserves a review on its own: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d8ipfsudmbSad2g.html

Walk Away is a great James Gang tune. Also check out the band's singer and guitarist Joe Walsh in his solo career with the iconic song Rocky Mountain Way.

Best bass and drums in classic rock.

Great Band 🔥🔥🔥🔥

You're remembering an old 90s Mountain Dew commercial.

I always heard this song on the Radeo but never knew it was called Funk#49.

Check out “Stop” by The James Gang. It’ll blow your mind.

Just listen to the BASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whoop Whoop!! Let's go!

It's probably unknown to some or forgotten that they have a "Funk 48" tune as well that's another banger ..

You might recognize the newer band Joe joined after the James Gang ceased performing as a group…a little band that had some personnel changes about the same time, late 73’ into early-mid 74’, Joe joined forces with a reasonably young band, and they became a reasonably young band that owned every venue the played…nothing but greatness ensued. Of course the band, “The Eagles” were solidified when Joe joined them. Nearly thirty years and many gold records later, Joe, having won at the sobriety championships is still rocking the musical world like only he can! Great job staying sober Joe, you are an inspiration!

This album had a note on it reading, "Made loud to be played loud". You betcha!! 🙂

Joe Walsh wasn't with the James Gang in the late 70s or 80s, but he made some great songs with the Eagles ( Hotel California) and solo ( The Confessor). Try either song.

I've always had a soft spot for 3 piece bands (Rush, The Police, early ZZ Top, ELP, Cream...) and the James gang is no exception.

The Janes Gang were a 3 piece band too!

Another of the etched in stone brilliant songs from the day…I love Joe Walsh As a man, a musician…Joe is a rock god!

I've always loved that big fat bass line.

A few months ago you said you enjoyed the story telling side of country music. I would like to introduce you to a legendary Texas troubadour named Robert Earl Kean Jr. "The Road Goes On Forever" is one of his greats and you will love it.

Joe Walsh, guitar and vocals has had a long career--as many say below. Also listen to his solo work--start with "Rocky Mountain Way".

This song has been in a number of films and TV shows, so you probably did catch it before.

The riff is so good Kenny Loggins ripped it off in Footloose. Maybe that's why it seemed familiar. Love Joe Walsh!

Love love love Joe Walsh! My very first concert was him, a band called Ace, and the band Yes. What a crazy experience for a 16 yr old. Gotta love 70s music!

Yeah it's funny I could see the look on your face at the beginning was "I don't know about this one" but then they hooked you in. God bless you and yours.

I see that smile cracking

Some kid told me that this song ripped-off "Footloose". I told him this song came out in 1969, and Footloose came out in 1984. I then asked him : " who ripped-off who?"

SO GOOD❤️

If you wanna see a great performance of this song by the guy who wrote it check out the version by Joe Walsh on Live From Daryl's House.

Seems like nobody has mentioned this yet, but the reason that one bit sounds familiar is that it was basically ripped off by Kenny Loggins - 'Footloose' (from the movie of the same name).

The very definition of a power trio. Next up "The Bomber" by the James Gang.

Also, The Confessor! Way cool 😮

Percussion at 2:40 is fire. Batucada vibe.

Today, (6/18/23) is the 50th anniversary of the release of Joe Walsh's second solo LP, "The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get", that included the top40 hit "Rocky Mountain Way". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Way_(song) 😃

Great album, thought you enjoy that we loved it during our poker games.

Tremendous track.

React to Joe Walsh Life's Been Good you probably are hearing the familiarity Joe Walsh's guitar and voice from the Eagles Hotel California

The James Gang started in Cleveland, Ohio. A bunch of Kent State students