Pieman Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Two shows in Cleveland this week.. Thursday and Friday at The Beachland Ballroom. Joe Walsh, Jim Fox and Dale Peters. Will report back on Saurday.
teleman Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 I' d love to see those shows. Saw them way back in the day at Quinnipiac College in Hamden, CT. One of the loudest shows I can remember. I've always been a fan.
Scottcrud Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 I love Joe Walsh! I've seen him twice, and would love to see the original James Gang.
jisham Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Killer news! Man, I'd love to see Walsh in something different than the fucking Eagles.
Guest big steve Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 is walsh going to make this a steady thing,inbetween the next 10 eagles farewell tours?
BCR Greg Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 I think it will kick ass. He's got all the dough he needs, so he can lay back.An interesting character study on Joe....We were trying out Brian Moore guitars at a NAMM show a few years back, and Joe (who looked like your shop teacher that day in his dickies shirt and thick rim glasses!) was playing the riff to Funk #49, on various guitars while we compared the tones. Some nincompoop hairspray idiot picks up a guitar and proceeds to show Joe the "right" way to play the riff, louder and faster.Joe shrugs, says "Oh, and all these years I was playin' it wrong! Thanks." and shuffles off, flashing me a huge grin and tapping his watch.I turn to the guy and say "You just told JOE FUCKING WALSH that he plays his OWN SONG wrong."When I ran into Joe later that night, he just laughed about it. Cool guy.
marcnorth Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 James Gang was one of the first shows I ever went to.Saw them with Joe Walsh and saw them again later on with Tommy Bolin. Both killer shows.I wish they would come here, I would be there.
kizanski Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 I have a similar "Funk #49 Story."One year at a guitar show at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC, there's Joe nearby playing the Funk #49 riff on some Les Paul he was trying out. He places the guitar down after a short while and walks away.Some dope picks up that same guitar after Joe put it down and stars playing the Funk #49 riff on it.The complete lame-ness had several people telling him, "Dude. THE GUY was just playing that. What is the point of YOU playing it while he is still in earshot?"
frank_c Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 three shows now. they're playing the House Of Blues next week.
Pieman Posted June 23, 2005 Author Posted June 23, 2005 Here's my Joe Walsh story. Joe and friends were at the Rock Hall a few hours before he sang the national anthem before a World Series game in 1997. Maybe 1995. I heard somebody say: "Hey, life's been good, huh, Joe." as a group of people were standing in front of an Eagles exhibit. I slid beside him and started up a concversation Me: "Hey, Joe, looks like a replacement neck on that Les Paul (in the case)." He drawled: "Yeah, had to fix it. Fell out of a tree." Me: "Fell out of a tree? With the guitar?" not knowing if he meant the guitar or him or both. Joe: "Yeah, it was in Milwaukee. At one of those stadium shows." I didn't know what to say to that. So I asked for an autograph and walked away. My all-time favorite guitar player. He's why I bought my first electric in 1977 - a 14 pound Les Paul goldtop deluxe with a way too-fat neck. I was too dumb to know any better. Still have it. Rarely play it.
kenjones Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 I have a similar "Funk #49 Story."One year at a guitar show at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC, there's Joe nearby playing the Funk #49 riff on some Les Paul he was trying out. He places the guitar down after a short while and walks away.Some dope picks up that same guitar after Joe put it down and stars playing the Funk #49 riff on it.The complete lame-ness had several people telling him, "Dude. THE GUY was just playing that. What is the point of YOU playing it while he is still in earshot?"Similar story for me:I was at the Dallas Guitar Show a few years back. I was hanging out at the Robin Guitars booth which was right across the aisle from the Tacoma booth. Tacoma had hired Double Trouble (Tommy & Chris) to come and sit in their booth and sign autographs for 3-4 hours on Sunday. During the time DT was across the way, this twenty-something guy comes into the Robin booth and is checking out some of the guitars. He's playing various songs for several minutes and begins to play an SRV song. He finishes that one and begins another one. I lean over to the guy, motion to the Tacoma booth and say, "Hey, did you notice who that is over there?". The guy looks up, says "COOL!" and proceeds to sit there and play nothing but SRV songs for the next fifteen minutes.
BruceM Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 Joe Walsh was touring with the James Gang in the very early nineties. I caught the show here in Mpls at the now-defunct Mirage nightclub. Joe looked like he was one step from the grave, haggard, bleary-eyed, drugged out, etc... He nailed every song, however. I'd see him again under similar circumstances (if ticket prices aren't too high). I grew up on the James Gang, and prefer Joe's music from that era to any of his solo stuff, or the Eagles music.
sirDaniel Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 great news. great stories.In 1977, Milwaukee County Stadium. Early in the morning Nugent/CT/Heart/Journty concert. We we're rained on and dis-spirited waiting for the doors to open. Just when we figured it couldn't get any worse, the rain stopped, the sun came out and the opening rif to "Life's Been Good" earthquaked out of the stadium as the first soundcheck at about 300 dB. You could have probably heard it across the lake in Michigan. I never forgot it.Bruce, Joe came to Rochester for "medical" help during that period. I'm guessing it helped.
frank_c Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 i saw Joe at the Rock Hall too, but i think it was '99 or '00. didn't even realize it was him until he was past me and someone said "did you see who that was?"
blackfbiv Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 i saw Joe at the Rock Hall too, but i think it was '99 or '00. didn't even realize it was him until he was past me and someone said "did you see who that was?" Quick aside... passed this blond dude and two cute chickies on my way to a club in Toronto (RPM maybe?)My buddy says, "Hey did you see that was Jeff Healey?"I hadn't, so in honesty said so. I added, "I don't think he saw me either."I used to be a smart-alec.Better now... sortaSorry for the interruption.Dion
Buzzy Fretts Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 I saw the Eagles exactly once. Back in '75 (?). What made the show cool was that Joe Walsh was "gonna sit in on a few Eagles shows." He did and they rocked. They must have had fun, cause he played out the tour and never left. I'll see the James Gang if they pass thu. Great stuff.
Pieman Posted June 28, 2005 Author Posted June 28, 2005 Somebody sent me some photos (jpegs). I will post them if somebody can tell me the name of a site. Thanks.
MCChris Posted June 28, 2005 Posted June 28, 2005 Somebody sent me some photos (jpegs). I will post them if somebody can tell me the name of a site. Thanks. Try Photobucket.com or make a member page for yourself right here and upload them onto that.
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