The lyrics are very interesting in this song, even if you don't understand what they're about. It really shows how great of a vocalist Joe Walsh is. The opening for it has some great acoustic guitar playing. Garden Gate: This song starts before "Tend my Garden" even ends. This song does have some good piano playing, which adds to the song a lot. I really like the vocals and the lyrics in this song. Tend my Garden: This song opens with some odd effects and a ringing sound. I find the lyrics to be okay, but not their best. The bass and drums are perfect throughout the song. The Bomber, Closet Queen, Bolero, Cast your Fate to the Wind: This song opens with a great opening guitar riff. Apparentley, they have got someone to play rythm guitar in this song. It is also very catchy, and it gets stuck in my head often. This song is a bit heavy compared to most James Gang songs. I think that the vocals in this song really show talent in this band. It starts with some great bass playing, and some great dumming to match it. This song partly shows how Joe Walsh is a very under-rated guitar player. The guitar playing is very appealing, especially the effects used. I love how all the instruments in this song match and flow with each other. Asshton Park: This is a very short, yet great instrumental. It is very interesting how the bass playing flows with the drumming and the vocals.
Jim Fox's playing is definatley under-rated, which you can see in this song. The backing vocals also fit in this song well. It has some extremely catchy opening guitar playing, and great vocals. Funk #49: This opening track is probably the most heard, and the greatest James Gang song. Then they went into the studio to make "Rides Again", and they came out successful.ġ. So they realesed their first album, entitled "The Yer album", but they didn't get that great of success from it. Well, Jim finally found Dale Peters, and asked him tp join, and Dale excepted. He also got a friend of his, who was already in a band to fill in untill he found a perminent bassist. He got fellow guitarist Joe Walsh, that would later gain great fame with The Eagles.
Jim wanted to start a band that was very similair to The Who, because he was very fond of them, and the playing of Keith Moon. James Gang was started in Clevland, Ohio during the late 60's by drummer Jim Fox. With the new lineup, James Gang released another LP New Bornin 19’s Jesse Come Home before finally calling it quits for good the following year.I am writing this review for the reason that most people either don't know who James Gang is, or they have heard about them, but they haven't heard them. They recruited Bubba Keith (vocals) and Richard Shack (guitars). He was only 25 years old.ĭespite the situation James Gang was going through, Fox and Peters tried one more time to resurrect the group. He pursued a solo career as well as played for Deep Purple before dying in 1976 of substance abuse. Following the album’s release however, Bolin quit. With Bolin, James Gang released two underrated LP’s Bang! (1973) and Miami (1974). His presence injected some fresh perspective into the band. Bolin was already a popular figure as a guitarist, and he proved to be an exceptional songwriter as well. Troiano left to join another group The Guess Who, and was replaced by Tommy Bolin, formerly of Zephyr. Despite their successive 1972 releases Straight Shooter and Passin’ Thru, the group had been obviously struggling since Walsh’s departure. They hired new members Roy Kenner (vocals) and Domenic Troiano (guitar), expanding James Gang into a quartet. Despite Walsh’s absence, Fox and Peters were still determined to keep the group going.
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