James Gang/Joe Walsh

James Gang was an American rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1966. The band went through a variety of line-up changes until they recorded their first album as a power trio consisting of Joe Walsh (guitars, lead vocals), Tom Kriss (bass), and Jim Fox (drums). Dale Peters replaced Kriss on bass for the band’s second and third albums. Two of the band’s songs, “Funk #49” and “Walk Away”, continue to be popular on classic rock and AOR stations. In late 1971, Walsh left to pursue a solo career and would later join the Eagles. The band carried on with a number of other guitarists and lead singers to replace Walsh, but failed to produce a hit song over the course of six more studio albums, and broke up in 1977. Several incarnations have reformed for reunions since then., including September 3, 2022, when the power trio returned for a performance at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert held in Wembley Stadium.

Drummer Jim Fox first played with the Cleveland-area band the Outsiders but left them in 1965 to attend college. After they had a national hit the following year with “Time Won’t Let Me” (no.5 on the Billboard Hot 100), Fox returned temporarily to play with them after their drummer was drafted. After leaving them again to return to school, Fox, heavily influenced by the sound of British Invasion bands such as the Beatles, the Who and the Yardbirds, began to think about forming his own band and teamed up with schoolmate Ronnie Silverman (guitar), bassist Tom Kriss and keyboardist Phil Giallombardo in 1966.
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Woman

Your’e Gonna Need Me

Midnight man

Ashes The Rain And I

The Bomber

Funk #49

Walk Away

Stop

Live My Life Again

Lost Woman ( Live )

Bluebird

Tend My Garden

Pick Up The Pizzas

Praylude-Red Skies

There I Go Again

Do It (The Way You Do It)

My door is open

Must Be Love

Rocky Mountain Way

Life’s Been Good

Live in Cleveland 1976 (Complete Bootleg)

Yer Album 1969 Full Album

Rides Again 1970 Full Album

Third̰s̰ 1971 Full Album

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