Joe Walsh: Rocky Mountain Way

[ping-ping-clicka]

 

[getbent]

that episode became 'you can't argue with a sick mind'

 

[boris bubbanov]

Can't disagree with Joe, about Don Kirschner.

What a piece of work, that guy was.

 

[tah1962]

Joe is the man. “Hey, I’m freakin out”

 

[Bob Womack]

I'll quote my own website:

"Even the top guys have their days... and their days. In 1972, Joe Walsh sat down on a nail keg with his Les Paul and asked producer/engineer Bill Szymczyk for a run-through to warm up for his attempts at slide lead overdubs on "Rocky Mountain Way," which was to be his monumental 1973 "coming out" as a slide guitarist. To say he was stressed about getting the right results would be an understatement. Bill punched up playback and Joe did a rehearsal. At the end of the rehearsal, Joe pulled himself together and said, "Okay, let's record." Bill replied, "Nope, I think that last one was the take." Knowing Joe was facing a pretty steep mental challenge, Bill had recorded the rehearsal. Because Joe wasn't thinking about perfection, he was "as loose as a long-necked goose" and created that great, greasy slide part we've come to know... on his first take."

Bob

 

[bullfrogblues]

Is that Don Felder on second guitar? Love that video.

 

[Peegoo]

That tune is so good, Steve Miller copped the riff and feel four years later:

 

[getbent]

Is that Don Felder on second guitar? Love that video.

It is. He was already an Eagle at that point, but Joe needed the extra punch and they played so great together... Joe's band was nothing short of fantastic...