The James Gang

The James Gang

De início, a biografia da banda, extraída do catálogo “Rock em CD - O guia definitivo”, ed. 92/93, publicado pela Editora Azul em novembro de 1992.
“Fundada em 67 por Jim Fox (bateria), Tom Kriss (baixo) e Glen Schwartz (guitarra), a James Gang só veio a ganhar notoriedade após a substituição de Schwartz pelo novato Joe Walsh. Essa formação registrou o álbum Yer Album, em que o material composto por Walsh alternava-se a covers dos Yardbirds (‘Lost Woman’) e Buffalo Springfield (‘Bluebird’).
“No período 60-71, o grupo consolidou-se como o autêntico power-trio que era, com Walsh sendo saudado como um dos melhores guitarristas da época – o próprio Pete Townshend chegou a declarar que jamais havia visto alguém tocar como ele. O pique da carreira do James Gang veio com Live At Carnegie Hall. Logo após sua conclusão, Jose Walsh decidiu sair e atuar como artista solo.
Os remanescentes do James Gang insistiram com novos guitarristas (Domenic Troiano e Tommy Bolin), mas jamais se aproximaram da energia dos primeiros tempos. Por seu turno, Walsh estabeleceu uma produção constante, mantendo-se na ativa até hoje.”
Maiores informações sobre a banda, especialmente sobre a sua história, podem ser obtidas, em português, aqui, aqui e aqui e, em inglês, aqui (site oficial da James Gang).

Discos por ordem do primeiro lançamento (quando houve mais de um):



(1969) Yer’ Album

Jim Fox: Organ, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Tom Kriss: Bass, Flute, Choir, Chorus, Vibraphone, Vibe Master
Joe Walsh: Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
Bill Szymczyk: Organ, Maracas, Tambourine, Choir, Chorus

1. Introduction (DeCoteaux, Fox, Szymczyk) 0:40
2. Take A Look Around (Strong, Walsh, Whitfield) 6:18
3. Funk #48 (Fox, Kriss, Walsh) 2:46
4. Bluebird (Stills) 6:02
5. Lost Woman (Dreja, Beck, McCarty, Relf, Samwell-Smith) 9:06
6. Stone Rap (Fox, Kriss, Szymczyk, Walsh) 1:00
7. Collage (Cullie, Walsh) 4:02
8. I Don’t Have The Time (Fox, Walsh) 2:49
9. Wrapcity In English [instrumental] (Walsh) 0:57
10. Fred (Paxton, Walsh) 4:09
11. Stop (Ragovoy, Schuman) 12:04

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(1970) Rides Again

Jim Fox: Organ, Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Dale Peters: Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
Joe Walsh: Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Rusty Young: Pedal Steel, Guitar (Steel)

1. Funk #49 (Fox, Peters, Walsh) 3:54
2. Asshtonpark (Fox, Peters, Walsh) 2:01
3. Woman (Fox, Peters, Walsh) 4:37
4. The Bomber: Closet Queen (Fox, Peters, Walsh) - Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Guaraldi, Werber) 5:40
5. Tend My Garden (Walsh) 5:45
6. Garden Gate (Walsh) 1:36
7. There I Go Again (Walsh) 2:51
8. Thanks (Johnston, Walsh) 2:21
9. Ashes, The Rain And I (Walsh, Peters) 5:00

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(1971) Thirds

Jim Fox: Organ, Drums, Keyboards, Vibraphone, Tack Piano, Vocals
Dale Peters Bass, Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Joe Walsh: Guitar, Piano, Pedal Steel, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Sound Effects, Vocals
Mary Sterpka: Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Soloist
The Sweet Inspirations: Vocals
Bob Webb: Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Tom Baker: Horn

1. Walk Away (Walsh) 3:32
2. Yadig? (Fox, Peters, Walsh) 2:32
3. Things I Could Be (Fox) 4:18
4. Dreamin’ In The Country (Peters) 2:59
5. It’s All The Same (Walsh) 4:12
6. Midnight Man (Walsh) 3:28
7. Again (Walsh) 4:03
8. White Man/Black Man (Peters) 5:38
9. Live My Life Again (Fox) 5:25

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(1971) Live In Concert

Jim Fox: Organ, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Dale Peters Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Joe Walsh: Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

1. Stop (Ragovoy, Schuman) 4:05
2. You’re Gonna Need Me (King) 7:32
3. Take A Look Around (Walsh) 3:36
4. Tend My Garden (Walsh) 3:47
5. Ashes, The Rain And I (Walsh, Peters) 2:45
6. Walk Away (Walsh) 3:36
7. Lost Woman (Dreja, Beck, Relf, McCarty, Samwell-Smith) 17:39

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(1972) Passin’ Thru

Jim Fox: Drums, Organ (“Had Enough”), Background Vocals (“Everybody Needs A Hero)
Dale Peters: Bass, Background Vocals
Domenic Troiano: Lead Guitar, Background Vocals
Roy Kenner: Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Percussion, Harmonica (“One Way Street”)
Charlie McCoy: Harmonica (“Run, Run, Run”)
Weldon Myric: Pedal Steel Guitar
Dave Briggs: Piano (“Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”, “Drifting Girl”)
William Smith: Organ, Clavinet, Piano (“Everybody Needs A Hero”), Harpsichord (“Things I Want To Say To You”)

1. Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (Kenner) 2:59
2. One Way Street (Troiano) 4:36
3. Had Enough (Kenner) 2:59
4. Up To Yourself (Troiano) 2:43
5. Everybody Needs A Hero (Kenner, Troiano) 6:06
6. Run, Run, Run (Kenner, Troiano) 3:44
7. Things I Want To Say To You (Troiano) 3:41
8. Out Of Control (Troiano) 3:39
9. Drifting Girl (Kenner, Troiano) 5:09

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(1972) Straight Shooter

Jim Fox: Organ, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Dale Peters: Bass, Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Domenic Troiano: Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Roy Kenner: Percussion, Vocals
Sheldon Kurland: Violin

1. Madness (Kenner, Troiano) 3:13
2. Kick Back Man (Kenner, Troiano) 4:51
3. Get Her Back Again (Troiano) 2:45
4. Looking For My Lady (Kenner, Troiano) 2:53
5. Getting Old (Troiano) 3:46
6. I’ll Tell You Why (Peters, Troiano) 3:53
7. Hairy Hypochondriac (Kenner, Peters, Troiano) 2:57
8. Let Me Come Home (Peters, Troiano) 4:59
9. My Door Is Open (Kenner, Troiano) 5:55

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(1973) Bang

Jim Fox: Organ, Percussion, Piano, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Dale Peters: Bass, Percussion, Guitar (Bass), Vocals (bckgr), Fuzz Bass
Tommy Bolin: Synthesizer, Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Moog Synthesizer
Roy Kenner: Percussion, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)

1. Standing In The Rain (Bolin) 5:07
2. The Devil Is Singing Our Song (Bolin, Tesar) 4:22
3. Must Be Love (Bolin, Cook) 3:53
4. Alexis (Bolin, Cook) 5:09
5. Ride The Wind (Bolin, Kenner) 3:46
6. Got No Time For Trouble (Bolin, Tesar) 3:47
7. Rather Be Alone With You [Aka Song for Dale] (Kenner) 2:05
8. From Another Time (Bolin, Tesar) 4:00
9. Mystery (Bolin, Saliers, Tesar) 6:07

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(1973) 15 Greatest Hits

Jim Fox: Organ, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Dale Peters Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Joe Walsh: Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

1. Walk Away (Walsh) 3:36
2. Funk #49 (Fox, Peters, Walsh) 3:54
3. Midnight Man (Walsh) 3:26
4. The Bomber: Closet Queen (Fox, Peters, Walsh) - Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Guaraldi, Werber) 5:38
5. Stop (Ragovoy, Schuman) 11:42
6. Thanks (Johnston, Walsh) 2:20
7. White Man/Black Man (Peters) 5:28
8. Woman (Fox, Peters, Walsh) 4:37
9. Again (Walsh) 4:03
10. Take A Look Around (Cliburn, Carter) 5:53
11. Funk #48 (Walsh, Fox, Kriss) 2:47
12. Tend My Garden (Walsh) 5:40
13. There I Go Again (Walsh) 2:50
14. Ashes, The Rain And I (Walsh, Peters) 4:54
15. Collage (Cullie, Walsh) 4:01

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(1974) Miami

Jimmy “Jim” Fox: Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Organ, Vocals
Dale Peters: Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Tommy Bolin: Guitars, Vocals
Roy Kenner: Vocals
Tom Dowd: Keyboards, Piano
Albhy Galuten: Keyboards, Piano, Synthethizer

1. Cruisin’ Down The Highway (Bolin, Peters) 3:16
2. Do It (The Way You Do It) (Bolin, Kenner) 3:38
3. Wildfire (Bolin, Tesar) 3:30
4. Sleepwalker (Bolin, Tesar) 4:01
5. Miami Two-Step (Bolin, Peters, Fox) 1:32
6. Praylude-Red Skies (Bolin) 6:00 (*)
7. Spanish Lover (Bolin, Cook) 3:43
8. Summer Breezes (Bolin) 2:40
9. Head Above The Water (Bolin, Peters) 4:18
(*) Na versão original do disco, as duas canções, “Praylude” e “Red Skies”, estavam separadas; na versão em CD, mais recente, encontram-se juntas.

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(1975) Newborn

Jim Fox: Drums, Organ, Piano
Dale Peters: Bass, Background Vocals, Cowbell, Tambourine
Bubba Keith: Lead Vocals, Guitars
Richard Shack: Guitars, Background Vocals
David Briggs: Organ (“Merry Go-Round”, “Gonna Get By”), Piano (“Gonna Get By”)
Tom Dowd: Cacaphony (“Earthshaker”), Piano (“Cold Wind”)
Ken Hamann: Synthi-A (“Earthshaker”)
George Ricci: Cello (“Come With Me”)
Donny Brooks: Harmonica (“Come With Me”)
Al Perkins: Steel Guitar (“Cold Wind”)

1. Merry-Go-Round (Shack, Keith) 3:05
2. Gonna Get By (Keith, Smith) 3:59
3. Earthshaker (Keith) 3:48
4. All I Have (Keit, Shack) 2:17
5. Watch It (Keith) 3:32
6. Driftin’ Dreamer (Shack, Keith) 3:31
7. Shoulda’ Seen Your Face (Shack, Keith) 3:46
8. Come With Me (Shack, Keith) 2:30
9. Heartbreak Hotel (Axton, Durden, Presley) 2:15
10. Red Satin Lover (Shack, Keith) 2:17
11. Cold Wind (Keith, Shack) 2:34

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(1976) Jesse Come Home

Jim Fox: Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals
Dale Peters: Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Phil Giallombardo: Keyboards, Piano, Vocals
Bob Webb: Guitars, Vocals
Nelson Flaco Pedron: Percussion

1. I Need Love (Giallombardo) 3:17
2. Another Year (Giallombardo, Webb) 3:59
3. Feelin’ Alright (Giallombardo, Fox, Peters, Webb) 3:26
4. Peasant Song (Giallombardo, Webb) 3:56
5. Hollywood Dream (Giallombardo, Webb) 3:12
6. Love Hurts (Giallombardo, Webb) 3:29
7. Pick Up The Pizzas (Webb) 2:30
8. Stealin’ The Show (Giallombardo, Webb) 3:58
9. When I Was A Sailor (Giallombardo, Webb) 6:46

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(2001) Reunion
(Live In The Allen Theatre, Cleveland, Feb 2001; Bootleg)
(O disco não tem capa; nunca foi comercializado; a imagem estampada aqui serve apenas para ilustrar a postagem).

Jim Fox: Organ, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Dale Peters Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Joe Walsh: Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Mark Avsec: Keyboards

1. Walk Away (Walsh) 4:26
2. Midnight Man (Walsh) 3:36
3. Take A Look Around (Cliburn, Carter) 6:05
4. Asshtonpark (Fox, Peters, Walsh) 2:40
5. The Bomber: Closet Queen (Fox, Peters, Walsh) - Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Guaraldi, Werber) 8:13
6. Garden Gate (Walsh) 3:21
7. Ashes, The Rain And I (Walsh, Peters) 4:21
8. Tend My Garden (Walsh) 6:11
9. Stop (Ragavoy, Schuman) 4:22
10. Personal Manager (?) 5:46
11. Lost Woman (Dreja, Beck, Relf, McCarty, Samwell-Smith) 9:37
12. Funk #49 (Walsh) 4:45
13. Rocky Mountain Way (?) 6:14

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(2006) Mountain Winery
(Saratoga, Califórnia, 8/9/2006; Bootleg)

Jim Fox: Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Guitars, Vocals
Dale Peters: Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Joe Walsh: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
Billy Appeberry: Keyboards, Synthesizers
Gia Ciambetti: Backing Vocals
Robbyn Kimrssé: Backing Vocals
Stacy Michelle: Backing Vocals

1. Walk Away & Band Intros (Walsh) 5:17
2. Take A Look Around (Strong, Walsh, Whitfield) 6:33
3. Midnight Man (Walsh) 4:27
4. Asshtonpark (Fox, Peters, Walsh) 2:47
5. The Bomber (Fox, Peters, Walsh, Guaraldi, Werber) 8:18
6. Garden Gate (Walsh) 3:19
7. Ashes, The Rain And I (Walsh, Peters) 3:20
8. Tend My Garden (Walsh) 7:43
9. Stop/You’re Gonna Need Me (Ragovoy, Schuman, King) 12:25
10. Lost Woman (Dreja, Beck, Relf, McCarty, Samwell-Smith) 10:13
11. Funk #49 (Fox, Peters, Walsh) 4:27
12. Woman (Fox, Peters, Walsh) 3:36
13. Rocky Mountain Way (?) 6:27

(A informação sobre a existência do bootleg, a indicação do link correspondente, o atestado de qualidade da gravação [sinônimo de garantia; sua nota para o bootleg é 7] pertencem ao colaborador vitalício do blog, Celso Loos, conforme se vê nos comentários da postagem [obrigado, Celso]; e o link, contendo inclusive a artwork do registro, foi extraído do incansável blog [já fechou e reabriu incontáveis vezes, por causa da malfadada DMCA] Chris Goes Rock)

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