A Subjective Selection Of Great Music From The Seventies…
In the late Seventies Jackson Browne wrote a song about being a rock musician on tour called “The Load Out”, which morphed into “Stay”, and featured David Lindley on slide guitar/lap steel guitar (and a falsetto voice on the chorus). I don’t really remember “The Load Out” part too much, but “Stay” (Oh won’t you […]
I first heard “Ol’ 55” from the Eagles in 1975 (I only found out just now, 35 years later, that it was actually written by Tom Waits…)
It was on an early album before they really took off and became mainstream after Joe Walsh joined them.
Here’s a live version from 1974:
Tags: Already Gone, Desperado, Don Felder, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Music of the Seventies, Ol' 55, Seventies Rock Bands“Rocky Mountain Way” by Joe Walsh of The James Gang fame has always been one of my favourites from the Seventies.
Definitely a touch harder than the “America” tune we had yesterday….
If you’re into blues/slide guitar and all kinds of effects, then this piece from the album “The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get” is for you.
In fact I like it so much that I decided to do videos of more than one version today. 🙂
So first here he is after moving on from The James Gang, with his band Barnstorm, still looking quite young:
Tags: Barnstorm, Biplane, Blues Slide Guitar, Copyright, Eagles, Fame, Favourites, Giant, Guitar Riffs, Heinz Ketchup, Hotel California, James Gang, Joe Walsh, Music of the Seventies, Palmerston North New Zealand, Rocky Mountain Way, Seventies, Seventies Rock Bands, Smoker, The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get
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