FUNK #49/THE JAMES GANG

[d1sailer]

just good shix......shut up and enjoy

[fatbastedable]

good music & bike

[stonedandfree]

the bee's knees man

[JGUY1713]

I saw the James Gang do this......it was great. Walsh guitar virtuoso....period

[fleckenstein777]

Love the variety man, thanks! you da best!

[reefrunner9]

Makes for an interesting late, afternoon.....bad boy on the Compound., I am.

[gottaloveutoob]

i just got in and drunk as hell i was out all night and tomorrow ima sleep all day!

[Jackle61]

@gottaloveutoob You must be drunk,,, you've mistaken YT for twitter. ;-)

[wagz420]

@gottaloveutoob lOL who gives a fuck , do you buddy

[TheShinobi32]

This will have the pro mustang up grade tue for rock band 3.

[airsoftloverusp]

Sounds so much like zepp

[GuildF40]

After all this time finally I know where they nicked FOOT LOOSE riff from.

[fal2grace]

@GuildF40 oh my god... i never realized it:) lol ...

[fal2grace]

One of favorite songs:)

[nomercy1977]

Great!!!

[chrisptik]

The guitar riff is saying "LOOSE, FOOTLOOSE, KICK OFF YOUR SUNDAY SHOES"

[FierySockHat]

this is good driving music :)

and its also just... perfect

[XxXJUSTCAUSEXxX]

Mmmm. Yes, Win.

[jflinn210]

This song -- along with Free's "All Right Now" and Grand Funk's "We're An American Band" -- is what ROCK N ROLL is all about.

[Charles195th]

@jflinn210 WORD !

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[samson19541]

my 8 track was stereo!

[lrh1966]

Great Mono Mix!!! was this from a mint 45? Thank you for posting! I enjoy both stereo and this great mono mix!!

[funkedbyinjection]

@MichaelPDA I used to go to JB's to. Water Street at Kent State back in the late sixties. Joe is the best. I love the James Gang...I still have this LP.

Funky White guys!

[cmpm439]

I grew up in a small town near Akron and had the good fortune of getting to hear the James Gang and all this great music at our school dances and other local gigs long before they hit it big. Funny thing. Since we were only 15 or 16 at the time it seemed weird that a person as old as Joe Walsh would still be in a band playing at high school dances. Little did we know how big this music would become or that Joe Walsh would still be around, playing better than ever after all these years.

[17Helton]

Joe Walsh still gets a few thousand "write-in" votes every 4 years if you know what I mean... He is well loved and respected throughout the world..Funny as can be...and has some talent!

[lifeforce0019]

I had similar good fortune with Nils Lofgren and Grin at my high school dances back in the day - - -

[rebelboy22jd]

this song is awesome i finally found out the name of it.

[faroutlindsey]

FUNK IT UP!!!!

[keefek]

Anytime I hear The James Gang, it brings the whole era back for me. Don't wanna live in the past, but these boys were great!

[randsterama]

great - yes !! but remember ... we were all broke as hell then

[pidjammies]

The James Gang Rides Again is the first rock and roll album I ever bought. It is a timeless classic.

[denisenkev]

strange, first one i ever bought too.

they were local in the clubs here in cleveland, but hey not for long. great band. loved em.

5****

[pidjammies]

we must be about the same age.  I grew up in duluth, mn. i don't know what happened to the rest of the james gang but joe walsh is still awesome.

[denisenkev]

They were jimmy fox and dale peters. not quite sure, but i think they still live here in the cleveland area, they got together for a concert a few years ago, but i did not go. i think they might play in the flats(bar strip here in cleveland, but pretty dead now) once in a while, or at least i heard.

They did originate here and played the local clubs, but i was too young, that was the late sixties, but hey by 70 you could use a fake id, since they did not have pics on them back then. and we did!

[pidjammies]

hmm, i've never heard those names before. i guess they didn't pursue music much after that. i play guitar and have played in some local bands here in calif. life changes, interests change. it's a tough way to make a living.  ty for info

[Irm6001]

Jim ever need cow bell tambourind gal call me Irm

[Barbaricfellow]

This song stands for an era to me.

Still love it.

[Pawnshoplife]

love the song, thanks

[sashoptaw]

ummm. u dont think that the referral to "ride again" was about bikes, but maybe a pun on jesse james and the james gang. I dunno??????

[bluesbred3]

Check out you tube for the video, Boston Unreleased, She's a Looker/Talkin' to the Wall. Tom Scholz and Brad Delp doing some incredible studio work before Boston hit it big with their first album. You can tell how Tom Scholz was influensed by the James Gang by listening to She's a Looker. Brad Delp was a truly gifted talent!

[theslice2]

when joe isn't singin and we are left with instrumental only.....why do i start singin Footloose footloose.... iknow ...its coz large parts of this where lifted by Kenny Logins ( or whoever claims to have written Footloose)

[bongwater6903]

Chill and enjoy the tunes man! no need for that here, go smoke some weed

[devryf07]

20 years old (if age matters)I have a vynal record collection(400 records) that goes from Elvis to Journey. Also I have a 1976 Pioneer PL115-D turntable.Belt Driven,Semi automatic return,for anyone on here that knows vintage stereo equipment.I am looking for other components:amp,stereo,speakers the whole works.Great music, thanks to manuelworker for the tunes,keep postin,and I will keep listenin.

[Richard2003]

I saw the James Gang in Canton Ohio in 1968 battle of the bands concert.

[JonSaintLaurent]

@Richard2003 Thats fuckin awesome man, i wish i was around back then to see such amazing things

[SpinBusy]

for the record opinions are just like assholes...everyone has one and it usually STINKS!

[torentokakashi]

Okay, all of you shut the fuck up about whats good and whats not, everyones entitled to their opinion, i love classic rock, pretty much dislike anything but it. If you looking for the truly original rock, listen to Buddy Holly. Then move up to the sixties, then the seventies, and so on and so forth. In my opinion, music is something that gives people joy, i know this cause i am a musician, so, if you feel some music is bad, remember its given someone else joy

[Sithconnor]

my rock and roll club at school play this song all the time I love it

[floridashorti]

This song f'n ROCKS, no doubt about it!! Glad to see the "kids of today" know good rock when they hear it! Tear it up, Joe!!!!

[bluntman858]

i love it:D

[harmony000]

whoa! rock on! I am, like, 13, and I crank up this good shit! People try to bring me down because this music is old, but, like, I just say 'crank it up, dude!' This kicks ass! Totally!

[Trick6828]

Rock lives in you

[milkman2468]

Im 16 and I grew up on this music my whole life. I get made fun of at school for listening to this. They say its for old people

[flapperhead]

you have real tastye mty young friend...go ahead and let those morons flap.. This was the real rock. The stuff that came out in the late 60's and early 70's is the oringinal. nothing in the last 25 30 yrs compares with what was happening then..

[PooPoo2U]

man, you're not a real bright cat are you? the "original" rock was in the 50s, not the sixties. listen to chuck berry or jerry lee lewis if you want straight rock and roll. james gang, for example, is technically a hard rock band.

[Jason122333]

shut the fuck up lol

[joewalshman]

This song wasn't from the 60's. It was from the 1971 Album "Rides Again"

[PooPoo2U]

please, do me a favor. go back and read my comment, then tell me where i said the james gang was from the 60's

[joewalshman]

you said: "man, you're not a real bright cat are you? the "original" rock was in the 50s, not the sixties. listen to chuck berry or jerry lee lewis if you want straight rock and roll. james gang, for example, is technically a hard rock band."

Being that you never stated the James Gang being from the early 70's one can only assume that you garbled them together in the sixties with the earlier portion of your comment. I was just elaborating in case someone was to misread your statement.

[PooPoo2U]

read it as it is: a reply. mr. "flapperhead" said "...This was the real rock. The stuff that came out in the late 60's and early 70's is the original..."

to which i made my original statement. i said james gang is NOT original rock and roll, it's hard rock, and that real rock and roll was the music made by people like chuck berry, jerry lee lewis, or even bo diddley. that is rock and roll. james gang is not rock and roll, it's hard rock. read before you remark

[joewalshman]

Look PooPoo2U I don't know why you have such an arrogant attitude and I am sorry that we have had a misunderstanding of your point. There is ABSOLUTELY no reason to be so abrasive with your remarks and comments on here. Let's keep this a fun and welcoming forum. Not one of ridicule and slap in the face comments like "read before you remark" and "please, do me a favor..." There is no place for being condescending to other people who are just enjoying this website.

[jflinn210]

@joewalshman: "Funk 49" and the rest of the "James Gang Rides Again" album was recorded in November 1969, and released in 1970. By 1971, Walsh had already left the band.

[sittingbull09]

Ha! Fuck them. I'm sure they all listen to green day and 50cent. This is real music, you are lucky to have been in its presence all your life. I had to find it on my own.

[FenderFreak1590]

haha ppl say that to me too at school. i listen to this stuff also. im just like screw you, rap sucks.

[70sNorm]

Don't worry about what ignorant people think about you. You'd be surprised how many people your age are passionate about classic rock. My 16 year old son is and so are many kids at his high school. These are the cool kids.

Long live classic rock!

[michaelbrigante]

i love this

[foxyroxstar]

Was That Sturgis? if your Harley is broken down...would you...YOU..(just kidding) Trade it for a horse?

[mario727727]

Could anyone load Midnight Man up to Youtube? Lordy that would make my day.....

[leighwood20]

This just brings it all back..

[PBALLER1995]

Yea im 12 years old and fricken hate rap i love rock like this and led zeppelin and stuff

[Trick6828]

Your one cool dude

[Coolioness6]

@PBALLER1995 but you cant hate Eminem 

[cannedshoes]

@PBALLER1995 Thank you! :D

[dopeyxc]

@PBALLER1995 Led Zeppelin stole a lot of their music from blues music which is one of the foundations for rap and hip hop...so, yeah.

[progfusion]

You're right whitebengal987 the emotivity and intensity of late 60's and 70's rock can't be compared to contemporary rock. Some people are talking about another british invasion but the actual bands have nothing to do with the first and only brit invasion. The James Gang rocked...

[whitebengal987]

Funk #49...James Gang Rides Again....too incredible...A blast from my wonderful past.

Too bad kids today couldn't experience this same emotion. Not from the rap crap that they listen to. Who's gonna be listening to that 30 years from now? We'll still be listening to Joe Walsh and JG...Maybe the term "what goes around comes around" will take hold for these lost souls...Again, only my humble opinion..

[elvemage242]

hey whitebengal987 just because you dont understand rap doesnt mean its crap...i love rock and every other type of music because im a musician and i like to expand my mind to different styles so i can create new ones, and let me tell you that rap has just as much emotion in its lyrics as rock does there jus different styles, you should learn to appreciate all music and listen to it for what its worth

[all66books]

One of the all time great rock LPs-underrated-I was 15 when this came out-that was a good year for me. Joe Walsh is one of a kind.

[htjw44]

Oh, roll another joint man, I lost the one I had.

[manuelworker]

puff puff pass man!!!!!!!!!!!

[xXpenguinsXx87]

the video is really annoying

[vsionary1]

The artic cold killed all the brain cells in your pinhead penguin. Maybe Batman will off you. Great song from long ago. Thanks for a neat post...

[Karen9084]

Nothing like hearing the original...we were just kids!! Thanks for the memories

[LampLightBridge]

Interesting video/song and comments too;)

[mathiastheok]

No school like old school. Lets ride.....

[spidey1995]

BADASS song

GAYASS video

[trombone667]

great song....aware where i can get an mp3 of this (no limewire)

[tndragonfly]

Cool!