Band: Joe Walsh
Album: But Seriously, Folks…
Best song: “Life’s Been Good” may be Walsh’s best song.
Worst song: “Indian Summer” is stupid.

I’ve been on the record as hating the Eagles, but I will say that I do enjoy Joe Walsh’s non-Eagles work. For one, the James Gang is responsible for “Funk 49,” a song that is more fun to play than nearly any. Similarly, Walsh’s solo work is doused in some fun guitar work, an easy voice and no pretentions whatsoever. “Rocky Mountain Way” appears to simply be a song about how awesome drugs are (opening lyrics: “Spent the last year: Rocky Mountain Way. Couldn’t get much higher.”). Recorded during his time with the Eagles, the record appears to be the songs Walsh couldn’t get recorded by the band (“In the City,” for example, became an Eagles song). It’s a little Harrison-ish in that way, if George Harrison had been a goofball. Continue reading →