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The James Gang: Joe Walsh (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Dale Peters (guitar, bass); Jim Fox (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel includes: Rusty Young (pedal steel guitar).
Personnel: Joe Walsh (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Dale Peters (vocals, guitar, percussion); Jim Fox (vocals, organ, keyboards, drums, percussion); Rusty Young (steel guitar); Jack Nitzsche (strings).
Liner Note Authors: Joe Walsh ; Jim Fox.
Recording information: Artisan Sound Recorders; East & West; East & West Mastering; Record Plant.
Illustrator: Bob Lockhard.
Photographer: Tom Wright.
Arranger: The James Gang.
By virtue of containing "Funk #49," if for no other reason, RIDES AGAIN, the second album from Cleveland rockers the James Gang, was one of the templates for '70s American blues/boogie rock. While there's no denying that cuts like the aforementioned iconic riff monster and the driving "Woman" are full of long-haired, shirtless, amps-on-11 abandon, there are a number of acoustic-based moments on the album as well, making it plain that neither singer/guitarist Joe Walsh, nor the rest of the James Gang, were one-trick ponies. The folky fingerpicking of "Ashes, the Rain and I" and the easygoing strum of "There I Go Again" provide a nice contrast to the band's harder-edged tunes.
With their second album Rides Again, the James Gang came into their own. Under the direction of guitarist Joe Walsh, the group -- now featuring bassist Dale Peters -- began incorporating keyboards into their hard rock, which helped open up their musical horizons. For much of the first side of Rides Again, the group tear through a bunch of boogie numbers, most notably the heavy groove of "Funk #49." On the second side, the James Gang departs from their trademark sound, adding keyboard flourishes and elements of country-rock to their hard rock. Walsh's songwriting had improved, giving the band solid support for their stylistic experiments. What ties the two sides of the record together is the strength of the band's musicianship, which burns brightly and powerfully on the hardest rockers, as well as on the sensitive ballads. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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Q (3/92, p.88) - 3 Stars - Good - "...effective guitar arrangements that mixed country swing, strummed acoustic, chunky electric and some fluid soloing..." Rides Again Music | List Price | $9.95 (You save $3.46) | | Category | Rock Albums, R&B CDs, Rock/Pop, Hard Rock, Funk | | Label | MCA | | Orig Year | 1970 | | All Time Sales Rank |  744  | | CD Universe Part number | 1104721 | | Catalog number | 112283 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 06, 2000 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Bill Szymcyzk | | Engineer | Mike "Clay" Stone; Llyllianne Duma; Stan Agol; Bill Szymcyzk | | Recording Time | 28 minutes | | Personnel | Joe Walsh - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Jim Fox - vocals, organ, keyboards, drums, percussion
Dale Peters - guitar, bass
Also: Rusty Young, Jack Nitzsche | | Additional Info | Remastered |
James Gang Rides Again Songs | 1. | Funk #49 | |
| 2. | Asshtonpark | |
| 3. | Woman | |
| 4. | The Bomber: Closet Queen/Cast Your Fate to the Wind: Closet Queen / Bolero / Cast Your Fate To The Wind | |
| 5. | Tend My Garden | |
| 6. | Garden Gate | |
| 7. | There I Go Again | |
| 8. | Thanks | |
| 9. | Ashes, the Rain and I | |
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Rides Again Music Review Average Rating: (4.6 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Classic studio recording
James Gang rides again is a classic studio recording!Instuments are very well mixed for the time.The famous trio are great musicians offering a good mixture of well written rock.Fairly complicated music for the time, it is one of the best.
Jeff
Submitted by jconboy02 (Kent CT. USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful.
Joe Walsh fans will love this!
It's great to know and to hear that this CD is true from it's original vinyl pressing, that is it contains "Bolero" in the medley of "The Bomber". In the early years of Album Oriented Rock radio here in San Antonio, I heard many a selection from this album and knew it would be part of my brothers and my record collection. Joe Walsh's guitar tone, electric and acoustic is classic, and very nice Hammond organ work on "Tend My Garden"..Rusty Young of Poco adds some fabulous pedal steel guitar. From gut wrenching rock'n'roll to the classically inspired "Ashes The Rain And I", if you owned the vinyl you need to get this CD! At first I was going to give this one 4 stars but what the heck..5 bright ones, y'all.
Submitted by rreyes36 (San Antonio, TX.)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No It was the gest of times, it was the worst of times.
Joe walsh and the james gang were the best of the era. I and many of my partying friends had this album to listen to. A must for the partying crowd. You can't go wrong with 'rides again'.
Submitted by caoakes46143 (Greenwood, IN. USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No great cd
nothing like the james gang
Submitted by mild202 (Dubuque Ia, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Simply Incredible - A Classic - Legendary
There are not very many "remastered" albums I know of that can LITERALLY TRANSPORT you back in time to the days and the places where you first heard the original music. Trust me - "Rides Again" will beam you back instantly to your days of youth. The remastering is flawless and even more importantly it is COMPLETE in that this version picks up the nuances such as "BOLERO" that may have escaped other attempts on other versions of James Gang compilations. Us "more mature" listeners will relish the time travel. Younger listeners will find a new genre in Joe and the Gang as they listen to this group who were WAY ahead of their time...and VERY welcome back here in the future. PS...I saw them LIVE last week in a "Rides Again" tour in the Dallas area - as Joe Walsh would say "my geese are still bumping". Simply Incredible.
Submitted by Keith (Dallas, (Irving), Texas)
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Personnel: Joe Walsh (vocals, guitar, piano, Mellotron, synthesizers, bass, organ); Leonard Southwick (harmonica); Tom Stephenson (organ); James Bond (acoustic bass); Kenny Passarelli (bass); Bryan Garafolo (bass, background vocals); Joe Vitale, Ron Grinel, Russ Kunkel (drums); Guille Garcia (congas); Jody Boyer, Dan Fogelberg, J.D. Souther, Glen Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner (background vocals).
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The James Gang: Joe Walsh (vocals, electric & pedal steel guitars, acoustic & electric pianos); Jim Fox (vocals, piano, organ, vibraphone, drums); Dale Peters (vocals, acoustic & electric basses).
Additional personnel: Tom Baker (horns); The Sweet Inspirations, Bob, Mary Sterpka (background vocals).
Producers: The James Gang, Bill Szymczyk.
Recorded at the Record Plant, Los Angeles, California; Cleveland Recording, Cleveland, Ohio; Hit Factory, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Dale Peters and Jim Fox.
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Additional personnel: Jerry Ragavoy (piano); Bill Szymczyk (organ, tambourine, maracas, background vocals); Marge, Linda, Ken, Jill, Barry, Crazy Jon (background vocals); The Seymour Barab Strings.
Includes liner notes by Joe Walsh and Jim Fox.
Digitally remastered by Bill Szymczyk and Ted Jensen (Sterling Sound, New York, New York).
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