James Gang

eno50 · #1 03-05-2009, 08:41 AM

Help, does any know the guys name that played bass with
Joe Walsh on the james gang live album?
I found an old cassette tape the other day that took me back to my teenage years and it was the frist bass solo that
I heard when him and Joe were trading licks and even the drummer got to do his solo to . anyway that was a big hit with me back then,but i dont remember the bass players name
the cassette was missing it's cover , and what's he doing now days? he sure influnced me back then..

eno

kevbassman · #2 03-05-2009, 08:43 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gang

kevbassman · #3 03-05-2009, 08:45 AM

I beleive Tom Kriss is the bass player in question.

kevbassman · #4 03-05-2009, 08:46 AM

Footnote: Unfortunately Glenn Schwartz has retired from playing guitar because "God told him it was the thing to do!"

Not to agrue with God, but Glenn is one of the finest guitar players on the face of the earth. I believe he is in his 60's now.

Beyer160 · #5 03-05-2009, 08:58 AM

Dale Peters played on the live album. I have a French TV video of them from around that time, Dale was playing a really cool looking sunburst Tele bass. Stuff that is insanely expensive collector's items today were just old guitars back then, sigh...

eno50 · #6 03-05-2009, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Beyer160

Dale Peters played on the live album. I have a French TV video of them from around that time, Dale was playing a really cool looking sunburst Tele bass. Stuff that is insanely expensive collector's items today were just old guitars back then, sigh...

That it! It was Dale Peters anyone know what he is doing nowdays? is he still playing?
eno

JTE · #7 03-05-2009, 10:41 AM

Tom Kris is only on the first James Gang album. Dale "Bugsly" Peters is on "Rides Again", "Thirds", and that great live album. I saw a very cool video with him playing what looks to be a pre-1957 P bass with the single-coil PUP replaced with a split-coil P PUP.

I still love to put on those two albums with Joe Walsh still in the band and just crank them. "Funk #49" came on the radio yesteday as I was driving to work. What a great way to start the day!!

jte

Beyer160 · #8 03-05-2009, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by JTE

I saw a very cool video with him playing what looks to be a pre-1957 P bass with the single-coil PUP replaced with a split-coil P PUP.

That's the one- I was always a little fuzzy on the '50s P / Tele differences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACXzb...eature=related

Joe Gress · #9 03-05-2009, 10:52 AM

Mmmm, Lost Woman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFV4H...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRrdc...eature=related

jerry · #10 03-05-2009, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by eno50

That it! It was Dale Peters anyone know what he is doing nowdays? is he still playing?
eno

He's still playing. They did a reunion tour with Walsh just a few years ago, I thought I saw some footage on youtube awhile back. I might have forgotten to mention Dale Peters P-bass tone from that live album in the recent best P-bass tone in rock thread, great nasty tone.

fullcircle · #11 03-05-2009, 03:40 PM

Very cool to find some people who are into The James Gang and especially the Live at Carnegie Hall album. Really great rock band! The live album was one of my favorite albums growing up and I was lucky enough to find it on CD last year.

Check this out (with Dale Peters on bass):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUud1VvdQsU

kelleysdad · #12 03-05-2009, 03:44 PM

I saw The James Gang back in the day. Dale used two 360's

eno50 · #13 03-05-2009, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by fullcircle

Very cool to find some people who are into The James Gang and especially the Live at Carnegie Hall album. Really great rock band! The live album was one of my favorite albums growing up and I was lucky enough to find it on CD last year.

Check this out (with Dale Peters on bass):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUud1VvdQsU

Yes I have been searching for a CD but no luck yet, I'am glad you found one ,I was told that the live album was'nt on cd
oh well now I know it is ,point me in the right direction to pick one up Please....

fullcircle · #14 03-05-2009, 04:14 PM

I found James Gang Live on CD in a used CD store in Berkeley, Ca. I would check Amazon.com, maybe. If you can find one, you'll dig the sound quality compared to vinyl- definitely worth looking for. Talk about great P-bass tone on that album! The later incarnations of that band didn't compare.

jerry · #15 03-05-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by eno50

Yes I have been searching for a CD but no luck yet, I'am glad you found one ,I was told that the live album was'nt on cd
oh well now I know it is ,point me in the right direction to pick one up Please....

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1516413
pretty cheap too.

rulyøngo · #16 03-05-2009, 06:53 PM

I love his playing on the Tommy Bolin records; "Bang" and "Miami"...

JimK · #17 03-05-2009, 07:04 PM

First concert I went to was the Bang-era band opening for the Edgar Winter Group w/ Rick Derringer.
Opening tune was "Ride The Wind"...Peters was playing the sunburst P (which, at the time, I thought was a Tele bass).

"Ride The Wind"-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsRkBokQH2E

bassvi · #18 03-05-2009, 07:21 PM

I really liked the Rides again album because of the way the bass is recorded on it. I thought that was a really well engineered album, in addition to the great songwriting and playing.

fullcircle · #19 03-05-2009, 09:27 PM

Ha! James Gang Rides Again was one of the first albums I ever got as a kid. From a Woolworth's.....

Lazylion · #20 03-05-2009, 09:57 PM

My high school buds and I spent many a happy hour riding around the Maryland countryside groovin' with the James Gang. One of my buds had an Olds Delmont 88 with a 40-watt 8-track player. Dale Peters sounded damn good on there! We used to drive all the way around the Washington Beltway just for fun. You can hear a lot of music doing that!