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Title: THE JAMES GANG'S GREATEST TRAX
Review: Despite the popularity and airplay of signature songs, "Walk Away", and "Funk #49", The James Gang never had a hit single and their Greatest Hits album is really 'greatest album tracks'. When guitarist Joe Walsh joined the group around 1970, they became a hugely popular boogie driven hard rock band, steered by Walsh's creative and quick turns on guitar. Some of this is decidedly progressive with heavy accomanying orchestration, (surprise!), and some of it is just meek and slightly bizarre, (Midnight Man), but The Gang were best as a blues influenced power trio. "Bomber", finds Walsh flirting with cloud gazing riffs, razor edge chords and echoey distortion in a 'pass the bong' Zepplin inspired masterwork that defines '70's FM radio.
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