Smoker You Drink was released in 73, Not 75
Yes, OK. In Australia the song was not a hit until 1975. I don't know why it took so long. So What was 1975.
Well, actually the 1973 The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get album that includes Rocky Mountain Way is Barnstorm. The 1972 Barnstorm album was recorded by Joe, Joe Vitale, and Kenny Passarelli. For The Smoker You Get album, they added Rocke Grace to the lineup and were billed as Joe Walsh and Barnstorm. All four men have writing credits on RMW so to me, it definitely qualifies as a Barnstorm recording.
"People don't run out of dreams: People just run out of time ..."
Glenn Frey 11/06/1948 - 01/18/2016
thanks, EL - I didn't know that...I didn't like it as much as the way he does it now, probably because I'm more familiar with it...but it was a good version...nice to hear him from a different era...
~Tonja~
I responded to you, FP, but then decided that this was getting so off-topic that I deleted my post and started another thread about it in Joe's forum.
Last edited by Ive always been a dreamer; 07-06-2009 at 11:43 AM.
"People don't run out of dreams: People just run out of time ..."
Glenn Frey 11/06/1948 - 01/18/2016
Walking through Parkdale Mall with my old friend and her kids (ages 4-15), we heard the guitar solo for Hotel California playing over the mall's loudspeakers. "That sounds familiar," the eldest girl said. "Yeah, it does," the next youngest said, a boy. "That's 'Hotel California' by the Eagles," I volunteered, happy that they at least kind of recognized it. "Oh yeah! We've played that song on Guitar Hero. That's why it sounded familiar," the eldest girl said. Off they went, missing my look of chagrin, lol.
I was in a department store today, Kohl's, and heard I Don't Want to Hear Anymore done by some other group! There was a male lead as well as male harmonies, but of course with department store music they never say who the artists are...so I will never know. The song was a decent version...it was just weird.
~Eva~
...the calling of the tide's eternal tune, the phases of the moon, the chambers of the heart, the egg and dart...
I wonder if that was Paul Carrack's version with Don and Tim harmonising. I wasn't aware it had been released yet.