Re: Joe in the Press/Blogs/etc.
Originally Posted by Midnight Visitor
I've been doing a little research.
I can't remember where but I read, somewhere, that Joe's short instrumental intro to Turn To Stone was a cover of a Roy Buchanan tune titled Miles From Earth.
It was suggested that Joe had heard Roy's cover of Turn To Stone and had then adopted the track that preceded it on Roy's album (The Opening / Miles From Earth) as the introduction.
This sounded very unlikely to me, especially as the same tune turns up, several years later, on Joe's, 1992 album. Songs For A Dying Planet, credited to Joe, as part of the album's centrepiece, Decades.
Well there's no doubt that it's the same tune;
http://www.yourepeat.com/watch/?v=pUD3H_ymlGE
The Roy Buchanan album, that features The Opening / Miles From Earth and Turn To Stone, (You're Not Alone) dates from 1978. A couple of years after You Can't Argue With A Sick Mind.
The rhythm section on You're Not Alone is Andy Newmark and Willie Weeks (same as You Can't Argue With A Sick Mind)
The writer of The Opening / Miles From Earth is credited as the album's producer/keyboard player, Jean Roussel.
http://www.mudah.my/Roy+Buchanan+You...P-25137496.htmRoy Buchanan - “You're Not Alone”
Label: Polydor - 2391 357
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1978
Genre: Blues Rock, Electric Blues
TRACKLIST :
SIDE-A
A1.… The Opening… Miles From Earth
… Written by - Jean Roussel
A2.… Turn To Stone
… Written by - Joe Walsh, Terry Trebandt
I reckon that's pretty strong evidence that Joe's had one of his songs nicked by a guy with a french name!
Thanks for the link MV
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