tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913752433926766420.post21256127396413113..comments2024-03-28T06:31:28.770-07:00Comments on Bobby Owsinski's Big Picture Music Production Blog: Joe Walsh "Rocky Mountain Way" Song AnalysisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913752433926766420.post-25991483916217840192013-06-23T00:16:08.347-07:002013-06-23T00:16:08.347-07:00Just recently discovered your blog from Jim Dalrym...Just recently discovered your blog from Jim Dalrymple at The Loop, so catching up...<br /><br />The liner notes to <i>Best of Joe Walsh</i> indicate that this song was only Walsh, Vitale, and Passarelli; Walsh (obviously) played all the guitars, Passarelli the bass, and Vitale the drums, piano, and Arp 2600 (not a clavinet), probably the one that Pete Townshend gave Walsh as a return gift for a Gretsch Chet Atkins guitar that Walsh gave Townshend in early 1971 (which Townshend played on <i>Who's Next</i>, and according to his recent autobiography, smashed in a fit of pique during a BBC performance of songs from <i>Quadrophenia</i> in 1973). Rocke Grace is credited as co-writer though.<br /><br />Killer song, and has really held up well over the last forty years.cthulhunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913752433926766420.post-29651840240618465562012-05-12T20:24:30.475-07:002012-05-12T20:24:30.475-07:00Bobby,
Excellent analysis. This song is so simpl...Bobby,<br /><br />Excellent analysis. This song is so simple, but sounds dramatic and good. Nice job picking apart and explaining it.<br /><br />ThanksFred Deckernoreply@blogger.com