Big Leather Couch

ONLY ONE PERSON EVEN HAD A GUESS TODAY.
COULD THIS MEAN PEOPLE ARE NOT INTERESTED?
COULD THIS MEAN THE SONGS ARE TOO HARD?

SANNI knew the song, the band, the album and the composers
she had a partial list of the band members.

SONG: MIAMI TWO-STEP
ALBUM: MIAMI
BAND: JAMES GANG
BAND MEMBERS
• Tommy Bolin: Guitars, vocals.
• Roy Kenner: Vocals.
• Dale Peters: Bass guitar, percussion, vocals.
• Tom Dowd: Keyboards, piano.
• Albhy Galuten: Keyboards, piano, synthethizer.
• Jimmy "Jim" Fox: Drums, percussion, keyboards, organ, vocals.

The James Gang started out in Cleveland,
Ohio in the late '60's, and came to fame as a
three-piece rock/funk band featuring the
legendary Joe Walsh. Joe left in the
early '70's, and he was replaced by various
guitar players for the next decade, including
Dominic Troiano (later of Guess Who)
and Tommy Bolin (later of Deep Purple).

It's true they achieved their greatest
success when guitar legend Joe Walsh
was an important Gang member. But
drummer Jim Fox was the man who oversaw
the group's rise to fame. It was Fox
who put the original band together in
Cleveland, Ohio way back in 1966 and
ensured it stayed on track throughout
the glory years of the Seventies.

The James Gang were unique. Despite
their cowboy sounding name, their
music was far from being country
oriented. They took on board both
American and British rock influences.

Although occasionally a five piece
band, they usually worked best as a
trio. The first version of The James
Gang consisted of Glenn Schwartz
(guitar/vocals), Tom Kriss (bass/vocals)
and Jim Fox (drums and vocals). Schwartz
later left the band in April, 1969 to
join another group called Pacific Gas
And Electric. He was replaced by
mighty Joe Walsh, master of guitar,
who appeared on the group's best known
albums including "Yer Album" (1969),
"The James Gang Rides Again" (1970)
and "Thirds" (1971) and subsequent albums
like "Straight Shooter" (1972),
"Passin' Thru" (1972), "Bang" (1973),
"Miami" (1974), "Newborn" (1975), and
"Jesse Come Home" (1976).

Later versions of the band included
the brilliant but ill-fated guitarist
Tommy Bolin, while Dale Peters
on bass replaced Tom Kriss. When Joe
Walsh left he was replaced by Domenic
Troiano (guitar/vocals), and Roy Kenner
came in as lead vocalist. Next came a
version of the band with Bubba Keith
and Richard Shack (vocals and guitar).
Just before the band broke up, they
had Bob Webb on vocals and Phil
Giallombardo (keyboards, vocals).
Throughout all these changes, one
man remained at the helm. Jim Fox
(born August 24, 1947), the drummer
who laid down that James Gang beat,
is also the man who knows their true
story.