FIRST TIME HEARING 'Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way' | GENUINE REACTION

After hearing Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good 4 weeks ago... I decided it's time to hear more from Joe Walsh. We usually listen to a 2nd song by a band or person within 4 weeks of hearing them for the first time but as you will obviously have seen, I haven't been posting as often as usual. That will change from this point forward though! I know very little info about Joe Walsh other than he was in The Eagles (Another band that I need to listen more of). Rocky Mountain Way is one of those songs you didn't realise you needed to hear until you finally hear it. I now know for a fact that Rocky Mountain Way will be stuck in my head for the new few weeks.
Here is my reaction to hearing Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way for the first time. I hope you enjoy it!
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[@HippieGoth]

It's always a good day when @MollyBoyTV posts

[@ConspiracySmurf]

I love your name! Me 2 :)

[@JimFlickinger]

Amen!!

[@earthangel6268]

Are You Looking For Trouble by Elvis

[@TerryFlynn-sd1ho]

MY FAVORITE JOE WALSH IS PRE EAGLES AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN WAY WAS MY FAVORITE!

[@TorchTheWitchbaby]

Agreed! Always gives me a laugh or a smile.

[@Steven-i6z]

The James Gang, Funk 49 one of his best!

[@neilpatrickhairless]

James Gang >

[@VinceEmbry]

Oh Yes!

[@BlackGuardXIII]

Yes please

[@matthewglidden4860]

This was a sound check song. JW "If I knew it was going to he a hit, I would have wrote something better"

[@dagwood00049]

Turn To Stone is great.

[@paulkingartwerks7981]

Joe Walsh and Peter Frampton are excellent Voice Box players!

[@473mec]

Talk Box.

[@ryanzeigler9763]

I worked with him in 96 and got to set up his talk box!

[@Prone2Thrill]

I wonder if Mollyboy realizes how many people wait for his uploads. It's entertaining more than most so keep them coming lad!

[@stephaniefain1863]

I’m an old white lady. I usually listen to young black men, testing the waters of my music. I don’t think it’s racist. Just fun, to watch these young kids, that grew up on hip hop and rap, find out what a musician is. This UK kid is just as fun. I eat, drink, and sleep politics. I run to animal rescues and music to keep my sanity. These kids are so fun.

[@bjw0515]

Funk #49 please! You will not be disappointed at all. Thanks for all your reactions, much appreciated!

[@54fighting5]

Joe Walsh is one of those artists that, even before he sings, is instantly recognizable as soon as you hear his guitar. He is rock but always with a big dose of boogie/funk. His beautiful slow songs are also great, proving he's not a one trick pony. An amazing musician...and always a lot of FUN to listen to.

[@FloridaRocks]

James Gang!! "Walk Away" 😊

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Yaaaa mon

[@karinwolf3645]

Absolutely!! 😆👵🐺🌵

[@michaelpennington9327]

It’s called a talk box. It takes the sound from the instrument (in this case a guitar, but it can be used with keyboards, harps, Banjo’s etc) and sends the sound through a tube yo the mouth. The player then changes the shape of his mouth to modulate the sound that is then picked up by the microphone. He is not actually singing, the sound is produced by the instrument.

[@mikest.pierre8603]

Always heard it referred to as a "wah-wah" pedal. Lol

[@Wilburnator]

@@mikest.pierre8603 that's entirely a different thing

[@michaelpennington9327]

@@mikest.pierre8603 completely different effect. A wah pedal changes the input signal, while a talk box modifies the output They have a different sound and a different way of using the effect. A wah pedal is manipulated with the foot, while a talk box uses the mouth

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Heil Talk Boxes were originally intended to be used with steel guitars

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

​@@mikest.pierre8603 NOT the same thing AT ALL ✌🏼

[@chrisnoble5969]

Joe Walsh is Joe Walsh. No comparison.

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

Joe's style IS his, he adds it to The Eagles music. You'll always know "when" he was in the band, you'll hear his guitar.

[@FAntone-tv1jb]

Joe Walch was a solo artist before becoming an Eagle, He credits Henley and Frey for saving his life. Leterally.

[@PetyrinaJaye]

Story time: The very first time I ever went to Colorado (where part of the Rockies are), I was visiting over 4th of July weekend and my friends stepmum from Australia was also in for a visit. Stepmum had been a huge Joe Walsh fan her whole life and one of her dreams was to smoke a joint in the Rocky Mountains while listening to this song - so we did! LOL We truly couldn’t get much hiiiiiiiiiigher. ❤❤❤❤

[@celtzen]

Altitude does that lol... I used to get a giggle out of lower altitude family coming to visit and seeing how little alcohol (or whatever) it took for them to be completely wrecked.... Rocky Mountain High indeed (I live at 7000 feet which is middling for Colorado)

[@PetyrinaJaye]

@@celtzen Definitely was one of favorite trips to Co.

[@StuartBiliack]

Interesting trivia: Joe's band, James Gang, were touring with Led Zeppelin when they first came to America. Joe sold his 1959 Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar to Jimmy Page. That is the iconic guitar that Jimmy played for Led Zeppelin's entire career.

[@robertlear2712]

In 2018 I saw The Eagles in concert at The Forum in Los Angeles. It was a great show but I was most impressed with Joe Walsh’s guitar playing. He has still got it.

[@larrymurray2881]

Joe Walsh with the voice box! Peter Frampton used one as well.("Do You Feel Like I Do")

[@PriscillaV1964]

In 1973 my dad bought the 45rpm of Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way", . . . mistakenly. He wanted John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High". He then dropped " Rocky Mountain Way" into my (8F) stack of wax, . . . Marnie Nixon's "Mary Poppins" and Danny Kay's "Tubby the Tuba" were no longer heard in my world. The arm was open on Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way" (that means it played on repeat) until he got me an album of the greatest electric guitar solos. I think it was called "Heavy Hands", . . . original artists, . . . it was awesome.

[@tracymcdonald6543]

😂😂😂😂

[@markd5067]

One of the most underrated musicians of the 20th century...

[@nekite1]

I've always loved this track. If you like this, try some Little Feat...Dixie Chicken is a good starting point.

[@chrisweidner4768]

Or “Fat man in a bathtub.”

[@SBel65]

Yes, Lowell George was ace on the slide guitar…great band!

[@armandocardenas2999]

James Gang "Walk Away" is my favorite of his tracks....all time. Seemed so ahead of it's time also.....was a very early 70's track....just seems about 10 years ahead of everything else at that time.

[@steveorta74]

Joe Walsh will always have a spot in my soul. He was one of my Dads faves. RIP.

[@hamma4276]

@@steveorta74 Joe Walsh isn't dead he's alive and well at 76 years of age. Glenn Frey of the eagles passed away several years ago.

[@steveorta74]

@@hamma4276 my Dad is dead… gee thanks

[@Clogs2009]

Joe Walsh is a friggin' genius.

[@arnoldcox9128]

My man Joe Walsh 🎸

[@MW15962]

If you like Walsh on the voice box little brother, check out your countryman, Peter Frampton's 'Do you feel like I feel'. Live on stage. Genius.

[@ladyamythyst69]

Definitely try to watch a live video of Frampton doing the talk box because it’s pretty cool watching him do it. Talk box OG.

[@michaeldransfield8775]

Joe is the king of the riffs.

[@danielmarshall7095]

I don't know about that. Listen to ZZTop Tres Amigos album they have some heavier riffs and George Thourogood and the Destroyers are very heavy as well. I grew up listening to many of these Blues bands in the 70's and some are wild.

[@Iam_lamb]

Happy to see you smiling….always looking for you to post!

[@redneckrockerinaz4419]

I agree. THE CONFESSOR

[@BL00DRIDER]

underrated song, its my all time favorite, PLEASE DO THIS ONE ITS A BANGER

[@menotyou8369]

Wow, how the hell did I forget about that song? Haven't hear it for years. And now I shall.

[@smitty60-su2xf]

Being a Colorado native of 62 years this song is always on my playlist rocky mountain way rocks..

[@markw.8455]

Howdy, Joe Walsh had a '2nd' house in Colorado, used to ride a Harley out there in the 70's... Do you happen to know what area he lived in? Thank you.

[@kathleenmccrory9883]

Greetings from the Mile High City.

[@smitty60-su2xf]

@@kathleenmccrory9883 hello hello 🤗

[@Jane-d4w]

This is one of my all time favorite songs! It just plain rocks. Joe is the coolest 😎 dude on the planet and an extremely accomplished guitarist! He has on HEAVY ROTATION throughout my high school years. (And I live in New Mexico, IN the Rocky Mountains.)❤❤❤❤❤

[@madelinehodges9009]

Welcome to the voice box!

[@TeresaMosby-sm4js]

Turn To Stone is one of my favorites. Anything Joe Walsh is involved in is worth listening to over and over.

[@jakobifamily5232]

Bad to the Bone

[@suemoore6445]

Love George Thoroghgood’s Bad to the Bone, I saw him open for John Fogerty (CCR) 2 weeks ago 8/30 at Thunder Valley. Sadly he doesn’t have it anymore. Even his signature song Bad to the Bone that he saved to finish his hour set was wasn’t good. Didn’t sound anything like the original. Audience was silent. It was sad 😞 John Fogerty hit it out of the park! Could have watched him all night.

[@petercraft8634]

Check out in the city eagles all joe walsh.

[@henryevenson8152]

Great to have you back and playin good shit.

[@markw.8455]

What happened was Joe was cutting the grass on a riding lawn mower (??) at his place in Colorado (Rocky Mountains) when he got the idea for this song. He goes running inside the house but forgets to shut off the lawn mower, which kept going until it ran into the neighbors garden-- causing some damage. 😬. He used to ride a Harley out there in the 70's. But his main house is near Hollywood, with a built in recording studio....😂

[@iKvetch558]

Oh yeah...I definitely needed to hear me some of this...thank you MollyBoy for reacting to this song. Please do all of us a favor and react to The Confessor by Joe Walsh next...I promise you will not be sorry. Oh, and Joe's talk box segments sound like a guitar because he is playing the sound from his guitar into the tube that is in his mouth. LOL

[@brettkenschaft4239]

The Confessor!! Yes, great song!

[@cameronbrown3966]

I live in the Rocky Mountain Range now. It is, better than the way I had... Greetings from British Columbia, Canada.

[@im.tellingyou]

2:16 the riff you're thinking of, could it be Bad to the Bone, George Thorogood?

[@reality1958]

So glad you have chosen to do these classic rock tunes in addition to all the metal stuff. Such great music

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Metalhead here, Joe Walsh is the man

[@HippieGoth]

You are glowing my friend! Good to see it ❤

[@KO4AYE]

Once you know, you know. Joe Walsh the legend!

[@shannonpatrick3534]

Nice to see your smiling face back on my page! Loved the reaction and Joe Walsh is awesome, such a groove.

[@AntonyFleck]

The whole Lp that this track comes from 'The Smoker you drink Player you get' is just Incredible, one of my all-time favourites!!...

[@michaeldransfield8775]

Check out Joe's work in the Eagles' "Life in the Fast Lane". The main riff was something Joe was using to warm up. Glenn Frey, his band mate said "What was THAT?!? We need to us THAT in a SONG!!"

[@leesavick5885]

Oh wow! My brother got me hearing aids! I can finally hear you good Molly Boy!!!!!!

[@Oldschoolnana]

Great song. Love me some Joe Walsh. Love you Molly Boy. Brings me back to my partying days.✌️🌻🌻

[@anthonyblakely399]

Joe Walsh a member of The Eagles was using a "VoxBox" which is a tube devise placed in your mouth that is connected to an electric guitar or a piano...it was the version of "auto-tunes" back in the 60's, before auto-tunes was created. The VoxBox takes an XLR input from your Mic, runs it through a studio-quality mic pre-amp, then it sends it out a buffered effects from where you plugged. It provides an old fashion 1930's radio effect or 1930's speaking mike effect...The Beatles were one of the Rock bands to use this effect in their songs to create to the listeners a throwback 1930's nostagia atmosphere. The Beatles used it in their song, "Strawberry Fields Forever" to create a psychedelic effect to the listeners ear. It suppose to make you high by the sound of it without getting high!!! lol Everything back in my day was about getting "high" lol..Great reaction!!!

[@HesterPrynne293]

Joe Perry - Aerosmith….

[@ETIron-e2h]

The riff is derived from Muddy Waters “Mannish Boy” recorded in 1955. It’s been used in dozens of songs since.

[@richardcarle786]

It reminds you of bad to the bone

[@georgiaharrison5270]

We had that same look on our faces back then, that you have now. I love it!

[@cindydegraaff5083]

So happy you’re getting back to Joe! Next do “Funk #49” from him with the James Gang. Joe was in The James Gang and solo before and after the Eagles. All of the Eagles had solo projects.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Joe Walsh also had a band called the James Gang & their song 'Funk 49' is so good. Anything Joe Walsh touches is gold.

[@robertserafin-uc3qn]

The Bomber will blow you away with his 4 min guitar solo . Walk Away is another great song P.s. it's a voice box like you thought The tube in your mouth

[@rmt586]

Peter Frampton did the guitar mouth tube in the 1970's also, the guitar sound is being "tubed" to the mouth and the change in shape of the mouth cavity changes the sound in to the vocal mic

[@williamscoggin1509]

This is an absolute classic Loved by all!! 😎🎸🇺🇸

[@billbitterman9487]

Joe Walsh is a deep dive. He was first heard with the James Gang in the late 60s. They were a 3 piece band out of northeast Ohio. After the James Gang, he formed Barnstorm then did some solo work. The Eagles came after that stretch. He continued to do solo work in between Eagles gigs. I'd suggest some James Gang. Others have mentioned Funk #49 but songs like The Bomber, Walk Away, Midnight Man, Bluebird (Buffalo Springfield cover), Take A Look Around are all excellent. From Barnstorm and solo work, I'd suggest Turn To Stone, Meadows, Welcome To The Club, Life Of Illusion, The Confessor, In The City (Eagles performed but it's Joes song), Analog Man. I've seen him in concert several times and he is outstanding. His guitar tone and his singing voice are unique. An all-time great artist.

[@markferrett700]

Four great songs 👍.....Joe Walsh is a genius with a sense of humour that often comes out in his music....check out his "The Confessor " album .....hard rocking with tongue in cheek humour.....with guitar that cuts like a hot knife through butter.

[@timgrim4677]

Welcome to the soundtrack of my early days!!

[@mloumackay]

When Don Henley was asked about Joe Walsh, he said “He’s a great group of guys!”

[@Lionize728]

The keyboard part is a Fender Rhodes electric piano with slight distortion put through a phase shifter.

[@jamesleblanc7437]

Yes, thank you.

[@ConspiracySmurf]

***BAD TO THE BONE*** It's reminding you of George Thorogood ***BAD TO THE BONE*** and if not then we got to do that immediately! :)

[@whaleoilbeefhooked62]

Gday Moll,man this is the first song I heard from Joe in 1979 in old mates car on the way to the schutzenfest(German beer festival)cruising down the highway,sun shining,shades on,spliffing up,17 years old,loving life.There are just some songs in life that put you back in a moment and I've had a lot of those and probably so has everyone else.

[@pammcnary]

I saw Joe with the Eagles in 2013, before Glenn Frey passed away…an awesome concert!!! Just as good as ever!

[@VinceEmbry]

Let us not forget Joes cool slide work.

[@MichaelBoucher-ht3zq]

Great to see u back,feeling better! Missed your great analysis of many of the songs I grew up with. I've had the privilege to see led zep,pink flyod,aerosmith,the who,to name a few,back in the 70s and 80s.. I haven't slowed down that much in my 60s, as I've seen Usher,Jzee,Rhianna, and others. It is so good to Ser the younger generations get to experience how great the music was. Joe Walsh was a real force on guitar. Joe Walsh was in a group The James gang,then came the Eagles,then his solo stuff like this

[@BrentCox-m3r]

Four awesome choices mate! Got to see Joe in concert in ‘77! Incredible performance! Check out his other band “James Gang”, the song Funk #49 is great!🤘🔥

[@Sigma1_969]

Joe Walsh is a bad mofo.. that guitar is insanely addictive.

[@caroleann_2142]

Joe Walshs Solo career ONE OF MY FAVORITES! THE SMOKER YOU DRINK, THE PYG, SO GREAT.

[@colleen113]

Joe Walsh was a solo artist before the Eagles, I think when he joined the Eagles, he changed their sound, and that they were looking for an updated version of themselves. A lot of their music sounds like Joe Walsh. He also said he was looking to join a band after the exhaustion of being a solo artist.

[@avoncalling7886]

Talk box on his guitar. It’s really interesting to watch him do it. Def check out a live version! 😊

[@xstatic13]

The riff you were thinking about was probably "bad to the bone" by George Thorogood that you did recently.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

The way a talkbox works is that you take a signal out of your guitar amplifier and you feed it into this little waterproof mic with a kind of short tube around it, and then you're standing in front of the microphone and singing, but you can either use your voice full to equally blend with the guitar sound coming from inside your mouth, or you can do nothing at all and let your mouth shape the sounds of the guitar solo coming through. You can whisper along to it, you can make growling animal noises and you can definitely try to mimic the guitar solo itself, and then you can also slip interesting words and phrases in there as well that blend back back into just the vocal sounds at the end of the phrase, and so forth. This is such a fun song, and it's a blast seeing you dig it so much.❤ But you are coordinating all that with playing a solo on your electric guitar at the same time. And really singing as well,and I do consider it both a singing solo and a guitar solo. But really it's a solo That shows mastery of the talk box.

[@randallshaw9609]

"There is too much going on!" I 'remember' thinking something very much like that as I and my friends, all of us way too stoned, listened to this album for the first time. 🤘

[@colleen113]

I met Joe Walsh, lovely man!

[@southernbelle193]

That is a Moog Synthesizer….Peter Frampton famously used one in Do You Feel Like I Do…listen to that…mind blown….your are welcome!

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Moogsy Bogues on keyboards

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Or is it Boogsy Mogues? I always get them confused

[@3ScotsInk]

Midnight Special version live, so you can see Frampton doing it.

[@Brisgma22]

Funk 49 is a must!

[@emberynn]

that riff is an archetypal blues riff 😁

[@BrianMcCleery1]

That blues riff is very similar to Bad to the Bone and many other blues songs.

[@kellypickle]

James Gang Solo Eagles Joe played with the Eagles while he was a solo artist as well. so at least part of what you’re hearing is Joe Walsh‘s signature sound which I believe he called the attack and if you want to read more about it, you should but he’s a fascinating man and so incredibly talented just incredibly talented. The Eagles were so lucky to have them him because he really really filled the gap in that band and, not for nothing but he has incredible tone. His voice is very unique and really adds to their harmonies.

[@briansmith303]

Joe came up through The James Gang and then was recruited to bring more guitar sound to the Eagles. His solo stuff and James Gang stuff is more funk rock, while the Eagles tends more to country rock, especially early days before Joe joined. Both are definitely worth their own separate rabbit holes.

[@michaelbyrd103]

Voice box and guitar played together. He was a master and the only person I've ever enjoyed hearing it from.

[@starlawilson9011]

The talk box had one end hooked to the guitar and a tube in your mouth.

[@StuartBiliack]

More fun trivia: Joe Walsh married the sister of Ringo Starr's wife, and now they're brothers-in-law. Joe plays with Ringo's All Starr Band at times.

[@davidballard4896]

That is the Voice Box.

[@srenteddylarsen892]

Talk Box

[@Solarblazer95]

Love fade outs! Joe Walsh is awesome! Check out Don Henley, he was in the Eagles too, he went solo after the Eagles. He's awesome too!

[@MaddyN999]

Stay away from Henley he destroys reaction channels

[@Solarblazer95]

@@MaddyN999 wasn't aware of that, if it's true then yes stay away

[@conureron3792]

Yeah, unfortunately Don Henley blocks reactions. He’s great musically; love his music.

[@leacouch5120]

So good, thank you , love Joe Walsh.

[@faxcapper]

I saw the Eagles in Vancouver. Joe had been in the band 6 months....maybe a year. 20,000 fans.....great show of course but when the opening chords of Rocky Mountain Way started up the crowd went NUTS!!! Glenn Frey had a HUGE grin on his face. :-)

[@lynda3860]

This is a brilliant track takes me to blasting this with my huge speakers that I had in the seventies we didn't uses headphone so much as they weighed a ton lol

[@Daisychain1962]

You definitely have an ear for good guitar Work! I’m 60 years old and grew up with this music and I love that you love it…Great reaction!

[@daciaward3987]

They are amazing!

[@jamesskorupa8694]

That’s why I, and I’m sure you too, love to clearly hear all the instruments. Man it’s so cool how much talent was there. So many things going on, it’s just great music. You don’t get anything like that anymore.

[@bradwalters2612]

HE’S BACK!

[@chrissykinney1126]

The TALK BOX!!😁😝🤘🏻 Great reaction as usual! YOU, are MY FAVORITE reactor, MollyBoy! Keep em comin!🎶

[@Wilburnator]

"Turn to Stone" is a ripper, and for later Joe Walsh with some sick guitar "The Confessor" is great

[@RockinMamaT]

Joe is definitely my favorite Eagle's member. This is such a freaking banger. April Wine...Roller is fire 🔥 Great reaction and Peace out ✌️ ☮️ 🙏

[@lindasmith4171]

I had this 8 track. Smoker you drink, the player you get. My favorite! ❤

[@kevinmarshall854]

When Joe Walsh joined the EAGLES he helped them go from smooth country sound that they had started with and move them to the rock side of music and make them the greatest American rock band ever!!! Check out Funk #49 when he was in the James Gang.

[@NoLegalPlunder]

Back when a song would take twists and turns. You can tell this was the era of headphone music where you can get lost in all of the intricate sounds going on. Some songs of his that are a must to hear: Life of Illusion, The Confessor, Happy Ways. Then there’s all his stuff with the James Gang. Walk Away and the Bomber just for starters.

[@that70slifetimetravel]

Good one! 🤩He's got the closing credit song for the 1979 movie, "The Warriors", called "In the City". That one is certainly worth a listen some day.

[@matthewglidden4860]

The Eagles were massive and Joe was part of the reason why, but he had been awesome before the Eagles and great after as well. Keep it up!

[@mariejustme]

Nice to see you again. I thought you got lost! 😂 Please do more Joe Walsh. He’s so awesome.

[@ricshaffer4009]

Got to see Joe play in Cleveland , Oh about the middle of the show he started talking about having grown up in the Cle area and how he had joined a gang...then the other members of the James Gang came out and did a 3-4 song set ( Funk 49 and walk away are the 2 that stood out ) that was something I was thrilled to see because I never thought I would...and too think Stevie Nicks ( Fleetwood Mac ). Called Joe the love of her life , this song was written right after they seperated because Joe wanted to give up partying lifestyle a little but she wasn't ready or able too...