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Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get Audio CD

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Joe Walsh Band: Joe Walsh
Title: The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Rocky Mountain Way 2: Book Ends 3: Wolf 4: Midnight Moodies 5: Happy Ways 6: Meadows 7: Dreams 8: Days Gone By 9: (Day Dream) Prayer

Another classic album from Joe Walsh
I still love it and it sounds great. I had this album in vinyl as a kid and loved it then.


Classic '70s--Mellow, Moody, and Rock and Roll
It starts out jamming with Rocky Mountain Way and moves into some mellow tunes like Wolf, Dreams, and Midnight Moodies. This is a must-have in any true Rocker's library. I remember well (?) a night in 1973 when the title made perfect sense to me. . .
Anyway--you need this music in your collection. Seriously.


"Rocky Mountain Way" is just the start....
Every song here is enjoyable. of a great album. My favorites(besides "Rocky. . . . ) have to be "Meadows" and "Bookends". A great mix of rockin and softer songs. I carry this one to work with me often. If you like Joe Walsh this is a must have.


(4.5 stars) THE LISTEN YOU BETTER, THE MORE IT GETS ! (a solid album from rock's resident comedian/guitar guru)
Both include plenty of great guitar, Joe's wry wit, and fine vocal performances. The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get (1973), Joe Walsh's second solo album, includes two rock classics, Rocky Mountain Way and Meadows. Rocky Mountain Way made famous the "talk box", which would later be used by Peter Frampton on his blockbuster, Frampton Comes Alive. The tune is Joe's signature song, and his most popular recording. It's political/anti-political message begins with:

Spent the last year
Rocky Mountain Way
Couldn't get much higher
Out to pasture
Think it's safe to say
Time to open fire

Meadows has an autumnal theme, a great rhythm guitar riff, and Joe just being his unpretentious and charming self.

Can't help but feel uncertain
Knowing which way to turn
They want to raise the curtain
And you're holding the words to learn

Wolf is a somber minor-key reflection in the tradition of his James Gang composition Ashes, the Rain, and I. Midnite Moodies is a jazzy instrumental that features flute expressions from Joe Vitale. This is not a perfect album, but it's very good, and The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get is essential for Joe Walsh fans. It's one of his best.

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The Smoker you drink, the player you get - Joe Walsh
Fully recommend this album. Joe Walsh goes back a long way - before he joined The Eagles and this album contains the Rocky Mountain Way track which is a classic.


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