Roy Kenner joined as chief vocalist, and Domenic Troiano became the new guitar figurehead and occasional lead singer. The two remaining James Gang members, bassist Dale Peters and drummer Jim Fox, replaced Walsh with not one, but two new players. Then came Walsh’s departure, to form Barnstorm and move on to the solo albums that eventually led to him becoming a member of the Eagles. The James Gang Caricature, illustrated here in London, October 1970 with Dale Peters (bass) age 22, Jim Fox (drums) age 23 and Joe Walsh (guitar/vocals) age. After the group split in early 1977, there have been reunion concerts at various times in 1996. Though the band was not a huge commercial success, the fame garnered by guitarist Joe Walsh (who replaced the original guitarist in 1968) has since made the group more notable. Their next three releases, James Gang Rides Again, Thirds and Live In Concert, would all eventually go gold. James Gang was an American rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1966. Throughout that year, their profile continued to build, until the record entered the chart that November. Fox knew just who to call: Dale Peters, who had replaced him in a college band at Ohio State. The band came together in 1966, but didn’t release their first disc, Yer’ Album, until early 1969. Joe Walsh: James Gang Look Back on Rides Again at 45. The fifth of those, Straight Shooter, entered Billboard’s Top LPs survey on March 18, 1972. The band was formed in 1966 by Fox, Tom Kriss (bass) and Glenn Schwartz (guitar) though it was after the latter was replaced by Joe Walsh (vocals, guitar. Now most often remembered as the band in which Joe Walsh made his reputation, they were much more besides, as a tally of 11 chart albums underlines. The rock’n’roll city of Cleveland really rocked in the company of the James Gang, the local heroes who rode the American bestsellers from the late 1960s through to the mid-1970s.
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