Posted on 01/14/2022 10:57:04 PM PST by nickcarraway
Oh, that was also in my collection. Great music, as were a lot of their follow-on “H” titled albums.
I saw the early Eagles and America in concert when I was a teenager (not at the same time.) I even had a little crush on Gerry Beckley back then. :)
If told I could only take five albums to exile with me for the rest of my life on St Helena Aja would be one I’d grab.
You really only missed out on the 90s tours. They didn’t exist in the 80s. And in the 70s the touring version of Steely Dan was just randos picked by the studio Becker and Fagen were ordered to go out with. Until the renewed contract which included a “no tours” clause. When they reformed in the 90s with their own band, that’s when they got good live.
I saw America just a couple of years ago They were OK, but had a young hotshot lead guitar player that was over amped and ruined a lot of the songs. Beckley stood out front the whole time and honestly seemed to like the new rock sound. Like the Eagles, I didn’t like America as much after one of their founders left, in his case Dan Peek to pursue Gospel. At least we still have our old albums of the good stuff. Like you I still listen, regularly.
Ian Bairnson is one of my all-time favorite guitar players.
Felder’s a Gainesville boy.
One of Felder’s guitar students in Gainesville was Tom Petty.
Good stuff. 👍
Felder also played with Stephen Stills when Stills was in Gainesville. Must have been something in the water then, or in the “Gainesville Green”.
Dittos!
I am by no means a Michael McDonald fan but his performance on “Peg” is astonishing. They layered vocal tracks he laid down, harmonizing with himself but with half a note’s separation, and with NO autotune, all pure talent.
I didn’t used to, but he grew on me. They didn’t have autotune back then.
Well, that and Adler couldn’t be roused out of his junkie stupor enough to go to the studio and work.
Denny Dias played a VERY nice solo on title track of “Aja” .
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