On November 13, 2022, once again supported by Mark Avsec and a vocal trio, and joined on their encore on drums by Dave Grohl , the group performed at the VetsAid concert in Columbus, Ohio. There were early reports that VetsAid would be the final gig for the James Gang,…
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The James Gang participated in their first in-store signing event in over 50 years on November 8, 2022, at Used Kids Records in Columbus, Ohio . After a brief interview, Jimmy Fox, Joe Walsh and Dale Peters signed autographs at the store, which is located just a few blocks from…
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In August 2022 it was announced that the band would play two shows for the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts. The shows were scheduled for September 3 at Wembley Stadium and September 27 at the Kia Forum .
In March 2012 it was stated on ultimateclassicrock.com that Walsh was in the Cleveland-area Lava Room Recording Studios with Fox and Peters, working on new recordings of their well-known James Gang tracks, with longtime friends Joe Vitale and Michael Stanley contributing. Since this time, however, nothing more has been heard…
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In April 2006 it was announced that the Walsh/Peters/Fox lineup of the group would be touring the United States later that summer, supported by keyboardist Bill Appleberry and backing vocalists Gia Ciambetti, Robbyn Kirmsse and Stacy Michelle. During this summer tour, the band appeared in August performing live on The…
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As of May 2004, Glenn Schwartz was playing guitar and singing Thursday nights at “Major Hooples” in the Flats, Cleveland. And as of 2014, Schwartz continued to perform at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland. Schwartz died on November 3, 2018, at the age of 77.
In a 1998 Chris Welch interview, Fox talks of the Gang’s final years and the breakup: “It became a quest to find a suitable replacement for Joe Walsh. We’d try some guys and do an album or two, but it wasn’t quite what we wanted and so we’d move on…
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The “classic” lineup of the band consisting of Walsh, Peters and Fox first reunited in July 1991 at Nautica Pavilion in Cleveland when Fox and Peters took to the stage during a Walsh concert to play three songs. The trio then gathered together again to perform at an election rally…
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By early 1975, Fox and Peters decided to try again with a new lineup that included Fox’s old friends, vocalist Bubba Keith, who had been playing in Los Angeles with a band called Uncle Tom and guitarist Richard Shack who had previously played in the band Case of E.T. Hooley…
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During the recording of Miami in 1974, Kenner ran into legal troubles after a drug bust and was not available initially for recording. Other singers were reportedly auditioned but eventually Kenner was able to return to complete the album. Not happy with the musical direction, and frustrated with the indifference…
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