Posted in Drummers, Feature Stories, Update Tagged B.B. I now have a hard-shell case just for my bass drum pedal. “Drum technology has come so far that it overwhelmed me at first. “Back then it was, ‘Well, do you want the red ones or the blue ones?’” Fox laughs. “We had just a wonderful evening playing.”įor the James Gang trek, Fox is playing a DW kit–part of his first endorsement pact since his Slingerland days in the early ’70s. “What a pleasure that was, to do a Robert Johnson tune with Clapton,” Fox gushes. ![]() Though the haze of time leaves him foggy on what was actually released, he fondly recalls one track he knows made the final cut: “Steady Rollin’ Man” from Clapton’s classic 461 Ocean Blvd. King, Stephen Stills, and Chuck Mangione. While Fox is mainly known for the swampy grooves on classic James Gang albums like James Gang Rides Again and Thirds, he was also an early member of Cleveland pop band The Outsiders (“Time Won’t Let Me”) and amassed some impressive session credits with Eric Clapton, B.B. But fifteen minutes into the first rehearsal, Joe asked, ‘You suppose we ought to play some shows?’ Once we did them, it cemented things even further.” “We made plans to hang out and write, not to do any performing. “Last summer we did three dates in Cleveland that we never intended to do,” explains Fox on what sparked the reunion. The lineup responsible for FM gold like “Walk Away” and “Funk #49” has played sporadic gigs in their native Cleveland, but this marks the first time they’ve saddled up with superstar Walsh in thirty-five years. Formed in Cleveland in 1966, the band was originally conceived by drummer Jim Fox as a quintet, but was quickly scaled down to a power trio completed by bassist Tom Kriss and guitarist Glen Schwartz. Point Fox toward the bus, then, because The James Gang’s most celebrated lineup–Joe Walsh, Dale Peters, and Fox–has been riding again this summer on a US tour. In a recent interview with UCR, James Gang drummer Jimmy Fox, he shared a bit about his band opening for Cream and him hoping to meet and chat with Ginger. The James Gang The James Gang In the early '70s, The James Gang was one of the top Hard-Rock acts in America. ![]() “Show me where the bus is, where the drum riser is–that’s all I need.” “I just don’t know much about the machinations,” Fox sheepishly admits. As The James Gang’s founder and only constant member during their 1966–76 run, you would think their criminally unheralded drummer, Jim Fox, would know if he owned the rights to his band’s name.
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