![]() ![]() At the time of the songs' recording, a new singer/frontman, Kenny Weiss, was brought in allowing Walsh to concentrate on his guitar playing. He got the James Gang into the movie as performers and two new songs, "Laguna Salada" and "Country Fever", were recorded for the film. Later in 1969 the group's producer, Bill Szymczyk, was music coordinator for the movie Zachariah, a sort of "western rock musical" based on the novel Siddhartha by writer Hermann Hesse, directed by George Englund and written by the Firesign Theater comedy group. In 1969 the band (now consisting of Fox, Kriss and Walsh) released its debut album Yer' Album. The band desperately needed the money from the show, so they took to the stage as a trio. At the last minute, Silverman informed the others that he would not be joining them at the show. In May 1968, the group played a concert in Detroit at Motown's Grande Ballroom opening for Cream. He was then replaced by Ronnie Silverman, who had been discharged from the service. Jeric and Walsh worked together on guitar parts, but Jeric ended up leaving as well in the spring of 1968. The band continued as a five piece for a short time until Giallombardo left to become involved in other pursuits. In January 1968, Joe Walsh replaced Schwartz after he had left the band the previous month to move to California, where he ended up forming Pacific Gas & Electric. However, none of the early line-ups released any material. After Chandler left, the group featured Glen Schwartz. Bill Jeric replaced Silverman when he entered the service. The original band members were drummer Jim Fox, bassist Tom Kriss, guitarist Ronnie Silverman, keyboardist Phil Giallombardo, and guitarist Greg Grandillo, who was quickly replaced by Dennis Chandler. ![]() Though the band was not a huge commercial success, except in the Northeast Ohio area, the fame garnered by guitarist Joe Walsh has since made the group more notable. James Gang were a rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1967. ![]()
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