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But Seriously, Folks... | 
| Artist: Joe Walsh
Label: Rhino Flashback
Category: Music
List Price: $5.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 6038
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 141
UPC: 081227992958
EAN: 0081227992958
ASIN: B0017CW5E4
Release Date: May 20, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW Factory Sealed - Ready to be shipped within 24 hrs from California - Average 5 workdays delivery time - Excellent customer service - Buy with confidence!
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| Tracks:
| • | Over and Over | | • | Second Hand Store | | • | Indian Summer | | • | At the Station | | • | Tomorrow | | • | Inner Tube | | • | Theme From Boat Weirdos | | • | Life's Been Good |
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 WOW is all I can Say July 15, 2008
"But Seriously Folks" CD is awesome. WOW and let me say that backwards..
WOW. Joe Walsh is "seriously" talented and I loved the music, his
singing, the instrumentals, all of it. I just wish I had bought it sooner!
A miracle!..... May 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can still remember during the summer of '78 when "Life's Been Good..." was a hit on the airwaves(and I was a young lad of 20)seeing my old man,who was 52 at the time and who had no use for rock music, enjoying this song. He got a big kick out of the lyrics.Me too. I still own this on vinyl(when I've gotten rid of a great deal of my vinyl collection over the years) and every so often ,especially during the summer months, I have to put it on the turntable and kick back."Second Hand Store" and "Tomorrow" are outstanding tracks on their own and make this album a must have.Classic album--always will be.
 Great CD - Love Joe April 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think this is a great CD. I love Joe Walsh's guitar playing and I enjoy listening to the entire first 4 songs straight through uninterrupted. "At the Station" "Indian Summer" and "Second Hand Store" always make me think of summer time when I was a kid and we used to hang out at the fishing hole drinking beer. Of course, this contains the classic "Life's Been Good" and there's also a great catchy tune called "Tomorrow" and a couple of cool intrumental pieces.
I am a huge Joe Walsh fan so I have to say I am probably playing some favoritism but why not - I think the man is underrated as both a guitar player and lyricist. He may not write mind bending philosophical lyrics 24/7 but he sure knows how to construct a good piece of humoring lyrical content and he has the ability to make you forget about your worries and draw you to another place and time. And isn't that what music is supposed to be about sometimes?
Joe Walsh But Seriously Folks CD March 12, 2008
This is an old favorite of mine from an artist I have long admired. Since none of these songs are on iTunes, I purchased the CD and I am glad I did. I was particularly glad to be able to hear Second Hand Store, Indian Summer and Life's Been Good again as the cassette I have is well worn. The CD arrived right on time and was priced well; can't argue with that.
One of Walsh's best and most commerical albums sounds terrific on CD February 10, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Remastered by producer Bill Szymczyk, "But Seriously Folks" is one of Joe Walsh's most catchy, ambitious mainstream albums. It's not as experimental as one of Joe's best album "Barnstorm" but this album along with "The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get", "So What" and "There Goes The Neighborhood" ranks among his best solo albums. Every song is infectious with great hooks and melodies. It's more like "So What?" than Walsh's first two albums which had elements of the folk/jazz of Traffic mixed into the crunchy guitar chords. Joe writes or co-writes all the songs on the album borrowing the chorus from one of multi-instrumentalist Joe Vitale's solo albums (Vitale was a member of Walsh's "Barnstorm" band and has toured with Walsh in just about tour he's done including The Eagles where Joe Walsh hangs a new melody on it (he even borrows the guitar riff he came up with for Vitale for that song)for "At the Station". Every song is a stand out with a bit of experimentation that recalls "Barnstorm" and "The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get" with the instrumentals "Inner Tube" and "Theme From Boat Weirdos" (a continuing theme and "joke" that plays across several solo albums of Walsh associates).
The big hit, though, was the nearly 9 minute (although it was edited down to 4 minutes for the AM radio version)rocker satire "Life's Been Good". Walsh pokes fun at the rock star lifestyle from trashing rooms, to having mansions that they never see because they are on the road touring so much. It's a great track and was one of Walsh's biggest hits propelling this terrific album into the top twenty.
While we don't get a booklet discussing the making of the album or any lyrics, we do get all the original credits but, more importantly, a beautifully mastered CD that captures the best qualities of the vinyl version released in 1978. The original vinyl had a terrific master by Ted Jensen and Szymczyk goes for broke replicating Jensen's master for a different format. There's a lot of great detail that can be heard on the CD from the cymbals that open "Over and Over" to the crunchy slide guitar work by Walsh on "Life's Been Good".
Featuring a parade of 70's rock stars as guests (all of the Eagles appear the album with Henley, Frey and Schmitt doing backing vocals for "Tomorrow" and Don Felder playing pedal steel on "Second Hand Store" and guitar on another track nicely complimenting Walsh. Jo Jo Gunne and Spirit alumni Jay Ferguson plays keys while Vitale plays drums, flute and other assorted istruments), "But Seriously Folks" was followed by "There Goes The Neighborhood" an album almost as strong as this one with another Walsh hit "Life of Illusion". Highly recommended.
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