Roller Coaster Weekend

Roller Coaster Weekend Artist: Joe Vitale
Label: Wounded Bird Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 664140811423
EAN: 0664140811423
ASIN: B00006CTE6


Release Date: 2002-07-31

Roller Coaster Weekend


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Tracks:

  1. Roller Coaster Weekend
  2. (Do You Feel Like) Movin
  3. Mad Amn
  4. Take A Chance On Love
  5. School Yard
  6. Shoot Em Up
  7. Felings Gone Away
  8. Two Of Us
  9. Falling
  10. Interlude
  11. Step On You

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Album Description

Joe Vitale is best known for his session work. He has worked on albums by Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joe Walsh, The Eagles and numerous Eagle members solo projects. He has had only two solo albums in his career, and fans have been screaming for them to be issued on CD. Roller Coaster Weekend features Rick Derringer & Joe Walsh. It was originally issued on LP in 1974 on Atlantic Records. Wounded Bird. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars roller coaster weekend joe vitale.......2006-08-27

First off, I am so pleased to have found this recording available on CD! I was lucky enough to have seen Vitale's Madmen tour in support of this album. The sound on this CD is very good concidering the fact that no remastering was done.Stil a must-have for anyone who even thinks that the old guys can't rock with today's bands. Thank you Amazon for making it possible for me to find this treasue!! New music is cool, but, WHAT AN ALBUM!!! Thanks

4 out of 5 stars Joe Vitale's Proudest Moment.......2006-03-28

This guy was Joe Walsh's right hand man. He had a lot of input on Walsh's albums, as he heavily influenced the music and overall sound of Walsh's 70's albums. He's also the one who played the wonderful flute parts on The Smoker You Drink. My point is: This guy was very talented and capable of standing on his own, and this is a very good CD. I bought it based on some of the previous reviews here, and I'm glad I did.

5 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyable stuff here.......2005-08-08

I first heard of Joe Vitale like most of you...through Joe Walsh & Barnstorm, so when I heard he had a solo album out, I jumped on it. This is very similar to a lot of Walsh's stuff...good natured, competent and quite simply...if you like the stuff a lot of Walsh albums are made of, here's more of the same. Vitale and Walsh have very similar singing voices too, and I have no problem with any of it. Most of the same players are here and on a few of Jay Ferguson's solo albums as well. Whoever thought Joe Vitale's music was third-rate compared to Walsh's is totally missing the point. It's the same lineup for all practical purposes, and more of the same enjoyable type of stuff Joe and Jay both put out on a regular basis. It's great to hear this stuff on CD finally. Don't save your money...grab this up while it's available again, and while you're at it, get his other one (Plantation Harbor). It may not have taken the charts by storm, but then there's a lot of incredible music that hasn't either. This is too good to pass up if you're a fan of Ferguson or Walsh, and focusing on a single track doesn't do it justice. Buy it and enjoy.

1 out of 5 stars Joe Vitale is no Joe Walsh.......2005-04-21

Sufice it to say that most people who buy this cd are desperately searching for Joe Walsh music, since he stopped doing his solo work many years ago... but don't be sucked in. Even though Vitale has been by Walsh's side for all of his solo carear, Vitale's music is third rate compared to any of Walsh's cds. Save your money.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful album.......2004-05-07

I met Joe Vitale after a Joe Walsh concert at Kent Sate in early 1975. He was very gracious and quite humorous. It was in a Red Barn restaurant, I asked for his autograph and he grabbed the order pad and wrote: "Hamburgers Forever, Joe Vitale."

I told him I really enjoyed "Roller Coaster Weekend". There is a little of everything on this album, mainly because Joe basically DOES IT ALL, with the exception of guitars (provided by Joe Walsh, Phil Keaggy and Rick Derringer). Joe plays percussion, flute, keyboards, etc. and the songwriting is absolutely superb.

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