At one time, Joe was probably best known for being world’s biggest hell raiser and a member of The Eagles. But before that, he was a member of The James Gang and he released three solo albums before he joined the big birds.
This album was recorded after he joined The Eagles, and the vibe has The Eagles written all over it. I really like Joe’s style of guitar playing, but there’s not a lot of it on show here as this is all about the songs and painting pictures with the words as in the beautiful Indian Summer.
I have a huge soft spot for Joe’s vocal style when he really stretches his voice and gets that whiny tone and on At The Station this is emphasized best with its swinging groove. Onto Side 2 and it’s more of the same really culminating in the album’s stand out track Life’s Been Good. Some good players assembled as a back up namely Jay Ferguson on keys and Joe Vitale on drums as well all The Eagles appearing on backing vocals’s part and Don Felder on lap steel. A great record, no, but a fun record nonetheless.
6/10 from the Grooveman.
