{"product_id":"joe-walsh-the-smoker-you-drink-the-player-you-get","title":"Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get |","description":"\u003cp\u003ePersonnel: Joe Walsh (vocals, guitar); Joe Vitale (flute, keyboards, drums); Rocke Grace (keyboards, background vocals); Kenny Passarelli (bass instrument, background vocals); Clydie King, Venetta Fields (background vocals).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Rocky Mountain Way,\" the tune that opens Joe Walsh's sophomore release (and remains one of his best-known songs), is a textbook example of Walsh's strengths. The song is driven by a slinky hard rock groove that boasts crunchy, distorted guitars, barrelhouse piano, wiry solos, and a catchy, singalong chorus--proving Walsh's penchant for mixing rock elements and radio-ready accessibility with a sense of wit and fun. The rest of SMOKER YOU DRINK, PLAYER YOU GET follows suit, with the mid-tempo rock ballad \"Bookends,\" the bouncy, Latin-tinged \"Happy Ways,\" and the airy, wistful \"Dreams\" keeping the stylistic mix lively.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWalsh is flanked here by Kenny Pasarelli on bass and Joe Vitale on drums, keyboards, and flute. Production help from Bill Szymczyk helps give the record its signature sound--simultaneously chunky and slick--and brings the effects-heavy sound of Walsh's guitar to the fore. But this is ultimately Walsh's show: he knows how to rock, lilt, and craft a pop hook, all the while maintaining levity with his off-hand vocal delivery and playful lyrics. SMOKER YOU DRINK, PLAYER YOU GET is a solid slice of FM rock fare, and is still one of the standouts in Walsh's solo discography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 1987-10-26\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Joe Walsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45222331023475,"sku":"L4KCJ0-8JPE-PB","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0500\/7837\/files\/joe-walsh-the-smoker-you-drink-the-player-you-get_2F2rG.jpg?v=1783841852","url":"https:\/\/www.lovevinylrecords.com\/products\/joe-walsh-the-smoker-you-drink-the-player-you-get","provider":"Love Vinyl Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}