“Walk Away” James Gang | How Does This Song Work?

In this free guitar lesson, I analyze the song “Walk Away” by Joe Walsh as recorded by his former band, James Gang. You get to know the key, chords, and progression as well as the scales used for the guitar solo.

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GEAR
PRS DGT guitar
Seymour Duncan APH1 pickups
Kemper Profiling Amplifier

[elderberry-hamster]

Joe Walsh is an amazing guitarist. I love his early work especially when this song was recorded. His use of adding a percussive backend to his rhythm to fill the void of being the lone guitarist was genius. If you see his live performances back then with his attack of full balls out energy, it's awe inspiring. Thanks so much!

[vicrichard]

Great lesson. So much better than others on YouTube. Explaining why it works is so important.

[driver]

Nice lesson, easy to follow, learned a few things! Thank you

[stevewhite]

Just watched your video because I want to learn this song. I will play this song as the only guitar player. Your lesson was simple and easy for me to understand, and now I have confidence to play this song and make it sound good. Thank you for your lesson 👌

[RemoteControlband]

That guitar & amp setup is perfect for this song/sound, lovely!

[FRANKSNAKE]

Very clear cut instructions! Thanks for sharing your talent and knowledge. I have wanted to learn this iconic tune for years👍

[richardchampagne]

Great my friend thank you and god bless you.

[WScott-gdmj]

Best breakdown I’ve found..thanks so much

[DP-pobb]

Fantastic Desi. Just love that sound you put out. Great lesson. The female vocal almost sounds like Shania Twain.

[rodrich]

Desi, would love for you to do a study on Joe Walsh's Turn To Stone Guitar Lesson. Noy much out there at all.

[MrGoodknight]

Great lesson, one of the best I've seen on YT. Any suggestions on how Joe gets those wacky tones/sounds in the outro of this classic. It would be cool to get some of it down and never seen it explained by anyone.

[jamesslockbower]

Liked it - good player - camera guy, contrast, keep it up, please

[luismangiaterra]

I can play this song and my voice is exactly like Joe Walsh too

[mikeschuler]

I think Joe was just playing and didn’t have a clue in all that technical talk