This career came to an end in 1882 when Robert Ford shot James from behind, killing him.įor nearly a decade following the Civil War, the James–Younger Gang was among the most feared, most publicized, and most wanted confederations of outlaws on the American frontier. Three years later, Jesse James organized a new gang, including Clell Miller's brother Ed and the Ford brothers ( Robert and Charles), and renewed his criminal career. The James–Younger Gang dissolved in 1876, following the capture of the Younger brothers in Minnesota during the unsuccessful attempt to rob the Northfield First National Bank. The loose association of outlaws did not truly become the "James–Younger Gang" until 1868 at the earliest, when the authorities first named Cole Younger, John Jarrett, Arthur McCoy, George Shepherd and Oliver Shepherd as suspects in the robbery of the Nimrod Long bank in Russellville, Kentucky. After the war, the men continued to plunder and murder, though the motive shifted to personal profit rather than in the name of the Confederacy. The James–Younger Gang had its origins in a group of Confederate bushwhackers that participated in the bitter partisan fighting that wracked Missouri during the American Civil War. Wells), and Bill Chadwell (alias Bill Stiles). As well as the notorious James brothers, at various times it included the Younger brothers ( Cole, Jim, John, and Bob), John Jarrett (married to the Youngers' sister Josie), Arthur McCoy, George Shepherd, Oliver Shepherd, William McDaniel, Tom McDaniel, Clell Miller, Charlie Pitts (born Samuel A. Membership fluctuated from robbery to robbery, as the outlaws' raids were usually separated by many months. The gang was based in the state of Missouri, the home of most of the members. I still can’t believe we’re where we are and what’s happened to us.”īuy or stream The Best of Joe Walsh and the James Gang, 1969-1974.The James–Younger Gang was a notable 19th-century gang of American outlaws that revolved around Jesse James and his brother Frank James. I don’t honestly understand what they see in us.
“Okay, we were getting along, but he got us attention and since then The Who has really taken us under their wing.
And he helped us a hell of a lot in the States. Americans expect everyone to be a Jimmy Page. “England has a kind of aura about it, y’know. “We would never have come over here if it hadn’t been for him,” Joe Walsh told Penny Valentine in Sounds. Soon after the release of Rides Again, their first UK performances were, aptly, supporting the British band on tour through most of October, 1970. The James Gang had won praise from Pete Townshend when they played with The Who in Pittsburgh. Jack Nitzsche contributed a classical-style orchestral arrangement to the ballad that closed the record, “Ashes, The Rain and I.” The track made an unlikely connection with club-goers in 1999, when it was sampled by British DJ-artist Fatboy Slim on his UK No.2 hit “Right Here, Right Now.”
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