Turn to Stone (Joe Walsh and Barnstorm song)
"Turn to Stone" | |
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Barnstorm | |
from the album Barnstorm | |
Released | 1972 |
Length | 5:16 |
Label | ABC-Dunhill |
Songwriter(s) | Terry Trebandt, Joe Walsh |
Producer(s) | Bill Szymczyk |
"Turn to Stone" | |
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Single by Joe Walsh | |
from the album So What | |
B-side | "All Night Laundy Mat Blues" |
Released | February 1975 |
Length | 3:30 |
Label | ABC-Dunhill |
Songwriter(s) | Joe Walsh |
Producer(s) | Joe Walsh, John Stronach |
"Turn to Stone" is a 1972 song by the American singer-songwriter
Walsh later covered the song on his 1974 solo album
In 1976, Walsh recorded it on his You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind live album.
In a Rolling Stone magazine interview Joe Walsh said this about the song meaning, “”Turn to Stone” was written about the Nixon administration and the Vietnam War and the protesting that was going on and all of that. It’s a song about frustration. Also, I attended Kent State. I was at the shootings. That fueled it, too. In those days it felt like the government’s priority was not the population. They had an agenda that was about something other than doing what was necessarily good for the country.” Joe Walsh (767)
Cover versions
- Roy Buchanan covered the song on his 1978 album You're Not Alone.
- Crippled Black Phoenix covered the song on their 2016 album Bronze with guest vocals from Arvid Jonsson
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd covered the song on his 2019 release, The Traveler and the 2020 release Straight to You: Live (track 9)
- Sucking the 70's - Back in the Saddle Again
References
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. February 8, 1975. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. February 15, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-11.