Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) R.I.P.
Prachtige ,ingetogen cover van Van Morrison,s I,m Tired Joey Boy
opgedragen aan Billy Graham die kort tevoren was overleden.
I,m Tired Joey Boy - Reno, NV November 23, 1991
I,m Tired Joey Boy (Van Morrison)
I'm tired Joey Boy
While you're out with the sheep
My life is so troubled
Now I can't go to sleep
I would walk myself out
But the streets are so dark
I shall wait till the morning
And walk in the park
This life is so simple when
One is at home
And I'm never complaining
When there's work to be done
Oh I'm tired Joey Boy of the makings of men
I would like to be cheerful again
Ambition will take you
And ride you too far and
Conservatism bring you to boredom once more
Sit down by the river
And watch the stream flow
Recall all the dreams
That you once used to know
The things you've forgotten
That took you away
To pastures not greener but meaner
Love of the simple is all that I need
I've no time for schism or lovers of greed
Go up to the mountain, go up to the glen
When silence will touch you And heartbreak will mendi
After leaving the Yardbirds in late 1966, Jeff Beck had released three commercial singles, two in 1967 featuring himself on lead vocals, and one without vocals in 1968. All had been hits on the British singles chart,[2] and all were characterized by songs aimed at the pop chart on the A-side at the behest of producer Mickie Most.[3] Harder rock and blues-based numbers were featured on the B-sides, and for music on the album, Beck opted to pursue the latter course.
Reviewing for Rolling Stone in 1968, Al Kooper called Truth a "classic" and a contemporary version of the 1966 Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton LP, saying the Beck group "swing like mad on this record."[9] Truth has since been regarded as a seminal work of heavy metal because of its use of blues toward a hard rock approach.[10] According to Pete Prown and HP Newquist,
"although some have claimed that this disc was the first metal album,
the sound actually leaned more towards a heavy brand of blues rock."[11]Classic Rock magazine ranked Truth
eighth on its list of the 30 greatest British blues rock albums; an
accompanying blurb read, "it was an album that not only helped establish
the British blues rock sound, but featured many of its best exponents."[12]Tom Scholz of Boston has listed it as his favorite album on Gibson's online magazine, stating, "I knew Jeff Beck's Truth album inside out..."[13] The album's title inspired the name of Iowa band Truth and Janey.
Blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa recorded a studio version of "Blues Deluxe" on his 2003 album Blues Deluxe and recorded live versions on Live at Rockpalast (2005), and Live from the Royal Albert Hall
(2009). Bonamassa also played "Beck's Bolero", "Let Me Love You Baby"
(and "Spanish Boots" and "Plynth (Water Down the Drain)" from the Beck-Ola album) in his Salute to the British Blues Explosion tour featuring the music of Beck, Clapton and Page in July 2016.
On 10 October 2006, Legacy Recordings remastered and reissued the album for compact disc with eight bonus tracks. Included were two earlier takes of "You Shook Me" and "Blues Deluxe", the latter without the overdubbed applause, and the six tracks making up the three singles by Beck. The B-side to the 1968 single "Love Is Blue", "I've Been Drinking", was another "Jeffrey Rod" special, this time reconfiguring the Johnny Mercer song "Drinking Again".
