Truth...: Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and The Jeff Beck Group

Truth...: Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and The Jeff Beck Group
by Dave Thompson

Truth...: Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and The Jeff Beck Group
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Author: Dave Thompson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-01-01
ISBN: 190144760X
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Cherry Red Books

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Book Review: Truth is Fantastic Book as good as the Album by Jeff Beck
Summary: 5 Stars

Now that I have your attention: Truth is the definitive book about Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart, including the Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Relf, Peter Grant, Mickie Most, etc. This is an amazing book! and I've read hundreds of rock books. Dave Thompson, the author did a masterful job weaving everything into place. There is so much information that you are amazed he could piece it together so well.

And while I love Jeff I'm not really a fan of his or Rod. But I loved this book!!! It really is that good. In fact it's so good, I took out my Jeff Beck bootleg from 1968 and listened to it again first time in years and heard what Dave talks about.

This book is wonderful because it gives you a real feel of the times. Jimi Hendrix and Beck were hanging out jamming in NY with a bunch of other people. The quotes are rare and lots of new ones. Jeff can be so candid with his thoughts. And did Led Zeppelin steal JBG's sound? It's all in this informative, dense book. The pages are filled from top to bottom and I really enjoyed reading it. I had to force myself to read slower in order to enjoy it more. Most rock books are the same old thing about drugs and orgies etc but this was different. It also talked about the genius, crazy, bossy, egomaniac that is Jeff Beck at least back then.

Great book thank you Dave Thompson. I highly recommend this book. Now go out and buy the CD why don't you.

Summary of Truth...: Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and The Jeff Beck Group

Jeff Beck stands alongside fellow ex-Yardbirds Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton as one of the greatest electric guitarists Britain has ever produced. His work in the past three decades has encompassed progressive, soul, jazz-rock, and instrumental music, winning him the accolade of  "the guitarist's guitarist" from innumerable musicians' magazines. Yet despite his eclectic output and many collaborators, fans and critics alike hark back to the short-lived Jeff Beck Group of the late 1960s, featuring Rod Stewart on vocals and Ronnie Wood on bass, as his greatest single contribution to rock music. Some go as far as to say that "Truth," their first album from 1968, was the first true heavy metal album, a prototype that set the style for countless (and inevitably less talented) outfits to follow.

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