Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart/ : Truth - By Dave Thompson. Book. (Cherry Red Books - 190144760X) 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 INSTRUMENTALMUSIC, 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 1960'S, FEATURING ROD STEWART ON VOCALS AND RONNIE WOOD ON BASS, AS HIS GREATEST SINGLE CONTRIBUTION TO ROCK MUSIC. SOME GO SO 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 OUTFITS TO FOLLOW. AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR DAVE THOMPSON HAS PUT TOGETHER THE FIRST ANALYSIS OF THIS SEMINAL WORK BY A NOTORIOUSLY RECLUSIVE CHARACTER, DRAWING ON EXISTING AND NEW INTERVIEWS WITH THOSE WHO WERE THERE OR THEREABOUTS TO GIVE AN INCISIVE VIEW OF A ROCK BAND THAT ENJOYED A SHORT, SWEET AND HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL LIFE. THE BOOK FEATURES IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS WITH BECK HIMSELF, TOGETHER WITH BANDMATE NICKY HOPKINS, PLUS A FULL CAST OF FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, RIVALS AND ONLOOKERS, INCLUDING MICKIE MOST, PETER GRANT, DONOVAN, JIM MCCARTY, SIMON NAPIER BELL, LULU, JOHN ENTWISTLE (THE WHO), JACK BRUCE (CREAM), NOEL REDDING (THE JIMI HENDRIXEXPERIENCE) AND MANY OTHERS, "TRUTH!" FILLS THIS GAP AT LAST, TO EMERGE THE FIRST TRULY SOMPREHENSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF ITS SUBJECT. "TRUTH!" SHOULD RECEIVE VERY FAVOURABLE PRESS REVIEWS AND ALL THE MAJOR JEFF BECK, ROD STEWART AND ROLLING STONES WEBSITES WILL BE PROMOTING THE BOOK TO THE LARGE AND VERY LOYAL FANBASE.

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