The cover alone, depicting a hand reaching from an open grave towards a sweet Marshall full stack, should be enough to send your ears into a tizzy of anticipatory delight, but wait, there's more. Truth & Janey's 1976 debut album, No Rest For The Wicked wastes no time in delivering the goods. Truth & Janey was the brainchild of Iowa-based guitarist Bill Lee Janey. The band kind of comes off like Grand Funk with their sideburn heavy blues rock. While not all the songs here are great, there is enough solid material and tones to satisfy the most discerning custom van owner.
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interesting. Billy still does dive bar blues gigs for a handful of crusty low brows in my town of Cedar Rapids.
Oh man, I love this one. Good call, I haven't heard this in months...
dude, i can't tell you how long i've been looking for this album. thank you so much aesop, once again.
Spiritual fuel for I-80 truckers.
a nice one, cheers! in case anyone's interested, this was rereleased on vinyl some two weeks ago by rockadrome
If you can find their live LP "Erupts" GRAB IT! I think it's even better than this one (and this one ain't no slouch)...
Fuck! That cover would make the best t-shirt since Sabbath's first lp...
I was relieved when I found that the lyrics weren't completely fucking retarded. I love heavy grooves and dumb lyrics as much as the next guy, but sometimes its nice to be surprised.
also, this rules.
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