Tag: Beck-Ola

I haven’t reviewed Beck’s discography as much as I should have. This song is really good and so is the rest of the album. They touch on so many different styles.

The Jeff Beck Group was formed by guitarist Jeff Beck after he left The Yardbirds. The original lineup included Rod Stewart on vocals, Ronnie Wood on bass, Micky Waller on drums, and Nicky Hopkins on piano. This lineup is known for blending rock, blues, and jazz elements. The critics also cited this album as a big step to heavy metal and hard rock.

This was before The Faces with Wood and Stewart. Rod Stewart did some of his best vocals with this band.  Spanish Boots was written by Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, and Ronnie Wood. The song appears on Jeff Beck’s album Beck-Ola, released in 1969. Beck-Ola peaked at #39 in the UK, #15 on the Billboard 200, and #22 in Canada.

The album didn’t achieve the same level of commercial success as some of Jeff Beck’s later works but was critically acclaimed. Truth was their debut album, and it was released in 1968. It was a big success and critically acclaimed.

Spanish Boots

I used to work and take a salary
In a hole up near a foundry
But it did not take me too long
To get my boots on a “So Long!”
Long Spanish boots on a “So Long!”
I took a day job in Bethlehem
I nearly threw in the towel then
But it did not take me too long
To get my boots on a “So Long!”
High Spanish boots on a “So Long!”

Dig it
I took a Spanish haberdashery
Restored with 15th century tapestry
But oh, Mr. Nesbitt got the best of me
So I strapped on my boots and said “So Long!”
Laced up my high boots and “So Long!”

Goodbye
Am on a job you see
‘Cause my old boots they mean too much to me
Leather boots are just a mystery
Put on my boots and said “So Long!”
High Spanish boots on and “So Long!”
Put on my boots and said “So Long!”
Those old Spanish boots
Put on my boots and said “So Long!”
High Spanish boots

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