{{Short description|American rock band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Truth and Janey | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States | genre = Hard rock, psychedelic rock, blues rock, acid rock, heavy metal | years_active = 1969–1976, 1977–1978 | past_members = BillyLee Janey<br/>Denis Bunce<br/>Steve Bock<br/>John Fillingsworth }} '''Truth and Janey''' was an American rock band from Iowa.<ref>(March 24, 2004). "Truth and Janey: Erupts!: Hicks from '70s sticks dig their way out of muck", ''The Village Voice'' '''49''' (12): C90.</ref><ref>Cullen Chapman, Cindy (November 9, 2001). "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0F00E598EB7E61CC&p_docnum=1 Return to simpler times: Truth and Janey connect with their past, each other]", ''The Gazette'', p. WE3.</ref> It took its name from Jeff Beck's Truth album and member Billy Janey's last name.<ref>Rivadavia, Eduardo. "[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p24899|pure_url=yes}} Truth and Janey: Biography]", Allmusic. Retrieved October 8, 2009.</ref> The group was influenced by such power trios as Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. The band toured with Leslie West and performed a music festival with Blue Öyster Cult. They were inducted into the Iowa Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.<ref name="Hall of Fame">{{cite web|url=http://www.iowarocknroll.com/inductee-details.php?id=104|title=Iowa Rock'n Roll Music Association 2005 Hall of Fame Inductee...Truth & Janey|website=iowarocknroll.com|access-date=18 November 2009}}</ref><ref>Clark, Eric (September 1, 2005). "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=10C607F37446A120&p_docnum=1 Famous sounds]", ''The Gazette'', p. WE9.</ref>
==History==
===Formation=== The group formed in 1969 originally with drummer John Fillingsworth. In roughly one year he was replaced by Denis Bunce. In 1972 they released their debut, a 7-inch 45 rpm, "Midnight Horsemen" backed with a cover of the Rolling Stones song, "Under My Thumb" on the Sound Communications label. The following year they released "Straight Eight Pontiac" (by Sonny Boy Williamson II) and "Around and Around" (by Chuck Berry) on their own Driving Wheel label. By 1976 they had recorded ''No Rest for the Wicked'' on the Montross label, which sold only 1,000 copies upon its original release.<ref name="Hall of Fame"/>
===Disbandment=== During the later half of the 1970s they disbanded several times. Bassist Steve Bock eventually joined a group called 'Nowhere Fast'. BillyLee Janey would go on to release several solo albums, and Bunce left the music business completely.<ref name="Hall of Fame"/>
==Discography== * 1976 - ''No Rest for the Wicked''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0010V5EEU|title=No Rest for the Wicked|website=Amazon}}</ref><ref>Joynson, Vernon (1997). ''Fuzz, acid and flowers : a comprehensive guide to American garage, psychedelic and hippie rock (1964–1975).'' Glasgow: Borderline. p. 541. {{ISBN|1-899855-06-8}}</ref><ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0F00E598EB7E61CC&p_docnum=1 "Return to simpler times: Truth and Janey connect with their past, each other,"] ''Cedar Rapids Gazette'', November 9, 2001, accessed October 8, 2009</ref> * 1977 - ''Just a Little Bit of Magic''<ref>{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p24899|pure_url=yes}}</ref> * 1988 - ''Live 4/8/76'' (2-LP) * 2003 - ''Erupts!''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000BZFQ4|title=Erupts|website=Amazon|year=2003}}</ref> reissue of ''Live 4/8/76'' * 2016 - ''Topeka Jam'' (2-LP)
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