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...wasn't Beck's idea to remain idle. He wanted to start a new group, a group he could call his own. In 1968 the new Jeff Beck Group released its album simply entitled Truth. Till this day, Truth stands as the epitome of the hard rock album. Featuring Rod Steward (Beck's personal discovery) on vocals, Truth influenced just about every hard rock album that followed it, including Led Zeppelin I. A combination of classic blues ("I Ain't Superstitious" and "You Shook Me") given a new breath of life, and innovative rock ("Shapes of Things" and "Beck...
Disillusioned by the success of imitators like Led Zeppelin and Cream when they themselves could not achieve commercial success, the Jeff Beck Group dissolved. Lead singer Rod Stewart and bassist Ron Wood joined the Small Faces where they both became rich and famous, and pianist Nicky Hopkins took to hanging around the Rolling Stones, eventually joining the Quicksilver Messenger Service. Beck was invited to join the Vanilla Fudge but he never had a chance to accept the invitation. Early in 1969 he was involved in an auto accident that was to keep him inactive for almost three years...
...Crimson comeback was not to be Rod Foster came up with two outstanding kick runbacks. But, the offense just couldn't get rolling...
...months ago Jim Stoeckel would have thought little of his chances to be Harvard's starting quarterback. With both Rod Foster and Eric Crone returning, the sophomore from Miami, Florida did not figure on much playing time...
...minutes before the Dartmouth game, Coach Joe Restic decided to start Stoeckel after watching Rod Foster throw in the pre-game warm up. "Coach Restic wanted to see how Rod's shoulder was, and he only told me I was playing when the team came back onto the field right before the game...