Johnny Thunders 'Joey' live acoustic on TV

Johnny Thunders playing Bob Dylan's 'Joey', with Oddballs sax player Jamie Heath, in Dublin. Listen to Bob Dylan and Iggy Pop talking about Johnny, here:-    • Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan, Clem Burke on Jo...   Broadcast on 26th April 1990, just a year before Johnny died the following April 23rd. Filmed in Ireland for the Nighthawks programme.

Johnny had previously shown his respect for Bob Dylan by covering 'Like a Rolling Stone', also on the Hurt Me album. and may have been drawn to this song as it's about an Italian-American mobster Joey Gallo, who despite being convicted of extortion and acccused of murder was viewed sympathetically by many who viewed him as an Italian-American folk hero. After Dylan was criticised for the lyrics for glorifying Gallo, he said that his co-writer Jaques Levy had actually written the lyrics.

Johnny's version abbreviates the lyrics of Dylan's much longer version originally released on his 'Desire' album.

Johnny plays Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' here:    • Johnny Thunders 'Like a Rolling Stone...  

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