Joey (Bob Dylan song)

"Joey"
Song by Bob Dylan
from the album Desire
ReleasedJanuary 5, 1976
RecordedJuly 30, 1975 (basic track) August 11, 1975 (overdub session)[1]
StudioColumbia Recording Studios, New York City
GenreFolk rock
Length11:05
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Don DeVito
Desire track listing
9 tracks
Side one
  1. "Hurricane"
  2. "Isis"
  3. "Mozambique"
  4. "One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)"
  5. "Oh, Sister"
Side two
  2. "Joey"
  3. "Romance in Durango"
  4. "Black Diamond Bay"
  5. "Sara"

"Joey" is an epic story-song from Bob Dylan's 1975 album Desire. It was written by Dylan and Jacques Levy, who collaborated with Dylan on most of the songs on the album. Like another long song on the album, "Hurricane", "Joey" is biographical. It tells the story of the life and death of mobster Joey Gallo, who was killed on his birthday at Umberto's Clam House in Little Italy, on April 7, 1972.[2][3][4] The song was produced by Don DeVito.

  1. ^ Bjorner Columbia Recording Studios, New York City, August 11, 1975 Bjorner's Still on the Road. Retrieved July 29, 2010
  2. ^ "Joey". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  3. ^ Varesi, A. (2002). The Bob Dylan Albums. Guernica Editions. pp. 131–133. ISBN 978-1-55071-139-4.
  4. ^ Mellers, W. (1984). A Darker Shade of Pale. pp. 187–188. ISBN 0-19-503622-0.