Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Cool rock n roll photos
- Thread starter Chad-Chicago
- Start date
D
Her life was a pretty sad story, but what an awesome talent. If you can track one down, I highly recommend this box set "Complete Verve Studio Master Takes" (6 CDs). I bought it on Boxing Day Christmas 2005 when it was released for $56. It's superb.
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Verve-Studio-Master-Takes/dp/B000BLI4NI/
As an Amazon Associate, TalkBass may receive commissions from qualifying purchases made via links on this site.
Met Owen Biddle in a college campus parking lot prior to his work with The Roots. I didn't know who he was at the time but he was selling a MKW Sadowsky. It was a gorgeous bass and he mentioned he was only selling it because he needed the money. That left me feeling guilty for having 5 or 6 basses and sorry for him. Fortunately, not long after his career exploded and he went on to produce and play with The Roots, Mister Bennington and is now playing with Squeeze. Good fortune couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
Last edited:
The Yardbirds with Keith Richards on guitar
I don't see Keith Richards. The guitarist in the striped shirt is Jeff Beck.
That's definitely Jeff.
EDIT: And it's a funny picture because the other band members are looking quite dapper, while Jeff shows up looking like a Beach Boy.
Last edited:
Top Topham (lead) and Chris Dreja (rhythm) were their first guitarists...and then famously, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page played lead guitar in the Yardbirds after Topham left.
Jimmy Page played bass for a time while Beck was lead guitar.
Page stepped in on bass because Paul Samwell-Smith abruptly quit to produce records.
Later, Page took over as lead while Beck was in the hospital, and then Beck and Page both played lead guitar for a while.
John Paul Jones even ended up on a recording during that period.
Page stayed after Beck left and eventually we saw the Yardbirds turn into Led Zeppelin.
The first Zeppelin idea (1966) was to form a supergroup of Beck, Page, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon... which quickly became a joke where Entwistle said that "would go over like a lead balloon" and Moon said the name could be Lead Zeppelin.
Two years later, Page decided to use that name when he had JPJ, Bonham and Plant onboard.
Ha! I thought the same thing!That's definitely Jeff.
EDIT: And it's a funny picture because the other band members are looking quite dapper, while Jeff shows up looking like a Beach Boy.
Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page
Invalid Link Removed
Invalid Link Removed
Invalid Link Removed
Invalid Link Removed
Invalid Link Removed
Invalid Link Removed
Are Rick Wakeman and Gregg Allman twins separated at birth?
Minor corrections:
Clapton replaced Topham in the Yardbirds. See Stroll On in the Michelangelo Antonioni film Blowup for a Beck/Page appearance in that 6-month stretch. They toured the States shortly thereafter when Beck quit the band.
The Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, John Paul Jones and Nicky Hopkins collaboration resulted in Beck's Bolero. No Entwistle.
Last edited:
I didn't know Owen had joined Squeeze, cool! I recall him posting on TB for a bit while he was in the Roots.
A couple years ago, there was a Squeeze covers project that involved Questlove and some musicians he's worked with over the years. Owen joining Squeeze could be related to that.
To elaborate further, Dreja moved to bass to allow for the (short lived) Page/Beck twin lead configuration.
I think, but could be wrong (been a long time), that "Think About It" and "Over Under Sideways Down" are the only two recorded songs with this lineup.
