Singers, Musicians and old dogs. It’s the same question. R.I.P Jeff ! Thanks for sharing your Journey.
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Jeff Beck R.I.P.
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Singers, Musicians and old dogs. It’s the same question. R.I.P Jeff ! Thanks for sharing your Journey.
Geez, the man died and was loved by many and here you are bickering over semantics…. That’s truly f**kin sad
I was a wee sprat when "Truth" came out in 1968. This was an early favorite, I think of it as his tutorial on dynamics: Ain't Superstitious--at around 2:20 one of the loudest "rests" in rock'n'roll.
Saw him live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1969. When he started soloing, Stewart went to the back of the stage. Many years later, I caught a video of him playing what sounded like a raga. His right hand was incredibly busy: He was working the volume knob with his pinky, the whammy bar between thumb and forefinger, and his index and middle fingers plucking strings. Moments when he made his Strat sound like a deranged songbird.
And a quick word: His death is sad, but don't call it a tragedy. That would have been if he'd died at 27. He had a wonderful career, and was always considered a top player, at a time when that really meant something--when he and Hendrix and a bunch of other guys were just starting to see the potential of the electric guitar.
Saw him live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1969. When he started soloing, Stewart went to the back of the stage. Many years later, I caught a video of him playing what sounded like a raga. His right hand was incredibly busy: He was working the volume knob with his pinky, the whammy bar between thumb and forefinger, and his index and middle fingers plucking strings. Moments when he made his Strat sound like a deranged songbird.
And a quick word: His death is sad, but don't call it a tragedy. That would have been if he'd died at 27. He had a wonderful career, and was always considered a top player, at a time when that really meant something--when he and Hendrix and a bunch of other guys were just starting to see the potential of the electric guitar.
Oh Jeez, Jeff Beck had IMO the best phrasing of any guitarist I've heard - always so human, vocal, and surprisingly audacious but sooo right.
RIP, Jeff!
RIP, Jeff!
Wired and Blow by Blow had deep grooves (no pun intended) worn in the vinyl when I was in High School in NYC 1976-77. What an influence, what an effect on so many people.
He will be missed!
He will be missed!
I always preferred Page & Clapton, but Beck was one of the greatest guitarists in this universe. There'll be no one like him.
I can't believe it! He was a guitar legend all of his life, pretty much right from the beginning.
Tremendous skills and technique. And he seemed like a great down-to-earth kinda guy in every interview he gave. My deepest condolences and thoughts are with his family, Rest in Peace my friend.
Tremendous skills and technique. And he seemed like a great down-to-earth kinda guy in every interview he gave. My deepest condolences and thoughts are with his family, Rest in Peace my friend.
I can't think of too many guitarists as unique as Jeff Beck. What a legend. I wish I had seen him play live. RIP
Well, the last bit will be incorrect, then. It’s not possible to have the “most unique”anything. But I do get what you’re saying.
Oh man! I ain't superstitious, but it feels like a black cat just crossed my path...
My mom who was sorta jazz, Motown and classical snob, thought that Jeff Beck was very musical and the only electric guitar player that she liked (aside Wes, Joe Pass, Pat Martino etc) . She would be 6 years older than Jeff. I definitely put him apart and above than the other Yardbirds guitarist.
We all have to go and he contributed so much, so what would sadness and feeling a loss do. I am glad he did not have to suffer long. I am also really glad that he included talented women in his band in what would otherwise be male dominated scene.
We all have to go and he contributed so much, so what would sadness and feeling a loss do. I am glad he did not have to suffer long. I am also really glad that he included talented women in his band in what would otherwise be male dominated scene.
