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Why does Jeff Beck stand the test of time better than..........everybody else

Kirk Bryant

Kirk Bryant

Aug 23, 2004
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#1
I swear when I saw him in the late 60's (Yardbirds era) I thought 'GENIOUS" as I listen to the Palladia Concert I have had recorded for months with (Tal W.) over and over..luv Tal but really Jeff is a GOD of guitar. When Eric C. got up to sit in I swear his game came up a notch. Yea or two!!!! BUT JB is on a different level "to me" ymmv etc.
His originalaty and unique technique put him in a class by himself.

And for criminy sakes .....no pick..give me a frickin break..

I don't know when I've heard more emotion from a guitar and I'll go out on a limb here and include Wes, Jimi, Jim H. and Sco, etc.

ok flame on!:D

peace Kirk
 
#3
Jeff just gets better with age. I haven't seen the Palladia Concert but everything else that I've seen him do over the past several years is amazing. There's are clips of him doing "Bad Romance" on YouTube that are just incredible. A testament to how to stay relevant and creative at age 68!
 
#7
Oh crap, I didn't know he was 8 yrs older than me .....man that hurts... (just turned 60 a mo. ago) he is KILLIN for anyone... let alone a "senior" haha...it pains me to think he was playing while I was in diapers. But what is really incredabile is how relevent he is now some (almost) 50 yrs later... name another icon who has been around that long and is still relavent besides Les Paul and Carrol Shelby... both dead. RIP.
 
#8
kevteop said:
I don't think I've ever heard him before. Is he a blues guitarist?
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He started out that way, but he's best known for getting other-worldly, fusion sounds.

Google the studio versions of Goodbye Pork Pie Hat off Wired, Where Were You off Guitar Shop, and People Get Ready with Rod Stewart, to hear what can be done with a Strat, a Marshall and your fingers.

The angelic, Theramin-like arpeggios that open Where Were You, were done by yanking on the whammy bar. Mind-boggling...
 
#12
Jeff Beck...

Wow.

Every time he plays his guitar, I smile.

What a great player, and what a great band!

He gets better and better because he is a consummate pro, and he never lets up.

That guy is one of the all-time legends of rock and roll.
 
#16
He truly is a master. I saw him two summers ago here in Ohio. One of the best concerts I have ever attended. He is one of my musical heroes and stands at the head of a pantheon of guitarists that rule the guitar world. (Beck, Page, Hendrix, Zappa)
Don't be surprised that there are people who don't know of Jeff Beck's work. A buddy of mine is a guitar teacher and he often tells me he has students that haven't heard of the Beatles, Hendrix, Zeppelin, etc. Ah well, I probably haven't heard of half the bands on the radio nowadays either...
 
#17
My first exposure to Jeff Beck was on the American TV show "Shindig" c. 1965 when he was with the Yardbirds. They were performing "I'm a Man". I didn't think much of the song until the end. Mind you, all I had ever heard was whatever types of guitar solos were on top 40 in 1965, so when I saw Beck do all that wierd stuff at teh end of that song, I was totallly blown away. It was one of those things that changed how I perceived music. I don't know if the video is on youtube or not. It was, but had been taken down. Maybe it's back up.
 
#20
Yardbirds have always been one of my favorite bands from that era. Saw them with Jeff Beck in late '65 I believe. It was Christmas day and a blizzard, only 15 to 20 people showed up. They played like there was 1000 people there. Of the three guitar "gods" from the Yardbirds (Clapton, Beck and Page), Beck is my favorite. He's only gotten better with age.
 

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