Jeff Beck "Where Were You" 1995

[TheElissaS]

There is a word in French - chantepluer- which means singing through your tears--playing an instrument through your tears.

[chihawks2010]

I have seen Beck every tour since 1973, he is the greatest guitarist alive.I'm lucky to live in Chicago for the Crossroads guitar festival in june.

[sweetarmadillo]

Bluey.U said it all.Old piece of wood,a few wires and electric.Amzin.

[alexkrasnoff]

Somehow remind of Terje Rypdal - Mystery Man....

[framayx]

GUITAR GENIUS !!!

[framayx]

GUITAR GENIUS !!!

[dan32113]

that guitar is crying!

[thebluesrockers]

he is the king of the whammy bar.

[Bluezking]

There is only one Jeff Beck.

Simply beautiful.

[Bluezking]

There is only one Jeff Beck who can play like he do.Guess who's Dave Gilmour's guitar hero>thats Mr Jeff Beck.

Simply beautiful.

[sd006]

Nobody like Jeff Beck.

[scandalinbohemia]

I was at this gig! Thx for posting. Terry Bozzio was totally pulverising.

[chgoss81]

how ironic that this one is called where were you; i was actually there at this show. it was a double-bill with santana. but beck stole the show. no one makes it talk like jeff beck. if anyone has any doubt who the greatest guitarist of the rock era is, then they should see this.

[Nyquistic]

A Terrible Beauty,

[MaxHubben]

There are many underrated artists, i myself like leslie west and craig ericksson. But it is a bit fun to like the music of someone who isnt that famous.

[LeMagnetique]

Uè guagliù!

[JudgeBluey]

Only Jeff can play Jeff. All the pretenders and knockers can lay their little hearts to rest that Jeff will always open HIS heart using an old piece of wood with some wires and electricity. Hendrix is Hendrix, Page is Page, McLaughlin is McLaughlin, Morse is Morse, Yngwie is Yngwie......and Beck is Beck, Jeff Beck to be precise and far too underrated....just like all the rest of the virtuosos who remain true to their craft, I salute you ALL.

[moneyquickeasy]

underrated? He's actually pretty highly rated -- and well deserves it.

[uncleclunk]

they called Hendrix the master of the stratocaster and I am a huge Hendrix fan and Jeff, but I think the title belongs to Jeff, no one has the bar control like he does, there's plenty of guys that can do whammy bar tricks, but not the control he has, he truly is the srtat master

[chgoss81]

true true. i do have a copy of steve lukather doing a pretty amazing version of the pump however

[cjk9013]

Excellent line up, a true and good representation of great ones:: and yes Beck is prominent among them. There are so so many guitarists both discovered and undiscovered, seeking to be or not, that there is no GREATEST.But Beck is one of the, if not the, greatest I have ever heard in my short (close to 50yr)lifetime. A small handful of others: Zappa, clapton, vai, DiMeola, Allman...

[leorizzosipod]

I agree

[Thoom4u]

To me it seems like a whale concert, mesmerizing

[Chessdaddy]

My god! This is beautiful. I've been listening to JB since I was a teenager in the 70's and I still can't believe some of the stuff he does with a guitar. He's the master.

[rockmusezip]

Call me crazy, but I love this piece so much that I transcribed it for electric violin and orchestra for our upcoming concert!

[PeterMayer]

I saw him in Cincy in 95 with Santana and I hadn't heard either in 20 years. We were late and heard this skreeching guitar and I knew walking up who that was!

[kachondo]

listen to nadia is also a good song

[wenchiang12]

My soul touched the sky when I listen to this.

[oracleofottawa]

This is my favorite Beck tune and one of my favorite You-Tube videos. Who or what can ever touch that?Note from 1:27 to 1:40 it really does sound like a human voice! I am 51 years old and the only concert I want to see before I die is Jeff Beck at Ottawa Blues Fest.......

[moevideoblog]

Beck is beyond guitar playing...

Music is what he really cares about.

:)

[deviato]

you are absolutely right!

:-)

[KSI3GoPennState]

you know that Beck really plays the wammy bar and turns the volume up or down to make different sounds!!!

[abrahamlincoln0900]

best thing I have ever seen,heard. thank you

[kalungarocker]

Total control of the guitar. I cannot hear this song without a tear roll in my face. Simply amazing and touchable!! Beck is the man!!!

[jmsbk12345]

First there was Jimi Hendrix and now there is Jeff Beck.

[LRNQ]

Posso dizer com toda convicção que esse é o solo de guitarra mais perfeito que já ouvi em toda minha vida. Minhas emoções chegam aos céus!

Em 1:52 o harmônico com alavancada parece a voz de uma soprano cantando p/ Deus; em 2:43 2:45 o ornamento com a alavanca é lindo e, em 2:47-2:51 , Beck faz uma frase muito expressiva e poderosa.

Jeff Beck é um gênio !!!

[LRNQ]

Posso dizer, sem nenhuma dúvida, que esse é o solo de guitarra mais perfeito que já ouvi em toda minha vida. Minhas emoções chegam aos céus, meu coração festeja!!! O harmônico com alavancada de "1:52" parece a voz de uma mulher soprano cantando p/ Deus.

[GimmeSomeBlues]

This tune is one of the best electric guitar tunes ever. Has so much feeling, melancholia and romanticism... Simply beautiful.

Jeff Beck at his best.

[1878TON]

exquisite the mans a genius, have you heard any one produce sounds like this???

[kewl2006]

EPIC win

[fc196582]

BECK THE BEST!!! My all-time favorite!!! No One comes even close!!!

[Loffyswe]

1.37-1.44, incredible cool.

[dalekirkley]

Incredible control over the tone of the guitar. The way he makes the note almost morph into a female falsetto voice using the whammy bar is just sublime!

[AxisofJustice21]

He is the man.

[geetarmaster21]

pathetic how many people fall into these arguments, everyone has a best to THEM, is it fair to mug beck because he doesn't shred like yngwie? or vai lacks soul because he doesn't play much blues??the great's surpass technical ups and downs and it all comes down to individuality, anyone who calls someone ignorant for not liking beck or vice versa is as ignorant as the other, No one opinion is right, should we insult beck for not inventing the whammy bar he uses?

no such thing as the no-1 G-God!

[jurko46]

there´s always somebody,who´s 1st in doing something.there were BACH,MOZART,BEETHOVEN...so FREDDIE(QUEEN)was not the 1st to come with the ultimate music.can we talk about some inspiration here?music just existed earlier than QUEEN did.

[totosmeels]

man those harmonics!

[millbrookmusic]

This song was the inspiration for the Queen song "Bijou"

[davewestaine]

twins

[minuan1]

que pacion y que estilo muy bueno pocos quedan como el

[JerryOutlaw]

This song (and Nadia) are the sweetest guitar sounds I have ever heard.

[nailosity]

Unf***ing believable. This guy never fails to blow my mind.

[johndenner]

Awesome!

[br333br333]

omg this literally sent shivers down my spine :P!!! Jeff beck is a beast!

[vernthestern]

great performance!

[santacruezz]

Really Funny how all the comments that say positive stuff about jeff beck have thumbs down...seems as if somebody hates him and comes back again and again to thumb down comments :D

[BrianJLeong]

Don't worry someone's evening it out.

[totosmeels]

AMAZING! thanks for capturing this footage.

beck is EASILY the best guitar player up there in the top 10. i know that sounds big of me but its true i mean the evidence is there!

[rainbowfan92]

Is he using his signature guitar here? What pickups does he have? Is there anything special with the tremolo arm?

[VUnit258]

yeah thats his signature idk about the pickups but the tremolo system is like the new american standard's

[henriflix]

As far as I can tell I think his trem bar is set up to stop at C ( depressed ) if playing a harmonic on the G string. When raised it will play a B which gives all 12 notes. Standard block with a floating set up.

[pcollenYT]

@rainbowfan92 : Yes...the guy who's using it.

[colinthewot]

yes, it was!

[mjtsl]

henriflix,

wow, thanks for posting this.

do you know if beck ever did a vid with mclaughlin? they played together on .

[stereoview]

This other commenter is full of it about mahavishnu.

"At the Crossroads Festival," McLaughlin says, "Jeff Beck, one of my old cohorts, opened up his set with two tunes from Mahavishnu—it was wonderful. He did 'Resolution' and 'Eternity's Breath,' one after the other, and he really played it too. He's such a great guitar player, and to hear that, it was very moving. We go back, we used to tour a lot in the '70s, and jam every night—two bands on stage, that was some high energy.

[boutirr]

THANX onereetstreet,

it's always a minority that knows the real deal

ray did harmonics with whammy melodies before jeff and i believe inspired him even if his fans and himself denie it,cause he protects his crown very smartly

[onereetstreet]

Guys! Just give credit where credit is due, eh?? Both Gomez and Beck are great players.. People who are hip to other than the big commercial players will be more familiar with Ray Gomez, who in my opinion, is the most innovative, tasteful guitarist out there today. I hope you're not suggesting that the number of videos uploaded onYouTube has any bearing whatsoever on an artist's musical distinction! Anyway, hip is hip -- Why not enjoy the great stuff both these players give us... Peace-Out!

[godabkool]

it' mind blowing you don't hear it,it's also the melody on a tune on a stanley clarke album called "find out",but that shows what kind of guitarist you are,if at all

all the pros guitarists i know know it,

it is absotutely useless to explain it,,

for a moment i thought you were a stubborn fanatic,but hip,i realise how limited you are,

so never mind,keep believing what you believe

you'll be happier

[stereoview]

Sorry but all the great guitarists, Vai, Satch, Gilmour, Hendrix etc. etc. Say Beck is the one. According to Carmine Appice, Jimi told him to his face that Jeff was his favorite. Google it.

[boutirr]

and people just as famous like ray better,,

and yes he did things before jeff but jealousy is a big part of this biz ad you are a proof of it

[youbdum]

jimi would tell any great player he was the best,he was kind and very high,,

could be clapton,terry kath,billy gibbons,beck,in fact they're all documented,

the fact if ray did harmonics with whammy bar melodies before jeff and you cant hear it,on ray opening page,so you need a guitar teacher and a shrink

[sanjimignano]

This is nonsense. Jeff was playing with feedback and harmonics when I saw him on Eel Pie Island back in 65 (or was it 64? - too long ago to remember for an old guy), but obviously the equipment wasn't good enough to make it sustainable at the time, but in terms of stretching what guitars could do he was definitely ahead of everyone. I know he had certainly perfected it by the early 70's - I remember him playing a whole solo in harmonics at a BB&A gig in Oxford (Oxford Poly 1974, I think it was)

[boutirr]

read the comments on ray's site,perhaps your opinion is more valid?

[songblam]

superb.....very nice video too...thank you....

[doodle202]

dang, that was like a symphony, except with a strat, rat, and stack.

[dieneris]

This is just from another world. Beauty in pure state.

[hangeven]

you guys are gonna hate this,but ray gomez did it before jeff..

listen to west side boogie towards the end..

it plays on his website on the first page..

1980 release..recorded in 79

[drobinson9]

But wasn't Because we ended as lovers by beck, as well as the whole of Blow By Blow recorded 74/75?

Beck has always been ahead of the game.

[godabkool]

PART 1

no sir

billy cobham's spectrum was his signal to go fusion

mahavishnu was too complex for him..

so was return to forever..

so he took spectrum as a departing point..

later got jan hammer FOR WIRED ..

[godabkool]

No sir,

Beck went fusion thanx to spectrum..

fusion was aroun since the sixties in america.

miles,bucrusaders with carlton,the la express with robben ford in 72-3

buzzy geiten was the first great fusion guy i heard in woodstock in 69 with butterfield..

[boutirr]

no sir,

when fusion hit,he needed a way to make it work for him..mahavishnu was too complex for a rock guy..return to forever as well..

so BILLY COBHAM'S spectrum was his sign and direction..

the brits always needed america to start  with..

and before that,he learnt from black blues guys and country..

Mix that with the rebel rocker..et voila!!

[DangerousBastard]

Jeffrey is a fuckin beauty! He plays everything, the volume comtrol, whammy bar, harmonics, and sometimes the strings too, and does in a beautiful non-showoff way. He made the whammy bar a legitimate expressive device, him and Hendrix I suppose. Yeah, Jeff is my favourite soloist.

[hacksawboogie]

it's mindblowing that some "guitar players" just dont get this...they would rather (in their infinite ignorance) worship frank zappa or kirk hammett or doesnt matter who..the point is they are not ready emotionally to absorb this godly offering. oh well, fuck 'em, more for us.

[hacksawboogie]

valdae...cliff gallup...the chief influence. it's all jeff now, his own sound, style and heavenly feel,..but cliff gallup, from gene vincent and the blue caps, is the original mentor for jeff. jeff has even done a tribute album for him.

[3dimensionalreality]

I love his music.

[mattojorojo]

Jeff is the best in most guitar players opinion. At least those who matter.

[purpledavo]

I saw this tour. I've never heard anything like it. What Beck is doing is on a higher level than

any other guitarist. My guess is even the "shredder" and "sweep" guys bow down. Wow.

[aror13]

this is the real thing,:]]

makes me feel crazy,its just a great song

[garbidz]

must be one of the most beautiful things ever come out of a strat

(I have this as a ring tone on my portable)

[babacool81]

I soooo agree, its AMAZING, drives you crazy. the beauty could kill you right away.mind blowin'

[reflexive9]

Jeff, Jeff, Jeff....what have you done!?!?!

:) He released that tune as antidote to all the insane whammy bar nonsense thata was SO prevalent at that time

[lunaticlove]

So beautiful! That guitar is talking to me. More expresive than the sound of the wind and river.

[Hithlim]

Terrific to watch and to listen to, this is a live showing of Pure magic if I've ever seen it. 10/10

[neon333333]

Jeff Beck for life

[TheMazeisback]

how can he bend the highest note with a heavy gauge????this man is awesome..

[stereoview]

Seen anyone else who can do anything even remotely like that?

[godabkool]

yeah,ray gomez,no ^problem,did it before jeff in 79-80,but not featured,as part of a solo,,

he is BAD!!

[quadraview]

that's right, west side boogie,way aheadof jeff in that shit,,

the're on a few records together

[claudyaskywalker]

This music makes me sad everytime I listen it,,,, :(

[frankpaush]

... it's really pure and essential. it is touching and unveiling my own deeper areas, I am always near to tears when listening to it, but I would'nt call it sad.

Great.

[stereoview]

Dang! No artificial ingredients or cheap fillers here! Haunting. Anybody think they can cover this? I won't hold my breath but hey, post that video.

[doodle202]

i'm still holding my breath for someone to do one up this video. LOL

[frankpaush]

...another amazing take from this genius. I agree with loveandre, this seems to be the magic, it is essentially music, sweet and pure, he is transporting it to our hearts directly, no faking in between.

[sherribailey75]

when I first heard a recording of this song, I thought there must have been some studio tricks involved in making the guitar sing like a woman's voice. but now, seeing this, i understand that this was all the genius of beck. i love this track so much. it is just pure magic. never ever grows old. it's like from the heavens or something.

[jimmyp37]

1 of really just a few guitarists you MUST hear...

[Juggalo5588]

I agree completely.

[valdae]

lovelandre, I really take issue with your take on Beck opening for B B King. For one thing, King had some influence on Beck, for sure. As is, they're both living legends, and are both in possession of the "tone", period.

[gazelam]

Well, IMO, this is as good a guitar solo as exists, or may ever exist. Admittedly, JB has never stuck with a style long enough to get a popular following like Page and Clapton, but there is a reason guitar stores put up signs saying 'No Stairway'. They will never have to put up a sign that says 'No Where Were You'.

[lovelandre]

I agree ewoe21, he is truly unequalled, the technical difficulty of playing this is enormous, but the musicality and feel of Beck makes it so transcendent, no ego, just pure intensity and mastery. To think that he toured as an opening act for B.B. King is truly a joke.

Sorta like Mozart opening up for Yanni

[tlharvey7]

i love jeff beck.most other guitarist (even when they play his stuff) are good,but when Jeff plays it draws something from deep within me...declan, nadia, the final peace, and this one are masterpieces

i love how he seems to mimic an opera singer at 1:32 and 1:45-52

[tlharvey7]

i have a question..at :46 is there something inscribed on his guitar?

[henriflix]

Yes, it says "Little Richard", an autograph carved into the body of the guitar. I have seen this mentioned in interviews.

[johnnyblue66]

This puts a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes.

[bluesgunner]

Absolutely stunning. Just amazing.

[songblam]

Santa Barbara, 2006: Best concert I've ever heard, of anyone's...ever....We love you Jeff...

[jessupar]

Holy..... fuck. This just leaves me speechless. there are so few people in the world anymore with actual talent... he is by a wide margin, amoung the top 5 guitarists in the world (electrically anyways)

[blackpantera87]

El mas grande guitarrista ke existe. insuperable

[jazzlefty]

heard those armonics!! eres al mas grande maestro!!

[manical101]

thelenis is ryt it is an incredibly beautiful song yet it is haunting too

[goldniner]

Nobody else comes close...

[godabkool]

not true,many do and further

[thelenis]

one of the most haunting and beautiful guitar songs of all time- seen him play this on tour with Santana and everybody was blown away...

[asolognier]

Yeah, Long live El Becko! "Guitar playing is not a competition, but Jeff Beck is the winner."

[bbsuzi23]

wow..Joe Satriani once said Jeff's Where Are You gives him a "musical heart attack" every time he hears it..me, too. Long live Jeff Beck..

[crimsonking2112]

still is and will always be my favorite, he is one of the most unique players of all times. many people shred but only one is beck. ive never heard a guitarist use harmonics so musically and melodically, not even vai

[deadleather]

i agree

[pinholedstars]

Long live, indeed! Beck is like a good Cabernet: he just gets better as he gets older!! It's an inspiration to us all that a guy's ability can peak at like age 60 instead of 25.