bryngOneOn's comments are laughable.."self indulgent"? So are all instrumentals "self indulgent"? Beck sang on a few Yardbirds' tracks and on a couple of solo singles.He's not a singer,imo..but I think he can be forgiven for that,considering he's one of the best guitar-slingers ever.Every show of his that I've seen,the crowd left totally buzzing over his performance.
@MrTippingthevelvet I am not sure, but I definitely give them TWO THUMB's UPP...WAY UPP!!! fOR SOME REASON, i LIKE THE bOZZIO hYMAS Beck lineup ( with a bassist [prreferrably, since I am a bassist , myself. 1995 tour was particularly good. SO was 98 /99. even 1989. I posted some 1995 a month or two ago. and will be posting Jones Beach 95 very soon. Or at least parts of it. It is a 65 minute kickbutt Beck Bootleg. Fans will love it! Check it out if you'd like..Thanks, Jim M.
i would love to be able to play an instrument and to play an instrument like these guys, but as music, is it any good? technically clever but also self indulgent, maybe its something u want to go and see for one night, but not again for a long time. its like having chocolate for breakfast dinner and tea. also does jeff beck sing? can only find him with a vocoder tube in his mouth , or r all songs instrumental?
With the exception of a few pounds (and only a few), Jeff looks almost exactly the same now as he does here. This sounds like his Blow By Blow period.
I still wasn't born in 1974 but I could feel this impression!Jeff already wasn't using a pic.I was amazed!But it's awesome no change from now that Jeff's playing.Thank you for your upload!!
Absolutely right - if you haven't bought the new CD yet, I would recommend it (especially as the first few thousand issues feature a bonus DVD of concert footage)
@pomegranite57If the piece called for it , he could rip with ANY but his style was copied (without the cred) as much as Clapton's or Hendrix's ever was.
@TumbrelJockey Sadly you are right, but it is never too late to give him his props. I don't think Beck was copied as much as Clapton. Hendrix blazed the metal trail comparable to none. Long live guitar legends!
@veeshead Hell yeah. His new style is great and all, and he gets some amazing sounds, but I definitely miss the Jeff Beck Group/ Blow by Blow/ Wired guitar playing were he wasn't so flashy...just immaculate phrasing and feel.
Flight: I know what you mean but listen to an album like Ronnie Scott's (actually, get the DVD), and you'll see that if you feel he is 'flashy' on some songs (don't think he is at all personally), he is anything but on others. Listen to Angel, Nadia, Cause We've Ended as Lovers, etc.
1) his use of the guitar like a voice - no other player can get quite such variations in tone and timbre; try the albums "There and Back" and "Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop", particularly the track "Where Were You?".
2) The fact that he's constantly evolving - from 60's pop, early 70's rock, late-70's jazz-rock (try "Blow By Blow" - a classic), 80's AOR to the 90's and 2000's prodigy inspired material. My own personal favourite album is 1976's "Wired".
@Kev 3542 Thank you. I did a search on Becks works as you recommended. I can't believe that as passionate as I am about music esp. Classic Rock which I grew up on I failed to hear his greater works. After listening to Suspension, Loose Cannon, Ambitious, Love is Green, and Where Were You, I had to ask myself, yea where was I! Hi is indeed a one of a kind Pure Genius, I should have known better. The best music is not always given to you via media. I have some real music ahead of me. Thanks.
If you'd take your head out of your ass, they're all over the place. Remember when Jimmy inducted Jeff into the Hall of Fame? He wouldn't even take a solo on the same stage as Jeff!! Check out Jeff playing "Big Block" at the Crossroads Festival. "nuff said
Seriously if you cant "get it" from this video I'm not sure you're going to get it at all. That would be because if you read interviews with both Page and Clapton they regard Beck as the best of their generation.
Not quite so. Although they do regard him as "one" of the best in their generation. It would depend upon when it was said, too. I LOVE JB's playing, but Clapton looked to Duane Allman, Hendrix, Buddy Guy, and Page's covers of a zillion blues men's songs, riffs and style show the direction he was looking toward as well. Don't forget others -Rory Gallagher and Mick Taylor for example, who shunned the grandiosity of stardom- both able at some point to say no to the Stones to pursue individuality.
@4rainbowed Nah man, he's right. Most of those pretty much acknowledge that Beck is the best guitar player to come out of the late 60's brit-blues players and American players, except they regard Hendrix high because he was so innovative and doing something no one else was. But sheer ability, it's no secret that Beck is leagues above his peers. And unlike the rest of them, he actually got better with time, style continuously developing. I can't fathom how someone could place Beck below is peers.
@mrktwn Not so. Clapton still reveres Johnson. Respect. Personally, I see Beck and Clapton playing like two sides of a coin. I think Beck is better technically, though he doesn't write his own material. But why fight over who is #1?? Can't we all agree to enjoy what fabulous talent is out there?
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jeff beck and jimi hendrix can play fender guitars and make the thin fender sound to sound like p90s pickups..otherwise fender is just for country music...gibson sgp90 or gibson goldtop p90 are the guitars for the rest of humankind!
I've got Fenders & Gibsons, but I almost always play strat/tele. The bottom line 4 me is the Fender clean - LP just don't do that - but with pedals I can get my strat to rock pretty good. It ain't a LP, but it's good enuff. Sometimes you need spanky clean and big-hair rawk in one song, that's how I do it...
You know, when I think about it and look back, there really were just two guys that could really put the fusion, and I mean REAL Jazz and Rock together and really pull it off with genuine authenticity and they were Jeff and Tommy Bolin. I remember seeing so many other dorks who said at the time "oh, yeah, I play Jazz fusion", and, it just sounded idiotic.
No. Sorry. Listened to them years ago. John may be someone else's cup a tea, but, he's just far too stiff and sterile. No soul, or killer tone. He's strictly a technician. I did enjoy some of their stuff (birds of fire) but given the choice between Maha or Jeff or Tommy, there's no second thought, Jef f and Tommy were the two guys who could really do it.
@kevinneslund Hi, there is a scene where Kunis walks into a music store and the 2 guys that work there say "I play fusion" and the other guy says "yeah I play fusion too". then Kunis steals a guitar.
That sounds interesting and funny. I'll have to scout that movie out.
In regard to your comment concerning Strats/single-coils; Yes, there was a period throughout the majority of the 70's and into the early 80's where nearly everyone who was into Rock was playing Les Pauls for the thicker sound. Then, after people started dropping humbuckers into strats they saw a resurgence in popularity. You can get a Strat to sound fat, but, it's hard to get a Les Paul to get that classic strat twang.
@cincyrocked Not quite true. It is well documented that many famous guitar players/legends cite him as a major influence. Great guitar players do give him the credit he deserves. From Gilmour to Blackmore to Satriani and many others. Not popular BUT highly revered by the great.
@cincyrocked Lets see ,on the cover of every major instrumental magazine since the early 60's, even on the cover of Rolling stone when it mattered! named by major guitarists as possibly the best living guitarist around, Guitars designed by at least two of the biggest manufacturers ever with his name on them, essential albums in any ones rock history ,where have you been living in a cave?? how much more do you need?under rated is the most overrated word! ever hear of the light bulb?
a strat is more versatile. A lp sounds like it does and that;s it. some guys are splitting the coils . I have seen Jeff use Strats, LP's and Tele's much more.He uses a lot of different stuff for power. In the past a mountain of gear. I saw him use a Plexi stak, SunnColloseum 880 stack and all sitting by a Accoustic 360 Driven witha LP Std. I had to go out and buy all that stuff. It was serious.
dude beck looks sooooo sick with a les paul he makes it look cool i wish he still used it tho :/ why doesnt he use it sooo many les paul/ gibson players when they get older always use fenders now beck,clapton,pete townshend, why???
Really, it's because different songs need different sounds. There's a nice little video here in YouTube that has Ron Wood showing a trailer full of just his guitars he takes on tour, with Ron showing them, telling their names, and what songs he'd use each one for... Of course, Keith Richards says he has over 1000 guitars, half he's never used -gifts- and he says, "Give me an hour and I'll make 'em all sound the same!" Haa! Gotta love him.
as a guy who played les pauls for years but now mostly fender guitars (sold all of my les pauls), it's the versatility of the sound. les pauls are great guitars but they are more one dimensional. in some ways, it doesn't make sense because les pauls have a set neck which would make you think it's just better. the bolt on neck on fender is a cheaper solution but the combination of that and the design is a super flexible sound. also, les pauls are too heavy. got tired of the weight.
@ele523 I think for a time nobody was playing strats - they were not cool, and the single coils were too thin for a modern sound. Eventually people started to hot rod them.
god this is epic even with the lack in quality. Stephen is going freaking insane at 2:10. holy hell thats virtuosity. and so is the drummer at 2:25. and of course, Jeff tearing it up throughout.
everytime i go out, I see some shmuck pick up his $9,000 Les Paul, and, invariably, it sounds like everything else. Beck is the only one, I can think of, who made a Les Paul NOT sound like a Les Paul. Pretty cool!
first of all, i said that everything that i have heard from him is the blues.whether he can play alternate scales or minor pentonics does not make him a musical genuis.i have watched about 10 or eleven videos of him,and they all sounded like worn out blues,very boring.if you want to see someone play indian modal scales watch shawn lane,he is the real deal.
dude..i play guitar for a long time..shawn lane is great..but you are missing the real point here..Beck is all about feel, tone, phrasing and innovation. If we go along the lines of just technique then that must mean that Vinnie Vincent is better than Eddie Van Halen
Shawn Lane is incredible. I just went to GIT and every teacher there worships Jeff Beck as well as the studio guys I've met. Shawn Lane was a fan of his as well as many other legends. He's a real guitar players guitar hero. As far as Eastern scales, why do you think a guy like John McLaughlin gets Jeff to guest appear on his album? I suggest you do your homework, practice (especially odd meter), learn your history, and wait for your nuts to drop son. You're talking about one of the best.
Hey Thunderprick, as you think Jeff is so crap, how about you go and do a search for "where were you" from Mr Beck. Go record your own version and post it up here so we can see how good you are. Then, in thirty words or less, explain how this piece, using quarter tones and Indian modal scales could be considered blues.
As for being Mrs Beck, I would rather be Mrs Page or Mrs Gilmour, but really, Mrs Marsalis.
hey searchlight,are you jealous.why don't you just marry jeff and you can defend your new wife from those meanies out there.i think that you know that you want to be mrs. beck,am i right?
Well isn't some of the basis of funk founded in the blues?
Plus can you blame Beck for wanting to branch out into the "fusion" thing at the time. Blues rock was already being played out by many great bands. This was a chance for Jeff to make his name...
I'm going to make an assumption and say Fusion jazz is a fusion of anything with jazz inflections.
I find this alot more interesting than the worn-out blues rock that was so big in the States at that time.(grand funk,humble pie,etc.).Beck has NEVER taken the safe and easy approach.His latest cd live cd is insanely good.
And one more thing,when Hendrix first played London. Townsend,Clapton and Beck all said "We should all find new lines of work". Look,I love Jeff Beck. I'm only saying Hendrix was more ahead,vision wise.
Band of gypsies was more of a funk group. Its hard to do jazz-rock fusion with Buddy Miles. As for "Third stone from the sun" Blood,sweat and tears wasn't doing hard rock/jazz fusion and Chicago wasn't around in 1967 and if they were they weren't doing stuff that sounded like Hendrix.
I'm a huge Jeff Beck fan,but this arguement about Hendrix and Beck is ridiculous.A ll you have to do is listen to "Third stone from the sun" which is years ahead from where Jeff Beck eventually headed. As a matter of fact,Jeff Beck didn't get into the jazz-rock fusion style of playing until he heard Tommy Bolin's playing on Billy Cobham's Spectrum album. And that was in 1974. Hendrix did "Third stone from the sun" in 1967!
You fail to recognize that Beck hit guitar psychedelia before Hendrix, as the Yardbird's "Mister You're a Better Man than I" shows.
"Third Stone" was indeed one of the first fusion tunes (recall Blood, Sweat and Tears and Chicago), but Hendrix did nothing with Band of Gypsys to follow up.
I'm a fan of both, but Beck has shown more range than most guitarists dream of. We can't know what Jimi might have done had he lived but for all we known, he had already peaked by Sept. 1970.
When Jimi's 1st LP, "Are You Experienced", came out, I wanted to describe what it sounded like to some friends. The only way to come close was: "Happenings Ten Years Time", (the only record released at the time of the Yardbirds w/both Beck & Page on guitar). JH was obviously listening to JB. Nonetheless, Jimi's from another planet, Jeff's just a man.
i was refering to jeff's newer stuff.but i just think that this style is a bore.blues has been done to death.i think when he does not use a pick, that it sounds like a slide
and that is the most laziest form of playing.that's just what i think.i watched alot of his videos and people say that he is so original, but all i heard was mostly blues which did not make him ahead of his times because it had been done years before he did it.
What "kind of playing" are you referring to? I ask because in this performance, he is using a pick. Or are you referring to his later stuff, where he is basically outclassing every 6-banger out there?
I hope Beck reads this thread so that he can benefit from your "tip" about using a pick. I am sure he will be most appreciative.
this string is better than some of the other Hendrix vs. Beck ones. People here seem to have a better understanding of guitar. Hendrix was a fantastic artist... but greatest electric guitar player... that's more than a stretch. He did do great things with the technique he had.. Beck's technique stands up to all the great players of all the genres and ages... Charlie Christian, Merle Travis, Les Paul, Phil Baugh, Joe Pass, Hank Garland, Billy Byrd, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani.. etc, etc
Amazing to think that Stevie Wonder cam up with "Superstition" for Beck and in tribute to his guitar style...Surely this is truly a funky white boy...
Okay A. I wonder how much "sonic exploration" Hendrix did as a blues player at small clubs in NYC compared to how much he did after coming to London and meeting guys like Jeff Beck (who made his guitar sound like a sitar for the Yardbirds' "Heart Full of Soul" in '65, etc.) and Pete Townshend (who was the first to record feedback and invented instrument destruction - something Hendrix clearly imitated!). Townshend even took Jimi shopping for amps that would give him the London sound.
And B. (I'm taking a risk here.) Race seems to play a role in the praise of Hendrix. I'm no sociology guy but I know that there's a tendency nowadays to over-hype the achievements of blacks (maybe to prove that we're not racists). The truth is Hendrix was a great guitar player but certainly NOT any better than guys like Jeff Beck, Clapton, etc. I would include Roy Buchanon in there. So when people come here and post things implying Beck and all guitar players are imitating Hendrix, I get pissed.
This is where I disagree with you. I don't look at ranking Hendrix high on the guitar hero list because we have to throw a black guy a bone. In rock there are precious few black guitarists(sadly). In Jazz, the white guy is the minority although there's lots of great ones like Pat Metheny, Joe Pass, and the untouchable Lenny Breau.
Hendrix, like a sponge, soaked up what all the other guitarists were doing, including Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Buddy Guy, Beck, Clapton, Townshend, and moved it all in a new direction. Rock matured into a more instrumental art form, like Jazz, and Classical Music, rather that just being money-making pop songs sung by cute-boy vocal groups.
I think it was a combination of all you guys are saying in these comments, Jimi just took it beyond anyone else, just think how great he was, we are all still talking about him.
Hendrix definitely knew Beck, Clapton and Townshend's music before coming to London, and he admitted their influence, so he probably incorporated aspects of their style while still in the states. Also, he was much freer to do his sonic explorations in London because people there were much more accepting of experimental music than the blues clubs he was playing in the US. And Johnny Guitar Watson, Albert Collins and Guitar Slim recorded feedback long before Townshend or Beck.
true-Hendrix took a LOT from Townshend and Beck primiarily when he got to England. Beck proved to be what Jimi would have been like had he lived. The one thing Hendrix had over Beck was that he could write songs and sing, but we're talking guitar prowess here.
Now, I'm not trying to put you down, but the real truth is Hendrix was overrated. Hendrix came to London in 1966 as just another New York blues guy with great technical ability. In London he was very heavily influenced by these guitar players: Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, and Eric Clapton. Anyone who does the research realizes this.
Another thing about Hendrix was that he had great innovators behind the scenes -- guys like Eddie Kramer who invented almost all the pedals Hendrix used (note how little Jeff Beck uses pedals) as well as made Hendrix's studio albums what they were. It's nothing personal, it's just that Hendrix was and still is over-hyped, and so dilatants (sp) re-iterate the propaganda.
Yeah , from what I know Hendrix was a sensation at that time. Of course he imitated many who came before him. Clapton was considered the best around at that time. But Hendrix was different and had his own style, and took the Blues and made it Heavier that ever before. He opened doors that no one else approached, and pulled sounds out of thin air. I don't see where you get "overrated." Most musicians at that time accepted his musical genius and influence on Rock, Especially Heavy Metal.
If you want to see blues made heavier, check out the Yardbirds in 1966 with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page doing songs like "Stroll On".
When I say over-rated I don't mean to take away from Hendrix's musicianship, just the hype, and like you said he did imitate and that takes away from the hype that he was a total original innovator - he wasn't.
Listen to the first lick of "Killing Floor" from Monterey in 67. In the first 10 seconds of that jam, Hendrix blows everybody away and established himself as a guitar god. The tone and fatness of his stratocastor put everyone to shame. I don't think that yardbirds ever matched the heaviness of Hendrix.
I don't see the point of your statements. Hendrix was incredibly innovative and original; obviously not "total". Like every artist including Beethoven, Hendrix immitated; that's a truism. So what? Eddie Kramer did not invent the bulk of the pedals, and at any rate, crediting the pedals for Hendrix' work is like thanking a mechanic's tools for the great job on your car. The people Hendrix immitated btw, weren't his contemporaries, but previous generations of American blues artists.
Again, a poorly conceived post. Of course it helps to have a great engineer, but what made the albums what they were was Hendrix' creative vision. Sure Kramer helped him get certain sounds, but unlike the Beatles, the vision was Jimi's and he burned out his band, with his insatiable passion for sonic exlorations in pursuit of that vision. Even Kramer takes far less credit that you give him, and gives Hendrix far more than you do. But what does he know; he was only there.
whos the guitar player here?
Schizophrenia222 1 month ago
Who are the bass player????
guikunz 3 months ago
@guikunz
The bass player is a guy called Stephen Amazing.
Kev3542 3 months ago
Fantastic drummer and bass player
guikunz 3 months ago
Who's the bassist here? sounds great
guitar5289 6 months ago
I'm NOT WORTHY! I'M NOT WORTHY!! I'M NOT WORTHYYYYYYYYYY!!! / J.M.
frembling 9 months ago
bryngOneOn's comments are laughable.."self indulgent"? So are all instrumentals "self indulgent"? Beck sang on a few Yardbirds' tracks and on a couple of solo singles.He's not a singer,imo..but I think he can be forgiven for that,considering he's one of the best guitar-slingers ever.Every show of his that I've seen,the crowd left totally buzzing over his performance.
briandebbie288 10 months ago
Wasn't this group Beck is playing with called, UPP?
MrTippingthevelvet 10 months ago
@MrTippingthevelvet
Yes, it was.
Kev3542 10 months ago
@MrTippingthevelvet I am not sure, but I definitely give them TWO THUMB's UPP...WAY UPP!!! fOR SOME REASON, i LIKE THE bOZZIO hYMAS Beck lineup ( with a bassist [prreferrably, since I am a bassist , myself. 1995 tour was particularly good. SO was 98 /99. even 1989. I posted some 1995 a month or two ago. and will be posting Jones Beach 95 very soon. Or at least parts of it. It is a 65 minute kickbutt Beck Bootleg. Fans will love it! Check it out if you'd like..Thanks, Jim M.
frembling 6 months ago
1974 !!!!!
people just knew about Rock n Roll, but not Jeff's type of music!
he's 10,000 year ahead of all guitarists.
Cheers V
TheAerosmither 1 year ago
i would love to be able to play an instrument and to play an instrument like these guys, but as music, is it any good? technically clever but also self indulgent, maybe its something u want to go and see for one night, but not again for a long time. its like having chocolate for breakfast dinner and tea. also does jeff beck sing? can only find him with a vocoder tube in his mouth , or r all songs instrumental?
bryngOneOn 1 year ago
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bond00777777 1 year ago
the great MOOG
bond00777777 1 year ago
who's the drummer here?
jbonham78 1 year ago
@jbonham78
The drummer is Jim Copley.
Kev3542 1 year ago
With the exception of a few pounds (and only a few), Jeff looks almost exactly the same now as he does here. This sounds like his Blow By Blow period.
rodentcafeteria 1 year ago
I still wasn't born in 1974 but I could feel this impression!Jeff already wasn't using a pic.I was amazed!But it's awesome no change from now that Jeff's playing.Thank you for your upload!!
watanuki1207 1 year ago
I miss the "funky / jazzy" jeff beck.
septip123 1 year ago
Es que están todos en estado de gracia. Increíble.
javiceres 1 year ago
Eric Clapton: God. Jeff Beck: Satan. GREAT.
JMRBAQ 1 year ago
damn, hes way better with his les paul, none of that annoying whammy use
TheRealErob 1 year ago
Discovered Jeff B when I was 18 and living in Honolulu. The BEST of times !!!
SunnyDays951 1 year ago
eeeeew
sounds a little like spinal tap's "jazz odyssey"
speedingjet 1 year ago
THe yong David Gilmoor on DRUM???
def2111 1 year ago
Like 2 generous lines on the mirror...(musically speaking!
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago
WHAT IS THIS SHIT?!
1954telecaster 1 year ago
I like Jeff's playing better for the most part when he was playing with a pick. His solos seemed to have more structure.
That's a good band and a funky bassist.
ocean4315 1 year ago
pa' mi amigo LORENZO HUERTA RIP
cuautiLA 1 year ago
Beck is bad (as in really good). Oh yeah...
electrixladyland69 1 year ago
I have just downloadet the whole album with Frostwire.Thanks man.
Nevigo 1 year ago
What he can do with just his hands (no pick) is amazing.He is def one of the best.He keep evolving.
Nevigo 1 year ago
@Nevigo
Absolutely right - if you haven't bought the new CD yet, I would recommend it (especially as the first few thousand issues feature a bonus DVD of concert footage)
Kev3542 1 year ago
@Nevigo While he mainly plays without a pick, you can clearly see he uses one in this vid. Awesome band!
k0sta5 1 year ago
@Nevigo His style has definitely changed since dropping the pick (for the most part). Here he's using one of course.
cranie4 1 year ago
He started playing with fingers exclusively in the 80's
thuxta 8 months ago
Beck was never under rated by anyone who mattered. A great guitarist since the 60's and still going strong. Thanks for the clip....
pomegranite57 1 year ago 5
@pomegranite57If the piece called for it , he could rip with ANY but his style was copied (without the cred) as much as Clapton's or Hendrix's ever was.
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago
@TumbrelJockey Sadly you are right, but it is never too late to give him his props. I don't think Beck was copied as much as Clapton. Hendrix blazed the metal trail comparable to none. Long live guitar legends!
pomegranite57 1 year ago
I wish we could see this kind of talent again soon.
jf99151 1 year ago
Listening to JB is an alternatively inspirational and humbling experience.
eatsandsleeps 1 year ago
Who's the bassist? that solo was amazing!
zeppelinstrat 1 year ago
@zeppelinstrat
It's a guy called Stephen Amazing.
Kev3542 1 year ago
lazur dumb comment aside JH as you called him flew to his planet thanks to Beck brand fuel live with it !
jsilence418 1 year ago
Great! Thank You!
wsgreek 1 year ago
I love the sound he gets using a pick. Wish he would still do it sometimes.
veeshead 1 year ago
@veeshead Hell yeah. His new style is great and all, and he gets some amazing sounds, but I definitely miss the Jeff Beck Group/ Blow by Blow/ Wired guitar playing were he wasn't so flashy...just immaculate phrasing and feel.
FlightoftheSpeedKing 1 year ago
Flight: I know what you mean but listen to an album like Ronnie Scott's (actually, get the DVD), and you'll see that if you feel he is 'flashy' on some songs (don't think he is at all personally), he is anything but on others. Listen to Angel, Nadia, Cause We've Ended as Lovers, etc.
searunrd1 1 year ago
I think Jeff heard this clip, liked the soinf of the tape-wobble- vibrato, & started recreating it w/his Strat's vibrato stick.
lazur1 2 years ago
Good lord this quality is terrible, lol.
Tilaron 2 years ago 2
I must add I'm very impressed with the rest of the band here.
70schild63 2 years ago
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70schild63 2 years ago
The key thing with Jeff Beck's playing is
1) his use of the guitar like a voice - no other player can get quite such variations in tone and timbre; try the albums "There and Back" and "Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop", particularly the track "Where Were You?".
2) The fact that he's constantly evolving - from 60's pop, early 70's rock, late-70's jazz-rock (try "Blow By Blow" - a classic), 80's AOR to the 90's and 2000's prodigy inspired material. My own personal favourite album is 1976's "Wired".
Kev3542 2 years ago 2
@Kev 3542 Thank you. I did a search on Becks works as you recommended. I can't believe that as passionate as I am about music esp. Classic Rock which I grew up on I failed to hear his greater works. After listening to Suspension, Loose Cannon, Ambitious, Love is Green, and Where Were You, I had to ask myself, yea where was I! Hi is indeed a one of a kind Pure Genius, I should have known better. The best music is not always given to you via media. I have some real music ahead of me. Thanks.
70schild63 2 years ago
Glad you enjoyed it all - as you say, he's a great player. Thanks for subscribing, too.
Kev3542 2 years ago
@70schild63
Don't worry and take your time. I am still learning about some groups of the seventies that I didn't have the taste to appreciate at that time.
MOCoutinho 1 year ago
@70schild63
If you'd take your head out of your ass, they're all over the place. Remember when Jimmy inducted Jeff into the Hall of Fame? He wouldn't even take a solo on the same stage as Jeff!! Check out Jeff playing "Big Block" at the Crossroads Festival. "nuff said
raveup11 2 years ago
Buy the Wired album.... listen to it as it was meant to be (album form)... and you will know why so many musicians love Beck.
orlandofriend 2 years ago 2
Seriously if you cant "get it" from this video I'm not sure you're going to get it at all. That would be because if you read interviews with both Page and Clapton they regard Beck as the best of their generation.
mrktwn 2 years ago
Not quite so. Although they do regard him as "one" of the best in their generation. It would depend upon when it was said, too. I LOVE JB's playing, but Clapton looked to Duane Allman, Hendrix, Buddy Guy, and Page's covers of a zillion blues men's songs, riffs and style show the direction he was looking toward as well. Don't forget others -Rory Gallagher and Mick Taylor for example, who shunned the grandiosity of stardom- both able at some point to say no to the Stones to pursue individuality.
4rainbowed 1 year ago
@4rainbowed Nah man, he's right. Most of those pretty much acknowledge that Beck is the best guitar player to come out of the late 60's brit-blues players and American players, except they regard Hendrix high because he was so innovative and doing something no one else was. But sheer ability, it's no secret that Beck is leagues above his peers. And unlike the rest of them, he actually got better with time, style continuously developing. I can't fathom how someone could place Beck below is peers.
FlightoftheSpeedKing 1 year ago 4
Jeff Beck turned down the Stones.
searunrd1 1 year ago
@mrktwn Not so. Clapton still reveres Johnson. Respect. Personally, I see Beck and Clapton playing like two sides of a coin. I think Beck is better technically, though he doesn't write his own material. But why fight over who is #1?? Can't we all agree to enjoy what fabulous talent is out there?
4rainbowed 1 year ago
The Bass Player is a guy called Steve Amazing. I'd love to know where he is now!!!! The drummer is Jim Copely.
I saw Upp a couple of times - they were brilliant
redblackbird 2 years ago
He should do a current Les Paul CD
stansgarage 2 years ago
who'se the bass n drums here?
awesome bass player..
ben909ben 2 years ago
This is great to see!!! Most certainly like Jeff's tone and style using a LP and a pick!
univibe23 2 years ago
Insane
SteveSparx 2 years ago
Beck looks more like Chrissie Hynde.
duncanstpt 2 years ago
i like it more than most of the strat stuff.
The6Eyeball9Kid 2 years ago
ah the pick years
jedepah 2 years ago 12
RIP Steve.
Bassist extraordinaire..
Ki279 2 years ago 4
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jeff beck and jimi hendrix can play fender guitars and make the thin fender sound to sound like p90s pickups..otherwise fender is just for country music...gibson sgp90 or gibson goldtop p90 are the guitars for the rest of humankind!
PRIXIES 2 years ago
I've got Fenders & Gibsons, but I almost always play strat/tele. The bottom line 4 me is the Fender clean - LP just don't do that - but with pedals I can get my strat to rock pretty good. It ain't a LP, but it's good enuff. Sometimes you need spanky clean and big-hair rawk in one song, that's how I do it...
shearn666 2 years ago
well, may be a pair of Lollar Imperial Humbuckers (specially the low wind option) would change your mind
javiceres 2 years ago
You know, when I think about it and look back, there really were just two guys that could really put the fusion, and I mean REAL Jazz and Rock together and really pull it off with genuine authenticity and they were Jeff and Tommy Bolin. I remember seeing so many other dorks who said at the time "oh, yeah, I play Jazz fusion", and, it just sounded idiotic.
kevinneslund 2 years ago
maybe you might like John Mclaughlin and the Mahvishnu orchestra from around 1969-70, they are really good I think.
mcnowski 2 years ago
No. Sorry. Listened to them years ago. John may be someone else's cup a tea, but, he's just far too stiff and sterile. No soul, or killer tone. He's strictly a technician. I did enjoy some of their stuff (birds of fire) but given the choice between Maha or Jeff or Tommy, there's no second thought, Jef f and Tommy were the two guys who could really do it.
kevinneslund 2 years ago
john mclaghlin
josephgfowler 2 years ago
@kevinneslund have seen that new movie with Mila Kunis from the creator of Office Space? I can't remember the name of the movie.
stevieVantanna 2 years ago
Hi: I'm not sure what this is reference to?
kevinneslund 2 years ago
@kevinneslund Hi, there is a scene where Kunis walks into a music store and the 2 guys that work there say "I play fusion" and the other guy says "yeah I play fusion too". then Kunis steals a guitar.
stevieVantanna 2 years ago
@kevinneslund you were saying how people say they play fusion when they really don' know how.'
the movie is Extract.
stevieVantanna 2 years ago
That sounds interesting and funny. I'll have to scout that movie out.
In regard to your comment concerning Strats/single-coils; Yes, there was a period throughout the majority of the 70's and into the early 80's where nearly everyone who was into Rock was playing Les Pauls for the thicker sound. Then, after people started dropping humbuckers into strats they saw a resurgence in popularity. You can get a Strat to sound fat, but, it's hard to get a Les Paul to get that classic strat twang.
kevinneslund 2 years ago
Still one of the most underrated guitarists of all time
cincyrocked 2 years ago 7
@cincyrocked Not quite true. It is well documented that many famous guitar players/legends cite him as a major influence. Great guitar players do give him the credit he deserves. From Gilmour to Blackmore to Satriani and many others. Not popular BUT highly revered by the great.
cinema33 2 years ago
@cincyrocked Lets see ,on the cover of every major instrumental magazine since the early 60's, even on the cover of Rolling stone when it mattered! named by major guitarists as possibly the best living guitarist around, Guitars designed by at least two of the biggest manufacturers ever with his name on them, essential albums in any ones rock history ,where have you been living in a cave?? how much more do you need?under rated is the most overrated word! ever hear of the light bulb?
jsilence418 9 months ago 2
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@cincyrocked whaaaaaaat???????? he's widely considered as one of the greatest guitarist of all time!
keo774 8 months ago
a strat is more versatile. A lp sounds like it does and that;s it. some guys are splitting the coils . I have seen Jeff use Strats, LP's and Tele's much more.He uses a lot of different stuff for power. In the past a mountain of gear. I saw him use a Plexi stak, SunnColloseum 880 stack and all sitting by a Accoustic 360 Driven witha LP Std. I had to go out and buy all that stuff. It was serious.
majorrose 2 years ago
dude beck looks sooooo sick with a les paul he makes it look cool i wish he still used it tho :/ why doesnt he use it sooo many les paul/ gibson players when they get older always use fenders now beck,clapton,pete townshend, why???
ele523 2 years ago
Because Strato sound is another story. Not better, but different
scappidoni 2 years ago 4
because they are no longer distracted with looking cool. They now focus on tone. And sorry but fender has got a tone like no other....
jrplanet1 2 years ago
Yeah, I don't get it either. I think the only reason I can think of is because a Fender is less weight on their backs.
knexmaster1 2 years ago
Really, it's because different songs need different sounds. There's a nice little video here in YouTube that has Ron Wood showing a trailer full of just his guitars he takes on tour, with Ron showing them, telling their names, and what songs he'd use each one for... Of course, Keith Richards says he has over 1000 guitars, half he's never used -gifts- and he says, "Give me an hour and I'll make 'em all sound the same!" Haa! Gotta love him.
4rainbowed 2 years ago
as a guy who played les pauls for years but now mostly fender guitars (sold all of my les pauls), it's the versatility of the sound. les pauls are great guitars but they are more one dimensional. in some ways, it doesn't make sense because les pauls have a set neck which would make you think it's just better. the bolt on neck on fender is a cheaper solution but the combination of that and the design is a super flexible sound. also, les pauls are too heavy. got tired of the weight.
halfmonk 2 years ago 2
@ele523 I think for a time nobody was playing strats - they were not cool, and the single coils were too thin for a modern sound. Eventually people started to hot rod them.
stevieVantanna 2 years ago
All you can say is a very drawn out "yeahHHHHHHHH"
BillNeilan 2 years ago
god this is epic even with the lack in quality. Stephen is going freaking insane at 2:10. holy hell thats virtuosity. and so is the drummer at 2:25. and of course, Jeff tearing it up throughout.
LedZeppelinisgod100 2 years ago 2
wow, super session
yusuf1703 2 years ago
Goldtop repainted, Ox blood.
Snotra 2 years ago
The drummer is Jim Copley. And the amazing bass player is Stephen Amazing. Both played in the band Upp.
Rene1959 2 years ago
FUNKY SHIT
forestdavisjr 2 years ago
Jeff Beck...just wanted to type the name. Jeff Beck!!!
hawksapoozle 2 years ago
who the hell is that on drums?
kickstar1 2 years ago
Jeff Goldbloom
daschr1 2 years ago
On drums? Google is silent on that one...
kickstar1 2 years ago
everytime i go out, I see some shmuck pick up his $9,000 Les Paul, and, invariably, it sounds like everything else. Beck is the only one, I can think of, who made a Les Paul NOT sound like a Les Paul. Pretty cool!
septip123 2 years ago
i wish he still occasionally used that sexy ass les paul
VUnit258 2 years ago
toooootally
kickstar1 2 years ago
Best guitar player ever!
Nice Les Paul, I love how he makes it sound.
RawRiffRock 2 years ago
Wow- I wanna got a group like this...Beck 70s era was incredible. Thanks!!
BardamuK 2 years ago
this band is incredible. and jeff rules as EVER
JBRTelecaster93 2 years ago
yeahhhhhhh, too good!
feeliseverything 2 years ago
every single musician in this band is running on all 8 cylinders.
there is no weak musician. they're all amazing.
oh, yeah, beck is f'ing great, too
septip123 2 years ago 5
8 cylinders sells them short. Beck's just the baddest man there is, but the whole furious funkster foursome, as you say, is amazing.
CaesarDux 2 years ago 3
smokin' music!
hamer500 2 years ago 3
the bass player is pretty incredible as well
hirukosama 2 years ago
I mean, yeah, this giant holds this old 50-pounds bass almost like it was a guitar. look 2:10 °°
hirukosama 2 years ago
This is so rare and amazing...
stchrismusic 2 years ago
anyone know the name of the first tune here?
benjammin420420 2 years ago
It's called "Down In The Dirt" - it's from the UPP sessions.
Kev3542 2 years ago
cheers
benjammin420420 2 years ago
How unbelievably tragic for us all...I'm not sure I will ever recover.
searchlight17 2 years ago
whenever i go to put a comment it won't let me.
thunderstick1968 2 years ago
So you have listened to 'where were you', and you think that it is a blues song..yes? Please reply so that I know.
searchlight17 2 years ago
poop
thunderstick1968 2 years ago
first of all, i said that everything that i have heard from him is the blues.whether he can play alternate scales or minor pentonics does not make him a musical genuis.i have watched about 10 or eleven videos of him,and they all sounded like worn out blues,very boring.if you want to see someone play indian modal scales watch shawn lane,he is the real deal.
thunderstick1968 2 years ago
dude..i play guitar for a long time..shawn lane is great..but you are missing the real point here..Beck is all about feel, tone, phrasing and innovation. If we go along the lines of just technique then that must mean that Vinnie Vincent is better than Eddie Van Halen
jakeman151 2 years ago
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tnthompson81 2 years ago
Shawn Lane is incredible. I just went to GIT and every teacher there worships Jeff Beck as well as the studio guys I've met. Shawn Lane was a fan of his as well as many other legends. He's a real guitar players guitar hero. As far as Eastern scales, why do you think a guy like John McLaughlin gets Jeff to guest appear on his album? I suggest you do your homework, practice (especially odd meter), learn your history, and wait for your nuts to drop son. You're talking about one of the best.
tnthompson81 2 years ago
Hey Thunderprick, as you think Jeff is so crap, how about you go and do a search for "where were you" from Mr Beck. Go record your own version and post it up here so we can see how good you are. Then, in thirty words or less, explain how this piece, using quarter tones and Indian modal scales could be considered blues.
As for being Mrs Beck, I would rather be Mrs Page or Mrs Gilmour, but really, Mrs Marsalis.
searchlight17 2 years ago
hey searchlight,are you jealous.why don't you just marry jeff and you can defend your new wife from those meanies out there.i think that you know that you want to be mrs. beck,am i right?
thunderstick1968 2 years ago
Thunderdick rides again
searchlight17 2 years ago
Thunderdick
searchlight17 2 years ago
here comes the biscuits,and the jb insults all at the same time.
thunderstick1968 2 years ago
i'm going to make some biscuits and gravy if anyone is interested.
thunderstick1968 2 years ago
I'll take some biscuits. Hold the gravy, thanks.
expellerpress8 2 years ago
first of all,i would like to know what songs that jb did that was funk or fusion.all i have ever heard from him is blues.
thunderstick1968 2 years ago
Okay, how about the whole Blow By Blow album, and Wired, and probably more.
expellerpress8 2 years ago 2
Well isn't some of the basis of funk founded in the blues?
Plus can you blame Beck for wanting to branch out into the "fusion" thing at the time. Blues rock was already being played out by many great bands. This was a chance for Jeff to make his name...
I'm going to make an assumption and say Fusion jazz is a fusion of anything with jazz inflections.
jeffsolis 2 years ago
I find this alot more interesting than the worn-out blues rock that was so big in the States at that time.(grand funk,humble pie,etc.).Beck has NEVER taken the safe and easy approach.His latest cd live cd is insanely good.
abrahamlincoln0900 2 years ago
jazz fused with rock and funk. (you could say blues too but we all know rock came out of blues so theres no need to say it)!
clashboy1977 2 years ago
And one more thing,when Hendrix first played London. Townsend,Clapton and Beck all said "We should all find new lines of work". Look,I love Jeff Beck. I'm only saying Hendrix was more ahead,vision wise.
silvercato 2 years ago
Band of gypsies was more of a funk group. Its hard to do jazz-rock fusion with Buddy Miles. As for "Third stone from the sun" Blood,sweat and tears wasn't doing hard rock/jazz fusion and Chicago wasn't around in 1967 and if they were they weren't doing stuff that sounded like Hendrix.
silvercato 2 years ago
I'm a huge Jeff Beck fan,but this arguement about Hendrix and Beck is ridiculous.A ll you have to do is listen to "Third stone from the sun" which is years ahead from where Jeff Beck eventually headed. As a matter of fact,Jeff Beck didn't get into the jazz-rock fusion style of playing until he heard Tommy Bolin's playing on Billy Cobham's Spectrum album. And that was in 1974. Hendrix did "Third stone from the sun" in 1967!
silvercato 2 years ago
To Silvercato:
You fail to recognize that Beck hit guitar psychedelia before Hendrix, as the Yardbird's "Mister You're a Better Man than I" shows.
"Third Stone" was indeed one of the first fusion tunes (recall Blood, Sweat and Tears and Chicago), but Hendrix did nothing with Band of Gypsys to follow up.
I'm a fan of both, but Beck has shown more range than most guitarists dream of. We can't know what Jimi might have done had he lived but for all we known, he had already peaked by Sept. 1970.
mmccscribe 2 years ago 3
When Jimi's 1st LP, "Are You Experienced", came out, I wanted to describe what it sounded like to some friends. The only way to come close was: "Happenings Ten Years Time", (the only record released at the time of the Yardbirds w/both Beck & Page on guitar). JH was obviously listening to JB. Nonetheless, Jimi's from another planet, Jeff's just a man.
lazur1 2 years ago
hopefully jeff will see this video because i hope that he calls me for some guitar lessons,of course they would be free.
thunderstick1968 2 years ago
i was refering to jeff's newer stuff.but i just think that this style is a bore.blues has been done to death.i think when he does not use a pick, that it sounds like a slide
and that is the most laziest form of playing.that's just what i think.i watched alot of his videos and people say that he is so original, but all i heard was mostly blues which did not make him ahead of his times because it had been done years before he did it.
thunderstick1968 2 years ago
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here's a tip jeff,use a pick because that kind of playing sounds like pure crapola.
thunderstick1968 2 years ago
What "kind of playing" are you referring to? I ask because in this performance, he is using a pick. Or are you referring to his later stuff, where he is basically outclassing every 6-banger out there?
I hope Beck reads this thread so that he can benefit from your "tip" about using a pick. I am sure he will be most appreciative.
RenoBobby 2 years ago
this string is better than some of the other Hendrix vs. Beck ones. People here seem to have a better understanding of guitar. Hendrix was a fantastic artist... but greatest electric guitar player... that's more than a stretch. He did do great things with the technique he had.. Beck's technique stands up to all the great players of all the genres and ages... Charlie Christian, Merle Travis, Les Paul, Phil Baugh, Joe Pass, Hank Garland, Billy Byrd, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani.. etc, etc
therainieros 2 years ago
Beck is a musician that operates without fear-absolutely one of the best improvisers ever...
garbeaj 2 years ago 5
sumone oughtto investigate into this science eh?
GGODDD 2 years ago
the black les paul is just some POS he found in a memphis music store..its all in his hands not the instrument that he plays
wisesatyr72 2 years ago
Man.. you can really hear where he is going on this tune, how Beck is going towards the funk of Blow by Blow, even two years prior. Very funky!!
timjmoran 2 years ago
Amazing to think that Stevie Wonder cam up with "Superstition" for Beck and in tribute to his guitar style...Surely this is truly a funky white boy...
garbeaj 2 years ago
hey what song is this?
elejelly 2 years ago
It's called "Down In The Dirt" - it's from the UPP sessions.
Kev3542 2 years ago
Okay A. I wonder how much "sonic exploration" Hendrix did as a blues player at small clubs in NYC compared to how much he did after coming to London and meeting guys like Jeff Beck (who made his guitar sound like a sitar for the Yardbirds' "Heart Full of Soul" in '65, etc.) and Pete Townshend (who was the first to record feedback and invented instrument destruction - something Hendrix clearly imitated!). Townshend even took Jimi shopping for amps that would give him the London sound.
expellerpress8 2 years ago
And B. (I'm taking a risk here.) Race seems to play a role in the praise of Hendrix. I'm no sociology guy but I know that there's a tendency nowadays to over-hype the achievements of blacks (maybe to prove that we're not racists). The truth is Hendrix was a great guitar player but certainly NOT any better than guys like Jeff Beck, Clapton, etc. I would include Roy Buchanon in there. So when people come here and post things implying Beck and all guitar players are imitating Hendrix, I get pissed.
expellerpress8 2 years ago
This is where I disagree with you. I don't look at ranking Hendrix high on the guitar hero list because we have to throw a black guy a bone. In rock there are precious few black guitarists(sadly). In Jazz, the white guy is the minority although there's lots of great ones like Pat Metheny, Joe Pass, and the untouchable Lenny Breau.
ZeropointZero70 2 years ago
Hendrix, like a sponge, soaked up what all the other guitarists were doing, including Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Buddy Guy, Beck, Clapton, Townshend, and moved it all in a new direction. Rock matured into a more instrumental art form, like Jazz, and Classical Music, rather that just being money-making pop songs sung by cute-boy vocal groups.
panzerschnott 2 years ago
I think it was a combination of all you guys are saying in these comments, Jimi just took it beyond anyone else, just think how great he was, we are all still talking about him.
uncleclunk 2 years ago
Hendrix definitely knew Beck, Clapton and Townshend's music before coming to London, and he admitted their influence, so he probably incorporated aspects of their style while still in the states. Also, he was much freer to do his sonic explorations in London because people there were much more accepting of experimental music than the blues clubs he was playing in the US. And Johnny Guitar Watson, Albert Collins and Guitar Slim recorded feedback long before Townshend or Beck.
garmonbozia318 2 years ago
true-Hendrix took a LOT from Townshend and Beck primiarily when he got to England. Beck proved to be what Jimi would have been like had he lived. The one thing Hendrix had over Beck was that he could write songs and sing, but we're talking guitar prowess here.
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expellerpress8 2 years ago
I can categorically say the band supporting Jeff is UPP - a band he took under his wing - he produced their first eponymous album.
This was recorded for a BBC2 Guitar Workshop programme
enfetish 2 years ago
Hendrix infused jazz..cool
busternsady 2 years ago
Yeah, funny how the object of guitar playing is to try to not sound like Hendrix. He did everything in his short span on earth.
moonrooster77 2 years ago
Now, I'm not trying to put you down, but the real truth is Hendrix was overrated. Hendrix came to London in 1966 as just another New York blues guy with great technical ability. In London he was very heavily influenced by these guitar players: Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, and Eric Clapton. Anyone who does the research realizes this.
expellerpress8 2 years ago
Another thing about Hendrix was that he had great innovators behind the scenes -- guys like Eddie Kramer who invented almost all the pedals Hendrix used (note how little Jeff Beck uses pedals) as well as made Hendrix's studio albums what they were. It's nothing personal, it's just that Hendrix was and still is over-hyped, and so dilatants (sp) re-iterate the propaganda.
expellerpress8 2 years ago
Yeah , from what I know Hendrix was a sensation at that time. Of course he imitated many who came before him. Clapton was considered the best around at that time. But Hendrix was different and had his own style, and took the Blues and made it Heavier that ever before. He opened doors that no one else approached, and pulled sounds out of thin air. I don't see where you get "overrated." Most musicians at that time accepted his musical genius and influence on Rock, Especially Heavy Metal.
moonrooster77 2 years ago 2
If you want to see blues made heavier, check out the Yardbirds in 1966 with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page doing songs like "Stroll On".
When I say over-rated I don't mean to take away from Hendrix's musicianship, just the hype, and like you said he did imitate and that takes away from the hype that he was a total original innovator - he wasn't.
expellerpress8 2 years ago
Listen to the first lick of "Killing Floor" from Monterey in 67. In the first 10 seconds of that jam, Hendrix blows everybody away and established himself as a guitar god. The tone and fatness of his stratocastor put everyone to shame. I don't think that yardbirds ever matched the heaviness of Hendrix.
moonrooster77 2 years ago 2
I don't see the point of your statements. Hendrix was incredibly innovative and original; obviously not "total". Like every artist including Beethoven, Hendrix immitated; that's a truism. So what? Eddie Kramer did not invent the bulk of the pedals, and at any rate, crediting the pedals for Hendrix' work is like thanking a mechanic's tools for the great job on your car. The people Hendrix immitated btw, weren't his contemporaries, but previous generations of American blues artists.
Gregorypeckory 2 years ago 3
Again, a poorly conceived post. Of course it helps to have a great engineer, but what made the albums what they were was Hendrix' creative vision. Sure Kramer helped him get certain sounds, but unlike the Beatles, the vision was Jimi's and he burned out his band, with his insatiable passion for sonic exlorations in pursuit of that vision. Even Kramer takes far less credit that you give him, and gives Hendrix far more than you do. But what does he know; he was only there.
Gregorypeckory 2 years ago 2