Rough and Ready is in my opinion one of the best rock albums of all time. It binds rock, funk and Jazz together to a hole new sound (for that time) and still is timeless today. Beck is an adventure guitar player and unique in his sort. Still is a pioneer, still making beautifull souds , still groundbreaking.
@socrates1818 Beck is great w/ any guitar, he rarely uses les pauls now adays you almost always see him w/ his signiture white fender stratocaster..but i agree w/ you i like him w/ his famous oxblood les paul standard, he used that alot to record my fav beck lp Blow by Blow
@CaptainBeyond72 Does that mean my opinion of Beck as THE greatest rock guitarist is in doubt because I can't stand the over-emotive singing of Tench. Maybe because it reminded me of Michael Bolton that I confused his race. Anyway, why does everything have to be about race with you? ;)
You can have a completely valid point and a completely erroneous point in the same sentence. I don't know where you got race from. Soulful and talented is just that, no matter what race or gender.
@plushlush I saw this line-up with Jeff in (if my 61yr old memory serves me right) 1971-72. I'm sure of where I was.....Detroit, but not to sure of the Venue. Trench is so explosive live, and Jeff...? well... Jeffs Jeff, and the ryhthm section was as tight as Dick's Hat Band. I liked Rod & Jeff together but this was a whole other Animal. I wore the grooves thru 2 LP's, now that I'm thinking about it it's time to leave here and go to Amazon and get the CD... Later 'Yall..............
You are in a small minority. Tench is a well respected vocalist amongst musicians and his vocalist peers. As far as the guitar work is concerned you rarely had to wait with the "hope of catching some guitar work", because his guitar work was everywhere on every tune. Back then just about every phrase he played was Innovative, creative and often jaw dropping. After all it was called The Jeff Beck Group.
@rickyon yes, i would like to know where to get the show. I too don't really care for Tench, I think he sounded better in the studio than what I've heard live.But I love listening to Beck when he's playing this kind of music. See the video on youtube "Rollin and Tumblin with Imogen Heap.
this song is the best live recording but neglects the awesome guitar solo that was on the original studio version. that solo has would be awesome to hear live. bummer because there is another live version but the solo is absent from that one as well. i really love this version but how sweet it would have been with an improvised, trademark jeff solo, topping it all off.
Yes! The one and only. This is the line up from this album and the one before. The bass player really cooks on this one! Beck does a lot of Jimmy Page type wah-wah in this performance.
@rickyon Page and Beck had different style of their own like other classic greats like Hendrix, Clapton, Bloomfield and many others.. That's classic rock!
You're welcome. You aren't kidding about eluding the media! It's really tough to find pictures of Chaman,Tench and Middleton. Beck and Powell not so hard but this is my favorite version of everything Beck was a part of just like you. Chaman could play couldn't he?! That new young lady Beck has playing bass for him now is quite the player also!
They didn't elude the media. It wasn't ready for what Jeff Beck was doing at the time, "Rough and Ready" is one of the most brilliant albums ever recorded in that era; the media missed it totally because it was caught up with the Zeppelin myth and other bands like them
You're right! media was caught up with the more commercially viable Zeppelin. I owned Truth & Beck-Ola as a teen and remember vividly thinking. "Rip-off" when Led Zeppelin got all the press.
Question-Was it Page or Beck who did the solo on Donavan's Hurdy Gurdy Man.
Rough and Ready is in my opinion one of the best rock albums of all time. It binds rock, funk and Jazz together to a hole new sound (for that time) and still is timeless today. Beck is an adventure guitar player and unique in his sort. Still is a pioneer, still making beautifull souds , still groundbreaking.
Snaairda 3 weeks ago
@Snaairda AMEN!!!! JEFF IS THE SHIZZ!!! THIS MY FAVE JBG RECORD!!!!
kngscb 3 weeks ago
Beck on a Les Paul - nothin touches it - the bite is like nothing else
socrates1818 2 months ago
@socrates1818 Beck is great w/ any guitar, he rarely uses les pauls now adays you almost always see him w/ his signiture white fender stratocaster..but i agree w/ you i like him w/ his famous oxblood les paul standard, he used that alot to record my fav beck lp Blow by Blow
MOSKII58 4 days ago
I like Beck when he works around vocalists.... Even more so when they're female.
Tench was the shit tho... Wonder where he is now?
lennmosh 5 months ago
I like Beck when he works around vocalists.... Even more so when they're female.
lennmosh 5 months ago
Sounds kind of like Rare Earth!
Slammintone 6 months ago
I like Tench a lot. I enjoy the German TV "jeff Beck group" ( sky blue background) videos. I also like the JBG album.
This recording is 1/2 step fast.. i think. So i think it is a bit artificially high tuned.
hermannmaier0 11 months ago
jeff is the king.
djdjany 1 year ago
haha ... the "roots" of "Money Runner" ! ;O))
hylozoik 1 year ago
Triscat seems like a real expert. His thinking Bobby Tench was white kind of sums up the overall value of his opinion. What a clown.
CaptainBeyond72 1 year ago
@CaptainBeyond72 Does that mean my opinion of Beck as THE greatest rock guitarist is in doubt because I can't stand the over-emotive singing of Tench. Maybe because it reminded me of Michael Bolton that I confused his race. Anyway, why does everything have to be about race with you? ;)
triscat 4 months ago
You can have a completely valid point and a completely erroneous point in the same sentence. I don't know where you got race from. Soulful and talented is just that, no matter what race or gender.
rickyon 2 months ago
I actually like Bob Tench. It would have been great to have seen this line-up in a live setting. They surely tore up every venue they played.
plushlush 1 year ago
@plushlush I saw this line-up with Jeff in (if my 61yr old memory serves me right) 1971-72. I'm sure of where I was.....Detroit, but not to sure of the Venue. Trench is so explosive live, and Jeff...? well... Jeffs Jeff, and the ryhthm section was as tight as Dick's Hat Band. I liked Rod & Jeff together but this was a whole other Animal. I wore the grooves thru 2 LP's, now that I'm thinking about it it's time to leave here and go to Amazon and get the CD... Later 'Yall..............
motownharry 1 year ago
After hearing Tench, I'm not surprised that Beck left vocalists behind after this. Shame. Just the worst of early 70's vocalese.
triscat 1 year ago
You wouldn't know a soulful vocalist if you tripped over him!
rickyon 1 year ago 12
@rickyon --Hyperventilated psuedo white-boy soul. No real soul man has to try this hard. To each his own, sir.
triscat 1 year ago
@triscat Tench isn't a white boy.
hooptyhee1 1 year ago
@hooptyhee1 Well, THAT'S certainly embarrassing! Sorry Bob. That changes everything!!!
triscat 1 year ago
@hooptyhee1 Well you can't have everything !
jsilence418 8 months ago
@rickyon agreed
badhorsee 11 months ago
@rickyon Well said Rickyon!
poppanolan 2 months ago
@triscat dude really??!!?? you don't like tench :O psh this man has soul like no other.
mario21128 1 year ago
@mario21128 I don't mean to offend. He's just not my cup of tea. I don't get it. LOVE Beck, though!
triscat 1 year ago
@triscat im not really getting offended, but im just surprised people don't dig him. i wish he was on more recordings. but yea beck is the best!!
mario21128 1 year ago
sounds ok to me...for 1971.....
MrHarry0000010 7 months ago
@triscat well mate youre entitled to your opinion of course
mine is tench with beck was totally cool
but hey it's only rock&roll no biggy
JustAintthatWay 6 months ago 2
@triscat I can't disagree. One had to bear through the vocals in this band with the hope of catching some guitar work. Tench was almost unbearable.
bobgure 4 months ago
You are in a small minority. Tench is a well respected vocalist amongst musicians and his vocalist peers. As far as the guitar work is concerned you rarely had to wait with the "hope of catching some guitar work", because his guitar work was everywhere on every tune. Back then just about every phrase he played was Innovative, creative and often jaw dropping. After all it was called The Jeff Beck Group.
rickyon 2 months ago
Great pictures of Becks stripped down Les Paul sunburst!
G7flat5 1 year ago
Hot Damn!
dantean 1 year ago
Had this whole show on cassette a few years back! Would love to have it again!!! Thanx!
record1207 2 years ago
If your interested I can direct you to someplace where you can get it!
rickyon 2 years ago
That would be great!! I am very interested!!!
record1207 2 years ago
@rickyon am i too late...WHERE?
1like2rock 1 year ago
To what are you referring? Where to get the show?
rickyon 1 year ago
@rickyon yes, i would like to know where to get the show. I too don't really care for Tench, I think he sounded better in the studio than what I've heard live.But I love listening to Beck when he's playing this kind of music. See the video on youtube "Rollin and Tumblin with Imogen Heap.
1like2rock 1 year ago
this song is the best live recording but neglects the awesome guitar solo that was on the original studio version. that solo has would be awesome to hear live. bummer because there is another live version but the solo is absent from that one as well. i really love this version but how sweet it would have been with an improvised, trademark jeff solo, topping it all off.
chev202 2 years ago
anyone remember Hummingbird?
bassmanbolo 2 years ago
Yeah, I used a couple of pictures of the band in a couple of these Beck vids because shots of Chaman, Middleton and Tench are so hard to come by!
rickyon 2 years ago
I sure do. Got all their albums. They took off from where Jeff Beck Group II left off--esp. on their first album.
hooptyhee1 2 years ago
Wow! this is great stuff,real music!! beck should issue this on cd!
isabellaexp 2 years ago
wat ever happened to bob tench the lead singer I saw this group in nyc carnegy hall 1971
fed1126 2 years ago
Tench was cool...was with Steve Marriott in Humble Pie Mark 3.
rockon1898 2 years ago
@fed1126" Yes I, was also There that Night -What an Incredible performance".Tench has had his own Band and Playing "GUITAR"and is damn good..
DYNODRUM 1 year ago
Is Cozy Powell on drums?
1963Pure 2 years ago 3
Yes! The one and only. This is the line up from this album and the one before. The bass player really cooks on this one! Beck does a lot of Jimmy Page type wah-wah in this performance.
rickyon 2 years ago
@rickyon Page and Beck had different style of their own like other classic greats like Hendrix, Clapton, Bloomfield and many others.. That's classic rock!
1963Pure 2 years ago
@rickyon
Or Jimmy Page does a lot of Beck style wah-wah :-)))
mynthon11 1 year ago
thanks for this! Because of your posting, I get to hear and see my favorite Jeff Beck Group who seemed to elude the media back in those days.
dowsemeister 2 years ago
You're welcome. You aren't kidding about eluding the media! It's really tough to find pictures of Chaman,Tench and Middleton. Beck and Powell not so hard but this is my favorite version of everything Beck was a part of just like you. Chaman could play couldn't he?! That new young lady Beck has playing bass for him now is quite the player also!
rickyon 2 years ago
They didn't elude the media. It wasn't ready for what Jeff Beck was doing at the time, "Rough and Ready" is one of the most brilliant albums ever recorded in that era; the media missed it totally because it was caught up with the Zeppelin myth and other bands like them
sammuniz2001 2 years ago
You're right! media was caught up with the more commercially viable Zeppelin. I owned Truth & Beck-Ola as a teen and remember vividly thinking. "Rip-off" when Led Zeppelin got all the press.
Question-Was it Page or Beck who did the solo on Donavan's Hurdy Gurdy Man.
Cheers!
dowsemeister 2 years ago
Pagey
rockon1898 2 years ago
thought so
cheers
dowsemeister 2 years ago
Nice, Rick! I always like a good Rough and Ready song! Even if it's live!
borntobewilder9 2 years ago
Thanks DJ!
rickyon 2 years ago