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  • hrm Share ur dreams and thoughts with me

  • lool Cause life is a game

  • lol i am an uk girly

  • Go Tal.  Bass goddess.

  • Does anyone know if there is a copy of Jeff actually playing Crossroads?

    I would really like it if there is. Clapton did a fine job with the song. I think Jeff

    would be just as impressive.

  • not SPECTRUM at all!!!!!!!!

    STRATUS is the songs name!!!!

  • i think john is just watching tal's boot

  • Ahhh! Billy Cobham's 'Spectrum" at Eric Clapton's Crossroads concert in '07.

  • its amazing the sounds he gets from a guitar.

    Hes jamming pretty good here. He doesnt play so much in a steady stream. Here he does a bit more than usual.

  • Wow with thalia on Bass :-) Shes too hot!

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  • The best since the yardbirds... he's a blues master a rockabilly rebel and a punk before his time.

  • @gringott12 good point.

  • Jeff Beck DUMBS DOWN so he can play with other people.

  • Stratus!!!!

  • The name of this tune is "Stratus" by Billy Cobham. It's off the Spectrum album. I know because I used to play it in bars in the mid 70s. This is a nice version of it.

    DK

  • @dooberheim

    i think the tune is called 'big block.' he played this one at ronnie scott's jazz cafe together with the same group....

  • Usually uses no pick and different fingers depending on music or style

  • I wish I could see his hands so I could try to figure out how to play some of those licks.

  • This Billy Cobham*s Spectrum, not Crossroads.

  • Crossroads 07 is the name of the music festival put on by Eric Clapton in Chicago.

  • Billy Cobham's Stratus actually

  • @Photoshock owned.

  • He's playing an old Billy Cobham tune - Stratus

  • I love freaking out with delight! Jeff Beck is a monster! Love him.

  • Wilkenfeld's good.

    Dang pretty too.

  • Looks like he's playing through fender tweed twins. The bassman has two ports at the base of the back panel but I don't see any on these amps but I could be wrong. What is this sound at :28?

  • At :28 ?? JEFF !!!!...he's been inventing sounds for 50 years !!!

  • John Mayer has humble pie all over his face!!!!!!!!!

  • Mush Mouth Mayer?

  • Hi Lynn! Thanks for writing me! I guess I thought if you were that close, you must have known someone pretty "high up." I met Jeff once on his way into a soundcheck at Massey Hall, here in Toronto. I asked for an autograph. He was pretty gruff, and muttered, "Not now, I can't right now." After the show, he did, and we shook hands. I'm a guitarist, (as you can probably guess!), and I used to play with Neil Peart, - we still keep in touch from time to time. Cheers!, Joe

  • Did someone panic at the end? I'd have thought anyone allowed to film that openly, (from the stage no less), wouldn't have been bothered. But then again, even if you have a pass, I guess if you don't have consent...

  • well, truth is, I wasn't sure if they would mind or not, and since I was taking it with my still camera, it was not too obvious but once staging authorities got closer to me, I didn't want to chance getting grimaces since I was grateful to be there...

  • yes my son, he is.

  • Jesus he's loud!!!

  • this man can play unlike that twat gary moore saw him in april he was rubbish all he did all night was tell the fans to fuck off

  • This is Billy Cobham!!! 'Stratus' from his 'Spectrum' album; don't forget it. It had the great and short-lived Tommy Bolin (Deep Purple) on guitar.

  • @cjk9013 Bolin played with the James Gang too after Joe Walsh left. But I liked his work on Cobham's album the best of anything he ever did.

  • I agree. His solo stuff was pretty good too.

  • "Stratus", one of my favorite Mahavishnu Orchestra tunes... but I love Jeff Beck's version way more!

  • This is a Mahavishnu song for sure.

  • Coliuta is a true freak

  • Freaky Cool Yellow Amps.Cool Performance.

    Jeff Beck as usual,Plays the freaky cool guitar.

    555 Stars.

  • I know I know, Im a sexist pig. but my god she is hot and she doesnt back down in the least. You can just see her saying go ahead and give it your best. I can hang with the big boys. And that just gets Jeffry to turn the heat up some more. great line up

  • How the hell does he get that tone?!? Majority of his licks sound like muted horns or trumpets. Unbelievable!

  • thanx i feel young again im 62 goning ondown:sorry gota wash my face

  • the music of your era sure is better than mine :)

  • Got tickets to him playing Glasgow in June. Can't wait!

    Supposed to be the same line-up as here.

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  • I have been playing the guitar for 32 years and have been told by others (I HATE SAYING THIS) that I'm amazing.  No I am not, this guy is the one. If you want to hear the player that every rock/blues guitarist should look to for the truth (pun intended lol) here he is. Clapton, Page, Frampton all three hail him as the best, and so do I. Rock On Jeff indeed!

  • Same here. People that say things like that about me haven't heard Beck. Nobody handles a guitar like he does.

  • @vanshipman What you say is right ! But the original solo from Spectrum is made by Tommy Bolin and for me one of the best guitarsolo ever. I love Jefff Beck brings the soul of guitarplaying out. First time I saw him in 1977 with Stanley Clark this was one of the best concert ever.I

  • Song: Stratus. Only prob. w/performance is after the start it's hard to hear the keyboards on many songs there. Tal had only been playing bass for 3 years at that time, too! Vinnie Coliauta is amazing on drums- check "Zappa plays Zappa" the Black Page, part 1 & 2" on YT, Bozzio does an incredible job on drums there, it was also once Vinnie's spot, and a drummer's nightmare of a song. This performance convinced me that Beck is probably the best guitarist alive technically.

  • There are guitar players who play electric guitar and there are electric guitarist Jeff Beck is the latter.

    Jeff and the rest of the band are great are great, thanks LyynBerry.

    Those posting insults are just showing their ignorance, if you dont like this clip you dont have to watch it, take your hatred elsewhere.

  • Risky bery your an idiot period. You couldnt hold a candle to anyone on that stage and I dont care who you are.... People like you should go in a spider cave with Sadamm hussein

  • Tal is a she-devil born for bass.

  • nod

  • I was lucky enough to see a half dozen shows on this tour and Vinnie SLAYED the drums on all the classic 70's fusion songs in Jeff's repertoire. IMHO he outperformed what was cut on those amazing records night after night and Jeff is timeless... He's STILL the epitome of a MASTER! Jeff is who all the other players look to for inspiration. His touch is unparallelled. Rock on for many years to come, Jeff...

  • His tone is way better with the Bassman's in my opinion.

    Did I really see someone criticizing Vinnie Colliutta's drumming?????

    Great clip. I'm a huge fan. Thanks for posting this. I wish I had been there.

  • sounds like s  t

  • why in the solo of Vc you turn off the camera ? Thanks

  • security was too close

  • It sounds awesome to me. Who cares? I would have loved to have been there!

  • ajd5155 (2 days ago)

    it must suck to be this good and never be in a hugely successful band

    What sucks is the planet we are on is so stupid as to listen to stuff like Rap and other such trash music....vs. Beck which

    should I be into .....Hummmmm

  • It's Beck's choice however , not being in a commercially successful band. The offers have always been there. He frankly just does not play very often,has other interests that he would rather pursue. It is a shame because there is nobody better with a guitar.

  • Weird to see Jeff with Fender Bassman's instead of his trademark Marshall gear. Just goes to show how much tone is in technique, approach and phrasing, not just gear. He still sounds just like Jeff Beck here. I wish this would have made the final Crossroads DVD, kind of blows what they edited out!

  • I agree. This should have been on the DVD. However, I heard that Jeff was the one to choose the songs to be published on the DVD. He was possibly contemplating another video publication and did not want the same songs published on different DVD's. Of course, he is very self critical from what I have heard so maybe he didn't feel he was the best he could be on those songs not selected by him to be published. It's a theory.

  • There are a lot of edited numbers that should be released. John McLaughlin's stuff as well.

  • I guess this is Stratus from Billy Cobhams Spectrum (with Tommy Bolin and Jan Hammer)?

  • it must suck to be this good and never be in a hugely successful band

  • Tal Wilkenfeld, read the Infos of the video ;-)

  • who is the chick playing bass? i caught this on public tv and this has been buggin' me ever since.

  • Jeff Beck - Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, 2009

  • why is that kick drum so loud? Its the same with any modern setup. the kick and snare sound wierd. This song wont work unless it sounds like it did on record.

  • the kick is probably so loud because of where i am standing on the side of the stage .....drums are right next to me, and the stage monitors are too....

  • Increible me recuerdas a Andres Duende

  • What's that amp he's using? is it a Fender Bassman 59 reissue?

  • Jeff is always doing stuff outside the square. Female guitarists, use of severe tremolo,all good inovative stuff. He is always changing from the "norm".

  • Beck's the best!! The kid is just window dressing!!

  • Did you get to meet anyone backstage?

  • now if i told you that i would have to kill you wouldn't I?

  • are you JEFF BECK!?

    XD

  • now how could I have been playing and video taping myself on stage? :-) no, I am just a big admirer of his.

  • Stratus is the name of song 1973 spectrum album Billy cobham

    Jeff said in a interview i seen that his wired album he wanted to be like that album produced heavy etc so he got jam hammer to help him etc ..

    awesome stuff

  • She has a deal with Sadowsky as far as basses go. She's so cute and talented.

  • Tal is great and adds so much energy to the performance. I can't find it here but on the DVD she boogie right up to Jeff's face like- we got the groove- get some if you can-Smiling like he is just another cat- by the way what kind of bass is she playing here?

  • has anyone heard becks play on jimmy copleys' new album...slap my hand...released in japan last week, meant to be an album to die for

  • the girl plays some bad ass bass! Of course, she's up there with a bad ass---

  • Now, everyone knows that Jeff Beck is amazing...that bassist was amazing too. Is she really 21? I mean, she looks no older than 16.

  • She's 17 and lies about her age.

  • Jeff, sure would like to know what your amp setup is here. Looks like four blond fenders, but I could be wrong.

  • It was a Marshall 100 watt through Fender 212 tweed cabs.

    Lynn

  • Cool.

  • Tommy Bolin must've been smiling up in heaven!

  • She is 22 year old Tal Wilkenfeld...you will soon see her name on many CD credits. She has been featured in Bass Mag and is a new sensation. She is an Aussie transplant and started out as a guitar player and moved into bass.

  • shes Tal Wilkinson a godess both on bass and LOOKS

  • Sorry, WILKENFELD

  • Nobody knows the name of the amasing girl ?

    what the fuck ! yo 're all jeff beck 's fans ! !

  • i think everyone knows her name by now. if not folks, just look at my ABOUT THIS VIDEO description to the left for information :-)

  • Her name is actually Tal Wilkenfeld... First name ending in L... last name ending in D.

  • Hey Vaegar...thanks for catching that type-o. you are the first. I corrected it. Mucho appreciative.

  • this song is not in the dvd!!!

  • Are you kidding? not on one or two of the set?

  • Awesom, reminds me of Jeffs brother Mike Landau, please watch some clips of Mike as well, you'll hear and see Jeffs prodigy at work :)

  • I love her

  • Pls Help me!!!!!! It's a Cobham cover,isn't it? What's the title of the song??? Please!!!!

  • Song is called "Stratus" from a Billy Cobham LP in the 70's titled "Spectrum" :-) Lynn

  • thanks 4 this lovely and great video Lynn :)

  • The Master! The best there's ever been and ever will be. If you don't get it, you've got no musical talent or taste ;-). Thanks for posting.

  • so true owen and he lives on a farm near me..I've always been too shy to say hi as I'm always in awe of him!

  • Aussie Aussie Aussie! Goodonyer.

    And y'all know what tune they're playin'? A Billy Cobham tune (probably co-authored by Brecker Bros). You can see his version on 'Youtube' (as well as on DVD, 'Glass Menagerie' methinks).

    Beck plays Cobham - 'kn awesome!

  • Jeff Beck playing with 21 year old Tal! AMAZING!!! =)

  • It's good to see that the once sexist Jeff Beck has accepted that females can play the guitar.

    Apparently in about 1980 when he heard Girlschool performing "Race With The Devil" he couldn't accept the fact that the lead guitarist was a woman.

  • Maybe that was because Girlschool wre utterly hopeless - and yes..I saw them a few times upporting many bands in the 1979/80..and wne to an audition with them in Croydon with another guitarist so saw them at very close hand..nowhere to hide...very nice girls though !

  • Once sexist?

    Check out the live stuff from 99, I would say the girl playing in his band did okay. I saw that tour in Atlanta and he gave her ALOT of stage and lead time.

  • The difference between MR. Beck and the rest is that NOBODY SOUNDS LIKE HIM. He does stuff that nobobdy else can do and he does nasty or beautiful whenever he wants. There is no one like him. Except maybe on Mars.

  • Im not trying to start a debate, im simply just saying my piece.

  • I dont see what was so amazing about that...congrats for landing the gig though...

  • oh gawd. funkensteien...don't get everyone started again with the old "I don't see it"... you just had to be there I guess. :-)

  • great awesome bass player...great talent and she's playin with mr. Jeff Beck..

    what else do you want in a resume??

  • Hi! Marie's advices are all goods, she's very sensitive!All, or neazrly, that she had told me to mook-at was good! The Bassist is a 21 years old woman, but if she plays with Jeff Beck, there's a reaso,;she didn't made any demostration, but we can trust J.Beck, he wouldn't have played wuth her if she wasn't f....gly good!5***** for her, and for J.Beck's way of playing!

  • when i was watching this, the bassist looked like she was about 15, and she is AMAZING.

  • Wow, I like your posting, the sound is so different from upfront.

    one question: did Jeff perform with 2 difffent bassists: Randy and Tay?

    I see other vids here on youtube from the same concert doing the same tunes with either on bass.

    tay rocks on stratus, randy on you never know.

    what a thrill for jeff's fans who weren't there.

    cheers.

  • Unbelievable! the sound seems to transend the whole event.

  • This song is called "Stratus"(Billy Cobham)

  • Thanks for God! With those talented new young musicians jazz&rock never gonna die ...

  • good guitar player, can't say I like his altogether music though

  • niice.

    i like beck, along with clapton and page.

  • The bassist player (the chick) is frickin' HOT! She's also very pretty too!

  • that girls 21 she looks12

  • Crossroads DVD: Beck says he had "BB King Live At The Regal" on his car stereo in '63, & wondered if he'd ever get to America. ...B U T W A I T... : "Regal" was recorded live October 21st 1964! Beck was in the Yardbirds by March 6th, 1965, the soonest he could've heard it, and he new darn well he was gong to America: They had a huge hit, ("For Your Love", done when Clapton was still with them). Jeff, you're a great guitarist, but you're full of sh*t.

  • knew, not new. after 42 + years, no one's memory is super accurate. hell i don't even know what i ate for breakfast. maybe 63 should have 65. typo, just like NEW. GIVE JEFF A BREAK. he kicks ass, and at least he's jammed with bb and all the greats. bb refers to him as slammin' jammin' jeff beck !!!!!!!!KING OF SONIC OVERLOAD !!!!!

  • I Love JB , but think it's a made up story. Not a matter of memory , but of his life circumstances when this record came out. The story just doesn't fit together. Sorry, dude, but that's MY story, and I'm sticking to it!

  • All we need for this now is Bill Cobham on drums-now there's a dream band..

  • I've been a bassist for 45 years and know talent when I hear it. Tal is an exceptional bassist. Serious chops and taste. And young, too. Wait until artistic maturity gets 'hold of her. Jeff is in the same category: chops, taste, imagination and artistry. Oh yeah, maturity has already gotten ahold of his ass. Didn't slow him down, though.

    Anybody recognize the piece they're playing? It's called "Spectrum" from a 1974 Billy Cobham album of the same name. He and Jan Hammer wrote it, I believe.

  • The song is called "Stratus" on Billy Cobham's -Spectrum- album. The late, great Tommy Bolin played with Jan Hammer on it. The legend is that Jeff heard Tommy's sick playing on it and decided to get into fusion, thus making the -Blow by Blow- album.

  • Thanks SDdoubleJ. Guess I should have pulled out my vinyl and gotten my facts straight. I did remember Tommy's crucial involvement but ran out of space in my comments. Too bad about the Tommy vs Heroin tragedy. What a talent gone to waste.

  • No problem! It's too bad Tommy didn't get a chance to clean himself up. In fact, if I remember correctly, the night he died he had just opened up for Jeff Beck in Miami. Check out Tommy Bolin and Friends live at Ebbets Field 1974 for some more great playing.

  • Yeah she is excellent. I listened to other clips, she plays with great musicality. The fact that if she was a he and it would not be as impressive might be true,but from what I read,she has been only playing 4-5 years! That alone is pretty impeessive to me.

  • That bassist is talented, but it wouldn't be so extraordinary if she was a man, which is unfortunate, but true.

  • yeah that girl is a hell of a bass... i have the dvd and the solo she plays is out of this world

  • Maybe you just had to be there to witness the whole Beck performance cause she WAS exceptional. At 21 she plays as well if not better than many of her peers 20 years older. Catch them live sometime and then you will see what all the talk is about. It's not a "girl adjulation thing," its an intelligent observation by many including fans and credible talent...she just happens to be a girl and very young which makes it that much more unusual.

  • At the same time I see many 21 year old men that play just as well. I think it's condescending toward women to be surprised at her ability. It isn't like I don't know what I'm talking about. I've been playing Bass for 34 years. She's a good bass player but I honestly feel that if she was a 21 year old man she wouldn't be the "talk of the festival".

  • True we have all seen players that are better than others including the icons...but you may be misinterpreting what is intended as kudos as being condescending to her gender. She is inspirational not only to the minority in her field (females) but also to very young people in general who aspire to be exceptional and play with icons.

  • PS Talent assessment in music, as in most arts, is subjective and many at this festival thought she had an exceptional fluid groove and ingrained ability to instill onstage confidence for a boss who is not easy to do that for.

  • You do have a point there. Most 21 year old men with her ability tend to over play, show off if you will. She shows great restraint displaying her chops only at the right moments. This usually comes with maturity and years of playing. The chops come first and the ability to use them tastefully comes later. It's probably a male ego thing. Women don't feel the need to "strut their stuff". The fact that she's cute doesn't hurt. I expect to see a lot more of her.

  • You say Female bassist, Tay Wilkenfel was the talk of the festival. Why? I see nothing exceptional about her playing.

  • you must be some ole lonely hater that has nothing else better to do but hate on Tal im a bass player my self and been so for 30yrs and i think she's a very EXCEPTIONAL Bass player so quit HATEIN!!!!!!

  • Why didn't they invite Leslie West??

  • i am blond female. on crossroads dvd, I am stage side next to the young boy who is sitting next to Clapton during Albert Lee's song.... messing with my camera. then again, messing with my camera when Beck is walking out from behind the curtain to take the stage. hah...got some good still shots...I should post them somewhere....any ideas where?

  • eu adoro beck!! adoro fuma e adoro ouvir!!hehehe....

  • Lynn, were you the gray haired man with a black T-shirt?

  • no. i am blond female. on crossroads dvd, I am stage side next to the young boy who is sitting next to Clapton during Albert Lee's song.... messing with my camera. then again, messing with my camera when Beck is walking out from behind the curtain to take the stage. hah...got some good still shots...I should post them somewhere....any ideas where?

  • Maybe even here on YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, etc. I prefer here, they will be more widely enjoyed. Thanks, we appreciate these videos and pictures, this is great! Let us know where you post...

  • Famous as he is to guitarists all these years, Jeff still is not known by the general public--he's too good for the MTVer's. I really would like to see some great players like Robben Ford at Crossroads, to expose him to more people. And maybe Joe Bonamassa...

  • They was busy. EC asked them..

  • Jeff knows when to play and when not to play......Isnt this a Billy Cobham song?? I think so .....crosswinds?

  • Yep....Billy Cobham tune from 'Spectrum'....'70s.

  • ***WoW****.....Thanks fer posting.

  • For someone such as myself, who is reconnecting with pop blues, this concert is excellent. I watched it over local PBS affiliate WNET on HD. Sound is tight. The show has been criticized for not giving enough time to greats like BB King and others, but this allowed for more time for many artists who are not as well known. Crossroads is a keeper.

  • If anybody has this DVD can you tell me if it is a good buy. Does it have good sound quality, picture, songs, etc. Please and thanks.

  • Crossroads DvD is great! The quality of picture, sound and songs is definitely superb....and the ambience of the artists is captured. It's worth the buy. It's fantastic and also nice that the profits go to a great cause. Only complaint I have is that there are only two songs on it of Jeff Beck's, his call only to put two on ...so if Beck's set is the main reason you are buying it....hmmmmm

  • Thanks a lot

  • Vinnie Colaiuta on drums?

  • beautiful tune looks awful difficult to stay on pitch bending the whammy bar like that.ive heard him say he fears this tune live like no other lol

  • bassist is amazing

  • actually shes 22....shes born in 1985...do the math

  • she was born in 1986, you do the math

  • The tune is Stratus... by Billy Cobham. absolutely great cover of this tune.

  • Interesting aspect ratio.... it's like they

    are all really tall and skinny!

  • BECK! good luck finding any bullshit with his playing.