I like this but I still much prefer Peter Green's version. Peter has such a much better feel for the blues. Jeff Beck is an amazing guitar player, but in the end he makes everything into a rock song rather than staying with a true blues feel. But that's what makes him the one and only Jeff Beck.
all the guitarests u guys are talkin bout don't have the tallent of Jeff Beck he is so far superior to them. I just saw him with the imelda may band it was great Clapton even says beck is the best
@fed1126 lol Clapton also says alot of people are the best, freddie king, robert johnson, bb king. One things for sure this is better than greens version
@johngoo343 hi thanks for your comment..now down to facts robert johnson played delta blues style music. today he would never get in the front door. bb king is the easyest to copy and improve on. his style is simple blues.nothing fancy.hendrix to noisey to rughf all over the place.. when i listen to singers and guitars players i have to BELIEVE what they are singing or playing.you have to be believeable. anyone can get up and jam. but guitar players must be crisp cleane and sharp..
obviously great, but not as good as the Peter Green and Clapton version because Jeff Beck i s about fronting himself which is fine.................but it's not what this song is all about
@529Reno The reason why this track doesn't match the Peter Green version is that the drum and the bass sound like a ProTool piece of crap. Beck plays great and guitar sounds awesome, but it sounds like he is jamming over a backing track on a guitar magazine.
@Frontierblues I like this version too. I've always been a huge Jeff Beck fan and have his new DVD "Rock and Roll Party for Les Paul". Check out Gary Moore's version on YouTube of this song.
@EricClaptonFan24 I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. I was pointing out that this version is more sterile than Peter Green's "cover" of Freddie King's "The Stumble". I only used "original" "A Hard Road" version because there is a *live* version of this song from 1967 on Youtube with Peter Green and John Mayall. :-) That version is very fluid, and not clinically sterile.
Beck expanded the possibilities of Freddy's style, while Green dug deeper into the original style. To hard-rock-fusion-acclimated ears, Beck's style is hipper. To old-school-blues fans, Green's remains more true to a late-50s flavor. Both have infinitely precise phrasing & string-bending, (up there w/the master, Albert King). Both bring personal vision to the tune, tho both obviously know the original inside-out. Tie for #2. Gotta give Freddy #1 for writing it.
Hey, I actually agree with irritatedmushroom2 on this, there's so much fx goin on you can barely hear the tune properly. Peter Greene's 'Hard Road' version is much clearer and played with more finesse. JB's a guitar genius it's true but this is just muddy, no actual tone just lots of echo and, as usual with him, too much volume! Give me Pete or Mick or Eric any day when it comes to good tight-assed blues guitar.. Yeehah!! xPx {:-)
I don't see that anyone has mentioned Jimmy Thackery's version on his incredible live album "Wild Night Out." That was the first version I heard, and I think it can top any one posted here.
I vote for Freddie King's version, Greenie's live 7+ minute version with Mayall comes second and then this and then Stevie Ray's...I like Mick Taylor's version too....does it really matter they all totally kill it.
Let's leave a bit of room for personal preference rather than insisting on the
horse race mentality. Neither version pales they're both great and there are too many factors involved, being weighed differently by different music lovers to be trying to declare outright winners. (Fun game though, glad you drew my attention to it)
Just listened to Greenes version it PALES in comparison NOone gets that tone that bit that phrasing like Beck..and im not even a big fan of his!!! Best version is Becks soooo much imagination feeling and spank..enuff said..TELE at its best
Beck's version is closer to the Freddie King original. Green does a great job on his version, Moore's is more heavier with his usual style of in your face playing and very good, but personally I will take Freddie's original version because he wrote all of those melodic 3 chord tunes (ie: Hideaway, Butterscotch, Just Pickin' etc..etc..) and plays them so good. Freddie was a genius in his own right & a good starting point to learn just like Jeff and Peter's with their creations. My opinion. :-))
come on man. first listen to green's then immediately after, listen to becks, there'n no way his isn't just flat out better. Don't hate, i'm just providing my opinion
@twoslices if there's one critique of Beck, I would have to agree that he can try to over-play at times. However, overall, not to compare guitarists as there's no point, but overall, Beck is much better. He just stepped out of the spotlight for many years. That's why guys like Clapton are praised so highly, because their talents have been showcased to a wide audience. For example, Clapton doing the whole unpluggedmtv thing. Sure beck could have done main stream stuff, but it just wasnt his style
No,Peter Green left a huge mark in the space of 5 years with some wonderful playing. Really you cannot compare the two as they are different styles. Green is blues and Beck is all the other stuff. Greens licks go down in history as his own hallmark,his tone,his phrasing,his touch. Beck on the other hand is technically better but just doesn't have what Green has,and that is a unique ability to interpret the blues.
@twoslices i can't agree. If it was a stevie ray Vaughan v.s. Beck argument than yes, technically Beck is better, but stevie has more passion and charisma, but with green i just don't see that argument, sorry but my mid just can't be changed, he just dons't do it for me.
@67goldtops bro, on a musical level beck was/is much more musically educated then srv. srv couldn't even read notation- not saying he's bad,as that has nothing to do with the blues, but technically beck is
What does "musically educated" have to do w/ technique? When I call a player "technical" I'm referring to how proficient he is @ performing the physical manipulations necessary to play the instrument. That's not predicated on a players level of schooling. Listen no further than Duane Allman as an example. As for Beck's technique, you think he has the vocabulary of rhythm styles that SRV had? You think he could as fluidly alternate between rhythm & lead & like SRV could? Clearly not.
@RobPic914 Do your ears a favor and check out Love Sculpture's version with Dave Edmund's smokin' guitar. I love Jeff Beck and John Mayall by the way.
This is a geat version, i can`t see anyone doing it better. Gary moors version is brilliant but it just aint right, this is spot on, just how it should be played to my ears.. just my opinion !
GARY MOORE OWNS THIS BUT GREAT VERSION THO!
2k10jedson 3 weeks ago
This is a very "half" video. =p
ohnniehickm24j 1 month ago
This video went viral on Fiji
eddyallen615 1 month ago
great version
danielstuartblues 2 months ago
first jimi hendrix ? i think you will find if you check your history beck came first , he was playing stuff like this long before hendrix came along
AshStrat1 4 months ago
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JEFF BECK IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE GUITARISTS BUT GARY MOORE IS THE KING!!!! RIP
gibson492 4 months ago
JEFF BECK IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE GUITARISTS BUT GARY MOORE IS THE KING
gibson492 4 months ago 2
no gary more thats for sure
jesusandme46 4 months ago
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@minpinful Talk about disrespectful. Gary was great, but so is Jeff.
kinding91 5 months ago
@minpinful Talk about disrespectful. Gary was great, but so is Jeff.
kinding91 5 months ago
@minpinful Talk about disrespectful. Gary was great, but so is Jeff.
kinding91 5 months ago
I don't think that's Jeff Beck it also sounds like a pre-recorded back up track
mister2u 5 months ago
Whats so amazing about this one again? sure its great.. but all i gotta say is Peter Green
clikityclak 5 months ago
FUCK ME THIS IS SICK.
MichaelPalinFan2008 5 months ago
no one plays the stumble like the late GARY MORE check him out here rip gary
jesusandme46 6 months ago 4
@jesusandme46 amen
Irideallamawithtoast 5 months ago
@jesusandme46 Peter Green does :).
kinding91 5 months ago
Gary Moore is better
PokerPekka 7 months ago
I like this but I still much prefer Peter Green's version. Peter has such a much better feel for the blues. Jeff Beck is an amazing guitar player, but in the end he makes everything into a rock song rather than staying with a true blues feel. But that's what makes him the one and only Jeff Beck.
shoutingthomas 7 months ago
@shoutingthomas The Pump is bluesy. He's blues-based, definitely, but with a twist.
strandwolf 7 months ago
@strandwolf Yeah, I'd agree with that. Blues-based, as apposed to straight blues.
shoutingthomas 7 months ago
@shoutingthomas I meant opposed , not apposed. DOH!
shoutingthomas 7 months ago
Can tell that you've got some rare Jeff collections!
Have you hear 'Bad Stuff' by UPP (Jeff on guitars)? One of the rare gems people don't even know about.
blastfromtheeast 8 months ago
For me gary moore version is the best.
erzica 9 months ago 2
Check out Dave Edmund's version of this, hot, hot, hot!
deaddoc 9 months ago
jeff beck was and is as good as jimi hendrix.more people should wake up to
this.
nyg1954 10 months ago
@nyg1954
Bullshit. I'd love to see Beck attempt to tackle Hendrix's rhythm parts. That would be great comedy, seeing even BB King plays more chords than Beck.
67goldtops 6 months ago
@67goldtops Saw Jeff Beck play Little Wing this year in Clearwater, Florida! You can find it here in youtube
btsmchl 5 months ago
all the guitarests u guys are talkin bout don't have the tallent of Jeff Beck he is so far superior to them. I just saw him with the imelda may band it was great Clapton even says beck is the best
fed1126 10 months ago
@fed1126 lol Clapton also says alot of people are the best, freddie king, robert johnson, bb king. One things for sure this is better than greens version
johngoo343 10 months ago
@johngoo343 hi thanks for your comment..now down to facts robert johnson played delta blues style music. today he would never get in the front door. bb king is the easyest to copy and improve on. his style is simple blues.nothing fancy.hendrix to noisey to rughf all over the place.. when i listen to singers and guitars players i have to BELIEVE what they are singing or playing.you have to be believeable. anyone can get up and jam. but guitar players must be crisp cleane and sharp..
jesusandme46 5 months ago
obviously great, but not as good as the Peter Green and Clapton version because Jeff Beck i s about fronting himself which is fine.................but it's not what this song is all about
529Reno 10 months ago
@529Reno The reason why this track doesn't match the Peter Green version is that the drum and the bass sound like a ProTool piece of crap. Beck plays great and guitar sounds awesome, but it sounds like he is jamming over a backing track on a guitar magazine.
Gitanes081280 8 months ago 2
I used to love Beck,at least his early stuff,but today he sounds like processed crap,Id take Peter Green easily over this!
Frontierblues 10 months ago
@Frontierblues Go listen to this and see If you don't change your mind.........Dave Edmunds of Love Sculpture....
as the best version IMOP.
razmotton 9 months ago
@razmotton Dave Edmunds good stuff!!!
Frontierblues 9 months ago
@Frontierblues I like this version too. I've always been a huge Jeff Beck fan and have his new DVD "Rock and Roll Party for Les Paul". Check out Gary Moore's version on YouTube of this song.
boblackey1 9 months ago
super speedy jazz guitarists and sweep picking metal dudes are the most technical guitarists. The best? naaw
TimBirkenholz 1 year ago
This is more clinical than the original "A Hard Road" Peter Green version.
strangeones4 1 year ago
@strangeones4 Original? Hmmm. Listen Freddie King. Peters version is awesome though.
EricClaptonFan24 1 year ago
@EricClaptonFan24 I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. I was pointing out that this version is more sterile than Peter Green's "cover" of Freddie King's "The Stumble". I only used "original" "A Hard Road" version because there is a *live* version of this song from 1967 on Youtube with Peter Green and John Mayall. :-) That version is very fluid, and not clinically sterile.
strangeones4 1 year ago
@strangeones4 Ah i see. Haha misunderstanding, i'm sorry.
EricClaptonFan24 1 year ago
@EricClaptonFan24 The version I speak of is six suggestions down on the right side of your screen.
strangeones4 1 year ago
Beck expanded the possibilities of Freddy's style, while Green dug deeper into the original style. To hard-rock-fusion-acclimated ears, Beck's style is hipper. To old-school-blues fans, Green's remains more true to a late-50s flavor. Both have infinitely precise phrasing & string-bending, (up there w/the master, Albert King). Both bring personal vision to the tune, tho both obviously know the original inside-out. Tie for #2. Gotta give Freddy #1 for writing it.
lazur1 1 year ago
Hey, I actually agree with irritatedmushroom2 on this, there's so much fx goin on you can barely hear the tune properly. Peter Greene's 'Hard Road' version is much clearer and played with more finesse. JB's a guitar genius it's true but this is just muddy, no actual tone just lots of echo and, as usual with him, too much volume! Give me Pete or Mick or Eric any day when it comes to good tight-assed blues guitar.. Yeehah!! xPx {:-)
pixiemark7 1 year ago 2
Too...much...vibrato!
irritatedmushroom2 1 year ago
I don't see that anyone has mentioned Jimmy Thackery's version on his incredible live album "Wild Night Out." That was the first version I heard, and I think it can top any one posted here.
frostline5 1 year ago
I vote for Freddie King's version, Greenie's live 7+ minute version with Mayall comes second and then this and then Stevie Ray's...I like Mick Taylor's version too....does it really matter they all totally kill it.
hassledguy 1 year ago
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hassledguy 1 year ago
Not a patch on Peter Greens
twoslices 1 year ago
@twoslices lol what's funny is that on the videos of Peter Green's version, many people comment that Beck's is superior.
Kynatics 1 year ago
Let's leave a bit of room for personal preference rather than insisting on the
horse race mentality. Neither version pales they're both great and there are too many factors involved, being weighed differently by different music lovers to be trying to declare outright winners. (Fun game though, glad you drew my attention to it)
awol2602 1 year ago
Just listened to Greenes version it PALES in comparison NOone gets that tone that bit that phrasing like Beck..and im not even a big fan of his!!! Best version is Becks soooo much imagination feeling and spank..enuff said..TELE at its best
konshess 1 year ago
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johngoo343 1 year ago
In case anyone is interested I play a humble version of this song. Type in: The Stumble - John Berry
jmsbk12345 1 year ago
First there was Jimi Hendrix and then there is Jeff Beck. His new CD, Emotions and Commotion is sublime - absolutely out of this world.
jmsbk12345 1 year ago 8
gary moore does it best
lerxt42 1 year ago
Freddie and Jeff do this best, IMO. Lot's of good takes out there.
searunrd1 1 year ago
Oh, yeah...this scoots beautifully! :>) Thx for the great post!
pieyedapple 2 years ago
Beck's version is closer to the Freddie King original. Green does a great job on his version, Moore's is more heavier with his usual style of in your face playing and very good, but personally I will take Freddie's original version because he wrote all of those melodic 3 chord tunes (ie: Hideaway, Butterscotch, Just Pickin' etc..etc..) and plays them so good. Freddie was a genius in his own right & a good starting point to learn just like Jeff and Peter's with their creations. My opinion. :-))
rwm48 2 years ago
Great version. But personally I prefer Peter Green and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers' one.
RobPic914 2 years ago 17
@RobPic914
come on man. first listen to green's then immediately after, listen to becks, there'n no way his isn't just flat out better. Don't hate, i'm just providing my opinion
johngoo343 1 year ago
@johngoo343
Beck doesnt have anything like Greens soul in his playing
twoslices 1 year ago
@twoslices if there's one critique of Beck, I would have to agree that he can try to over-play at times. However, overall, not to compare guitarists as there's no point, but overall, Beck is much better. He just stepped out of the spotlight for many years. That's why guys like Clapton are praised so highly, because their talents have been showcased to a wide audience. For example, Clapton doing the whole unpluggedmtv thing. Sure beck could have done main stream stuff, but it just wasnt his style
johngoo343 1 year ago
@johngoo343
No,Peter Green left a huge mark in the space of 5 years with some wonderful playing. Really you cannot compare the two as they are different styles. Green is blues and Beck is all the other stuff. Greens licks go down in history as his own hallmark,his tone,his phrasing,his touch. Beck on the other hand is technically better but just doesn't have what Green has,and that is a unique ability to interpret the blues.
twoslices 1 year ago
@twoslices i can't agree. If it was a stevie ray Vaughan v.s. Beck argument than yes, technically Beck is better, but stevie has more passion and charisma, but with green i just don't see that argument, sorry but my mid just can't be changed, he just dons't do it for me.
johngoo343 1 year ago
@johngoo343 Oh well,we'll just have to agree to dissagree.
twoslices 1 year ago
@johngoo343
Beck is "technically better" than SRV?? That's a laughable assertion.
67goldtops 1 year ago
@67goldtops bro, on a musical level beck was/is much more musically educated then srv. srv couldn't even read notation- not saying he's bad,as that has nothing to do with the blues, but technically beck is
johngoo343 1 year ago
@johngoo343
What does "musically educated" have to do w/ technique? When I call a player "technical" I'm referring to how proficient he is @ performing the physical manipulations necessary to play the instrument. That's not predicated on a players level of schooling. Listen no further than Duane Allman as an example. As for Beck's technique, you think he has the vocabulary of rhythm styles that SRV had? You think he could as fluidly alternate between rhythm & lead & like SRV could? Clearly not.
67goldtops 1 year ago
@RobPic914 Same here bro
Kynatics 1 year ago
@RobPic914 Do your ears a favor and check out Love Sculpture's version with Dave Edmund's smokin' guitar. I love Jeff Beck and John Mayall by the way.
paraleverearl 2 months ago
Lovely but can't resist recommending Peter Green on J Mayall's Hard Road
awol2602 2 years ago 2
This is a geat version, i can`t see anyone doing it better. Gary moors version is brilliant but it just aint right, this is spot on, just how it should be played to my ears.. just my opinion !
Igotbadjoints 2 years ago 2
Compare this version with the one he did earlier with the Yardbirds. Jeff has gotten better, I think.
panzerschnott 2 years ago
Jeff Beck is one of a kind!
1963Pure 2 years ago 2
There are scores of great of guitarists out there, and then there's Jeff.......... the one and only!
PPOIRI000 2 years ago
Is Jeff Beck cool or what????
digger815 2 years ago 2
AAAAHHH Oh YEAH!
laurentius88 2 years ago