"Superstition" Jeff Beck with Stevie Wonder 10/29/09 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniv. Concert

[shearn666]

He doesn't really show it here, but IMO Beck has a more advanced sense of melody that the other greats of the 60/70s - Page, Clapton, Hendrix, etc. He can sound like those guys, but they can't sound like him.

ps Zappa is a bit of a separate case - he just sounds like Zappa

[frieser62]

I think that all these British guys, Beck,Clapton exc. just did'nt know how to handle Hendrix! Here comes a guy who plays his Strat upside down ,strung backwards, with his teeth even and what are ya gonna do! These are all great guitar legends and I don't think it's a matter of who was best but just who's style do you prefer. I personally think there's no one like Robin Trower but then again,he was influenced by Hendrix and you can deffinitly hear it when he plays.

[splankhoon]

coolest dude on the planet : JB ! even Frank Zappa spoke very highly of his guitar playing.

[smilndor]

This hall of fame concert is showing on HBO this month, if you have a chance watch it, it's amazing! Here's just one insert from it with Beck.

[cookmoore]

Great!

[Electricshrock]

Beck is such a ridiculous perfectionist... I had the privilege of interviewing him for a magazine once, and I asked him if he thought those last three albums, where he was incorporating techno influences, had influenced other guitarists who were trying a similar thing. He said he didn't know but, if they did, that he should 'apologise profoundly'. (!!!)

[Rockprincess333]

Stevie says "Jeff do your thing son!" love that!

[StefanGBucher]

Me, too. Particularly because Jeff Beck is six years older than Stevie Wonder. :^D

[bluesboy25000]

@Rockprincess333 Those two have alot if respect fir each other

[metalupyourxxx]

jeff beck is and will always be in my mind the greatest and most important player to ever touch a guitar. hendrix was scared to jam with beck... enough said. clapton and page were quoted saying that at the time of the ARMS concert in 85, he was the best guitar player in the world. whether you personally like him or not, you cant argue those credentials. he is simply superb

[0RockOn]

100% agree with you, jimi hendrix style of playing is similar to Buddy guy but there is no one in this planet who plays like JEFF BECK.

[searunrd1]

@metalupyourxxx  I also believe Jeff is best ever, but.. He played with Jimi, knew him in London of course where Jimi was 'discovered', and Jimi played with Jeff in a NY club for 1 week. Must have been hot.

[doopeyduk]

@metalupyourxxx Actually, Hendrix wasn't scared to jam with Beck....I mean this guy jammed with Tony Williams, Larry Young, John McLaughlin and Miles Davis....But I think the opposite is true....Beck was the only British guitarist not scared of Hendrix (which, considering that he made Clapton pee his pants, is saying something).

[guitaris]

@metalupyourxxx amen to that

[PyePye7]

@metalupyourxxx - Hendrix wasn't scared to jam with anyone! Just for the records! In fact, when Hendrix showed up at the London scene..> quote by Jeff himself: 'I thought I needed to look for a new job....at the post office!' - Regardless: Jeff is Killer!!!

[martybop]

@metalupyourxxx Here, here! Well said.

[essar1]

There is not another legendary guitar player from that era who STILL is playing at this kind of level, who is still creating, who is still AMAZING. Beck's last few albums are stunning - check out the recent Live At Ronnie Scott's CD and DVD for proof.

[searunrd1]

True about Motown. Stevie played a recording over the phone !! to execs at Motown, said it was Jeff's. Stevie was under contract, and Motown said that's your song, period. I've never heard an explation about why Stevie called Motown and let them hear it though - how does that make sense?

[svnparadigm]

this was the most insane concert experience ever...I'm so happy I was lucky enought to be there for both nights.

simply unbelievable!

[scrapplecheesesteak]

I can only imagine, the legends and collaborations..unreal! You ARE a lucky human being. HBO only showed the tip of the iceberg of the concert from the full setlist I saw. 

I haven't read anything online, but slap this entire show on a 2 disc BluRay ASAP

[deepislandboy]

best concert of my life

[DrBeckology]

Stevie did not take it back, Motown put the brakes on him giving it to Jeff. It was written in 1972 in exchange for Jeff playing on two songs on the TALKING BOOK album. The original version was with The Jeff Beck Group (Max Middleton, Bob Tench, et al). The group broke up over Jeff going in secretly to cut the vocal on "Superstition". Beck's newly recorded version came out 5 months after Stevie's when he had formed the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice.

[cooy12]

I was there!!! amazing.... thanks for the videos so I can relive it before the dvd/CD's are released!

[jclarencelove3rd]

Man, Beck was with Stevie way back when this song was first recorded. That, I wanna tell you, is street cred. His (and Stevie's) technical proficiency grows each year. And that's how to become a master: learn something and don't stop!

[danarrow]

Yep. Stevie wrote it for Jeff when he was with Bogart and Appice but when he heard how good it sounded, he took it back for himself.