At the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, 19 July 2008. Nigel Kennedy violin, Tomasz Grzegorski saxophone, Piotr Wylezol piano, Adam Kowalewski double bass, Pawel Dobrowolski percussion
I have seen Jeff Beck live once, way back in 1973, when he was part of Beck, Bogart and Appice, I think it was. I agree with the comments that he was a much underrated player. Oh yeah, back in 1973 he was brilliant then.
Jeff Beck became my favorite guitar player immediately after Hendrix died. I'm serious. I always loved the Yardbirds, but I didn't know why. I discovered both Hendrix and Yardbirds in early high school, but it took years to realize who the guitarist was on most of the Yardbirds hits. Now with the Internet, it is easy. Also they had Clapton and Page in the Yardbirds, which clouded my ability to actually know. I later bought a Stratocaster in 1990 that was as close to the signature Jeff Beck model, in 1990: my beloved Strat Ultra. Jeff is greatest living rock guitarist, and no one sounds quite like him, even today.
I am amazed at times. I have It's Gets Us all in The End on my phone, and it's pretty 70s, but it is one of the most impressive heavy rock guitar tracks of all time. Sometime the "random" shuffle plays it and then plays Cause We've Ended as Lovers. Clearly the shuffle reads the artists names because those two tracks have nothing else in common except Jeff's name and gorgeous guitar.
Why do people have to compare musician to musician, is it for a sense of validation? Hey! If you're breathing, you're validated. 99% of the people couldn't hold Jeff's pick, because he doesn't use one.
Eric "Crapton" was a false prophet, Jeff Beck is the real GOD of Britain's guitar players. One chord and you know is him playing! The best that ever was, the one and only master, genius and at 72 still blowing to top of any concert hall around the world. What a legacy this man has crafted. I only discovered after 20 years of trying to play and learning his licks that his a thumb player. I am a thumb player and I was in tears when I first saw the master playing live and I knew my techinique was right on the money. Since 1969 Beck has been my favorite guitar player and I had the pleasure of meeting him 3 times In Brazil, France and the US. I own a car restoration shop and he mostly wanted to talk cars while I mostly wanted to talk guitar playing , building and history of the instrument. We are both car builders , hot rods and such and guitar players. He's a master welder I'm a master painter and bodyman. We both love Fenders, not benders, though we like to bend a fender, but Strats and Teles mostly.. Beck is the real deal. A guitarrist guitar player without equal and a God in my book. Cheers!
5 People are unable to listen to the different guitar solo...put Jeff together with any great musican - and the result will be enormous like here...just open your ears, guys!!!!
MrPianoman.....Jeff does not use a bolt down nut...he uses a Wilkinson roller nut and it stays in tune cos he has it all balanced using the springs and the claw in the cavity ....when the strings and springs balance then it comes back in tune even after extreme bending. I have two Strats set up like his and I have no intonation problems.
I did various rehearsals with Jeff & Simon Phillips in 1981/82, when they were hoping to do a trio format (I think Sting, Mark King and others were tried also) but nothing came of that. I had done a few sessions with Simon that year, and he brought in to stand in for Mo Foster on the charity shows (4 performances altogether, Mo did 3 & 4) The Secret Policeman's Other Ball in 1981, that he was doing with Jeff & Eric Clapton. I played on Crossroads & Cause We've Ended As Lovers on the first night (Crossroads is on the album of the show); Further On Up The Road & Cause We've Ended As Lovers on the second night; Jeff & Eric didn't perform on the 3rd night, then Mo played on Further On Up The Road & Cause We've Ended As Lovers on the final night, which was filmed, so he's seen on that film and the album. A highlight of my career for me.
@@neilmurraybass And what a career you are still having! I remember we chatted at an LCP do and you said Max Middleton had been scathing about Jeff - saying that they had to keep changing things so he could play it. Strange that Max stayed with him for so long - and we know which had the greater career and respect.
@rainbowsky777 Jeff's strat has a bolt down nut at the top of the guitar neck, this holds the strings in place after tuning, allowing heavy use of the whammy bar without going out of tune.
what?... It has nothing to do with that...It's done or with the use of a good nut and some good saddles or by lubrification of the stock ones! He also uses pieces of plastic between the string and the saddles to protect the strings. The metallic nut that he uses is a roller nut (Wilkinson roller) but that doesn't "hold the strings in place"!
cant believe you missed it nigel wiped the floor even when he snapped three strings and broke his finger half way through his solo and jeff and beck walked off in disgust then tal wikenfeld finished jeff's solo on bass and you missed it i have the video on hd at $1ooooooooooo per copy all proceeds go to charity of courrse.
Can anyone advise me as to some good songs to check out of Jeff's? Everything so far I have not really enjoyed. Would really appreciate any advice or links. Thanks:)
I think this is great amasterclass of musical talent. I have to say to all uncultured sad waste of space idiots that can't see the art involved, go watch something more on your level, like the teletubbies.
