UPP feat. JEFF BECK - Down In The Dirt (1974 UK TV Performance) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ ~ 

Thanks. Didn't know who it was on drums but love it.

Thank you for identifying the drummer. Far too many video clips of bands fail to include identifying the band members. Would you by chance also know the name of the bass player here?

@@gregparrott 👍🏻👍🏻 Bass player is Stephen Fields, nicknamed Stephen Amazing.

@@mjulio71 Thanks! Never heard that name. But Googling it shows he was indeed with the band 'Upp'.

I once went to watch my bass player bro-in-law play a midweek gig in a not very full working men’s club, in a sort of pick-up band. Turned out the keyboard player that evening was Andy Clark from this band, who wrote one of the tracks on Wired ( Upp apparently acted as a rehearsal band for that album). Nice fella. Sad to hear about the drummer. They were a very polished outfit all round.

Where is he buried?

@@christopherskipp1525 his home in England.

@@JimiJamesIII Thank you.

He was definitely the most innovative guitar player of our generation -

Same situation right now

Same hahaha

I heard the song “Blue Wind” from the Wired record around midnight once when I was taking a drive, stoned with the windows down. That was an experience I would recommend, if you can handle the stoned part.

Yes I was watching this at 3am it’s sounds so much more amazing in the middle of the night

3:48am works too@@bigdaddydaddy3203

Me too!

I totally agree

I can't believe people are still blown out over Eddie Van Weiner. If they would listen to "I've Been Used" from Rough &Ready they would hear that Van Horseshits entire repertoire was taken from the end of that song. Not Clapton as he claimed. JB never hid behind keyboards just because another talented guitarist was on the scene.

@@spunbearing65 Clapton IS 100 more times a rock player...besides, he IS a top top SINGER

spunbearing65 that’s my favorite album....Rough and Ready has always been my JB #1. PS your comment about EVH cracked me up, I’m sure JB couldn’t give a crap about him.

John Petruçci

Yes my friend, it was the ogwt that put me onto upp, I too went twice to the old marquee in wardour Street to see them, great band with some very good original tunes, I was never sure why they not more recognised,

Yep! Amazing! I was also at the marquee show!

on my way to the store for some beer and cigs

Before i die...i need sex with this music as loud as possible.

@@albertocorral9851 me parece ok!

The music speaks for itself , people have a firm grasp, of the obvious eh ?

Spot on. A lot of BbB style licks and ideas found here.

I think Tommy Bolin was playing similar stuff, and i think earlier thsn Jeff, whatever they are both guitarists you cant forget.

The great Jimmy Copley. I miss him dearly

Fantastic

Jeff, Jimmy and Pino from Copley's 'Slap My Hand' CD. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aB6QzRs8baM.html

As a guitarist it would be a dream to play with him! Talk about being in the pocket...

My friend and mentor. I miss him dearly.

I guess that would have been Dave Bunce playing guitar then?

I can't seem to find anything on Steve online, he's absolutely phenomenal! Do you know any sources I can look up?

@@emobassista His last name is Amazing. Seriously, and rightly so.

@@emobassista en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upp_(band) Only a couple of lines about Steven here. 🙂

+Arturo Esquivias And with a pick also!

+rebstrat i like when he played the les p. the stratocaster.etc telecaster..who cares anyway

+Jesus Christ ,I agree with you,I think he was at the top of his art,he had more feeling,he is anyway a master,but his "feeling" has changed

Jesus Christ he used a tele with humbuckers for some tunes on that record

Just my view, not an argument!

I'm still playing Rough&Ready Think I bought it in 73? Can't remember. I'm either stuck in a 70's time warp or it just doesn't date it's that good. I heard Jeff wasn't big on that body of work which included The Orange Album (not it's real title) with 'Highways'. ( how was that for a song)? We were blessed for music and can feel pretty satisfied with getting older

May wee! (?)

I've heard the rumor that Beck ran and told Pete Townsend that there was some guy copying them...i.e......burning guitars, breaking stuff. ...at a club. Talking about Hendrix.....I don't see that as reciprocal camaraderie.

@cedricbeard The 'Green' is Peter Green, who died just the other day. Green took Clapton's place in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers when Eric quit to form Cream. After one album, 'A Hard Road' (with future Jeff Beck drummer Aynsley Dunbar, later with Zappa, Bowie, Journey, Starship, Whitesnake...) and some singles, Green quit Mayall to start Fleetwood Mac, enlisting two of his former Bluesbreakers bandmates and naming the band after them, just so they would have their own band should he ever leave. Check Mayall's 'The Supernatural' to hear Green, as well as Fleetwood Mac's 'Black Magic Woman' and 'Oh Well', two of Green's best-known compositions.) As for Beck being cheaper to hire than Townshend, yes. When 'Blow Up' producer approached Who manager Kit Lambert about featuring the band in his movie, Lambert asked Yardbirds manager Simon Napier-Bell how much he should ask for. Napier-Bell, with a plan in mind, said £10,000, which would have been a massive sum in '66. When Lambert was rejected, the Yardbirds were offered at a fraction of the price. And yes, the guitar smashing was in keeping with Antonio's reason to have the Who. And the guitar was a cheap Italian job because Jeff, quite rightly, wasn't going to smash his Les Paul. As for Hendrix, yes, they all thought Jimi was on another level. Townshend had less to be concerned about, but for Clapton and Beck in particular, the local hotshots, the arrival of Hendrix was a serious blow to their ego and confidence. Beck seemingly took the matter particularly hard. Personally, I consider Beck to be a far more accomplished and creative guitarist, however, as he noted, Jimi was the 'whole package'...writer, singer, player, showman...

Wayne Blanchard I love finding well written historical bits and pieces of the incest of Rock. Thanks.

Agree!

He had a “mid” first lesson but the teacher told Jeff to go away because he wanted to play a genre the teacher refused to teach… such a narrow-minded person… however… Jeff trained himself along with Jimmy Page playing solos when they were teenagers…

Page and Clapton know that

He first performed "She's A Woman" with UPP on a UK TV show featuring various guitarists covering various Beatles choons.

So I think you would agree this is one of the benefits of music on the internet. UPP with Jeff Beck

UPP was a band that Jeff liked and decided to produce their first record. He played guitar on 2 or 3 songs, but basically UPP was a 3 piece outfit without guitar. They did a 2nd album without Jeff involved and added a guitar player to the line-up. This 2nd album is absolutely awesome with a bit more commercial appeal while still showcasing the incredible musicianship. I consider both albums essential to any collection.

The guitar player was me.

Beck was always promoting new talents. Richard Bailey was only 20 in Wired.

Yeah. Im getting sick of all these players putting on Strats for the wrong reasons. Roy Buchanan showed up with a Les Paul Custom one day and a reporter asked him where his Telecaster was. He laughed and said "I don't need a Fender to sound like me". Then he proved it. Doesn't matter whose name is is on the headstock. It only matters who is playing.

@@spunbearing65 a m e n.

I disagree about Gibson’s sounding better than Fender. Different. Not better.

Beck also stopped playing with picks along with adopting the whammy bar. He's never looked back...

I certainly do agree that he sounds way better when hes on that oxblood finish les paul (beautiful guitar btw, would kill to have a replica of some sort) but I guess after jimi hendrix and van halen he adopted his whammy bar technique to sound modern and remain somewhat relevant. But since he picked up the strat his playing kinda became predictable, if you listen any beck clips after 1990 - 2000 starting from his crossroad gigs with Tal Wilkenfield you'll see what I mean.. the same whammy bar tricks, the same high note tremolo. It is still great thought, not dissing him on any means. Im just saying although jeffs doing the same expressive playing thing with a whammy bar instead of his fingers but I prefer the latter I did read an article that he stopped using picks because he keeps dropping them during shows, that might have affected his playing some way.

The music had a different feel when he didn't rely on the vibrato bar to such a great extent.

It's called technique see you don't appreciate great guitaring

Two summers ago he was in the Stars Align Tour in US. I had a front row seat, it was a treat and got some great pics. Saw him with Rod at Hollywood Bowl Sept 2019. He had the white Strat both times and at MSG in 2916 with Buddy Guy. Been a fan since my teens, he’s my favorite. Cheers.

Nothing blows this out of the water

It's really two totally different player though. I prefer Jeff using a pick and not tremelo heavy... his earlier style. He developed a completely different style throughout the 80s that came to full fruition on Guitar Shop, 1989... the finger-pick/tremelo-heavy thing. So it's kinda like comparing apples and oranges, but I certainly don't fault you for your preference.

I was at both Illinois Crossroads shows & will be attending in Texas this year. All for the love of Jeff Beck...