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...he was one of a kind:
Love 'im or hate 'im...
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I can't think of anyone who hated Jeff Beck, at least not anybody I know!
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There are some, though I don't count myself among them.
I prefer certain parts of his output more than others, but always admired his unique approach and dedication to the instrument as well as his willingness to play just about any kind of music.
Man, when he was "on the money" he was pretty hard t'beat.
Plus he was "a car guy"!
I prefer certain parts of his output more than others, but always admired his unique approach and dedication to the instrument as well as his willingness to play just about any kind of music.
Man, when he was "on the money" he was pretty hard t'beat.
Plus he was "a car guy"!
I have never heard a single negative word about Jeff Beck. I'd like to know who has said anything negative about him.
I love "Wired" and "Blow by Blow". Then it's up or down for me. But one can't deny his virtuousity on guitar whatever he is playing...
I admit to not loving everything he's done, but that's only because his catalog is so varied, and he was constantly reinventing himself.
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Why are you carrying a rope, a pitchfork, a torch, a bag of feathers and a bucket of hot tar?
No just never heard any of that anywhere.
Johnny G. thinks no guitarist is in the class with Jeff Beck.
Few are, Shelby. A totally unique style and sound.
Kiss?
adorshki
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I always liked him in Spinal Tap:
Who is Kiss
Walter Broes
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I don't like all that many of his records, but he was a lovable, lovely guy by all accounts.
Mike Sanchez, of The Big Town Playboys (his backing band on JB's "Crazy Legs" Cliff Gallup tribute album) is a friend of mine and a great musician himself, and he also told me that he was a really nice guy.
Mike Sanchez, of The Big Town Playboys (his backing band on JB's "Crazy Legs" Cliff Gallup tribute album) is a friend of mine and a great musician himself, and he also told me that he was a really nice guy.
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As an absolute Zep fanatic, I'll be the first to admit Beck is my alltime favorite guitarist. He reinvented his unique style of playing that truly sets him apart from any other guitarist. The undisputed king of the whammy bar! The man could hit a harmonic and then do a complete melody run with just the whammy bar alone! And his slide playing was also incredible. I've seen a lot of amazing virtuoso guitarists...fusion, prog, jazz, rock, shredders, you name it. None of them have ever made me grin from ear to ear while wondering "wtf did he just do??" like Beck did. I feel blessed to have seen him 8 glorious times and only wished I had seen him more as a few tours I was anticipating got cancelled due to injury and health issues by others or by Beck himself. (Dusty Hill broke his hip on the Beck/ZZtop tour forcing it to be cancelled, and Beck got sick before a Beck/Rod Stewart tour (which would have been a great reunion and revisitation of material neither had played in a very long time. Was really looking forward to that one.)
As for his studio output, sure Wired and Blow By Blow get mentioned the most, but in all honesty, I've grown to really love the 4 albums he did from 99 to 2010 the best. His playing is just otherworldly on them. From ethereal to a freight train coming out of your speakers! It was said that during the mid 90's, he was on vacation and went out with friends and wound up in some dance club playing loud techno music and thought it was such souless rubbish that he made it his personal mission to create something listenable out of it, spending the next several years creating guitar music like no one had ever heard before.
I miss him bigtime. His album releases have been a giant fresh breath of air for me for the last 30+ years while the musical landscape around him has continued to stray away from the genres he's always appealed to the fans of most.
As for his studio output, sure Wired and Blow By Blow get mentioned the most, but in all honesty, I've grown to really love the 4 albums he did from 99 to 2010 the best. His playing is just otherworldly on them. From ethereal to a freight train coming out of your speakers! It was said that during the mid 90's, he was on vacation and went out with friends and wound up in some dance club playing loud techno music and thought it was such souless rubbish that he made it his personal mission to create something listenable out of it, spending the next several years creating guitar music like no one had ever heard before.
I miss him bigtime. His album releases have been a giant fresh breath of air for me for the last 30+ years while the musical landscape around him has continued to stray away from the genres he's always appealed to the fans of most.
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More a gimmick than a band Shelby!
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More a brand than anything.
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Certainly a fashion statement...