Joe Bonamassa: Let's talk about Jeff Beck…
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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TALES FROM NERDVILLE by Joe Bonamassa
THE GUV’NOR
In this column, Joe Bonamassa talks about his admiration for the late, great Jeff Beck. He was one of Joe's greatest heroes, as he was for millions of others and just about anyone that’s ever picked up a guitar.
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I know many people talk about the Beano album as the as the seminal Les Paul thru a Marshall moment but for me it was Jeff Beck and the Truth album that got me hooked.
I always thought Jeff Beck's brain had to wired different than everybody else, to come up with the riffs and phrases that he played. He was the first rock guitarist (to my ears) to have a very distinct human voice element to his playing. The call and response between himself and Rod on the Truth album was something I'd never heard on record before, either. Always loved his playing.
He couldn't sing but vocalized with the guitar.
Completely unique.
And to think he was doing it all decades ago… he use to come the the Montreal Jazz Festival, there’s stories of him meeting drummers and them hanging out for days comparing notes on the different worlds of music they’re in. Down to earth guy like no other.
Beck, Page, Hendrix, and EVH all expanded the possibilities of what the guitar could be, each in a different and wondrous way, capturing my attention and inspiring me. The first time I heard Beck, I couldn't believe I was hearing a guitar. What a genius!
Page was a songwriter first and a guitarist second!
@@ianthomas4568"In the late 1960s and throughout the Seventies, Jimmy Page helped shape and define the future of rock & roll with his work in the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin. However, in the years prior, he’d already made an immeasurable impact on the sound of popular music by way of the hundreds and perhaps even thousands of recording sessions he sat in on as an anonymous face in the many studios that dotted London at the time." Rolling Stone
Very Well Said
Hendrix ,Beck,Page,and Johnny Winters for me
Hendrix, Beck, Van Halen. Top 3 imo when it comes to uniqueness, imagination , creativity, emotion and down right bad ass musical attitude.
Alan holdsworth, Beck, Hendrix
Imagination and creativity = Alex Lifeson. Think of all the crazy Rush riffs. Eddie was great but he was kinda a one trick pony. No disrespect but he was pretty middle of the road. Caress of Steel, 2112,and Hemispheres alone qualify Alex as one of the most creative players we’ve had.
@@surfcollector Lifeson is a great player but he never inspired me as much. That's not to say that some people aren't inspired by him, it's to each their own.
I get it everybody achieves legendary status after they're dead. None of them has Pages level of talent. Jimmy Page wrote more legendary songs than all three combined. His library of songs is the most taught and advised teaching.
Here come the dragon slayers.
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Growing up in the 60s hearing songs like Shapes Of Things and Over Under Sideways Down made me sit up because I’d never heard a guitar sound like that . There was a gap when I didn’t really hear Jeff particularly the Jeff Beck Group era on the radio but when Beck Bogert and Appice and Blow By Blow came out then that was a whole new ball game . Never missed a show in Scotland from BBA onwards until the last tour with Depp . Someone once described Jeff as the greatest off the wall guitarist and that’ll do for me .
Big respect for Joe as you will be hard pressed to find a more humble and kind person in the music industry! He truly is a fan of his instrument and always shows reverence for those who we all listen to as our musical hero’s ! He’s a great resource for learning the history of the instrument for me! I really appreciate the way he’s kept the Blues players from Europe in his videos and playing ! He’s a goldmine wealth of knowledge and a young player could benefit so much just listening to him play and teach history of the guitar! He has always kept this child like and true fan appreciation for all the great players and he’s never lost it no matter how successful he becomes ! A true gentleman and I can’t express how much his pod cast and lessons mean to me! He’s so busy and he still finds the time to pay respect to all the cats I’ve loved since the music bug bit me in the early 60s! The guitar community appreciates you more than you will ever know ! Jimmy Peter Rory Eric Paul Gary and Jeff plus many others do as well. A great person well beyond his life as a player ! A true ambassador for the guitar!Thank you!
joe is dead on about the Blues deluxe solo, its like jeff saying let me take a solo that is not a blues solo and turn into a blues solo, pure brilliance
When I heard Beck I was in my early 20s (1985). I was late to the party as they say. It was wild raw unreal. I had already been a huge Clapton fan but not as far back as the BluesBreakers. It really opened up a new music adventure for me. Hard to believe we've lost so many greats.
Great reflection on the late great Jeff Beck. He was on a massive musical mountain of his own, throughout entire career. Four Jeff Beck concerts experienced between '89 through 2006 were outstanding. Magical, beyond inspirational. When "Wired" was released in the '70s, that was one LP couldn't stop playing for quite some time.
One of my personal favs.
A couple times he always plays like a saxophone to me, but i forgot the songs. I used to listen to that and realize how far ahead he was, what a fantastic style of all styles. It was swelling the volume in the highest register, like he always does.
You wear it well Joe. He'd be very proud.
The Truth album. That opening riff you played grabbed me and 50 years later I cannot find a sound like that because it is Beck. Rod wasn't too shabby either. Thanks Joe. Ciao.
"Ain't Superstitious". I saw Rod last July and he didn't once mention Jeff. I would have thought one song for the remembrance of someone who really helped start his career. Once Rod hit the disco era I stopped listening to him.
Jeff Beck's death hurt me as much as when either of my parents passed away. As a matter of fact, his being on the planet creating some of the most incredible guitar playing was strong heart felt medicine that helped me get thru the day/night. The last year has been extremely hard on me emotionally for various reasons. Listening to his music has been helpful, but it always reminds me that the #GOATGuitarist is no longer with us but his musical endeavors will always be here for his family, friends, & fans to enjoy. How much did I love Jeff Beck ? I got to see him 15 times perform his guitar artistry in concert.
1) "Fire Meets Fury" with Stevie Ray Vaughan in Chicago, Illinois 1989
2) 2 times with Santana in 3 days in Illinois & Wisconsin 1995
3) "Who Else" tour 2 times in Illinois 1999
4) "You Had It Coming" tour in Illinois 2001
5) Eric Clapton "Crossroads" shows in 2007 & 2010 in Bridgeview, Illinois
6) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in Cleveland,Ohio 2009
7) Intimate club tour at Park West, Chicago 2009
8) Les Paul tribute tour with Imelda May, Cadillac Theater, Chicago,Illinois 2011
9) Chicago Theater 2015
10) "Loud Hailer" Ravinia Highland Park, Illinois 2016
11) Performed half hour encore with Rod Stewart Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California 2019
12) "18" tour with Johnny Depp Phoenix, Arizona 2022
EVERY time I saw Jeff Beck perform in concert he never disappointed anyone in attendance. He only got better & better mastering the guitar as the years went on in his life. He was the only musician I have ever seen in my lifetime that propelled me to a place I had only experienced when seeing him live. I was so happy & joyful when I was in attendance watching/listening to him tear it up. I'll never be in that place again unfortunately. I am so grateful & lucky to have seen "The Guv'nor" of guitar as many times as I had. After he passed away, I was feeling every negative feeling anyone could experience. I was devastated. The one thing that helped get me thru the pain was all the famous guitarists & their comments about Jeff Beck. Basically EVERYBODY loved Jeff Beck as far as his guitar playing but also that he was such a kind & humble person to be around. The only thing he loved more than his self made cars & guitar collection was his widow Sandra. Jeff & Sandra were big time animal activists which is another reason why I respected them so much. I miss him. Always will. But I will never forget him or the extraordinary music he created with his guitar. He was "One of One". We will never see another guitarist like him in our lifetime. RIP Jeff Beck.
A great tribute to a legend. Joe’s examples are sublime.
As always, sounds amazing ‼️🔥
I love that Joe wears his heart on his sleeve when it comes to every one of his guitar influences and heroes. Good dude.. Thanks Joe. 😊
Heart Full of Soul knocked me out as a 15-year-old budding guitar player that tone and feel!
loved the jeff beck group. people forget about max middleton and jeff together.
Max Middleton never has received the credit he deserved. He was great playing in the JBG2. It was his idea to play one slide guitar against another overdubbed slide guitar on the song “Definitely Maybe”. Max was not a “flash” keyboard player like Jan Hammer or Tony Hymas. He was a rock solid Fender Rhoads player mostly that played around the cords of the song. He was also a great songwriter. He played on the entire “Blow By Blow” album (Stevie Wonder played a
Clavinet on “Thelonius” uncredited). Max and Jeff co-wrote or Max alone wrote most of the songs on that Platinum selling masterpiece. He played on a few songs on Wired also. He helped Jeff with bringing Jeff’s rock/fusion ideas that were in his head on to the fretboard. “Blow By Blow”would have been a different sounding album if Max was not the keyboard player!
I was 22 when I first saw Mr Beck, touring with BBA. So blessed because the trio format gave Jeff so much space to move around and cover hits from the mid sixties, his first two albums and some Detroit rock staples. I was in the first row and could savor every flash move. Nobody ever did flash guitar better than Beck
I dig Joe's commitment to educating the next generation of players on what he's gathered. We'll make a point of making a show next cycle through. Thanks Joe.
One day Joe, I would love to see you play all of the Truth album. In my view the best album ever made.
Joe is just one cool dude. Would just love to sit down and yak with him about all this music stuff. Seems like a down to earth cool Joe.
Thank you Joe for educating us once again....always a joy
Its often said that guitarists are one with their instrument. In Jeff Becks case it really was true.
Diamond Dust is still my pick as Beck's pinnacle, but that was my era. First time I heard him though was OUSD. That rave-up in the outro, just 1 note, was a watershed moment for us aspiring guitarists. Thanks Joe!!
Thanks Joe. You have great stories.
What amp.did you use for this video?
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Thanks, Joe. That great big tone. Jeff didnt play guitar, he played music. Such original playing and composing. My favorite after Jimi.
blow by blow blew my head off when it came out, you young bucks should check it out, very innovative back then
First I heard Beck was Blow by Blow. Completely blown away. I was 14. I listened to that record non-stop for a year. I completely couldn’t understand it.
Jeff was a once in a lifetime guitarist and musician.
With all the respect to joe bonamassa he is a great player.but jeff beck was a legend and we lost a great guitarist .his music will live forever .🌹⚘⚘⚘🌹🙏🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍🌹🎸❤❤❤
Just say Jeff Beck was a legend and will live forever. That’s all. That’s it.
I once heard jeffs voice on his insturment described as angry. Im not saying it but it rings true to my ear most of the time
If I’m not mistakened early on he played a telecaster with humbuckers. Those pickups were supplied by Seymour Duncan himself, and were prototypes to what would eventually become the JB/Jazz set, one of the most iconic replacement pickups ever.
Truth was the first time I heard him
A unique talent who never stopped pushing boundaries. Like Miles. Like Prince.
To me, Blow by Blow was the Jeff Beck album on which he established a style that was his signature “sound / method / tone / feel” that was recognizable to the end. Even though the album was recorded in Beck’s Les Paul days it was still connected to his playing after he switched to Stratocasters. His playing was recognizable among a thousand guitarists and was always interesting to hear and watch.
Saw Jeff Beck about 5 years ago and he played the same white Stratocaster all night which he apparently never had to tune. No pick - nothing but fingers. Kept his pinky on the whammy the entire time he played. Not what I expected but there ya go.
Thank you.
Still have my copy of “Truth” record in 1966 and 1968 and released in 1968. Brilliant LP. Personnel include Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood (bass), and Mickey Waller (drums). Also credited on the album are John Paul Jones, Nicky Hopkins, and Keith Moon. Amongst the uncredited is some chap called Jimmy Page, plus Madeline Bell, John Carter, Ken Lewis, and Aynsley Dunbar. Worth a listen if you haven’t heard it..
Fabulous.
Jimi Hendrix opened the door to a whole new world of what was possible on the electric guitar, Jeff Beck and Eddie Van Halen were two of the few who went through to explore that world, most have just stood at that doorway and imitate what they hear
Drugs killed Hendrix and derailed Eddie from what he could have been. Eddie could have been much better after the 80s. He wasted time being high. Jeff lived a long life and was always getting better and developing.
Loved his work in the yardbirds, and his talent was unsurpassed in so many eras of his career. I think he expanded the role of guitar in numerous directions. That being said, like many virtuosos, much of his solo work was less approachable, and not for the casual listener. I own several of hi solo albums, probably about 10 of them and never spin them.
It’s strange, I never got much out of Jeff’s playing.
And yet every single note Page plays moves mountains and filled the valleys.
Beck was a brilliant guitar player. Page is a musical genius
Joe is bad ass- Beck is the greatest guitar player to roam the face of earth period! There will never be another one. Beck breathed different air trust me. I saw them all except Hendrix . I saw Beck 19 times - Your jaw drops the minute he hit the first note
Great shit
Jeff on the Les paul could be anyone Jeff on the strat is Jeff Beck unique one of a kind
was able to see Beck twice, Once with bozzio on the kit. Absolutely blew me away, Santana came on after him. I like Carlos...but it was no comparison
1982.., I was 18, in the Marines.., & someone loaned me “Wired”.., wow! I bought a used Les Paul, somehow saved enough to also get a Peavey backstage II & tried & tried to get that kind of groovy sound.., never did. I am 60 now & play an Ibanez strat copy & bigger beefier Peavy 115 some pedals..,sometimes I get close..,
The Truth album was just genius to me. Vocally Rod Stewart killed it. Jeff was shear genius. #3 on my favorite album list. Are You Experienced, Axis Bold As Love, Truth, Johnny WInter's first. To this day nothing compares.
I have often heard comments that Jeff couldn't play the blues , well I dont know what they have been listening to because I dont think there is a style that Jeff couldn't play .
I thoght JB was a Clapton man but I'm glad he mentions Jeff who along with Mark Knopfler are my top 2 lead guitarists closely followed by Joe and Gary Moore
Ok then say it ain't so Joe say it ain't so? Am I the only one left it seems so say it ain't so better let it go ripping up and down looking all around say it ain't so better let it go. Damn good to see ya back in the saddle. Well done. Peace 😎 ✌️ from Canada, eh.
There’s so many examples of Becks brilliance but one of my favourites has to be where were you from guitar shop , he even made somewhere over the rainbow sound epic on guitar,,,,,,
I seen that tour with Terry Bozzio on drums. The back up band was Santanna . I seen Carlos standin=g at the side of the stage trying to get pointers lol
I missed the Beck train, even though I've heard him do some great stuff, and all the greats dig him... I'll have to go dig deeper I guess.
meh he’s not for everyone, you gotta really like instrumental stuff and jazzier things too, he can be pretty out there sometimes. If you like blues rock check out the jeff beck group and beck bogert & appice, its all stuff he did before he got smart and realized that the typical rock format wasnt for him and moved to instrumental music
I know you're probably already familiar with the tune, but if not. Check out the Nazz are Blue from the Yardbirds. One of the first times that I remember hearing feedback. Very cool.
And one of the rare Jeff vocals.
Excuse me for telling another mans Jeff Beck story but I'm going to anyway.
Years ago a friend had a 60's British invasion band playing Yardbirds, Who , Kinks etc and he told me they were playing a Hot Rod Show at the San Jose Ca fairgrounds. Tongue in cheek sort of , I had no idea where Beck was or had planned for the day of course, jokingly I said keep an eye out for Jeff Beck because he loves hot rods. Low and behold during a sound check in an empty room he looks up and there was Beck leaning on the back wall listening. My friend stops playing, as anyone who was murdering an old Yardbirds tune would do, and goes back to talk to him. First thing he said was "that AC-15 sounds great" or words to that effect. Any one who knows Vox amps might know the Ac-15 and the AC-30 look identical but only someone like Jeff Beck would tell by the sound hearing half a song in a band situation. They chatted a while about my buddy's obsession with all things Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart. Conversation turned to collecting antiques which Jeff Beck did also and my friend told him his dad owned a small shop in a strip mall in a Podunk town called Milpitas California. The next day he showed up at the shop and bought a couple of lamps. He also told my friend Rod Stewart and himself were going to get back together for a tour and promised to let him know when it came together and would give him back stage passes to the show. Months later I was at my friends home and he gets a phone call from Jeff Becks manager and there's lots of shouting in the background and the manager apologized because the reunion was in the process, and at that very moment, of being cancelled. Mid arguments , heated argument to put it mildly, Jeff Beck had thought to call my friend and apologize. What a class act that man turned out to be. We all have good and bad days to be sure but anyone says something bad about Jeff Beck to me, I'm stepping up.
Blow by Blow did it for me...i was 12 when it was released. Then i bought Truth
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Am almost ashamed to asmit i didnt really know anything about jeff beck… until the mid 80’s when i missed responding to columbia house tape club before they automatically sent their pick of the month . Which that months pick was “flash” …and sadly ,aside from the song “gets us all in the end “opening i barely listened to …he ripped in that songs stereotypical mid 80’s drum machine beat …it fascinated me as a teen but i soon forgot about him .many decades later i started trying to learn guitar and was looking up all the old school masters connected with my fav SRV… and eventually while down a music rabbit hole found his older stuff …which was so much more tasteful as well as masterful imo ..some periods of his music were a bit to “experimental “ (for lack of a better definition) for my tastes , like he sounded out of tune when bending etc.. to me…but some of the straight music hes made is incredible to my ears…rip (original) JB
I first heard Jeff Beck when his Wired album came out, and I've been a fan ever since. RIP Jeff, you are missed.
I love Jeff Beck too but I loved the Marshall and Les Paul and pick using Jeff Beck better than whammy bar Jeff Beck. That’s just my personal taste
Jeff was the master lyricist with an artistry never known before or since. Eddie was the chops master but lyricism had no voice. Jeff serenades the soul. Eddie impresses.
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Jeff's last recording was on Mark Knopfler's "Going home'". His was the intro: ua-cam.com/video/kNKvoVMcslk/v-deo.html
He did that with his fingers what is pick down when he played with Beck bogert in appacy
Jeff and Eddie but not Jimi?
Jimi should definitely be up there; he revolutionised electric guitar playing. Maybe Joe thought he should be categorised as more of a blues player though?
Jeff and Jimmy. EVH, really.
Jimi is above everyone else.
@@nicholasprotz4297 EVH is by far and away the most influential guitarist of all time . His rhythm chops are still unmatched to this day .
@@2216sammy 😂
Jeff was truly great Jeff Beck lucky enough to see every error of the man. I miss him every day.
You are the nascar of players. How many ads can you wear in a "tribute"... lol.
well JB often paid tribute JH , BG an RB
Eric Clapton?
Ok
I'm a Metal head. Jeff Beck's last song with Ozzy is an absolute gem. My Uncle who's a Blues scholar says that Jeff's best work was with a floating bridge, Stratocaster and a Marshall tubes amplifier, which of course was pure British Hard Rock/Metal territory. Not sure about that Fender amp...Joe. Also, that recording with a camera is a bad idea. Get your Les Paul in a Marshall JMP or JCM800 and lets hear you crank the real monster out!
I think one of the biggest guitarist, and gear head in the world knows his stuff.
@@WorshipFog777 It's pretty clear in my post that I'm trying to pull him in trying a different style & a different tone, because I'm curious of what he could come-up with, considering his guitar skills. I also found it weird that Joe was talking about Jeff Beck, while playing a Les Paul plugged into a Fender as it's a completely different rig and family of tones than a Stratocaster into a Marshall. If you visit the Marshall Amps website, Jeff Beck was an officially endorsed, Marshall Artist with his own page citing JTM45 Plexi, DSL100H, JCM2000 and DSL50 and we're not talking about the cabs. FFS! The DSL series are Metal amps
@@Juicexlx dude - chill down and grow up.
For me the guitar sounds like hell, except when you combine it with a few other common instruments. Also, you can be a mediocre player but if its in a super cool framework, the song, you sound ten times better.
beck doesnt even have a single iconically famous riff solo or guitar part, hendrix and page are most legendary, evh is 3rd, its not just about how well you can play- its about writing great stuff having massive charisma and being a f*cking rockstar, eg it doesnt matter that theres 1000s of better singers than jagger, hes got em all beat where it counts.
Sorry but you miss the whole point, some of his work can not be replicated, sorry my friend but I feel upset that you have neither heard os seen a true master of his profession.
@@KeithRiches-oe8og that may be perfectly ture and fair enough, but thing is i dont care, ive heard him play gat many times, and it just doesnt interest me, same goes for zappa, i find them self indulgent pointless and boring. im a semi pro level gat player myself, and beck's a million x better than me, but hes not my guy.
@@KeithRiches-oe8og beck also blatantly lied about mick and keith offering him the job instead of ronnie, they NEVER offered him the job, not a chance. coz he dont fit.
Jan Akkerman has no equal
Joe, you’re an amazing player, but that reverb on your amp sounds horrible
Joe does nothing for me as a musician, but I could listen to him talk for an hour. His personal friends are lucky to know him. (:
Weird comment
Welcome to rock n roll, baby!
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He opened the video with saying “the many eras of Jeff Beck’s playing”. IMO, the best era was early to mid 70s. In the 90s and 2000shis playing became gimmicky with him constantly manipulating the volume control and tremolo arm. Clearly it’s his right to express his playing as he wishes, but for me, it was almost unlistenable.
Plot twist: Joe Bonamassa îs sometimes Lars Ulrich, pretending to be Joe Bonamassa....
I've been listening to music since the early 70s and Jeff Beck is one of the very few acts whose appeal has completely eluded me. The Yardbirds had a couple of cool songs but apart from that I've liked literally nothing Jeff has ever done. He can't really write music and his guitar playing seems to be mostly based around loose solos with some weird sounds added. Just very gimmicky. And look for Jeff playing God Save The Queen or The Star Spangled Banner here on UA-cam for some cringeworthy playing.
Hmmmmmmm………you ever check out the whole Ronnie Scott show?
And there’s Jeff Beck’s Rock n Roll Party. Find a way to watch both of those shows. I bet that his musical ability will no longer elude you.
Sad you do not appreciate Jeff Beck, you have lost years of real quality guitar laying and now you will never have the chance to see and hear the governor, your loss.
Let’s talk about your false humility, Joe…
Bonamassa is just unbearable.
I agree. Joe Doucheabagga. Never liked him or his boring playing.
Have to agree
Agreed. Can't listen to him talk or to his highly overrated guitar noise.
I’m sorry but listening to Jeff Beck to me was like listening to Les Dawson on piano
For me it is Jeff Beck and Allan Holdsworth.
Absolute truth!! His faux slide playing is unbelievable
Paul Gilbert is My hero.
When I first saw Jeff Beck in 1964 in a band called The Tridents playing at Eel Pie Island, he was playing a beaten up Telecaster.
Damn! You saw him LIVE, in ‘64!? You lucky sunuvagun! That’s amazing! What a memory to have. God bless you.👍🏽🎸
@@MarkChocolate We saw Jeff in The Tridents a few times at Eel Pie Island. I recall Jeffrey usually looked somewhat "out of it" on stage. Perhaps he was bored or maybe it was down to him puffing weed. It was clear he was a terrific player though, even then. I also have an interesting anecdote involving Jimmy Page and Jeff if you are interested.
@@boxyboy46 Jeff could not hide his “boredom”, if he wasn’t feeling excited by the music, if he felt it gone stale for him. So to speak. A Jeff & Jimmy anecdote…do tell.👂🏽
@@MarkChocolate Well, in 1965 I was in a local 5 piece band [west London] playing bluesy rock stuff just like all the other groups around at that time. We called ourselves Nite-Sect. I was 18 at the time and I was going out with a girl named Melody. One evening I'm walking Mel home when she said, "I'll bring my cousin Jimmy down to hear your band." I said, ''sure, why not...who's your cousin Jimmy anyway?" "Jimmy Page" she replied. "Whooooa, Jimmy Page the session guitarist?" I'd been seeing Melody for about 9 months at this point and she never mentioned this before??! So we booked a small function room upstairs at a pub next to the railway crossing gates on the Bedfont Lane in Feltham. It was called The Railway Tavern. Not there now. The bastards pulled it down to build a block of flats. How dare they! On this Saturday afternoon we loaded our gear up into this room, set up, and in walked Melody with cousin Jimmy. He was a good looking dude then. Clapton had recently left the Yardbirds and he said they had asked him to join. He turned it down saying he was earning good money playing on so many sessions in London studios, and his previous experience of being on the road with Neil Christian had laid him low with glandular fever. Jim said he had recommended Jeff as they were friends since their art college days. He told us Jeff could be a little "vague" sometimes. Jim said he had given Jeff a pair of shoes, and when he saw him a week or so later and asked how the shoes fit, Jeff said he had lost one of them. "Who loses one shoe?" Jim said. We played a few numbers and Jim said he liked the band [being polite no doubt] and he had just returned from a trip to LA [he was romancing Jackie de Shannon at the time] and there was a band who played a residency at Ciro's nightclub. Jim said they weren't that good as a live band, but they had a sound which he thought was going to be big. He said they are called The Byrds. Sadly, he didn't spell it for me. He gave us 3 songs for us to learn and he would get us a deal on Decca as he was tight with the A&R man there. The songs were, Bells of Rhymney by Pete Seeger, and Tambourine Man and All I really Wanna Do both by Dylan. I went to my local store that sold mostly vacuum cleaners, TV sets and washing machines but also had a booth selling records. Looking at release info, she could find none of the songs mentioned but there was a British band at the time called The Birds [Ronnie Wood et al] and they had a record out called Leaving Here. I ordered that record and got on a bus into Hounslow to a shop called Bell Music that sold sheet music. I found the sheet for All I Really Wanna Do, so we learned that Dylan song but in the style of Ronnie Wood and his pals. It was rather heavy. We booked the room over the pub again and Jimmy came down to hear us play this abomination. "No, it goes like this" said Jimmy picking up my guitar. I showed him the record I had bought by The Birds. Jim said "no, it's spelled with a Y. I have never punched a rock legend in the mouth but it came pretty close that day. Anyway, Tambourine Man by the Byrds flew into the charts in no time so our chance for stardom was gone. A few personnel changes and 3 years later we did get a couple of record releases but they flopped miserably. I wrote and recorded a song about this incident. It's called Tavern Blues. Get onto my channel at boxyboy46 and have a listen if you fancy it. Turn the volume right up.
@@boxyboy46 Wow! That’s a GREAT little story, to call your own. Your recall for detail is impressive. It put me right there “in the room”, as they say. Thank you so much, for sharing that story w/me. I appreciate it. And yes, I will definitely give a listen to the track. Thanks again for sharing this. Be well, and God bless. Cheers!🍻
Jeff was, and arguably is the best guitar player, overall, ever. RIP Jeff.
Jeff Beck's spirit lives on. Any time you hear someone taking it to the next level on an electric guitar, the spirit of Jeff Beck is there!
For me it was Blow by Blow. I was probably not even 10 years old when I bought that album, listened to it over and over again. Probably the first album I ever bought.
That is the seminal guitar instrumental album.
I was 16 when my brother & I got it, we wore it out. To me it had the most unique and original guitar work there was, has kept itself in the top 10 forty-eight years later
That wick little run on she’s a woman. He was the heads above
@@289hipo so coo!! I imagine it had the same effect on you as it did me. Incredible and unique album and player. I was a band geek kid and my teacher was a jazz guy. I think beck crossed over into jazz, rock fusion, which probably appealed to me at the time. Still does.
Jeff always knew how to surprise, and always left you wanting more.
Joe can bring a smile to my face with just a handful of notes.
The thing is.. Joe knows for a FACT - that he is "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" !
Jo Bonamassa - you are such a fantastic player - but I respect you more that you give appropriate credit to Jeff Beck!
My Fender Olympic White USA Jeff Beck Strat is the best Strat I have ever had or even played. It is just an off the GC wall Sig. but damn that thing is incredible. I remember Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart put out a song and Beck had this MONSTER tone it is awesome.
The ONE THING that got through QC is that the roller nut was basically only in 20 percent of the shelf cut for it. I wanted to take pics and send them to Fender but my local superhuman guitar tech had the roller nut completely and correctly installed. Regardless, it is STILL a $2,000 guitar and that kind of QC slop near had me return the entire guitar.
Bravo for tributes to Legends of guitar, including you, exuding hearts & soul through playing these incredible instruments as you do; it’s a language mastered through strings. Thank you for sharing and love the ‘ole Rock & Roll and Blues that you share with us. Would have loved to see You & Jeff Beck play together! Thank you! Keep it rollin’!
Good call Joe, we should talk about Jeff Beck.
I like Jeff when he is playing a Les Paul or Tele but can't stand the Strat whammy bar pitch manipulation stuff. Would have been ok for one song or something but not an all the time thing. I wish he would have explored doing more with a slide than that whammy bar stuff.
There's a lot of guys like Jeff Keith Richards Eric Clapton on Jimmy Page I can go on that we really need to embrace these guys while we still have them because you will miss them terribly when they're gone
Spot on Joe. I had a similar epiphany when I first saw Jeff in The Yardbirds here in the UK. Later, my band, Sugarcane, played support to The Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart on vocals, Ronnie Wood on bass. To watch Jeff from the wings was just amazing. I've loved, and been influenced by, his work all my life. His death was such a tragedy. He had bacterial meningitis, which is curable if diagnosed quickly, and intravenous antibiotics given immediately. I contracted it in my forties and very nearly died, but for the quick intervention by a second doctor at the hospital.
The solos on "Evil-Hearted You" and "Mister, You're A Better Man Than I" on "Having a Rave Up! with the Yardbirds" are still some of the most expressive and searingly lyrical electric guitars solos ever recorded. They moved me when I was eight in 1966 and they still get me.