@@oldad73 I'm afraid you are wrong. Hank Marvin played Sleepwalk on his strat but he didn't play it like the original was done, with a steel guitar. Beck emulated that sound on his strat. Sleepwalk was originally recorded by Santo and Johnny.
I was so lucky to have been able to see Jeff Beck play live in the late 70's....He was one of the very best guitarists ever...He even taught Hendrix a few licks....He will be forever missed and remembered....😞🎸🔥💪👊🙏
The music industry and marketing giants have these categories they like to put people in; Best Guitarist, Most Influential Guitarist, Best this or that. There is no category in which to place Jeff Beck. He transcends any earthly plane with his masterful musical expression. He plays pure, almost simple; nothing is wasted as he is completely synced to even to the smallest vibration. His mind gives birth to notes as a tonal entity, each one formed and uniquely shaped just right for its brief moment in space. Each song is a mystical journey to some place and your mind is captured and taken along for the ride.
Yes!...you get it!..He was all over the guitar, but never the least bit sloppy...a perfectionist, who became perfect on that guitar!..and the best part--he was very genuine as a person, not overly impressed with himself, had other passions he pursued, etc. I wish he could have lived to be 100!...he was still playing impeccably, when that weird, horrible infection killed him.
@@roncaruso931 - I would suggest that you just "don’t get" the depth and breadth of what Jeff Beck alone could do when it comes to achieving different tones on his guitar. He was quite brilliant at that.
Until you hear Beck, you don't realise how transcendently beautiful the electric guitar can be. This man inspires delight, joy and awe. Far and away the greatest player of the electric guitar there has ever been.
I tuned in expecting a way over the top performance of two of my all time favorite instrumentals, as most guitar players do with these songs. What I got was pure respect and reverence instead by Jeff Beck. Standing ovation Mr. Beck.
Santo and Johnny used a lap steel on their recording to get that unique sound.Beck manages it from a 6 string Strat with not even a slide.Incredible musician.Masterful
"" is a song written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded by Bert Weedon. Lordan played the song on ukulele to The Shadows while on tour, and liking the song, the group released their own version which topped the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in mid 1960. The Shadows' guitarist Hank Marvin developed the song's distinctive echo and vibrato sound.
@@joeblankenship377 Or you can play it like Amos Garrett-on a Telecaster without a tremolo bar, and without a slide. He does it through string bending and working the volume control. I did sound for him a couple of weeks ago at a small concert in a community hall. He’s getting on in years (currently 78), but still sounds great. Here’s a clip of him in 2011 doing “Sleepwalk,” so you can see how he does it: ua-cam.com/video/GtXs4-cFahw/v-deo.html
What I loved so much about Jeff, is that he will play music from all decades and genres, not just songs with a load of f'ing distortion that so many guitarists know only how to play. You were the best, mate!!! This video will go in my library among loads of others. Goodbye, Jeff. I'll NEVER forget you. 😭
I was blessed to see Jeff live alongside Jimmy Page when both were with The Yardbirds in 1966. I was already a devoted follower and remained so to the end. It is so hard to accept that he is no longer with us.
The King of Fender King. I have listen 1,000's of guitar players over my 50 years and I have to admit, Jeff is #1 on my list when it comes to precision. Unbelievable.
@@joeheadblues but the precision and control are just means to an end with Jeff Beck. His hands, guitar, pedals, and amp are tools he completely mastered quite a while ago. His guitar playing is so emotional, so passionate. I can’t can’t think of another guitarist who comes close to the vocal qualities he extracts from his instrument. “A Day In The Life” from Ronnie Scott’s is fantastic - and Jeff’s guitar fills in for the vocals, guitars, everything.
Jeff was about my age...those old standards had a simplistic, surreal charm to them, and Jeff Beck was one surreal guitarist, who had experienced those old standards, and understood the beauty of those tunes, as well as the context of their place in time...I cried when Jimi Hendrix died, and I cried when Jeff died...we were lucky they came along when they did, to push the music forward.
He invented a new way of playing the guitar that nobody else can play like him. They will try though as now Jeff is gone. He tried to make a guitar at age 14, but he was to create a completely new way of playing the guitar and using different parts of the guitar to make new sounds through feed back and controlled all this like no one else. Cynthia McLaglen
Unbelievable, I just watched this over and over and over, beautiful playing. Jeff Beck is the best guitarist ever, period. The drummer, rhythm guitarist, and bass player were fantastic!
I’ve taken these tunes for granted over the years, but this performance really helps me appreciate the skill, touch and timing required to get this right.
Jeff Beck...Astounding...His talent's so mind boggling that he can play understated in a setting such as this, and make his own imprint on classics such as these effortlessly. A real legend, a real gentleman by all accounts. RIP Sir...the music lives on...
"World not fair" ? Well, that's the price for not obeying God in the garden of Eden ! And, consider which one the Serpent approached, ...'er, .. not 'e ! Corrollary joke : A couple climbs a small hill and they see a small lake and he says, "Gee, imagine if it was full of fish", ... and she says "the Hell with fish, ... imagine it was full of MONEY" !! GOT IT ??
Of course it’s not fair I’ve been following JB for well over 40 years seen him dozens of times live one of the most memorable was 1989 with SRV at the warfield in downtown SF Jeff opened and only played a disappointing 45 minutes the played six shows and would alternate on who opened on my night beck opened SRV PLAYED FOR two & a half hours and played riviera paradise I had never heard this before because he hadn’t released it on an album yet he was unbelievably amazing riviera paradise turned out to be one of my all time favorite instrumentals two of the best ever now gone I honestly don’t know how well you know JB but his instrumental albums are second to none BLOW BY BLOW 1975 WIRED 1976 & THERE N BACK 1980 DIAMOND DUST IS MY FAVORITE OFF OF THE 1975 BLOW BY BLOW IS A MASTERPIECE I used to drive from SF to LA ALOT and that’s all I would listen to there N back he was no spring chicken but I honestly believe GOD TAKES WHAT HE WANTS AND HE WANTED JEFF BECK YOU MY SON HAVE DONE MORE THAN YOUR FAIR SHARE ON EARTH AND NOW YOUR TIME ON EARTH IS OVER COME JOIN ME IN THE AFTER LIFE THOSE OF US STILL HERE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS AND HONESTLY IM IN NO HURRY TO FIND OUT GOD WILLING
The average age of death in the U.K. is 81, so 78 is far from unfair. Death comes to all of us. My twin died at 6 weeks old. ( that’s unfair). Hendrix, Buddy Holly and others like them did die in their prime.
I recall that Jeff Beck said to Hank Marvin that Apache and Hank's Stratocaster sound on Apache was 80% of the reason he became a guitar player. So playing this must still have some resonance with him and others of us who can remember back to 1960.
D800Lover, I'll never forget the first time I heard Jeff Beck back in 69. During the time I had just bought the album Beck-Ola after hearing it once. It had All shook up and The Hangman's Knee. In 72 I picked up The Jeff Beck Group and I fell in love with Going Down. And the album's went on from there Blow by Blow, Jeff Beck the Jan Hammer group ,Rough and Ready and Wired. He can make that Strat sound like different instruments. I loved it when he'd use the wang bar and sounded like a steel guitar. When him and Clapton were playing together they were both great, but no one else could play or sound like Beck. Peace bro, and may the tunes play on and on. Good music is a key to happiness in my opinion.
Every guitar playing kid in England drooled over Marvin's guitat. Interesting efect it had. Bestles used less usuall brands, which caused run which cut quality. The quality of guitat available in UK was bad. Good instruments in the 50', were iften brought by miitary folks. The one I played today had some.super.fizxble issuec
I was introduced to the music of Jeff Beck in 1973 and have been listening to him ever since. One of the very greatest. His musical legacy will live forever.
This is simply one of the best covers of Sleepwalk I've ever heard. It's very faithful to the original. I probably really got into Beck about 1980 and the album was Truth (funny it was released the year I was born). Sure, there are some phenomenal players who can do all kinds of crazy stuff....Jeff Beck does it all! I can't believe he's turning 70 this year! So all you young "whipper-snappers" that want to know something about guitar - listen to Beck! He's still "learning" guitar...once you start learning to play, you never stop learning. And that's the true beauty of it - there is no finish line, no point where you now know everything.
Great comment about Jeff Beck & his never ending talent with the electric guitar. Jeff is certainly a master at this... I noticed you mentioned Jeff will be 70 this year. Funny how time slips by while we are enjoying such great sounds like this. God Bless Always
@@danielantoniofloresaguillo9338 : Did you not watch/listen to the video? Or even read the title? The first song is Apache and the second song is Sleepwalk.
Jeff Beck is on a whole nother level , and firmly in a class by himself. Easily on a very short list of the greatest guitarists in the history of 20th/21st century popular music. Virtually without peer.
Despite all the GIANTS that have placed the Stratocaster in halls of excellence with their undeniable talent and tonality, and I have 💕 these guys work for more than 50 years, for me Jeff Beck truly bears the title 'Master of the Stratocaster' It's his subtle finesse that imo, is untouchable. Thank You.👍
If you listen to ALL the tonal changes and whisps of virtuosity on the Blow by Blow album you can hear roots of guys like Duane Allman, Billy F. Gibbons, Derek Trucks, Eric Clapton, and so many others who have enhanced their style or built it upon Jeff Beck's licks. What an incredible guitarist!
"Sleepwalk" usually makes me cry. Apart from the wondrous beauty of the melody, Santo & Johnny were amongst my late dad's favourite artists. But this version, oh my God, I am studying Jeff Beck 's tricks on the guitar in order to make it sing like the original lap steel. What a genius! Masterful use of volume and whammy bar. The man is the best guitarist ever!
I spent three days with BB King in the 70s but I wanted to see Jeff Beck and I finally got to see him open for King. And then I ran right into him. He was so quiet and humble, man was I lucky. And yes I did get to play Lucille, in 1972. I prefer Jeff Beck anytime, it’s true he’s the musicians musician. This is so sad… I’ve heard some amazing versions of Apache but he adds his special sensitivity to this special song
Brings back many memories for me - the radio was always atop the fridge and playing AM hits of the day. Every morning we would rise at 5:30 with my Dad who’d be off to work by 6:00 as my brother and I would head out to deliver the morning papers in our neighbourhood. So remember when these tunes were hits because of this I guess. A few years later I would have my first slow dance to Sleepwalk - wonder where she is now😊
Truly one of the most tasteful renditions,Beck understated,masterful,melodic and so smooth.I just want to say the rest of the group is very polished and professional.Excellent!
What a wonderful guitarist he was, anyone who learns older songs like this, has no 'Ego' and has respect for other players and the past. These people go forwards and learn more & More. Like Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Brent Mason & Chet Atkins, to name but a few. Burton Trent
The man can play ANYTHING. - and play it masterfully. I'm so grateful to have lived in a timeline that has overlapped Jeff Beck's life and career on our planet.
Blow By Blow was the first instrumental album I ever dug. I couldn’t stop listening. I kept thinking “Lyrics would ruin this” Jeff Beck is ( was😢) phenomenal.
How can you possibly categorize guitarists ? What you can say is that there is a group of players that clearly stand out from the rest - and clearly, Jeff was amongst those.
After learning many of Jeff Becks solo’s,I couldn’t capture the magic that he brings to every solo. It’s all the fingers. A big hole was left in my heart when he passed away. RIP
I’m gaining so much respect for Mr Beck as a guitarist. I was going to a friend of mines house for Thanksgiving, and we were going to play guitar together for the first time. She always described herself as a horrible guitar player and had never played with anyone in person before. She asked me to come up with a song we could play together, and I’d just read an article that said Rumble by Link Ray was the first song Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page played together as teenagers.
The amazing thing is that Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and Eric Clapton were all born within 5 miles of each other in London in 1944/45. What were they putting in the water there in those days?
And they all played lead guitar for The Yardbirds at one time or another. 1. Clapton, then 2. Beck, then 3. Page. In fact, after The Yardbirds broke up, Page wanted to continue on as The New Yardbirds, but was not allowed to do so because of some legal wrangling. So, instead, he he took his lead guitar and formed Led Zeppelin. And, of course, Clapton went on to form Cream and then, Blind Faith. Beck and Clapton went on to have successful solo careers. After the breakup of Led Zeppelin, Page went on to perform in a number of lesser-known groups; and since 2000, he has participated in various guest performances with many artists, both live and in studio recordings, including a one-off Led Zeppelin reunion in 2007 that was released as the 2012 concert film Celebration Day.
My god, what a loss! R.I.P., Mr Beck. One thing I love about his cover of Apache is the respect he shows the original -- he plays it *exactly* like Hank Marvin. No attempt to "improve" it, no interpretation, no "making it his own". As for making a Strat sound like a lap-steel, well...
I grew up listening to these guys on my 8 track tape deck mounted under the dashboard , back when 1961 Buick invictas and Ford 🌟 star liner's roamed the streets 🦅🇺🇲🦅❤️‼️
@@dependablepaulthank you for the kind response and laugh I needed that ‼️ How did U know dude 🤣🤣🤣, my candy apple metallic burgundy Buick Invicta had a 322 HP 455 under the Hood dual quad Rochester 850 double pumpers dual exhaust , and a posi traction rear end , every time I did a burnout or a whole shot, I ripped the motor mounts right out of it broke them in half, so I got some 3/8 towing chain and cut it down the size and rebolted the engine back in, , this is called the hillbilly retrofit 🤣🤣🤣🙏‼️ but the best memories of that car was in the backseat at the starlight theater on 95th Street, oaklawn Illinois ♥️🇺🇸♥️
Jeff Beck is unique in this song ....no other. He is undoubtedly a guitar-solist...he sings throught his guitar especially in this music. Very grateful for sharing....one if the greatest musics of ever.....
Anything he played he played perfectly!! Absolute genius, can’t believe that he is gone. Thank you mister Beck for all the great music. Rest In Peace. Jim
Wow! That was incredible! Great renditions of two songs that I'm sure were favorites of Jeff's during his teen years! And how true he kept to the Shadows' 1960 recording of Apache - but adding subtle touches of his own, to put his signature on it!
Yes and Al Gare moving away from his upright playing a Burns Bass was a similar tribute to the Shads. Hanks has the best Sleepwalk ever. Impossible to emulate.
I like the way his videos show him playing , not jumping around mtv-style , but let you see what he's doing . Not that I could do what he does , but still...
I really dig Darrel Higham's subtle comping in the back. Quite humble from a guitar master as himself to do it this way. But after all this is the great and unique Jeff Beck taking the lead!
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL HOMAGE 2 YOUR CONTEMPOARY, HANK (SHADOW). SUCH GIFTS R TRULY LOVED. JEFF STANDS SOLITARY N HIS MANIPULATION OF THE STRAT PLAYING. THANKS 4 DA GOOSE BUMPS, LOVE YA !!! PEACE
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Jeff Beck (1944-2023). We simply shall not see nor hear his likes again in this mortal realm. God bless.
RIP Jeff Beck, one of the greatest guitarist of his generation arguably of all time...thanks for the music that will live forever!
Did he ever sing ? Or was it just his musical brilliance that made him such a legend ??
@@jimbanda he sang on i believe his first solo album and hated it!
@@1960fusion Thank you...
He sang one song, actually chorus, some thing like Hi Ho Silver Saddle.
@@robohippy a bit like Derek Trucks then.
+RIP Jeff Beck. Has been months till I was able to watch and listen again
I know right..... Robben Ford helped me through
Rest in perfect peace, Jeff. You will be missed by many.
5:00!
5:31 !
Jep. 😭
Especially his backing band! God Bless Jeff XXXX
Ain’t that the Truth
RIP Jeff Beck 💐
Such a loss to music, a true guitar genius. R.I.P and thank you for the memories
Jeff beck doing the impossible. Playing lap steel harmonics on a Strat. Mastery, pure mastery.
Yes indeed!
You are wrong I'm afraid. Both these numbers were originally recorded in the 1960s by the Shadows. Hank Marvin played these on his Strat.
@@oldad73 I'm afraid you are wrong. Hank Marvin played Sleepwalk on his strat but he didn't play it like the original was done, with a steel guitar. Beck emulated that sound on his strat. Sleepwalk was originally recorded by Santo and Johnny.
@@ascoop22 Ok, I've learned something.
@@ascoop22 Absolutely..well said.
I was so lucky to have been able to see Jeff Beck play live in the late 70's....He was one of the very best guitarists ever...He even taught Hendrix a few licks....He will be forever missed and remembered....😞🎸🔥💪👊🙏
The music industry and marketing giants have these categories they like to put people in; Best Guitarist, Most Influential Guitarist, Best this or that. There is no category in which to place Jeff Beck. He transcends any earthly plane with his masterful musical expression. He plays pure, almost simple; nothing is wasted as he is completely synced to even to the smallest vibration. His mind gives birth to notes as a tonal entity, each one formed and uniquely shaped just right for its brief moment in space. Each song is a mystical journey to some place and your mind is captured and taken along for the ride.
Amen!
Yes!...you get it!..He was all over the guitar, but never the least bit sloppy...a perfectionist, who became perfect on that guitar!..and the best part--he was very genuine as a person, not overly impressed with himself, had other passions he pursued, etc. I wish he could have lived to be 100!...he was still playing impeccably, when that weird, horrible infection killed him.
@@roncaruso931 - I would suggest that you just "don’t get" the depth and breadth of what Jeff Beck alone could do when it comes to achieving different tones on his guitar. He was quite brilliant at that.
@@roncaruso931 IMO SRV would not have agreed with that!
Keep dreaming . There is no one alive that can play the way he played. He would have made Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan look like children.
Until you hear Beck, you don't realise how transcendently beautiful the electric guitar can be. This man inspires delight, joy and awe. Far and away the greatest player of the electric guitar there has ever been.
What a beautiful job on these 2 classics!
except jimi hendrix
You never hear the grateful dead?
@@Remusthepaladin Yes. They're good. But Beck is in a league of his own.
Wish commercial, & rock radio believed it too! Seldom hear electric guitar rock instrumentals!
Rest In Paradise Jeff. G-d damn shame.... a such legendary guitarist of our time 🕊🎸💔
I tuned in expecting a way over the top performance of two of my all time favorite instrumentals, as most guitar players do with these songs. What I got was pure respect and reverence instead by Jeff Beck. Standing ovation Mr. Beck.
Couldnt have put it better. Unless you have something positive to ad then leave alone.
Barry C the cheeky bastards tuned down a half step 👋😂😂
@@dennispickard7743
Aye, probably for the horns in Sleepwalk.
Didn’t know this side of Beck - Pops would love this video.
Hoo-ahh!
Кошка мявчет лучше
Santo and Johnny used a lap steel on their recording to get that unique sound.Beck manages it from a 6 string Strat with not even a slide.Incredible musician.Masterful
Informative links for those who, like me, don't play guitar:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_guitar
He's got a lot of control over his tremolo bar, and it can bend up and down.
"" is a song written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded by Bert Weedon. Lordan played the song on ukulele to The Shadows while on tour, and liking the song, the group released their own version which topped the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in mid 1960. The Shadows' guitarist Hank Marvin developed the song's distinctive echo and vibrato sound.
@@giovannipappagallo9829 This sounds almost exactly the same as Hank.
@@joeblankenship377 Or you can play it like Amos Garrett-on a Telecaster without a tremolo bar, and without a slide. He does it through string bending and working the volume control. I did sound for him a couple of weeks ago at a small concert in a community hall. He’s getting on in years (currently 78), but still sounds great. Here’s a clip of him in 2011 doing “Sleepwalk,” so you can see how he does it: ua-cam.com/video/GtXs4-cFahw/v-deo.html
We are all blessed to have heard this man play. RIP Jeff. 😢
What I loved so much about Jeff, is that he will play music from all decades and genres, not just songs with a load of f'ing distortion that so many guitarists know only how to play. You were the best, mate!!! This video will go in my library among loads of others. Goodbye, Jeff. I'll NEVER forget you. 😭
I was blessed to see Jeff live alongside Jimmy Page when both were with The Yardbirds in 1966. I was already a devoted follower and remained so to the end.
It is so hard to accept that he is no longer with us.
Rest in Peace Jeff and thank you for the amazing music over the years. x
The true master of the guitar, RIP Jeff, missed by any true fan of the guitar.
The looks on the drummer's face were priceless. He was really having a great time.
I thank God to be alive and to have been able to have been introduced to such amazing music, please, R.I.P Jeff Beck.
One of my two favorite songs from my childhood, but I never heard Jeff play it before. This is awesome!
That is from the venturez..
Same here. I remember my dad playing these two. And Jeff makes them sound even better. God bless his soul.
@@on-a-hill No it's not from the Ventures. They also play it, but the song is from Santo & Johnny
@@BIGeSTRING Shadows played it, too.
@@dthomas9230 yeah i know, but i mean the original song is from Santo and.....
Rest in peace sir. Such an inspiring musician
Jeff Beck turns everything he touches into gold
The King of Fender King. I have listen 1,000's of guitar players over my 50 years and I have to admit, Jeff is #1 on my list when it comes to precision. Unbelievable.
precision, tone, feeling, control...
@@joeheadblues but the precision and control are just means to an end with Jeff Beck. His hands, guitar, pedals, and amp are tools he completely mastered quite a while ago. His guitar playing is so emotional, so passionate. I can’t can’t think of another guitarist who comes close to the vocal qualities he extracts from his instrument. “A Day In The Life” from Ronnie Scott’s is fantastic - and Jeff’s guitar fills in for the vocals, guitars, everything.
The King of Fender is Hank B. Marvin, he was the first.
@@henk.dvanduijne8932 lol
@@henk.dvanduijne8932 And Buddy Holly
Well that was sweet. I had never heard Jeff Beck play these old standards before. RIP Jeff. Thanks for all the beautiful music 💖
Jeff was about my age...those old standards had a simplistic, surreal charm to them, and Jeff Beck was one surreal guitarist, who had experienced those old standards, and understood the beauty of those tunes, as well as the context of their place in time...I cried when Jimi Hendrix died, and I cried when Jeff died...we were lucky they came along when they did, to push the music forward.
He invented a new way of playing the guitar that nobody else can play like him. They will try though as now Jeff is gone. He tried to make a guitar at age 14, but he was to create a completely new way of playing the guitar and using different parts of the guitar to make new sounds through feed back and controlled all this like no one else. Cynthia McLaglen
Should listen to his version of A Day in the Life
@@nextvkin202805 YES IT IS BEAUTIFUL! Cynthia Allen McLaglen
God bless Jeff Beck. We have lost one of the greatest guitarists of our time.
He and Hendrix sent the electric guitar to a new level.
Unbelievable, I just watched this over and over and over, beautiful playing. Jeff Beck is the best guitarist ever, period. The drummer, rhythm guitarist, and bass player were fantastic!
Jeff playing Somewhere over the rainbow is so beautiful
This just touches me so deeply. Didn't even know Jeff Beck had covered these two classics, let alone live, and together. WOW.
Nice job, Jeff.. beautiful!
He's long remembered his rock instrumental roots! Still a fan of Hank B. too!
@@candichamberlain When did this happen. So sorry to hear.
@@surfinwax58 sadly he passed yesterday..
@@marknewton6984 yesterday.. January 10th
RIP Jeff Beck. Thank you for all the beautiful music-you were one of the greats! xoxo
I’ve taken these tunes for granted over the years, but this performance really helps me appreciate the skill, touch and timing required to get this right.
Still hard to believe he is gone but his huge legacy will live on forever and there will never be another as gifted as he was. RIP JB. 😢
Jeff is the guitar-playing equivalent of a writer who can write in any style - and do it well. Excellent work.
and Steve Howe is the Benchmark of multi styled guitar players...... :-)
AMAZING...R.I.P Mr.Beck. I feel Privileged to have Lived in the same era that you Performed in. Thank you and May GOD Bless your Soul.🙏🎸
Jeff Beck left for his heavenly abode day before yesterday.... RIP sir..... Your music will live on.... 🙏🙏🙏🙏
He was Christian in obit. I believe it.
Jeff Beck...Astounding...His talent's so mind boggling that he can play understated in a setting such as this, and make his own imprint on classics such as these effortlessly. A real legend, a real gentleman by all accounts. RIP Sir...the music lives on...
He's gone at 78 taken from us in his prime. The world's not fair.
"World not fair" ? Well, that's the price for not obeying God in the garden of Eden !
And, consider which one the Serpent approached, ...'er, .. not 'e !
Corrollary joke : A couple climbs a small hill and they see a small lake and he says, "Gee, imagine if it was full of fish", ... and she says "the Hell with fish, ... imagine it was full of MONEY" !!
GOT IT ??
Of course it’s not fair I’ve been following JB for well over 40 years seen him dozens of times live one of the most memorable was 1989 with SRV at the warfield in downtown SF Jeff opened and only played a disappointing 45 minutes the played six shows and would alternate on who opened on my night beck opened SRV PLAYED FOR two & a half hours and played riviera paradise I had never heard this before because he hadn’t released it on an album yet he was unbelievably amazing riviera paradise turned out to be one of my all time favorite instrumentals two of the best ever now gone I honestly don’t know how well you know JB but his instrumental albums are second to none BLOW BY BLOW 1975 WIRED 1976 & THERE N BACK 1980 DIAMOND DUST IS MY FAVORITE OFF OF THE 1975 BLOW BY BLOW IS A MASTERPIECE I used to drive from SF to LA ALOT and that’s all I would listen to there N back he was no spring chicken but I honestly believe GOD TAKES WHAT HE WANTS AND HE WANTED JEFF BECK YOU MY SON HAVE DONE MORE THAN YOUR FAIR SHARE ON EARTH AND NOW YOUR TIME ON EARTH IS OVER COME JOIN ME IN THE AFTER LIFE THOSE OF US STILL HERE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS AND HONESTLY IM IN NO HURRY TO FIND OUT GOD WILLING
Stupid ass
The average age of death in the U.K. is 81, so 78 is far from unfair. Death comes to all of us. My twin died at 6 weeks old. ( that’s unfair). Hendrix, Buddy Holly and others like them did die in their prime.
But God allowed a wonderful tour w JD, I feel
I very much enjoy Jeff Beck's extreme expertise on the guitar!
His rendition of Apache and Sleepwalker is superb and exquisite!
“Sleepwalk.”
He has Worked Hard.
There is a Video with his guitar collection..and having Fun..
Clapton said that Beck doesn't play notes he pulls them out of the guitar. A voice like no other.
Maybe, someday, he and Hank B can simultaneously share the same stage.
Sail ..well January 2023..
Excellent guitar playing by Jeff Beck as usual, but it has made me realise, just how tight and pure Hank Marvin's playing is!
So glad to see Hank Marvin's name FINALLY mentioned here at last! While so many admire Jeff he himself admired Hank!!
That bass and drums were locked in perfectly. Top players, that you don’t notice,because they serve the song.
I recall that Jeff Beck said to Hank Marvin that Apache and Hank's Stratocaster sound on Apache was 80% of the reason he became a guitar player. So playing this must still have some resonance with him and others of us who can remember back to 1960.
D800Lover, I'll never forget the first time I heard Jeff Beck back in 69. During the time I had just bought the album Beck-Ola after hearing it once. It had All shook up and The Hangman's Knee. In 72 I picked up The Jeff Beck Group and I fell in love with Going Down. And the album's went on from there Blow by Blow, Jeff Beck the Jan Hammer group ,Rough and Ready and Wired. He can make that Strat sound like different instruments. I loved it when he'd use the wang bar and sounded like a steel guitar. When him and Clapton were playing together they were both great, but no one else could play or sound like Beck. Peace bro, and may the tunes play on and on. Good music is a key to happiness in my opinion.
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Every guitar playing kid in England drooled over Marvin's guitat. Interesting efect it had. Bestles used less usuall brands, which caused run which cut quality. The quality of guitat available in UK was bad. Good instruments in the 50', were iften brought by miitary folks. The one I played today had some.super.fizxble issuec
Indeed Hank B. Marvin is the KIng of the Fender stratocaster no one else..
I was introduced to the music of Jeff Beck in 1973 and have been listening to him ever since. One of the very greatest. His musical legacy will live forever.
Truly one of the very best guitarists around. The way he can pull sounds from his guitar is crazy. 👍👍🇨🇦
This is simply one of the best covers of Sleepwalk I've ever heard. It's very faithful to the original. I probably really got into Beck about 1980 and the album was Truth (funny it was released the year I was born). Sure, there are some phenomenal players who can do all kinds of crazy stuff....Jeff Beck does it all! I can't believe he's turning 70 this year! So all you young "whipper-snappers" that want to know something about guitar - listen to Beck! He's still "learning" guitar...once you start learning to play, you never stop learning. And that's the true beauty of it - there is no finish line, no point where you now know everything.
Great comment about Jeff Beck & his never ending talent with the electric guitar. Jeff is certainly a master at this... I noticed you mentioned Jeff will be 70 this year. Funny how time slips by while we are enjoying such great sounds like this. God Bless Always
He's the only rock great who is even better than he was in the the 1960s, when he helped invent modern rock guitar. Nice chap too.
@@garymorgan3314 - absolute Truth - you may like Snooks Eaglin if you haven't heard his take - ua-cam.com/video/C2w00aULCWs/v-deo.html
It's. Apache. Not sleepwalk
@@danielantoniofloresaguillo9338 : Did you not watch/listen to the video? Or even read the title? The first song is Apache and the second song is Sleepwalk.
Can't get any better than that... Jeff has amazing technical skills full control of the whammy like nobody else...
Sleepwalk is so relaxing.. and when I close my eyes, tears show up out of nowhere - tears that come from hearing something beautiful.
It's because of the way Jeff plays too. I always need a box of tissues on standby when I listen to him!;
He would play with Les Paul and the two would Joke around..
Love this video.....RIP Your work on earth is done......You will be missed....
Rest in peace Mr. Beck, we will miss you. Another guitar legend gone😢
WTF! WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?
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The Maestro! Such control and sound and emotion. None better. Peace
After hearing Jeff play sleepwalk I picked up my strat and learned to play it like he does. Now it's one of my favorite jams to play.
Jeff Beck is on a whole nother level , and firmly in a class by himself. Easily on a very short list of the greatest guitarists in the history of 20th/21st century popular music. Virtually without peer.
I saw Jeff Beck once around 20 years ago and was transfixed for the entire concert. The guy is a genius. Thank you!
Saw him in 2001. The same.
Sleepwalk is one of the most beautiful songs ever written and Santo & Johnnys original version will forever be my favorite 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Despite all the GIANTS that have placed the Stratocaster in halls of excellence with their undeniable talent and tonality, and I have 💕 these guys work for more than 50 years, for me Jeff Beck truly bears the title 'Master of the Stratocaster' It's his subtle finesse that imo, is untouchable. Thank You.👍
I've just heard that Jeff has passed away - so sad that we have lost such a talent when he should have had many more years ahead of him.😥
If you listen to ALL the tonal changes and whisps of virtuosity on the Blow by Blow album you can hear roots of guys like Duane Allman, Billy F. Gibbons, Derek Trucks, Eric Clapton, and so many others who have enhanced their style or built it upon Jeff Beck's licks. What an incredible guitarist!
How great was he
Rest in peace enjoyed your work since 1967🙏✌️☮️
Sad to hear that you passed Mr. Beck....
RIP
Thank you for the great music
Mr.Beck is truly a living lgend.My favorite living player,always growing and expanding his playing.
"Sleepwalk" usually makes me cry. Apart from the wondrous beauty of the melody, Santo & Johnny were amongst my late dad's favourite artists. But this version, oh my God, I am studying Jeff Beck 's tricks on the guitar in order to make it sing like the original lap steel. What a genius! Masterful use of volume and whammy bar. The man is the best guitarist ever!
Every note he playes runs through my soul!
Right to the core
He will always stay in my heart! RIP Jeff. 💙🏴
I spent three days with BB King in the 70s but I wanted to see Jeff Beck and I finally got to see him open for King. And then I ran right into him. He was so quiet and humble, man was I lucky. And yes I did get to play Lucille, in 1972. I prefer Jeff Beck anytime, it’s true he’s the musicians musician. This is so sad… I’ve heard some amazing versions of Apache but he adds his special sensitivity to this special song
Brings back many memories for me - the radio was always atop the fridge and playing AM hits of the day. Every morning we would rise at 5:30 with my Dad who’d be off to work by 6:00 as my brother and I would head out to deliver the morning papers in our neighbourhood. So remember when these tunes were hits because of this I guess. A few years later I would have my first slow dance to Sleepwalk - wonder where she is now😊
Truly one of the most tasteful renditions,Beck understated,masterful,melodic and so smooth.I just want to say the rest of the group is very polished and professional.Excellent!
No one else on earth can play a stratocaster like Jeff Beck. He's got that wang bar under control at every given chance.
Jeff Beck is the best. So glad we got to see him live a few years ago. It was a treat.
What a wonderful guitarist he was, anyone who learns older songs like this, has no 'Ego' and has respect for other players and the past. These people go forwards and learn more & More. Like Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Brent Mason & Chet Atkins, to name but a few. Burton Trent
The man can play ANYTHING.
- and play it masterfully. I'm so grateful to have lived in a timeline that has overlapped Jeff Beck's life and career on our planet.
Beck is flawless and transcendent as always... The bass playing really stands out here as well, so tasteful and perfectly executed.
Rip Jeff Beck. The master of the whammy bar. A lot can be learned just from watching
You were the greatest, Jeff, I always listened to you when I was young in England. Cliff Richards and the Shadows.
Great version. Saw him and band with Steve Ray Vaughan in 89'. Very memorable show.
This is actually from the "Rock and Roll Party..... Honoring Les Paul"....DVD and Blu-Ray.......recorded in NY City. It is fantastic!
best version of Sleepwalk ever! KISS! I'm over 70 and this brought friggen tears....
JB plays with picks and fingers…one of the most dynamic players to grace the stage. The guy does it all.
Blow By Blow was the first instrumental album I ever dug. I couldn’t stop listening.
I kept thinking “Lyrics would ruin this” Jeff Beck is ( was😢) phenomenal.
Sublime,Exquisite and masterfully played but then again it's JEFF BECK 🙏
What a tribute to guitar history! That's Jeff Beck in his best "kindness". Thanks, bud!
so true
Jeff Beck is 4 of the top 10 electric guitar players of the entire rock n roll era.
Rip. Jeff Beck
Goodbye, Jeff’s white Strat…
@HCE after a show in phila he threw one into the audience !
great show
How can you possibly categorize guitarists ? What you can say is that there is a group of players that clearly stand out from the rest - and clearly, Jeff was amongst those.
Maybe number 1 of all time , I would be interested whO YOU THOUGHT WAS 1 2 3
Master guitarist plays impeccable versions of two classic early rock instrumentals.
If you haven't heard his rendition of Some where over the rainbow it's a must.
After learning many of Jeff Becks solo’s,I couldn’t capture the magic that he brings to every solo. It’s all the fingers. A big hole was left in my heart when he passed away. RIP
I’m gaining so much respect for Mr Beck as a guitarist.
I was going to a friend of mines house for Thanksgiving, and we were going to play guitar together for the first time. She always described herself as a horrible guitar player and had never played with anyone in person before.
She asked me to come up with a song we could play together, and I’d just read an article that said Rumble by Link Ray was the first song Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page played together as teenagers.
Just beautiful. RIP Jeff.
The amazing thing is that Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and Eric Clapton were all born within 5 miles of each other in London in 1944/45. What were they putting in the water there in those days?
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I never knew that. That’s a good question
And they all played lead guitar for The Yardbirds at one time or another. 1. Clapton, then 2. Beck, then 3. Page. In fact, after The Yardbirds broke up, Page wanted to continue on as The New Yardbirds, but was not allowed to do so because of some legal wrangling. So, instead, he he took his lead guitar and formed Led Zeppelin. And, of course, Clapton went on to form Cream and then, Blind Faith. Beck and Clapton went on to have successful solo careers. After the breakup of Led Zeppelin, Page went on to perform in a number of lesser-known groups; and since 2000, he has participated in various guest performances with many artists, both live and in studio recordings, including a one-off Led Zeppelin reunion in 2007 that was released as the 2012 concert film Celebration Day.
That’s done soo so well..England’s understated guitar genius,among many,got the sound so right,
underrated...fool
My god, what a loss! R.I.P., Mr Beck.
One thing I love about his cover of Apache is the respect he shows the original -- he plays it *exactly* like Hank Marvin. No attempt to "improve" it, no interpretation, no "making it his own".
As for making a Strat sound like a lap-steel, well...
I grew up listening to these guys on my 8 track tape deck mounted under the dashboard , back when 1961 Buick invictas and Ford 🌟 star liner's roamed the streets 🦅🇺🇲🦅❤️‼️
Remember how you sometimes had to jam a matchbook under the cartridge to get it to track right, lol.
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No doubt Jeff Beck is the master on the guitar 🎸🎯
I've been listening since12 years old
Jeff Beck group album straight fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥👀👀🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
❤️🎸👑
That was 5.46 of pure musical bliss. Thanks for posting.
Refreshing to hear Apache done in the original style, the way Jerry Lordan wrote it.
Its hard to improve on a classic--nice!
Jeff has always professed to being a Hank Marvin fan. Pretty obvious really. Good to see him paying tribute this way.
YES! Agreed.
You mean the way Hank played it. It's not a sin to mention another great guitarists name.
Jeff Beck is unique in this song ....no other. He is undoubtedly a guitar-solist...he sings throught his guitar especially in this music. Very grateful for sharing....one if the greatest musics of ever.....
Anything he played he played perfectly!! Absolute genius, can’t believe that he is gone. Thank you mister Beck for all the great music. Rest In Peace. Jim
He never plays a bad note.
Two of my favorite tunes of all times played beautifully
His playing brings a smile to my face. Great accompaniment, too!
Wow! That was incredible! Great renditions of two songs that I'm sure were favorites of Jeff's during his teen years! And how true he kept to the Shadows' 1960 recording of Apache - but adding subtle touches of his own, to put his signature on it!
Yes and Al Gare moving away from his upright playing a Burns Bass was a similar tribute to the Shads. Hanks has the best Sleepwalk ever. Impossible to emulate.
Man, I’m so grateful you were here. RIP.
Oh man, can you imagine JB and Hank Marvin on the same stage?
You will be missed, maestro!
Would have been nice... but you CAN see Hank and Mark Knopfler playing together. Look it up.
I like the way his videos show him playing , not jumping around mtv-style , but let you see what he's doing . Not that I could do what he does , but still...
I really dig Darrel Higham's subtle comping in the back. Quite humble from a guitar master as himself to do it this way. But after all this is the great and unique Jeff Beck taking the lead!
Very nice, Billy. Kudos to you for recognizing that. Darrel Higham is pure class.
Jeff always has pros with him this band could handle anything one could throw at them sweet !
Amazing 'homage' to 'The SHADOWS' ! dx
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL HOMAGE 2 YOUR CONTEMPOARY, HANK (SHADOW). SUCH GIFTS R TRULY LOVED. JEFF STANDS SOLITARY N HIS MANIPULATION OF THE STRAT PLAYING. THANKS 4 DA GOOSE BUMPS, LOVE YA !!! PEACE
Jeff, you are a guitar God!........Outstanding!....RIP Jeff!
The master of the Stratocaster ! There’s no one better . Cant wait to see him again soon.