Ahh man. You probably heard. Jeff Beck died. Shit, he was one of the good ones, really. There are great guitarists, a million of them, but few are in it for, well, the guitar. Jeff Beck was more about the guitar and what could be done with it than he was with any particular type of music, or with being a guitar hero for that matter. Shit, he did it all, blues rock, 70's rock, jazz, rockabilly, and more, and played with everyone. Seriously, I'm not going to list them here when you can check his listings at Discogs or Wikipedia (I'm too lazy). Here's a few.
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Listen:The Yardbirds - Train Kept-A Rollin' mp3 at Internet Archive
Jeff Beck - Beck's Bolero mp3 at Internet Archive
Jeff Beck Group - I Ain't Superstitious mp3 at Internet Archive Howlin Wolf/Willie Dixon cover
Jeff Beck Group - Goin' Down mp3 at Internet Archive
Jeff Beck - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat mp3 at Internet Archive Charles Mingus cover
Jeff Beck and the Big City Playboys - Crazy Legs LP (streaming) at YouTube All Gene Vincent covers, Beck plays Cliff Gallup's licks note for note.
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I remember Tim playing me a track off of one of Jeff Beck's records, and then some Bowie song from the Spiders era, to show me a lick that Mick Ronson had directly copied. Tim was pretty pleased with himself for spotting it.
That's awesome Ed! I absolutely love hearing tidbits like that. And it'll have me on a hunt to figure out what lick he was talking about. (Maybe save that for a rainy day.) Good to hear from you! We need to connect and catch up.
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