RIP Jeff Beck
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Topic: RIP Jeff Beck
Posted By: Epignosis
Subject: RIP Jeff Beck
Date Posted: January 11 2023 at 17:03
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: January 11 2023 at 17:12
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One word: Legend ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: January 11 2023 at 18:15
| Definitely a legend. Deserves his own thread. RIP |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 11 2023 at 18:40
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Probably my single biggest guitar influence. A giant among giants. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: January 11 2023 at 19:41
Absolute legend for sure. RIP  ------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 11 2023 at 19:50
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No one sounded like Beck. Like Hendrix, he had his own thing that was innovative and years ahead of other guitarists. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: January 11 2023 at 23:27
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He was so damned good, even Fripp liked to listen to him! RIP, Jeff! https://rockcellarmagazine.com/behind-the-curtain-the-challenge-of-interviewing-robert-fripp-of-king-crimson/" rel="nofollow - https://rockcellarmagazine.com/behind-the-curtain-the-challenge-of-interviewing-robert-fripp-of-king-crimson/ On Jeff Beck: “Jeff Beck’s guitar playing I can appreciate as good fun. It’s where the guitarist and ‘poser-cum-ego tripper-cum-rock star-cum-entertainer’ becomes all involved in the package. I’m not putting it down. It’s good fun; it’s quite enjoyable. Very exciting. I wish him all the best of luck.”
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 12 2023 at 00:37
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^ They were almost at opposite ends of the rock-God spectrum, completely different approach, both thrilling masters of their craft. Nice to see Fripp saw that. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: January 12 2023 at 05:47
| One of the best guitarist in rock history. A great loss indeed. My condolences to his family, friends and fans. |
Posted By: Disconnect
Date Posted: January 12 2023 at 06:01
| He was one of the last true living legends of the electric guitar. Massive influence on my own guitar playing and musical tendencies. Always thought he would easily outlive Clapton and Page. I would happily trade the remaining (lesser) Yardbirds guitarists to have Jeff back with us. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: January 12 2023 at 06:05
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One of my biggest musical influences. To see and or hear Jeff at work was like the Universe delivering affirmations that all things are possible--even beyond my own wild imagination! So glad we have so much of his music and performances! To my mind, he's in a class of guitar innovators that houses only few, including Sonny Sharrock, Roy Buchanan, John McLaughlin, Robert Fripp, Allan Holdsworth, Adrian Belew, Robin Guthrie, and Guthrie Govan. I feel so grateful that "our little bad boy" was able to have the long, productive life that he did. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: January 12 2023 at 07:38
| Shocked and saddened when I heard this yesterday. Jeff was one of the best. (Listening to Blow by Blow as I type this). RIP. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: January 12 2023 at 08:24
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Jeff Beck can be described as something as a rareity of being "one of a kind". Even among peers whom he shares decades with, he was a rare snd spessialy gifted guitarist. With a tone nomather what guitar he held and played, he sounded like Jeff Beck. The greatest renditioner and whom have incorporated and uses Jeff Becks techniques in hes own playing today, is Steve Lukather, whom is a very good Jeff Beck interpretor. I reccomend some of the early 90s live concerts with Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana and Steve Lukather -------------  
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Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: January 12 2023 at 13:39
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So Sad to hear this.. A colleague of mine works for him and his wife and i was lucky enough to help out at an event they held a number of years ago for local animal and wildlife charities and got a bunch of my lps personally signed as thanks. My colleague said he was a lovely man to work for, liked to get up to a bit of mischief, working on and racing his tuned-up cars and doing stuff in the garden, regularly putting those precious hands at risk! In my opinion he was WAY WAY ahead of Clapton and Page, not only in his constantly evolving guitar technique but as an individual. My deepest condolences to his wife, family and friends.. RIP Jeff, like many i'm spinning 'Blow by Blow', 'Wired' and 'live with Jan Hammer group' tonight ------------- |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: January 12 2023 at 18:09
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I had already been playing guitar for a few years when I first heard him, I mean an entire album as opposed to a track here and there. I had several influences early on but my new thought was, "This is the guy I want to sound like." It took me decades to realize that I would never play like him, but then, who has? ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 12 2023 at 18:25
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I suspect for some it's hearing or seeing him perform spontaneously that thrills them. Other than a few hits with Rod Stewart, most people don't really know Beck's work off hand. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 12 2023 at 18:44
| I was just playing Blow By Blow earlier. What a fine record. RIP Jeff Beck. |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: January 13 2023 at 05:15
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Posted By: TheNefariousHED
Date Posted: January 13 2023 at 05:32
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One of those who seemed immortal. Shockingly sad news. Besides his solo albums and the Yardbirds, I really loved his work on Roger Waters' Amused to Death. ------------- http://churchofhed.com" rel="nofollow - Church of Hed https://quarkspace.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - CoH/Quarkspace Bandcamp |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: January 13 2023 at 08:14
| he developed some techniques I appreciate- not a big fan of blues so didn’t really get into him- actually surprised his albums aren’t rated higher - a fan on Facebook said Truth was his best- I will give it a listen. RIP |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 13 2023 at 09:17
Precisely. Guitar Shop is one of Jeff's very best, IMO. In lieu of a bassist, keyboardist Tony Hymas (he played on tracks 4-8 of There and Back) joined our esteemed guitarist and drum wiz Terry Bozzio to record an album that deftly straddled the lines of rock and fusion. Jeff was highly complementary of Tony's playing. Terry was, well, Terry! At forty minutes, it feels short because there are no throwaway tracks. You want it to keep going... ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
The Dark Elf wrote:Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: January 13 2023 at 10:09
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He will be missed. Master of articulation, always willing to push the boundaries. RIP good man. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: January 13 2023 at 10:33
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An absolute legend R.I. P. Jeff Beck ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: January 13 2023 at 10:42
Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana & Steve Lukather 1986 Live in Karuizawa, Japan------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Braka1
Date Posted: January 14 2023 at 07:53
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Fripp comes across as an absolute arse in that article. ------------- Believe me Pope Paul, my toes are clean |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 14 2023 at 09:51
I listened to Jeff Beck's entire Beckology for the first time only last August, and that's the Truth! 1968: Jeff Beck Group - Truth - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kR-4CMFi3C6kSGLW45cS4SL2PDkoICbhE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kR-4CMFi3C6kSGLW45cS4SL2PDkoICbhE 1969: Jeff Beck Group - Beck-Ola - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m5HRMRekNjvIrlCxPytkx2gDW_TFOgmqs" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m5HRMRekNjvIrlCxPytkx2gDW_TFOgmqs 1971: Jeff Beck Group - Rough and Ready - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n-92vCPnZIdJXmXkvgeqm8MJZiRPO0LJg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n-92vCPnZIdJXmXkvgeqm8MJZiRPO0LJg 1972: Jeff Beck Group - Jeff Beck Group - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l2yDMOrPCfqyq-LnWZGs1RCIFFuV_XWpE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l2yDMOrPCfqyq-LnWZGs1RCIFFuV_XWpE 1973: Beck, Bogert & Appice - Beck, Bogert & Appice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KEMjeFW2qk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KEMjeFW2qk 1974: Beck, Bogert & Appice - Live in Japan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is_UwhTJm7o" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is_UwhTJm7o  1975: Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m4RIkO4KeNSHtAFD13dMT_ydhSJVb73Bc" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m4RIkO4KeNSHtAFD13dMT_ydhSJVb73Bc 1976: Jeff Beck - Wired - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lfmfWN2G66uTBuF7NG1Val1vTfWgkAjhE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lfmfWN2G66uTBuF7NG1Val1vTfWgkAjhE 1977: Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group - Live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGjbyjS4zfc" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGjbyjS4zfc 1980: Jeff Beck - There and Back - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m3b4caSSWrM9gi_64HRyO632Ss7lNgLwY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m3b4caSSWrM9gi_64HRyO632Ss7lNgLwY 1985: Jeff Beck - Flash - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lWq3dTp5_iXm-Ob5odhGgFVdI0SnYt3x4" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lWq3dTp5_iXm-Ob5odhGgFVdI0SnYt3x4 1989: Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kYIwEJO5FjhfQ8GwhLn0fYz-aXzlr87bM" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kYIwEJO5FjhfQ8GwhLn0fYz-aXzlr87bM 1991: Jeff Beck - Beckology - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mCgOZTqXTGPvSxJBpx1VNps6JoSLCdwMA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mCgOZTqXTGPvSxJBpx1VNps6JoSLCdwMA 1992: Jeff Beck & Jeff Leiber - Frankie's House - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lzp2WRbhA0CLGRDrTOmhQl4LeiaC_NRsE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lzp2WRbhA0CLGRDrTOmhQl4LeiaC_NRsE  1993: Jeff Beck & the Big Town Playboys - Crazy Legs - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nPXZTciimHrj4ehVFLjb4lMtrXFnyn3ts" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nPXZTciimHrj4ehVFLjb4lMtrXFnyn3ts 1995: Jeff Beck - Best of Beck - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lW6ArWARsj5DqvdiBow6bqQyOkthxz2Xw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lW6ArWARsj5DqvdiBow6bqQyOkthxz2Xw 1999: Jeff Beck - Who Else! - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nUZQzvhRP6S1tMUB-SYQwO5Ew08WpkNvs" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nUZQzvhRP6S1tMUB-SYQwO5Ew08WpkNvs 2001: Jeff Beck - You Had It Coming - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m0DY4V40F3gE9GtLtRwjlGYjQO0U4TZ8A" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m0DY4V40F3gE9GtLtRwjlGYjQO0U4TZ8A 2003: Jeff Beck - Jeff - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lHSbQG-cgNhV6OF1TDDXLS0Mdq0fKEOGo" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lHSbQG-cgNhV6OF1TDDXLS0Mdq0fKEOGo 2003: Jeff Beck - Shapes of Things (60's Groups & Sessions) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL99228AE086772B5E" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL99228AE086772B5E 2003: Jeff Beck - Live at BB King Blues Club - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ51yXNWJSWyhCmGHf5Zbe15Wf0jgbyQI" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ51yXNWJSWyhCmGHf5Zbe15Wf0jgbyQI 2006: Jeff Beck - Live in Tokyo 1999, Vol. 1 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l98VzczNy6Qs-9cQvqkJ0TXpih56xOwnc" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l98VzczNy6Qs-9cQvqkJ0TXpih56xOwnc 2007: Jeff Beck - Official Bootleg USA '06 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLKKEyVJ5Yr3gB3Cnd6AYb6ayZaIMCTS6" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLKKEyVJ5Yr3gB3Cnd6AYb6ayZaIMCTS6 2008: Jeff Beck - Live at Ronnie Scott's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoQHnzHrqgE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoQHnzHrqgE 2010: Jeff Beck - Live and Exclusive from the Grammy Museum - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lgEk1xQ4eALEYIQtm3cHi6ZGiGbWgx4mY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lgEk1xQ4eALEYIQtm3cHi6ZGiGbWgx4mY 2010: Jeff Beck - Emotion & Commotion - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l0eM051F-2YQKGB4pLGoPp5_yDmQlwPwI" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l0eM051F-2YQKGB4pLGoPp5_yDmQlwPwI 2011: Jeff Beck - Rock & Roll Party: Honouring Les Paul - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uGoHVSggdo" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uGoHVSggdo 2014: Jeff Beck - Live in Tokyo - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd_mHsJj_0YbBKrSZ18UUGqa1VoyPRXS2" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd_mHsJj_0YbBKrSZ18UUGqa1VoyPRXS2 2015: Jeff Beck - Live+ - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mmP2kUlq72QKWxBiNXbFhL-xa9YA4SIgA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mmP2kUlq72QKWxBiNXbFhL-xa9YA4SIgA 2016: Jeff Beck - Loud Hailer - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ncEdpM2aZKcltFZc2yGx9P4evJAPyiijg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ncEdpM2aZKcltFZc2yGx9P4evJAPyiijg 2017: Jeff Beck - Live at the Hollywood Bowl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXJQb7aIxfk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXJQb7aIxfk 2019: Jeff Beck - Live at the Fillmore West, San Francisco 1968 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mgsw2SbVNLs-DlXS7hIBvaxRLfl5S4elU" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mgsw2SbVNLs-DlXS7hIBvaxRLfl5S4elU 2021: Jeff Beck - Remastered from the Archives - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_noI2PPq1gFwlxfOmmn0F0jS4q_hNJDmao" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_noI2PPq1gFwlxfOmmn0F0jS4q_hNJDmao 2022: Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp - 18 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kcCZ1WNejROWl30JmylRZmliJoF4EFP8Y" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kcCZ1WNejROWl30JmylRZmliJoF4EFP8Y |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 14 2023 at 11:10
^ Paul, one thing we can always count on is your inability to properly rate albums. Blow by Blow and Wired only 3 star albums?  ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 14 2023 at 11:16
I'm more often criticised for overrating albums.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 14 2023 at 11:26
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3 stars? More like 30! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: January 14 2023 at 11:44
Same for Jeff and Jan Hammer live |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 14 2023 at 11:56
It's a good thing you didn't see my ratings for Allan Holdsworth.
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: January 14 2023 at 12:03
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If one has been on these forums long enough, one should have general sense of Paul's preferences in music. You can't say anything is properly or improperly rated. It's all subjective. Nonetheless, Paul is wrong.
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: January 14 2023 at 13:52
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Very sad news Doug Helvering (Daily Doug) Remembering Jeff Beck: ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: January 14 2023 at 14:00
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Rick Beato - Why JEFF BECK is UNCOPYABLE: ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Moonshake
Date Posted: January 14 2023 at 17:05
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My favorite Jeff Beck album is Beck-Ola. And, Rice Pudding is one of my favorite rock instrumentals ever (by anyone). Rest in Peace, Mr. Beck. You were one of the best.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 14 2023 at 19:01
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He was the greatest mistake-maker to ever pick up an ax. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: altered_beast
Date Posted: January 25 2023 at 16:39
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I saw Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton both live. Neither stole the show as their other musicians did. But I was far more a bigger Jeff Beck fan, never got to see him live, and don’t even listen to any Page or Clapton anymore. Jeff Becks Fusion albums are what really interests me. I had the Yardbirds album Roger the Engineer and the first Jeff Beck solo album. That was enough to make me a fan. But Blow by Blow and Wired are where I put Jeff Beck on the list of greats. A great Blues guitarist but the Jazz Fusion albums are what excite me. I’ve had a quite a few Jazz Fusion albums from the 70’s. Jeff’s albums are every bit as much favorites of mine as what I have from Miles Davis, Weather Report, Return to Forever, Luc Jean Ponty, Al Di Meola, Allen Holdsworth, Bruford, Brand X, Billy Cobham, Steely Dan, etc. Compelling and a surge of energy in a way that you would hope from Jeff Beck. I like his selection of musicians also. The Stevie Wonder gig was epic and memorable. |