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I’m not that convinced - unlike Clapton and Page he never achieved true greatness with the great unwashed and flitted all over the place in terms of output. Just seen him being commemorated on BBC with Hi Ho Silver Lining - which might already have him turning in his coffin.
I’m not that convinced - unlike Clapton and Page he never achieved true greatness with the great unwashed and flitted all over the place in terms of output. Just seen him being commemorated on BBC with Hi Ho Silver Lining - which might already have him turning in his coffin.
Unlike Page and Clapton he didn't pander to the masses though, he preferred to plough his own furrow, hence some slightly "odd" output. He was much harder listening than the two above and most of his contemporaries, he was more "avant-garde," a bit more "out there." But he did do those ridiculous classical covers....
Those in the know will tell you that he was one of THE best..........
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Jeff Beck. RIP. Aw...man. on 08:43 - Jan 12 with 1445 views
I’m not that convinced - unlike Clapton and Page he never achieved true greatness with the great unwashed and flitted all over the place in terms of output. Just seen him being commemorated on BBC with Hi Ho Silver Lining - which might already have him turning in his coffin.
That’s harsh. JB didn’t go on to enjoy the same commercial success as the other two Yardbirds guitarists Clapton and Page, but he was no less talented and cast his net a bit wider than the other two, which made for a more interesting career.
I’m not that convinced - unlike Clapton and Page he never achieved true greatness with the great unwashed and flitted all over the place in terms of output. Just seen him being commemorated on BBC with Hi Ho Silver Lining - which might already have him turning in his coffin.
He was known as the "guitarist's guitarist". Even players like David Gilmour were in awe of what he could do on a guitar. Technically, there was nobody to touch him. His true greatness was the amazing tones he could produce. If you look closely at what he does, his right hand would be simultaneously picking, feathering the volume control and using the tremelo arm to add expression. He could make sounds like a violin or a clarinet. Just amazing.
Agree that Hi Ho Silver Lining was a truly terrible song though.
Jeff Beck. RIP. Aw...man. on 08:43 - Jan 12 by GlasgowBlue
That’s harsh. JB didn’t go on to enjoy the same commercial success as the other two Yardbirds guitarists Clapton and Page, but he was no less talented and cast his net a bit wider than the other two, which made for a more interesting career.
Not meant to be harsh - just an observation having ‘grown up’ with his music which had two common themes - never in a group for very long and all over the place in terms of style. I am left with the impression he never quite found what he was looking for, to quote Mr Hewson. I could add that another of his musical crimes was introducing the wider world to Rod Stewart
Jeff Beck. RIP. Aw...man. on 08:38 - Jan 12 by bobbyramsey
Unlike Page and Clapton he didn't pander to the masses though, he preferred to plough his own furrow, hence some slightly "odd" output. He was much harder listening than the two above and most of his contemporaries, he was more "avant-garde," a bit more "out there." But he did do those ridiculous classical covers....
Those in the know will tell you that he was one of THE best..........
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He was our TWTD erstwhile guitar hero Mariner’s favourite.
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Jeff Beck. RIP. Aw...man. on 12:52 - Jan 12 with 1119 views
Not meant to be harsh - just an observation having ‘grown up’ with his music which had two common themes - never in a group for very long and all over the place in terms of style. I am left with the impression he never quite found what he was looking for, to quote Mr Hewson. I could add that another of his musical crimes was introducing the wider world to Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart is one of the finest white blues voices this country has ever produced.
The fact that he became a parody of himself in search of commercial success shouldn’t take away from that fact, or how good his early albums and those he recorded with the Faces were.
Not meant to be harsh - just an observation having ‘grown up’ with his music which had two common themes - never in a group for very long and all over the place in terms of style. I am left with the impression he never quite found what he was looking for, to quote Mr Hewson. I could add that another of his musical crimes was introducing the wider world to Rod Stewart
"all over the place in terms of style". wow I see that as someone who is constantly searching. And if you're not doing that then you're not much of a musician. Let's hear your verdict on Miles Davis - (one of the greatest musicians that ever lived)
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