Flure Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Jeff Beck live at Ronnie Scott's - 1 hour 40 mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Hibs Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Jeff Beck was one of those guitar players I just couldn't get into. Back when I was totally into guitar (late 80's/early 90's), the Guitar magazines fawned all over him. I bought and listened to Flash and Guitar Shop - but nah, I just couldn't see what folk rave about. Folk go on about Clapton, Page and Beck, but Beck is miles behind Clapton, and even further behind Page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flure Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Jeff Beck was one of those guitar players I just couldn't get into. Back when I was totally into guitar (late 80's/early 90's), the Guitar magazines fawned all over him. I bought and listened to Flash and Guitar Shop - but nah, I just couldn't see what folk rave about. Folk go on about Clapton, Page and Beck, but Beck is miles behind Clapton, and even further behind Page. Well, I think Beck would be the first to laud Clapton. Indeed, on the vid, when he introduce Clapton on stage at the end, he says "I may as well F**k off home now". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Mind seeing this on telly, I think it was on BBC4? Watched it with jaw agape at the effortlessness of Jeff's playing. Folk go on about Clapton, Page and Beck, but Beck is miles behind Clapton, and even further behind Page. As huge a Zeppelin fan as I am, I would put Jeff ahead of Jimmy as a player. Page's biggest strength was in arrangement and production (and riff robbery ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jailender Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 The first Jeff Beck Group album "Truth" was released at pretty much the same time as Led Zep 1, and got overlooked, but is a great album, with Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood (bass), Nicky Hopkins on piano. Saw them live in 1968 and they were brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtscotland Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Jeff Beck live at Ronnie Scott's - 1 hour 40 mins Saw him way back playing to a half-empty Apollo in Glasgow - so definitely not as big a draw as other famous guitarists. However, as the Ronnie Scott concert shows - not only is he brilliant but he plays very clean and that marks him out as a top, top guitarist. The 60's spawned many great guitarists and many followed a similar route through bands such as Yarbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers etc. If you were of that era you should be thankful that most of the greatest guitarists were of that time .... Beck, Clapton, Page, Green, Hendrix, Townsend, Richards etc etc. Edited February 20, 2015 by tomtscotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 If you were of that era you should be thankful that most of the greatest guitarists were of that time .... Beck, Clapton, Page, Green, Hendrix, Townsend, Richards etc etc. And the best of the bunch ... Ernie Isley. ('Townshend' btw). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Saw him way back playing to a half-empty Apollo in Glasgow - so definitely not as big a draw as other famous guitarists. However, as the Ronnie Scott concert shows - not only is he brilliant but he plays very clean and that marks him out as a top, top guitarist. The 60's spawned many great guitarists and many followed a similar route through bands such as Yarbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers etc. If you were of that era you should be thankful that most of the greatest guitarists were of that time .... Beck, Clapton, Page, Green, Hendrix, Townsend, Richards etc etc. Rory Gallagher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Saw Rory at Ayr Piv. Great gig. He was the first artist I saw in concert to subsequently die. One for the Bon Scott thread maybe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Possibly the difference is that Jeff Beck never really went mainstream, which is in contrast to all of the other guitarists mentioned in this thread (Rory Gallagher excepted). His 'Blow by Blow' album from 1975 is a belter though. 'Cause we've ended as lovers' is an instrumental to die for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Sunnylaw Jag Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 And the best of the bunch ... Ernie Isley. ('Townshend' btw). His guitar work on Summer Breeze is brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie27 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Rory Gallagher the only Man who could hold a candle to the captain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brant grebner Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) And the best of the bunch ... Ernie Isley. ('Townshend' btw). Ernie Isley and Eddie Hazel shite on pretty much every other guitarist mentioned thus far when it comes to funk/blues Out of the white boys - John Martyn, Bert Jansch, Vini Reilly then there's Nile Rogers but above all Django - missing half a hand and he played this Edited February 22, 2015 by brant grebner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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