Jeff Beck, among the most innovative and certainly the most unpredictable of ’60s guitar heroes, has died. He was 78.
Jeff Beck, One of the Guitar Masters of the Rock Era, Dies at 78 – Variety
For me he was THE best. His tone, his phrasing, his bending… Damn, he was so good. I keep returning to Live at Ronnie Scott’s, which I have on DVD. Spellbinding, to watch Beck do some of those things. Jon gave me the vinyl LP of Emotion & Commotion, produced by the great Steve Lipson. I think I also have the vinyl of Blow by Blow, which I bought decades ago. End of an era.
People use the word legend very freely.
Sometimes they are right. Sometimes not.
Jeff defines the word.
This one hurts and also the real fact is that NO ONE will ever come close.
ONE note is all he had to play and it was game over.
His one of a kind playing-talent and work cannot be overstated!
I am still processing like we all are.
Steve Lukather on Lefsetz Letter
Here is a fun listen/watch: Remember (Walking in the Sand)
Yeah. End of an era.
I just love his interpretation of Nessun Dorma. Especially the one at the Crossroads festival, but all of them really. Just really speaks to me. I saw him in concert in 1989 just after he released “Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop” … had Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa) on drums. Really, really good live. Lots of improvisation at that show.
I, too, still have Blow by Blow on vinyl that one of my brothers bought in the 70’s, along with the live album with Jan Hammer. No one could work the tremolo (whammy) bar like him.
Winterland, 1971.
The combination of a quiet stage presence and unforgettable music.