discussion Jeff Beck has died

[stona]

I woke up this morning to the news that we have lost another genuinely great musician from the trail blazing generation of the 1960s. Beck was a musical genius, so good that he is seldom, if ever, imitated, unlike thousands of other guitar greats (you can make your own list).

He developed an innovative and unique way of playing the electric guitar and you can count the guitarists about which you can write that on one hand. His music was not always to my taste, but it was always thrilling to hear him play. You found yourself wondering what he would do next, what new boundary he would push. He never played it safe (as someone like Clapton always did), he never played it sloppy (as someone like Page often did) he never blew the doors off like Hendrix, he just played it like Jeff Beck.

His passing is a great loss to British and world music.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Absolutely agree with what you’ve written Steve. He was technically and imaginatively a superb player. However, I always felt his imagination actually limited his appeal to non technical listeners because he simply couldn’t stay in any one genre long enough to develop his own identity. From a record label perspective he must have been a nightmare to market. By the time you got the campaign together to market his latest record he was already off playing in a different style. His very strength was also his weakness

 

[Steven000]

Yeah very sad, I love the way he plays.

I used to play a little bit guitar and that little rif at 1:28 I loved playing, sounded not even half as good as he did it but boy it felt so great... Great guitarist.

 

[stona]

Nice clip. Plus you get Tal Wilkenfeld and the incomparable Vinnie Colaiuta, absolutely one of my favourite drummers.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Another one, from a more intimate venue. His tone and texture is incomparable, purely vocal, and the base work isn’t half bad

 

[stona]

My old friend 'Scrimmers' was Jeff Beck's lighting designer/operator on several tours. He is obviously upset by Beck's death but made a point of saying what an absolute gentleman he always was. He didn't have to say that. He is not a public person, posting for the world's media, he's just a bloke who worked with Jeff over the years.
So there you go, not just an astonishing guitar player but a nice bloke to boot.
And apparently with a sense of humour. Is that nun Vinnie Colaiuta?

 

[grumpa]

"Wired" AWESOME!!
JIm.

 

[stona]

And now David Crosby,

You can love him or hate him, but you can't deny his immense talent and influence on a generation of musicians; and what a voice.

I toured with Crosby, Stills and Nash some years ago now, just a few weeks in the UK and Europe, and to me at least he was not the curmudgeon sometimes portrayed. I probably didn't matter enough

RIP.

 

[Tim Marlow]

And now David Crosby,

You can love him or hate him, but you can't deny his immense talent and influence on a generation of musicians; and what a voice.

I toured with Crosby, Stills and Nash some years ago now, just a few weeks in the UK and Europe, and to me at least he was not the curmudgeon sometimes portrayed. I probably didn't matter enough :smiling3:

RIP.

John has started a thread for him if you want to post memories ……