Posted on 10/03/2015 12:18:28 AM PDT by beaversmom
A friend and I were discussing music earlier. I mentioned an instrumental version of "A Day in the Life" I heard after a Beatles' tribute concert in August at Red Rocks as I was leaving the amphitheater. He looked it up and mentioned this one he found on You Tube. I've heard the name Jeff Beck. I know he is a guitarist. But I know nothing about him. So after listening to his cover of...
"A Day In The Life"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhHNzNO17UM
...I found tonight three other nice pieces by him:
"Corpus Christi Carol"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UagflCNAzgA
"Suspension"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTtZS3JPvCo
"Amazing Grace"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jD2tbLND0
A teenaged Eric Clapton was brought on to the Yardbirds when they turned professional — their original guitarist, Top Topham, had parents that wouldn’t let him devote himself to a musical career (he still plays, btw).
Clapton got bent because “For Your Love” was “commercial”, quit, got hired by John Mayall for The Bluesbreakers (I think Mick Taylor got hired by Mayall as a consequence of Clapton’s taking off to form Cream).
Clapton and Beck were never in the Yardbirds together. They toured together a few years ago.
Jeff Beck was brought into the Yardbirds as their third lead guitarist.
Eventually, near the end of their run, they wanted Jimmy Page in the band (which must have bumped Jeff bigtime), as a consequence of Paul Samwell-Smith’s departure into fulltime producer. Chris Dreja was to learn bass (PSS’ instrument) so the dual lead guitarists could be used together (YB were probably the first ‘name’ act to try this, but it became somewhat common during the 1970s — Skynyrd, Alice Cooper, Bowie, etc).
Meanwhile, Page played bass.
There’s actually footage of the Yardbirds with Beck and Page playing together, from the movie “Blow Up” — it’s been pirated to YouTube, lots of fun.
BTW, the Yardbirds are my favorite band from the 1960s. :’)
Their lead singer and frontman, Keith Relf, had only one lung; he also had a bit of a substance abuse problem, which may account in part for the personnel changes in the band.
He and drummer Jim McCarty started another band, Renaissance — it became much better known with the later personnel — and after that Armageddon (again with Jim McCarty). Relf died in a very rock and roll way, playing his electric guitar in a damp basement (electrocution). Whoops.
Jeff Beck live at Ronnie Scott’s.An hour and 40 mins of great music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ndyILodYwM&index=1&list=PLkGoNpgeqnJhkQXSMyQV5BvlIv-sO1HNe
Thanks for all the information SunkenCiv and bullish.
Goodnight, good morning, and good Saturday. :)
Yes, I remembered this factoid shortly after I posted that. Thanks for the refresher.
This Neil Zara is he related to the Zara family from Pamplona,Spain?
I love this version. Jeff Beck is one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
I’m surprised someone hasn’t mentioned the Jeff Beck Group. It was Nicky Hopkins, Ron Wood, Rod Stewart, and Jeff Beck. A couple of albums in the sixties and early seventies. Then I think they morphed into the Faces or something.
Discovering Jeff Beck has to be better then never hearing him. For me, one of my guitar heroes for almost </need to know>
If you like this kind of beautiful, evocative style of music, you might also like Brian Eno's "Another Green World." Eno's another great, but not well known, musician.
Start with the last two songs, then try the rest of the album.
13. Everything merges with the night - 34:18
14. Spirits drifting - 38:18
Oh that’s from the Across the Universe movie soundtrack.
Yeah if you’re a beatles fan... You should definitely have a look at that movie. Some of the covers are really fantastic.
He’s Neil ZaZa, not ZaRa.
Sorry,I was out past my bedtime last nite.
One of my favorites is Beck’s version of Curtis Mayfield’s People Get Ready. Originally he put it out with Rod Stewart singing it. Nowadays he does it as an instrumental, but in this live show Stewart surprises him by walking onto the stage behind him and starting to sing. Great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T43m6dcMk6U
BTTT
People Get Ready
His signature piece, in my opinion.
Gives reverence to The Lord, as well.
RIP Jeff Beck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC_j_dzkaVE
The gospel-influenced track was written and composed by Curtis Mayfield, who was displaying a growing sense of social and political awareness in his writing. Mayfield said,
"That was taken from my church or from the upbringing of messages from the church. Like there's no hiding place and get on board, and images of that sort. I must have been in a very deep mood of that type of religious inspiration when I wrote that song."
We’ve been listening to it all night, here.
What an amazing track, not just the music, but lyrics.
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