Jeff Beck recommendations?

[jjw]

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Actually Beck admits to telling Page at the time that Page's idea of a heavy electric blues band would go over like a "lead Zeppelin", hence the name.

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That quote is attributed to Keith Moon, actually. The second half of the story is that they changed the spelling from "lead" to "led" so Americans would pronounce it properly. [img]/images/graemlins/brow.gif[/img]

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Actualy John Entwhislte said those words mate,got there in the end [img]/images/graemlins/poke.gif[/img]

[pro-fusion]

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Beck may have been first to press a record, but most likely after he saw Zeppelin's popularity in the clubs prior to their recording deal, and tried to use his established recognition with the Yardbirds to push the new sound, which he probably didn't pull off as convincingly as he would have liked.

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I've read from numerous sources how Beck felt that Page ripped him off in Zeppelin. Zeppelin was almost formed around the record deal--they didn't do extensive gigging before the first album, except for the Scandinavian gigs they played as "The New Yardbirds" and some gigs here and there. The Jeff Beck Group was formed in late '67 or early '68, basically immediately after Beck left the Yardbirds and recorded the "Beck's Bolero" single with session guys (including John Paul Jones).

Personally, I think Beck was being a bit of a jerk on that score--both the JBG and LZ were basically evolutions of what Cream had been doing.

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That may have been his reason for being so sparse with his recorded output - wasn't there like 5 years between Flash and Guitar Shop? Maybe he learned his lesson early on (with Truth) that you can't rush into a recording session and chase someone else's bandwagon, rather you have to stick to your own guns and focus on capturing your true self on tape instead.

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From what I have read, Beck's extensive off-periods have had more to do with his love of building and restoring hotrods, rather than any musical concerns. He admits to having spent multi-year periods not doing anything musically, though he must have at least been practicing in order to keep his chops up--and actually expand his guitar abilities.

[MBreinin]

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From what I have read, Beck's extensive off-periods have had more to do with his love of building and restoring hotrods, rather than any musical concerns. He admits to having spent multi-year periods not doing anything musically, though he must have at least been practicing in order to keep his chops up--and actually expand his guitar abilities.

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Yeah, Beck is a Hot-Rod nut. I am much the same, when I am playing with cars full time...I rarely touch a guitar. Of course, I am not a professional musician...just a hack.

Let's also not forget that Nigel Tufnel seems to have drawn quite a bit of his look from Beck's look in the 70's, at least the hair. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Mike

[atomic charvel guy]

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JEFF BECK's notes are not only musical notes, they are human outcries of the highest degree. i feel like i'm on cocaine when i listen to a song like "space boogie". listen to the whole album "there and back" on headphones. when you're done you feel like you're very human with all the emotions that go with being that. he bends like no other. he plays like no other. He is one of the three i pray to at night.-lol