Conference napalm::guitar

I've been waiting too, my local record (soon to be tape/CD) didn't have  the 
release date the last time I was in....Tuesday I hope!

dbii

    I heard "People Get Ready" by Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart (from FLASH)
    on the radio yesterday...and I love those licks!
    
    Did you ever find yourself wishing Jeff and Rod would do a whole
    album of this type of stuff?  One would think that Rod has enough
    money to be able to do something a little outside of the commercial
    genre that most of his material seems targeted for.
    
    Jeff was very complimentary of Rod in a recent interview in either
    Guitar fthPM or Musician, saying Rod is the best in the world at that
    sort of blues singing.
    
    On the topic of Guitar Shop:  The absence of a bass player kind of
    worries me.  We'll find out on Tuesday....

    I'm with Rick (.0)!  Jeff Beck epitomizes all that I like in guitar
    playing.  He's one of my favorite players of all time.
    
    I'm looking forward to his new album even though I was quite
    disappointed with "Flash".  "People Get Ready" was definately the
    highlight (wasn't there another good song too?).
    
    Greg

> even though I was quite disappointed with "Flash". "People Get Ready" was 
> definately the highlight (wasn't there another good song too?).

"Getsx Us All In The End" has some pretty cool guitar work also, most of which 
is in the beginning of the song.

Alan S.

    Dont forget the Wailing at the end of ambitious
        

    re .3 
    
    Rich,
    
    I think someone is pulling your leg. The new Beck album
    doesn't feature a bass player. Drums, guitar, and keys 
    only. Maybe you ran into the keyboard player, Tony Hymas??
    
    -Tom
    

    Thanks!  "Ambitious" was the song I was thinking about that I also
    liked.
    
    Mick Jagger said in an interview in a recent Guitar Player that Jeff
    Beck is one of his favorite guitar players, but that he can't remember
    what he just played, so it's different every time.
    
    That's not a big deal for me, but in that context it seemed that it
    kind of bothered Mick.  I really liked Becks work on "Lucky In Love"
    from Jaggers (first?) solo album.  Now that I think of it, I liked his
    work on most of that album.
        
    Greg

    According to the book "The Fender Stratocaster" (usually an accurate
    and reliable source), Jeff approached Fender sometime around the
    beginning of 1987 and asked them to make him a '62 re-issue Strat
    in yellow, similar to the color of a car in the movie "American
    Graffiti".  Fender tried to get Jeff to endorse one of their upcoming
    signature series guitars (like the Eric Clapton and Yngwie models)
    and built the first Strat Plus prototype in this color with Jeff in
    mind.  He eventually nixed the deal (they don't say why) and the
    Strat Plus got released without Jeff's name on it and with "Graffiti
    Yellow" as one of the basic finishes.
    
    /rick
    
    ps just saw in another notesfile that the release of Guitar Shop
    has been postponed again, to October 3

    "Blow by Blow" is the best thing Beck ever did. (IMHO, naturally)
    
    I think it's the only album that REALLY shows what JB
    can do with a guitar.  You can define the term "control"
    by playing "Now that we've ended as lovers" for somebody.
    Odd times, odd harmonies, great musicians, this album's 
    got it all.
    
    This gets my vote for _All-Time Best Beck_.
     
    
    Ted
    
    P.S. How could you NOT love a song called "Constipated Duck?             
    

    I also agree that "Blow by Blow" is one of the high points
    of Jeff's career; but interestingly it seems that the follow-on
    "Wired" was more commercially successful and also gets mentioned
    more often when people talk about his contributions to rock-jazz.
    
    For me, the other monster LP that Jeff's done is his first solo
    effort "Truth".  There are a couple of glaring low points on this
    album, but these are more than compensated for by moments of pure
    genius.  The final cut, a reading of "Ain't Superstitious", still
    gives me chills.  Beck's tone is great all over this album, too.
    
    /rick

    Agreed.  Jeff Beck is a *monster* and he's always been one of my
    favorite players.  I echo the sentiments of previous replies in
    that "Blow by Blow" and "Wired" were high points.  He and Stevie
    Wonder have had a long-standing friendship that goes back at least
    as far as Jeff's cover of "Very Superstitious".  In fact didn't
    Stevie write "Since We've Ended As Lover"??  Also, I know that Jeff
    plays on a Stevie song entitled "Contusion" on that 3-album release
    of Stevie's back in the mid-70's (the album title escapes me at
    the moment).
    
    One album that I've always especially liked is the Jeff Beck Group
    effort with the oranges on the front.  "Ice Cream Cakes" is a real
    gem (IMO) and his guitar playing is really "typical" Jeff Beck.
    I also like the cover of Dylan's "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With
    You".
    
    I saw the Beck, Bogert, and Appice tour back in '74 or so and all
    I can say is Jeff's playing was "breathtaking" -- the guy just didn't
    make a single mistake.  Truly a guitar player's guitar player.
    
    joe.

RE: -.1

>    In fact didn't Stevie write "Since We've Ended As Lover"??  
>    Also, I know that Jeff plays on a Stevie song entitled "Contusion" 
>    on that 3-album release of Stevie's back in the mid-70's (the album 
>    title escapes me at the moment).
    
	Yes Stevie did right "Since We've Ended as Lovers".  I don't know
	if it was ever released on one of Stevie's Albums but we had a
	single (45) of it at the radio station I used to be a DJ at.

	"Contusion" which preceded "Sir Duke" was on the "Songs in the Key
	of Life" album I believe.  I always thought that it sounded like 
	Beck playing the guitar on that, but he wasn't given credit on the
	record anywhere for it.  He did play (and was given credit) on the
	"Talking Book" album which was the one before that.  He plays some
	very tasteful guitar on "Looking for Anyther Pure Love".

	Anyone ever hear the cut he played on one of the Vanilla Fudge 
	records?

	_gary

    
    
    I agree that the Jeff Beck Group album is great!  "Goin Down," "Ice
    Cream Cakes," "Definitely Maybe."  Good stuff, and outrageous guitar
    playing considering the year it came out.
    
    I've played "Because We've Ended As Lovers" in more than one band. 
    Well, I didn't play it like Jeff does, but I got through it. 8-)
    I even played it at a wedding once, though we didn't make a big deal
    out of announcing the name of the song.  
    
    Seems to me that I've also heard Stevie Wonder's wife (Serrita?) sing a
    version of this tune.
    
    Kevin
    
    
    
     

    
>    Seems to me that I've also heard Stevie Wonder's wife (Serrita?) sing a
>    version of this tune.
    
    It's Syreeta Wright, and considering she is his *ex* wife, the title
    hits a little harder, eh?
    
    

    From the "Am I the only one" department. 
    
    On "Looking for Another Pure Love", while (before?) Jeff is playing his 
    solo, Stevie says, "Do it, Jeff! (or something to that effect).  But 
    anyway, during the last partof the solo, I *think* I actually hear a 
    fluffed note, during a descending hammer-on/pull-off run.  I hear it every
    time, and I've guessed that Jeff was so surprised by Stevie's outburst,
    that he lost his concentration for a split second.  I've often wondered 
    why they didn't redo it.
    
    Or is it just a vision in *my* mind?
    
    	Rodney M.

    I've never noticed the "fluffed" note, but I always did get a kick
    out of Stevie saying "Do it Jeff".
    
    joe. (time to get some SW and JB CD's!!)

re: "fluffed note"

I got the Talking Book record out last night to give it a listen again (been
awhile).  I think I heard what you called a "fluffed note", but it sounded to
me more like he was completing his descending hammer-ons and was moving on
the end the progression doing something else.

re: Contusion

I also got out the Songs In The Key Of Life record and checked into this one
again.  Credit is given to Mike Sembello for the guitar on this song as well
as several others on the record.  I gave it a critical listen and I really
believe it's NOT JB playing.  It sounds like someone doing their JB imitation.

Speaking of JB imitations, there are several pretty good ones on two of Cozy
Powell's records "Tilt" and "Over the Top".  On side two of "Tilt" there are
two tunes that Beck does play on sandwiching two tunes which Gary Moore plays
guitar.  If you didn't know who played on which, it would be pretty hard to
tell.  On "Over the Top" Dave Clemson plays guitar on a track called "The
Loner" which is dedicated to Beck.  Max Middleton also plays on the tune, so
it kinda sounds like something from "Wired".  There's also several tunes with
Bernie Marsden who plays some Beckish type guitar.  Jack Bruce is also on a
few cuts....

Another interesting record that Beck guests on is by Eddie Harris called 
E.H. in the U.K. - The Eddie Harris London Sessions.  There's one tune where
Beck and Albert Lee play back to back guitar solos and it's real hard to
tell where one stops and the other begins.  

While we're on Beck guest appearances, let's not forget the Honey Drippers
and "Rocking at Midnight".  Some great guitar on that one!!

Also Beck appeared as J. Toad on the Vanilla Fudge record "Mystery".  He plays
on two songs; "My World is Empty" and "Jealousy".  I really wouldn't recommend
this album though unless you are a VF fan.

One other thing before I stop rambling....Beck cut an EP (British Import)
around the time of Flash that had his version of "Wild Thing" on it.  Kinda
interesting.....

_gary

    Jeff appears on several songs on the "Box of Frogs" album,
    circa 1983.  I believe the Frogs were some ex-Yardbirds (the
    name Samwell-Smith comes to mind.
    
    Good stuff.  The record shows up in the bins every once in a
    while.
    

One of my favorite Beck guest appearances is with Sting doing "Been Down So 
Long" on the 'Live for Life' benefit album. Awesome live guitar work!

Alan S.

    Jeff Beck is definitely one of my favorite players.  I'm kind of
    surprised to see such concern over possible "fluffs" in his recordings.
    To me the great thing about JB is his low-down-over-the-top playing,
    full of squawks, squiggles, moans and screams.  He's got to be one
    of the least anal-retentive sounding players alive or dead, as well
    as one of the most richly spontaneous.
    
    Faves: Bolero, You Shook Me, Situation, Ice Cream Cakes, New Ways/Train
    Train, Freeway Jam, She's a Woman, I'm So Proud.
    
    A couple of notes:  Check into those Les Paul and Mary Ford records
                        and you'll discover one of JB's great influences
    
                        Has anyone out there noticed the dance-hall
                        scene in the movie "Twins"?  Playing behind
                        Nicolette Larson is JB and (I think) Terry Bozzio.
    
    Luke 

    
re:>			Check into those Les Paul and Mary Ford records
   >                    and you'll discover one of JB's great influences
    

	Also check out Cliff Gallop on Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps,
	particularly the some "Cruisin'".  You can hear where Beck got
	some of the riffs he played on "Jeff's Boogie".  The song "Savoy"
	on Beck's new, soon to be released record was done as a tribute
	to Gallop who just passed away a few months ago.

	_gary

    Yikes!!  I guess I always "thought" it was JB on "Contusion".  Mike
    Sembello sounds right now that ya mention it.
    
    joe.

    
    Mike Sembello...is that the same guy who did the top 40 hit "Maniac"
    about five years ago???

    It looks as though the Stevie Ray Vaughan-Jeff Beck pairing is
    a reality.  MTV referred to it as the "Monsters of Guitar" tour.
    I'd say that's an aprt, if not corny, description.
    
    Anyhow, the tour is going to be discussed on the MTV news this
    weekend.  If memory serves, you can catch the segment at these
    times:
    
    Friday, Sept. 29      7 pm
    Sat.    Sept. 30      6 pm
    Sun.    Oct. 1        1 pm,  9pm.
    
    Do you suppose the two will join each other on stage for some encore
    dueling?  Can't wait...
    
    Brian

>    Do you suppose the two will join each other on stage for some encore
>    dueling?  Can't wait...

I saw the MTV news the other night, and over the closing credits they showed 
SRV and Beck wailing away together on "Mary Had A Little Lamb"!

Can you believe this tour? I can't wait!!!!!

Alan S.

    Can't miss this - any news on whether they'll take the tour outside
    the States ( i.e. Europe )...
    
    Cheers, Dave.

    Beck/SRV tickets just went on sale, for Wednesday Nov 8 at the Centrum
    in Worcester.  Act now, looks like they're going fast (bad timing
    for noter notification).

    It's interesting that the ticket reads "Centrum etc. presents

    		STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN (in BIG HUGE letters)
    			and
		     jeff beck (in little tiny ones)
    
    So it looks like Becko is the backup band!!!

    What fools these mortals be
    
    /rick

    Actually, I think they are going to alternate on who gets top
    billing.  The Mtv spot showed those guys like they really got
    along on stage and off.  I don't *think* it'll be a battle of
    egos...
    
    ~Steve - about to call 787-8000

The Centrum show sold out the day they went on sale.

I heard they are co-headlining, switching the opening and closing spots on the 
tour. I guess SRV is headlinging here.

Alan S.

    I had to tell someone (or, in this case, everyone!)
    
    I have "Guitar Shop" in my possession.   Right now.  The cover art
    is great!  
    
    Now, let me see, how many hours until I can go home and *LISTEN*
    to this long-awaited baby....
    
    Brian

    I think Jeff Beck is one of the best rock guitarists ever. I can't
    wait for the Centrum show. However, I just listened to the new album,
    'Guitar Shop' and I'm disappointed. As expected, Jeffs leads are
    phenominal, but I'm disappointed in the rhythms. What do the rest of
    you think?
    
    Tom

    re. -1
    
    I know what you mean. Some of the songwriting isn't anything to 
    write home about, but I like the way they branched out
    into several types of music. There is a reggae tune, a
    metal tune, ballads, etc. The guitar playing is so good
    that it holds my interest on some of the more tedious songs.
    Maybe it will grow on you? I haven't been able to stop 
    listening to it.
    
    The music isn't as complex as some of his previous albums,
    but that might be why I like it. There are alot of subtleties.
    It's more accessible than say "Wired." My only complaint 
    is that the guitar was overshadowed by the drums at points. 
    And the drumming is great. I would recommend this album to 
    drummers as well as guitarists.
    
    I love the dance song "Day in the House" where the sampled
    voice says "I suggest we pass the issue to Mr. Beck...Here here" 
    and Jeff launches into a screaming lead.
    
    Anyway, I think it's good to see Beck taking chances again even
    if it doesn't always work (Hell it's good to see him working again). 
    I think it's a great 90's album.
    
    _Tom

    
    I agree.  He's lost in the mix alot.  If you don't strain to hear
    him, you miss some great stuff.  This would have been a super guitar
    album had they turned him up a notch.
    
    His playing, though, is really interesting throughout.  As far as
    that goes, to me, he has definitely gotten BETTER (well, as much
    as possible).  There is more of "where did THAT come from?" on this
    album that most of his others.  
    
    The songs, however, are more ROCKish than fusion.
    
    
    

    Hmmm, the few comments so far seem to echo my feelings as well.
    Songwriting does not appear to be one of Jeff's strong suits.  His
    best moments seem to come when interpreting someone else's material.
    And I also agree that Jeff is too often too far back in the mix.
    Without any vocals (well, in the usual sense) you need a strong
    lead instrumental voice.
    
    On the other hand, no one can accuse Jeff of playing it safe or
    going commercial (a la Flash).  Heck, there's not one blatantly
    commercial moment on here.  The tunes do seem to improve with age,
    too.  I've already caught myself humming the riff from "Guitar Shop".
    
    /rick

I guess I hafta agree with what everyone else seems to be saying, but it does
seem to grow on me after a few listenings.  I found my self walking around
yesterday singing "Nothing is being done,...NOTHING IS BEING DONE,...NOTHING.."
I really do like "Savoy" and there are a few other catchy tunes.  I haven't
given it a "headphone listening" yet to really try to hear the guitar parts.
Some of Beck's best stuff is can be very subtle...  

I do think the drums are a little overpowering as are the keyboards at times.

_gary

    Jeff Beck/Stevie Ray Vaughan 1989 Tour Itinerary
    
    
    October
    
    25  Minneapolis, MN
    27  Milwaukee, WIS
    28  Chicago, ILL
    29  St. Louis, MO
    31  Columbus, OH
    
    November
    
     2  Toronto, Canada
     3  Detroit, MI
     4  Pittsburgh, PA
     6  Washington, D.C.
     7  Philadelphia, PA
     8  Worcester, MA
    11  New York, NY
    12  Springfield, MA
    14  Cleveland, OH
    15  Dayton, OH
    16  Louisville, KY
    18  Birmingham, ALA
    19  Atlanta, GE
    21  Miami, FLA
    22  Tampa, FLA
    24  Houston, TX
    25  Dallas, TX
    26  Austin, TX
    28  Albuquerque, NM
    29  Denver, CO
    
    December
    
     1  Los Angeles, CA

    SRV is going to be here at the State Fair on Friday.
    
    Mike

    
    
    
    
    	I guess this must mean that they won't be coming to Augusta (read:
    East Podunk) Maine..... sigh...

    Aw shoot, c'mon guys what about Europe ??? 
    
    Dave

	Well, I know this is probably a futile request, but would anyone
	out there happen to have an extra ticket for the Nov. 8 show at
	the Centrum that they would be willing to sell to a neighbor from
	up in Vermont (me that is.)?  I'll be down in the MRO area next
	week and would really like to catch the show..... 

	_gary

Got one....thanks,

_gary

    Contrary to the itinerary in a previous note and the concert
    listings in current issues of ROLLING STONE, there will *not* be
    a Springfield, MA  SRV-Jeff Beck show on Sunday, November 12.
    
    Quoth the ticket woman, "It didn't work out."
    
    Apparently, "much was being said but nothing was being done."
    
    Brian

re: -.1

>    Contrary to the itinerary in a previous note and the concert
>    listings in current issues of ROLLING STONE, there will *not* be
>    a Springfield, MA  SRV-Jeff Beck show on Sunday, November 12.
    

     The 11/2 date is now at the Field House at RPI (Albany, NY).  

_gary

    Just saw the Centrum (Worcester, MA) show last night. Stevie started
    and was great. He played for about 90 minutes. He did all his great
    stuff and got sentimental at one point, thanking God for his being
    alive (I assume a reference to his kicking his drug habit). 
    
    Jeff was also excellant. The drummer was AMAZING. Jeff did a lot
    of stuff from Guitar Shop and a lot of old favorites. The one
    problem with the Beck set was that they were disonantly loud.
    
    The finale featured Jeff and Stevie doing a duo on Going Down.
    GOOD STUFF!
    
    Tom

Here are some impressions from last nights SRV/Beck concert.  Even though this
is a Beck note, I'll discuss SRV a bit too.  Remember, these are just IMO.

Contrary to rumor, Stevie Ray opened the show.  He played over an hour and a
half (including encore) doing stuff from all four of his albums but mostly from
the new one, "In Step".  After the first two tunes, the sound improved a lot.
You could hear everyone (bass, kybds, drums, vocals) clearly and Stevie's
guitar sounded great!  He mostly used his number 1 Strat (brown with most of
the finish gone); on two tunes he used two different Strats, and even with
Centrum acoustics you could tell the difference.  His main Strat has a unique,
throaty sound that the other ones just don't have.  The encore included an
extended Voodoo Chile (with fuzz face and wah wah of course) that was great and
ended with Stevie bouncing(!) his main Strat on the floor via the whammy bar;
don't try that at home.  Reminded me of the way Jaco used to abuse his Jazz
bass.  This seemed like a logical, climactic ending, but instead he finished
with the extremely mellow instrumental Riviera Paradise (I think that's the
name) from "In Step".  A real low key finish. 

Beck came on after about 1/2 hour of moving equipment.  The band is just he,
drummer Terry Bozzio (who looked like something out of a horror flick) and
synth player Tony Hymas.  Whereas SRV's set was loud but relatively
comfortable, Beck exceeded the threshold of pain too often.  They did all
instrumentals, mostly stuff from the new album "Guitar Shop".  Old stuff
included a quick and dirty Freeway Jam (not really that good), Goodbye Porkpie
Hat, another tune from "Wired", People Get Ready as an instrumental (a
highlight of the evening!) and Goin Down for the encore with SRV joining Jeff
on stage.  Where SRV's set was tight, controlled, and professional, Beck's set
was just the opposite; wild, at times sloppy, and other times breathtaking. 
Jeff takes a lot more chances on stage.  He used one of the new Strat+'s (in
Surf Green) and I think a RAT pedal for added distortion.  He did everything;
played with his fingers, played with a pick, played slide, tapped, whammied,
beat, kicked and punched it in one continuous flow of ideas.  His amazing touch
and nuance (the things I like best about Beck's playing), literally squeezing
tones out of his guitar, came through clearly.

As I said before. it was sometimes painfully loud.  Another gripe is the
synths.  On the album, I found Tony Hymas parts sometimes annoying; live, they
were downright irritating.  First, the sound of some his patches is just plain
cheesey next to Beck's guitar tone.  But the real problem is that often,
especially on the uptempo numbers, the synth and the guitar are colliding in
the same sonic space and all you hear is a wall of mush.  The best tunes of the
night were always the slow numbers, when the synth dropped back for little or
no accompaniment and you could hear what Jeff was doing.  I think Beck should
lose the synth player and get a good bassist (not likely though; Jeff seems
really fond of Tony and his playing). 

Btw, Jeff gets all those great tones from "Guitar Shop" live, and he does it
mostly with his hands.  His rig consisted of two old Marshall tops and an early
60's white Bassman head, through various cabs.  The only effects in evidence
were the RAT and some other pedal used to get that high-pitched chorus voice on
Savoy.  Seeing and hearing Jeff fondle and shape the controlled
feedback/sustain on Where Were You was a religious experience.

Beck is still the most amazing guitar player I've ever seen. 

/rick

    Rick, thank you for the well-written review!  I agree with everything
    you said, except:
    
>Where SRV's set was tight, controlled, and professional, Beck's set
>was just the opposite; wild, at times sloppy, and other times breathtaking.
    
    Huh?  Wow, Rick, I'd have to disagree with that.  I thought the show
    was well-paced, not sloppy in the least, and definitely under control.
    However, I did have one big advantage...
    
    I was extremely lucky to have a seat in the fifth row (about 15 feet
    from the performers) DEAD CENTER.  We were well within the PA radius,
    making it hard to distinguish vocals and especially, Stevie's rap
    to the crowd.
    
    Sound-wise, this was clearly an advantage, at least, I gather as
    much from Rick's review:
    
>But the real problem is that often,
>especially on the uptempo numbers, the synth and the guitar are colliding in
>the same sonic space and all you hear is a wall of mush.  The best tunes of the
>night were always the slow numbers, when the synth dropped back for little or
>no accompaniment and you could hear what Jeff was doing.  I think Beck should
>lose the synth player and get a good bassist (not likely though; Jeff seems
>really fond of Tony and his playing).
    
    The synth was way off in the background for us, at times inaudible.
    It almost sounded like only Jeff and Terry Bozzio were on stage.
    Apparently so much the better!
    
    Of course, from what I have learned reading the other notes, Jeff was
    exceedingly loud.  Apparently, I was getting Jeff straight out of the
    amps.  And he was awesome in the original sense of the word:  he
    created a sense of awe in me. 
    
>Seeing and hearing Jeff fondle and shape the controlled
>feedback/sustain on Where Were You was a religious experience.
 
    Amen.       
    
    Although no one has mentioned it, Beck did not speak to the audience
    at all.  How did that come off further out?  He was very personable
    close-up...and it's a real shame that part of his show is lost on
    the majority of his audience.  He smiles, he grimaces, he winks at
    people, he grinned in self-delight on more than one occasion when 
    pulling off an impressive lick.  He surely looked happy to be where
    he was and doing what he was doing!
    
    Having seen most of the rock guitar virtuosos live, with the exception
    of Hendrix, I did not expect to be as overwhelmed as I was.
    Today I feel a little bit hesitant to say "I play guitar."
    From now on, I think I'll just say I own one.
    
    Brian
    
    And, as Rick said

    re: .47
    
    We were sitting in the upper tier (not balcony) to the right and just
    a bit in front of the stage, so yes we got mostly the PA mix.  For
    example, SRVs vocals were extremely clear.  Sounds like you had
    the better seats for the Beck set.

    I expected no less from SRV Wednesday night.  Especially "Texas
    Flood" where he cranked out some of his typically great blues
    riffs.  That jazzy tune he played at the end of his set sort of
    brought the audience down; I would have figured he end his set
    (while bringing the audience back UP) with "Pride & Joy".
    
    Beck sort of disappointed me this time around (his sound was
    too *electronic*.)  His guitar definitely didn't sound like a
    strat.  And yes, he was loud!  
    
    I think the main difference (IMHO) between SRV and Beck is that
    SRV kept the audience on their feet with good old blues-rock, while
    Beck, on the other hand, supplied "heady music" to a seated audience.
    
    With their two separate style, I don't think them playing at the
    same concert was at all effective.  
    
    cheers/mike

    
    
    Jeff Beck and the boys were on the Arsenio Hall show last night. 
    Arsenio introduced the song as "Slingshot" from the Guitar Shop album.
    
    With those two Marshalls cranked up, it must have been pretty LOUD in
    that TV studio. 8-)
    
    Kevin
    

    re: .50
    
    Yup, Jeff was in high gear - 2 marshalls and using the bridge pickup.
    Afterwards, Arsenio rubbed his ears and said "They Jammed!"  It was the 
    first live tv performance for Jeff according to Arsenio.
    
    -pat

re -.1

>    It was the first live tv performance for Jeff according to Arsenio.
    
I guess all those appearances with the Yardbirds on "Shindig" and "Hullabaloo"
were just "Lipsynching".  (Back in the '60s)

    I used to watch those 60's shows, and I *think*, with the exception of
    "Don Kirchner's Rock Concert" (late friday nights) they were NOT live
    performances.
    
    Steve

    Arsenio said it Jeff's first live performance on
    *AMERICAN* television.  I think that's an important
    qualifier!
    
    I kind of wished he had done one of his more lyrical pieces
    from the album...there certainly was a thrash and burn quality
    to "Slingshot" but I don't think it captured Beck at his best.
    
    And, though it's been said many times, many way, Terry Bozzio is
    one strange looking chap!
    
    Brian

    re: .54
    
    Brian, Terry Bozio reminds me of Boy George with long hair.
    
    cheers/mike

    
    	Weird or not, he was married to Dale Bozzio (Missing Persons, 
    	ex-playmate) who ain't chopped liver...

   Er, I could be wrong (it's happened once or twice before...  :-)) but I
   think Terry Bozio is Dale's _brother_, not ex-husband...  At least, that's
   what I've always heard.

   -- Sam

   P.S.  Thanks for reminding me.  "What Are Words For?" has been running
   through my mind for a week or so and I couldn't remember the name of the
   band as Missing Persons.

    
    	Re: .57  
    
    	oops.
    
    	Maybe they're really the same person?

    
    	Nope they're not the same, Terry married Dale. Dale was the
    	lead singer for Missing Persons, she used to have some real
    	wierd haristyles. After Missing Persons broke up they got
    	divorced. Sometime this summer while I was in scan mode on
    	the car radio, I stopped the scan beacuse it was playing
    	something that sounded like Missing Persons. It was Dale's
    	new single and the station was Kiss 108. They had her on thus
    	she gave all these details about Terry Bozzio and Missing
    	Persons. 
    				Dave.

I saw Beck, Bogart and Appice on TV years ago (obviously) andit was obviously
live, I forget what the show was (Smothers Brothers perhaps, time seems to 
compress my memories)

dbii

    
    I read a funny review on Missing Persons once (Rolling Stone) where
    they described Terry's style as more like hiccupping rather than 
    singing.  Now back to our regularly scheduled program (Mr. Beck).
    
    -pat

    Regardless of how he looks, Terry Bozzio is definately an AMAZING
    drummer.  I watched him almost as much as I watched Beck (who
    incidentally is one of my absolute favorite guitar players) when I saw
    that show!
    
    Greg

    
    Over the years, more than a few articles and record reviews have stated
    that the finest moment of the Rod Stewart-era Jeff Beck Group was a
    song called "Drinking Again".  This was a blues and never issued in the
    U.S.  I finally tracked down an import album in the late seventies
    that had it....it is a pretty decent tune and a better blues than
    anything on "Truth" or "Beck-Ola".
    
    Well, it's now out in the U.S., on CD yet....the catch is the CD is the
    Rod Stewart box set...yecch.
    
    							Brian

re:    <<< Note 1479.63 by AQUA::ROST "Everyone loves those dead presidents" >>>
                             -< "Drinking Again" >-

    
	"Drinking Again" was on the import "Best of Jeff Beck" (or something
	 Like that), which has been reproduced in several US copies that I've
	 seen over the years, usually going for less than $5.  It was also
	 originally released as the flip side of the "Tally Man" single, also
	 on said album.  Both of these songs were from the period between 
	 when Beck left the Yardbirds and released the "Truth" album.

	_gary

    Does anyone in notes-land know if "Truth" is available on
    CD? It seems inconceivable that it's not, but I've never
    seen it in the stores. In fact I've seen just about every
    Beck album but "Truth" on CD. Thanks,
    
    -Tom

You can get MOST of it on CD:

    Jeff Beck:      'The Late 60s with Rod Stewart' (EMI- CDP 7 46710 2)

and it includes most of the songs from 'Beck-Ola' as well, and some others
I could do without...:

            1. Hi-Ho Silver Lining
            2. Tallyman
            3. Love Is Blue  (BVADR)
            4. Beck's Bolero (YEAH MAN, and with KEITH MOON on DRUMS)
            5. Rock My Plimsoul
            6. I've Been Drinking
            7. Shapes Of Things
            8. Let Me Love You
            9. Morning Dew
           10. You Shook Me
           11. All Shook Up
           12. Spanish Boots
           13. Jailhouse Rock
           14. Plynth (Water Down The Drain)
           15. Hangman's Knee
           16. Rice Pudding
           17. Ol' Man River
           18. Greensleeves
           19. I Ain't Superstitious

I usualy start it at 4...from here it's the purest, meanest blues, no tricks,
but a lot of sweat and talent - I think Beck's reputation is mainly built on
these recordings...

Poul

    Would someone happen to know just how Jeff Beck incorporates his Fender
    Princeton amp into his sound.  I've seen him twice, the first time
    being the Blow by Blow tour, and he had the Princeton off to his left
    about 20 feet from his Marshalls.  I have since read somewhere that he
    still uses this setup.  What exactly is he doing?  He seems to get this
    incredible tone.  	Just curious.
    
    Don
    

    I recall reading in an interview in Musician (I think) him saying
    that the Princeton is CRITICAL to his sound. I see if I can find the
    piece.

    
    
    I understand that a Jeff Beck boxed set hit the shelves on
    Tuesday, title "BECKOLOGY."
    
    Has anyone purchased it yet?  Any comments?  Reviews?
    
    In other Beck news, I, for one, an surpised that the "Guitar
    Shop" band (Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas) haven't released
    a follow-up, as Beck promised.
    
    Of course, given Beck's sporadic schedule of releasing albums,
    I shouldn't be too surprised.
    
    Brian

    
    Just picked up Beckology - haven't even loaded it up yet, but I got to
    tell you, the packaging is great!  Looks like a miniature tweed fender
    guitar case...open it up, and the cover of the book inside is the
    inside of the case with a metallic plum strat laying there...
    
    I'll have to remember this one for next year's Grammy awards (for
    packaging)...excellent!
    

    Agreed.  I got mine from Santa, cool packaging (and what's inside ain't
    too shabby either).  The tweed is even kinda dirty looking and you
    can see the typical imprint in the plush under the lid; nice attention
    to detail.
    
    In other Beck news, I hear Jeff going into the studio this spring to
    work on a new album, with Jeff Berlin doing some bass work.  Yowza!
    Would love to see the two Jeff's touring!
    
    Also, anyone check out the Beck signature Strats yet?  They've been
    in the stores up hear for a month or so now.  It's pretty much a
    Strat+, with a couple of noticable differences.  First, all gold lace
    sensors, with a gold lace humbucking pair in the bridge.  Second,
    absolutely the biggest Strat neck I've ever wrapped my mitts around.
    I personally like the bigger necks and have never met one that was
    too big, but this one might just do it.  It's huge.  Initial colors
    are Surf Green, Plum, and Cream; rosewood boards only.  Wurlitzer in
    Boston had one of each last time I was there.
    
    /rick

    re .71
    
    Alright! I liked Guitar Shop, but felt it suffered without a 
    bassist...Does this mean BBB (Beck, Berlin, and Bozzio)?
    
    -Tom

    Big neck??  Aack...reminds me of DB_II's tele from hell!

    re:.72
    
    I saw them on that tour and I didn't think anything lacked because
    there was no bassist.  It was an absolutely amazing show!
    
    Greg

    re .74
    
    Well yeah, I thought it was a great show too. I just think
    that it would have been a *better* show with the interplay 
    you get with a real, live bass player (Stanley Clarke for
    example).
    
    -Tom

    re: .75
    
    I could see it, but I think a bass might have been too busy with the
    drum parts Terry Bozzio was playing.  The guy is absolutely incredible!
    
    Greg

	Anybody hear about a new recording from Jeff Beck coming out soon?
	I've heard a rumour that there will be one, but haven't gotten
	any more details.

	_gary

Yes, I heard the rumor too, but no more details.  They were talking about it
on the radio the other day.  I *think* they said it was due in '93, though.

-- Sam

    
    I recently read (in Rolling Stone, I think) that Beck is doing
    a rockabilly album.  He's going to have several hot guests on it
    but I am hazy on who...Carl Perkins?  Dave Edmunds?  Brian Setzer?
    
    As a recovering Beckaholic, it should suprise no one that I plunked
    down the cash to pick up the soundtrack album from the zany flying
    Elvis movies, "Honeymoon in Las Vegas" just to hear Beck play an
    instrumental version of "You Ain't Nothing But a Hound Dog."
    
    Boy, it only takes about three notes before you know it's Beck!
    The song is very upbeat, and as usual, his playing is very sassy
    and humorous.  I was delighted with the cut and (for me) it was
    worth the price of the album.
    
    He duets on it with another guitar player named Leiber, whom I
    presume is the son of Leiber of Leiber and Stoller...the famous,
    1950's Brill Building songwriting team that wrote "Up on the
    Roof," "Jailhouse Rock," and "Under the Boardwalk," among many, many
    famous other songs.
    
    During interviews for the Guitar Shop album, Beck mentioned that he had
    approached Leiber and Stoller and asked them to write him some songs
    for a rockabilly album and they basically weren't interested.  He then
    went on to do the more 90's style Guitar Shop with Terry Bozzio...who
    had *no* interest in doing rockabilly.
    
    Now how Beck winds up dueting with the Leiber's son is beyond me, but
    the guy (Leiber) certainly wails on the clean Tele.
    
    Beck has often stated that Cliff Gallup, of Gene Vincent and the Blue
    Caps, is his favorite guitarist.  I guess this new album will be his
    tribute to that clean, heavily reverbed, twangy guitar approach.
    
    Brian
    
    If

    
    	Hi Brian - it was also mentioned in GP last month about
    	the rockabilly album.
    
    	Looking forward to anything by Jeff.
    
    	Tom
    

	Without permission from this month's Guitar Player Album 
	reviews...

	Jeff Beck and Jed Leiber "Frankie's House"

	This soundtrack to a TV miniseries almost comes across as an
	anthology of Beck's greatest guitar styles.  One moment he's
	playing ethereal melodies using his whammy bar and harmonics,
	then he's sliding over a three-chord rock and roll vamp, then
	there's a heavy metal groove.  Without the restraints of song
	formula or the pressure to produce a hit single, Beck soars
	and explores like never before.  His emotional range is
	particularly impressive; moods shift from eerie to rowdy,
	from erotic to rueful.  Beck pushes the guitar beyond its
	constraint, proving once and for all that he's not just a
	guitarist but a musician who happens to play guitar.

	Epic.

	... yow!  Anyone have this yet??

    
    	From today's USA Today...
    
    	Guitar Wiz Jeff Beck... crops up on two new albums.  "Frankie's
    	House", a collection of instrumentals penned by Beck and Jed
    	Leiber for an A&E miniseries, is out today.  Later this spring,
    	he teams with roots rock band Big Town Playboys on "Crazy Legs",
    	which pays tribute to Gene Vincent.
    
    	Tom
    

    
    	fyi, "Frankie's House" will be on A&E this Sunday.  No idea
    	what time so check your local...
    
    	Tom
    

    Has 'Crazy Legs' been released yet? SOunds like good stuff!

    You could probably pick up Gene Vincents Greatest Hits for a preview.
    Apparently he will be doing a lot of Cliff Gallups stuff and from his
    interview is trying to be true to the original stuff
    

    Paul Rogers has just released a Muddy Waters tribute album, featuring
    an all star cast of guest guitarists on different Waters tunes.  I heard
    the Beck cut this weekend, a version of "Rolling Stone"; in a nutshell,
    electrifying.  What the man does with a guitar should be illegal (and
    probably is in some states ;-).
    
    Between this and the Roger Waters stuff, Beck's done some outstanding
    session work lately.
    
    /rick

    Haven't heard this recent stuff, but I must agree that Beck is a great
    session player. I recall first hearing his backup work on Stevie
    Wonder's Talking Book LP track (Mary Wants To Be A) Superwoman. Really
    nice work. Also, Rod Stewart's People Get Ready. Beck really shines on
    that stuff.

    --Ron

    re: .-1
    
    I have a copy of "Talking Book" in front of me and there's no track
    by that name.  Must be a different album.

    Oh. Hmmmmmm. Maybe it was the LP before Talking Book then. But I can't
    remember what came before it. That was definitely the name of the track,
    though.

    Here, I'll hum it: hmmm hmmm hmmm hm hmmm hm hmmmhmmmm hmmmm hmmmmmmmm.

    Darn, this is gonna bug me the rest of the day. I don't think I have the
    album anymore.

    --Ron

    Steve,

    On Beck's 'Truth' I couldn't agree more.

    --Ron

    The _superwoman_ song was on the first Stevie Wonder album that he
    produced himself (without Berry Gordy).
    
    Peter

    Re Stevie Wonder album: "Innervisions", as I recall.
    
    Rodney

    Nope: Innervisions came after Talking Book. I believe Wonder played all
    instruments on Innervisions. Don't recall any guests except for backup
    vocals.

    --Ron

    I believe the one your thinking of is "Music of My Mind"

>    "Music of My Mind"

    Ooooooooooooooooo, THAT could be it.

    It's definitely not "Innervisions"
    
    	db - who knows that album forwards, backwards, inside, outside,
    	     etc.

    It's definitely "Music Of My Mind."  Mary wants to be a superwoman.
    Great record.  Great tune.
    
    							Marc

    Interesting interview with Jeff Beck in this month's edition of the UK
    publication "Guitarist". The interview is centred around the latest
    Beck album "Crazy Legs" (credited to Beck and the Big Town Playboys),
    Beck's tribute to Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps.
    
    It's a maniacal attempt to recreate the '50s rock n' roll sound.
    Apparently, Beck's first hero was Cliff Gallup (the Blue Caps guitarist) 
    and he's gone out of his way to get Gallup's sound (Gretsch Duojet with 
    tape-wound strings played through a Fender Bassman). He even relearned 
    Gallup's licks using metal fingerpicks, which was a pretty new
    experience for him!
    
    Interesting to note that both the sound engineer on Gene Vincent's
    albums and Gallup's widow have complimented Beck on the quality of the
    record. Beck himself wished to stress that it wasn't his intention to
    show that anything Gallup could do he could do better. He said words to
    the effect that he hated to see Gene Vincent albums priced at �250 on the
    dusty shelves of old record shops, and that people have a right to hear
    how great these old records sounded.
    
    Anyone heard "Crazy Legs"?
    
    Dom   
    
    

    I read several reviews of this that were at best lukewarm; the main
    thread was something like Beck does a credible job but adds nothing
    new or unique and the originals are better, so why bother?
    
    Well screw the reviews, this is Beck right?   So I grabbed it.
    Now, my knowledge of Rockabilly is next to zero and I wouldn't
    necessarily know good from bad if it bit me, but I like it.
    It's Beck paying homage to one of his major heros and influences;
    cool guitar and weird offbeat tunes.  I'm tempted to check out
    some real Bluecaps stuff, but I'm not sure I would know or appreciate
    the difference.
    
    Not recommended if you're expecting the usual Beck thang, but
    worth a listen if you're in an adventurous mood.  It currently
    gets regular duty on my stereo, for what that's worth.
    
    /rick

    re: .100
    
    >I read several reviews of this that were at best lukewarm; the main
    >thread was something like Beck does a credible job but adds nothing
    >new or unique and the originals are better, so why bother?
    
    Funny that; all the reviews on this side of the pond seem to be pretty
    ecstatic! Perhaps it's because '50s style rockabilly was never a big
    thing in Britain and people are probably that much more accomodating in
    their opinions about it. Maybe the equivalent would be British reaction
    to American ska/two-tone bands!
    
    Beck makes no secret of the fact that the record is an unashamed
    attempt to reproduce the sound of a certain era. A lot of people have
    trouble coming to terms with such an attitude. I'm certainly not one of
    them, but I appreciate that there are others who think that way. I like
    artists who maintain a strong element of the past in their music,
    although I realise that we also need the Robert Fripps of this world.
    
    >It's Beck paying homage to one of his major heros and influences;
    >cool guitar and weird offbeat tunes.  I'm tempted to check out
    >some real Bluecaps stuff, but I'm not sure I would know or appreciate
    >the difference.
    
    Are his records so easy to come by in the States? They're like
    golddust in the UK.
    
    Dom  

    Capitol owns most of the Gene Vincent material.  The originals have
    been long out of print, but various compilations have popped up over the
    years.  In this CD age, I'd be surprised if some sort of Vincent
    compilation isn't available. 
    
    He didn't have many hits, "Be Bop A Lula" is the only one that comes
    immediately to mind.
    
    							Brian

    I seem to recall Rhino Records put out a compilation (not positive
    about this though).  Do you folks have access to Rhino across the pond?

    I have a Gene Vincent greatest hits on CD. I believe it was issued
    by Colombia. It alot of tunes from the Gallup era, many which also
    appear on the Beck CD. Its a great CD to pick up if you want to do
    an A-B comparison with the Beck Cd. 
    
    I've also seen some Gene Vincent CDs on imported labels, either UK
    or France.
    
    As for the Beck CD. It is of higher technical quality than the 
    Vincent stuff, and the guitar bits are clearer and more distinct.
    They are quite faithful to the Gallup stuff.  The vocalist of course
    cannot duplicate Gene, so overall the tunes have a different energy
    than Gene Vincent, Not to say thats bad, just different. Overall
    the stuff is quite good, and being a GV fan, I enjoyed the Beck
    effort.
    
    jim

    I don't know about Beck's working stuff, but I heard that Terry Bozzio
    is currently working with Steve Vai.
    
    Greg

    I saw Beck when he toured with Bozzio and Hymas on the guitar shop tour 
    and was blown away by Bozzio,what a drummer!
    
                                                  ian

    No kidding, I saw them on that tour too, and while Beck was excellent,
    my mouth hung open in amazement as I found myself watching Terry Bozzio
    the entire show!  Very few, if any, drummers affect me that way.
    
    Greg

    I was like that too.Jeff is my favourite player from the 60s'/70's but
    boring to watch as he has no stage presence.Terry was very visual and
    a hell of a drummer!
    
    
                                                    ian

    I loved both Beck's playing and tone at my show, he was really ON that
    night.  But Bozzio was just incredible...
    
    SRV was good too, but I think he must have been having an off night. 
    I'd seen him about a year before that and that show was a little better
    for him.  He was still great, but I'd seen him in better form.
    
    Greg

    Bozzio plays on Vai's latest: "Sex and Religion".

    
    >> I loved both Beck's playing and tone at my show, he was really ON that
    					       ^^
    
    Hmmm.. Gregs going up in the world, he's even got Beck coming to his
    gigs 8^)
    
    -Tony

    Latest reported Beck sighting is on the new Hendrix tribute CD; I think
    Jeff is trying to make a career of appearing on these things.  His cut
    is "Manic Depression", with Seal on vocals.  I would love to hear what
    Beck does with this tune, but I doubt I'll be getting the CD. 
    Hopefully it'll get some airplay.
    
    /rick

    
    	Bob Conroy just told me about it this morning.  He said it
    	was great - really great!  He thought it was Vernon Reid.
    
    

    Vernon Reid does do a cut on the Hendrix tribute too, btw.
    

    I've heard (unofficially) that Pino Palladino is playing bass with Beck
    on his current tour double billing with Santana.  Hmmm, kinda wish I
    were going now.  My unoffical source also claims that Tony Hymas was
    buried in the mix for much of the show.  Another plus?  :-)
    
    /rick
    

    
    	With all the talk about Beck in the Santana note, I thought
    	I'd bring some here.  I heard Freeway Jam last week on one of
    	those 5:00 / outta work / ride home things - man, that song
    	is still incredible!
    
    	But I was wondering if there was a new Beck release coming?
    		
    	Anyone hear anything?
    
    	Tom
    
    

    In case you were interested, Jeff Beck was involved in a TV program on
    UK television recently called "The Glam Metal Detectives".  The title
    says it all really.  A band of Glam Metal rockers trying to save the
    planet.  The storylines were painfully shallow.  The story involving
    the "Detectives" lasts about 10 minutes, the rest of the half our is
    taken up with some weird stuff.  I never managed to watch it all the
    way through.
    
    However, the guitar work sounds good :-)
    
    tmp

    > But I was wondering if there was a new Beck release coming?
    
    According to the Internet "new releases" list, the only things coming
    out are a re-release of "Truth" (due 9/26) and a "Best Of Beck" which 
    came out yesterday supposedly.
    
    I don't know how this is different from the box with the cool "guitar
    case" cover he did a few years ago.
    
    	db

    
    	Yeah, after I posted it I read the Globe review of the Great
    	Woods show and they mentioned the "best of" release.  I'm
    	looking for new material.
    
    	My brother gave me the tweed guitar case box set for my
    	last birthday.  Neat package.
    
    	Tom
    
    	

    
    I just picked up the 1972 CD "Jeff Beck Group" - man! I forgot how
    good that is!  "Ice Cream Cakes", "Going Down", "Sugar Cane", etc.
    Some of Beck's best playing me thinks.....
    
    pc
    

    -1
    
    That particular version of 'Going Down' is the best cover of that
    tune I've ever heard, and I've got copies of it by at least half a
    dozen different artists.
    
    /Steve

    >That particular version of 'Going Down' is the best cover of that
    >tune I've ever heard, and I've got copies of it by at least half a
    >dozen different artists.
    
    Any idea who did the original of this?
    
    Dom

    
    Freddie King.
    

    Ah, then I think the song we're talking about is "Tore Down" (or "I'm
    Tore Down"), which was one of Freddie King's bigger hits. Sample lyric:
    
     I'm Tore Down
     Almost level with the ground
    
    Mind you, I haven't heard the Jeff Beck version; he might well have
    renamed it, which is fairly normal practice with old standards.
    
    Dom
    

    
    No, we're talking about a blues tune titled 'Going Down' written and
    performed by Freddie King.   Main lyrics repeated numerous times are
    
    	'Goin' down.  Down, down, down, down down'.
    
    /Steve
    

    Ditto on "Goin Down", a great cut.  I think that particular tune
    was where I first noticed how far above the crowd Jeff really was.
    

    
    	For me, it was "Ain't Superstitious" from Truth.  
    
    	It's still fabulous and it's been 25+ years.  I believe it was
    	'69, the year of "Electric Ladyland", "Led Zeppelin", "Goodbye
    	Cream", and "Truth".
    
    	Tom
    

    >No, we're talking about a blues tune titled 'Going Down' written and
    >performed by Freddie King.   Main lyrics repeated numerous times are
    
    Oops...right you are then, Steve! I'll have to get that Beck album.
    
    Although people tend to cite his first two solo albums as being
    "definitive Beck", I think that even his early work with the Yardbirds
    shows what a master he was (things like Over Under Sideways Down,
    Train-Kept-A-Rollin', etc.)
    
    Dom

    Speaking of rediscovering old Beck, "Rock My Plimsole" off of Truth is
    a great track that doesn't get mentioned too often.  They throw a cool
    stutter step in the verse and Beck rips off a great solo.  There's also
    an alternate take of this on the tweed box, with a very different
    solo on it (another goody, of course).
    
    /roger_the_engineer
    

    
    	Or "Plynth, Water down the drain".  
    
    	Gotta put "Guitar Shop" in the car tonight!!!
    
    

    re: "I'm Goin' Down"
    
    Kevin McD,
    
    Is this the Beck tune that Deceptive Resolution played at a DECjam?
    
    The one with the cool piano intro?
    
    re: Beck's "Ain't Superstitious"
    
    FYI, This is the recording Steve Morse had as #1 on his "essential
    listening" list.
    
    	db

    
    Sheesh, no mention of Jeff's Boogie yet ?

    Tom,
    
    Just a nit re: .130...   'Truth' was released in '67.
    
    /Steve

    I also remember playing "Goin Down" with a bunch of people (including
    Kevin) at one of the backyard/basement jams.  Maybe Sweatjam?
    

    
    Dom,
    
    Sorry for the confusion... I was wrong... 'Going Down' was not written
    by Freddie King, though he did cover it.  It was written by someone
    named Don Nix.
    
    In any case, the Beck version is highly recommended.  The guitar work
    on it is incredible.  Whenever I listen to it, it kind of just makes me
    want to put my guitar away and pretend that I don't play.. if you catch
    my drift.
    
    /Steve
      

    
    
    Yes, Going Down was opening tune for Deceptive Resolution at the 
    DecJam.
    
    Killer, IMHO.  8-)
    
    
    -Kevin
    
    
    

Didn't Jack Dupree write a song called Going Down Slow?
I think Duane Allman covered it.

Jim

    At the risk of going right through the "Truth" album from start to
    finish, add "Beck's Bolero" to the list ;-)
    
    Not virtuoso guitar playing (at least when compared with, say, "I Ain't
    Superstitious"), but lovely tone and vibrato. One thing that I've
    noticed about Beck is that he sounds great (and different from everyone
    else!) even when he plays the relatively simple things. 
    
    Another case in point is the solo in "Heart Full Of Soul" by the
    Yardbirds.
    
    Dom 

    RE. last
    
    I've been listening to a lot of Roy Buchanan lately (thanks to this
    notes file) and I find that you can defenitly hear where Jeff gets some 
    MAJOR chops,licks and inspiration. I unknowingly mentioned to an RB fan
    -friend of mine that "Roy sounds just like Beck!" Was I corrected in a
    hurry. He also mentioned that Beck sites RB as his greatest influence
    of all time...pretty cool says I.If you like Jeff,check out Roy fer
    sure!
    
    -kev (a Jeff Beck fan forever)
    
    

    Shore nuff!  Jeff's version of "Cause We've Ended as Lovers", for many
    the best track he's ever done, is explicitly dedicated to Roy in the
    liner notes of "Blow by Blow".
    

    "Cause" is only my second favorite.
    
    "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is my favorite.   Listening to that climactic
    slide is like having sex.
    
    We can argue to death about the "emotion" of Morse and Satriani, but if
    you ask me, they are merely saints before the god Beck.  ;-)
    
    	db

    well, since the "favorites" are coming out - I'll have to add my
    vote for "Definately Maybe" at the end of "Jeff Beck Group".  I
    can't count how many times that song has brought me to my knees
    (and how many tears spilled into my beers) on that one!  We don't
    usually think of Beck as a slide guitarist, but that is right up
    there in the top three (with Duane and Lowell, of course)...
    
    thanks for listening,  mark

    Come Dancin', off Wired...awesome.
    
    -kev

    Does anybody know of a transcription of the tune from "Blow By Blow"
    named "Diamond Dust"?  It's written by B. Holland -- anybody who that
    is?  It's really touching piece of music.  Feels 5/4.  The melody and
    changes just stay with you!
    
    Has anybody seen a transcription of it ? 
    
    /Paul 

    >Does anybody know of a transcription of the tune from "Blow By Blow"
    >named "Diamond Dust"?  It's written by B. Holland -- anybody who that
    >is?  It's really touching piece of music.  Feels 5/4.  The melody and
    >changes just stay with you!
    
    Well, I suppose it could be Brian Holland (of the legendary Tamla
    Motown songwriting team Holland/Dozier/Holland). I don't know of him
    writing a song called "Diamond Dust", nor have I heard of him writing
    anything specially for Jeff Beck.
    
    Then again, if Beck covered "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" and
    "Superstition" (among others), then I wouldn't be too surprised.
    
    Dom

    It's probably Brian Holland as you guessed.  Don't know any other "B.
    Holland".  That name rings a bell.  Though I've never heard of "Tamla".
    This tune is far far far from Motown!
    
    /paul