Oh, No, Not Jeff!!!!

TVvoodoo said:
I have Truth/Beck-o-la, Blow by Blow, Wired and Flash in my LP collection. I too am saddened pretty deeply by Becks passing.

Also I figured I'd drop pics of this acid-inspired handbill I took in trade years ago, from the Summer of '68 I need to get framed somehow. The front of this handbill promotes the Yardbirds after Jimmy Page was left as lone guitarist for the band after Beck suddenly quit the previous summer It was Page who had recommended the Yardbirds pick up Beck after Clapton left for the Bluesbreakers then Cream.

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But, this was one of the Yardbirds final gigs before the band imploded and Page formed The New Yardbirds, which soon after became Zeppelin.

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It's interesting that on the reverse side of the handbill the Jeff Beck Group was slated to rock the venue a couple months later after the Yardies

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I'm told the autograph on the card is none other than Wilt the Stilt, famous for one thing, oh and basketball too, of course
All this pretty fresh in my mind as I recently finished this bio of Led Zep - I'm a bit of a sucker for rock history, and Beck is certainly
has his place in it, though it seems clear he was a bit of an outlier in his younger days, (weren't we all?), and as he matured he
settled down a bit personality wise, but never seemed to settle as an artist, that's for sure.
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That is the coolest thing I've seen this month!
 
You know?
The coolest thing about Mr. Beck is that he never stagnated, he always pushed forward on to new things.
He always fearlessly reinvented himself; the music, he never became old.

Saw him just before the pandemic...
playing with band members grown not even 1/2 his age --having a great time with it. Grinning ear to ear amps all cranked up. Polite, reserved, humble guy very soft spoken.

We thought of him as the greatest living guitar player.
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
You know?
The coolest thing about Mr. Beck is that he never stagnated, he always pushed forward on to new things.
He always fearlessly reinvented himself; the music, he never became old.

Saw him just before the pandemic...
playing with band members grown not even 1/2 his age --having a great time with it. Grinning ear to ear amps all cranked up. Polite, reserved, humble guy very soft spoken.

We thought of him as the greatest living guitar player.
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That's my sentiment exactly: when Jimi passed on, Jeff Beck held that crown from there on. When the likes of Dave Gilmour, Tony Iommi, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Billy Gibbons, Kirk Hammett, Steve Vai to name just a few, bow their heads in tremendous respect; it shows the magnitude of this loss.

Jeff was known as the guitar players guitar player and that's pretty apt.
 
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Far Rider said:
I don't remember where I heard this story about how Jeff started playing without a pick, but it was something like he was performing and lost his pick in the middle of a set and just kept playing using his thumb and fingers. At the end of the set he decided he liked it much better and the rest is history.
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I have tried it.. but I just can’t do it with any authority.
A true master of the fretboard Jeff will be missed by many of us and more.
R.I.P.
 
Such a bummer. He was an inspirational guitarist, as he was ever evolving and not sitting on his laurels. I only saw him twice. In 1980 on the There and Back tour, and then in 2009 when he was supporting the Live at Ronnie Scott's DVD. Both shows were very different, however both amazing. His playing was mesmerizing.
 
dmatthews said:
I just wanna know where Johnny Depp was at the time...
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Too soon?
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It was a joke guys... no disrespect.
Hopefully when I snuff it everyone will be making jokes and laughing at my wake.
Obviously I'm no Jeff, but we're all human, and the thing everyone reading this has in common is that we are all still here.
My joke timing is under construction.
Jeff Beck was (and still is) a King among us.
Peace.
 
dmatthews said:
It was a joke guys... no disrespect.
Hopefully when I snuff it everyone will be making jokes and laughing at my wake.
Obviously I'm no Jeff, but we're all human, and the thing everyone reading this has in common is that we are all still here.
My joke timing is under construction.
Jeff Beck was (and still is) a King among us.
Peace.
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Lol you're fine man, there was no offense taken. But speaking of Johnny, this fits the mood. I mentioned it on another thread about Robbie Knievel passing too. All the heroes are leaving

 
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