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by yngwie308 » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:39 pm
I have kind of used the forum being down to lick my wounds as it were,but I have read this debate over Jeff Beck,and I feel that I must weigh in.
I saw Jeff twice,the aformentioned Jeff Beck Group show,with Cozy Powell,Max Middleton,Clive Tench,ect.
Jeff on his Strat by then,unbelievable,then I saw BBA,was no more than 5 feet from Jeff,general admission.I really had a lesson in guitar playing that night,the famous '54 Oxblood Les Paul that the Chief and I both love,but he has one!!
When Tim Bogart's bass rig packed it in during the gig,Jeff played some unaccompanied scat blues playing that was truly masterful and was absolutely brilliant.
I think the issue is,a lot of guitarists just don't get Jeff,I don't know why really,but of the trio,Clapton,Page and himself,Jeff is the only one who continuously reinvents himself,and the other two freely admit,he is the one who has taken the music farther than anyone else.
Try playing a Strat with the trem floating up in mid air and obtain the microtonality that Jeff does.He can play Mary Had a Little Lamb,and it will bring tears to your eyes.
This arguement about fusion is silly,Jeff is living daily fusion!
He took the jazz/rock genre to a new level,with Jan Hammer,but had the time to admire and encourage the late,great Tommy Bolin.Tommy played his last gig in Miami the night before he died,with Jeff,as the support band.
Spectrum by Billy Cobham is brilliant,all Tommy,but the inspiration is from Jeff.
Anybody who slags off Jeff Beck,is opinionated and deaf to musical,magical guitar mastery.Is it always easy listening,no.But if you go with him,it is a journey well taken.
As far as the barrage of opinions lately,I became so upset and frustrated with it all,that I felt like leaving the forum.
On my Malmsteen forum,they said dissing EVH on this forum,was comparable to entering a gay bar and shouting,"I hate fags!"
I will never change my opinion,and sometimes think my emotions overide my brain when it comes to music,but that is why I love music,because opinions and the thinking/critical brain,can be left behind,to focus on the emotion of music.
Cheers to all,and come back Bainzy,I know you are at university,but surely you have a computer there,lol!!
Regards
Yngwie308