I remember People Get Ready and Ambitious from the MTV days. My older brother played me Cause We've Ended As Lovers. Great tone on that one. What are some good songs or records you'd recommend for people who don't know a lot about JBs work?
Never got into Jeff Beck, where to start?
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Couldn't have said it better ^. I mentioned to my wife as I was leaving this morning that I wanted to dig the Live at Ronnie Scott's DVD out of a box in storage. I saw him in Detroit and he had such a great band during that period.
I suggest you start with Live at Ronnie Scotts
Then go through most of the rest and make sure to get different eras:
Truth
Blow by Blow
Jeff
Loud Hailer
Emotion & Commotion
Then go through most of the rest and make sure to get different eras:
Truth
Blow by Blow
Jeff
Loud Hailer
Emotion & Commotion
Blow-by-Blow / Wired / There and Back >> three excellent albums to start with. Check out Guitar Shop as well, a more recent album. If you liked "Cause We Ended as Lovers", you'll probably enjoy "Where Were You" off of GS.
I have heard some of Beck off an on over the years and have given him a new listen in view of his death but have never connected with his music, as much as I recognize his great talent.
Start at Truth, and work your way forward. I never really got into The Yardbirds all that much.
I bought these three albums at the same time when I was a teenager:
Blow By Blow
Wired
There and Back
Immediately hooked for life.
I bonded with BbB and T&B right away, whereas Wired was a more acquired taste for my 16 yr old ears. A year or so later, I was a Wired nerd. At that point, I started trying to find any and all JB recordings I could scrounge.
Blow By Blow
Wired
There and Back
Immediately hooked for life.
I bonded with BbB and T&B right away, whereas Wired was a more acquired taste for my 16 yr old ears. A year or so later, I was a Wired nerd. At that point, I started trying to find any and all JB recordings I could scrounge.
I really connected to Wired in a big way about 10 years ago and it's been my fav ever since.
With that said I need to spend more time with some of the others myself. Guitar shop is a great one as well.
With that said I need to spend more time with some of the others myself. Guitar shop is a great one as well.
You'll get all kinds of good advice on recordings. My advice? Go down the YouTube rabbit hole with Mr.Beck. He was special recorded. He was "whole nuther level" live. And he always had a bangin' band.
Well, for accessibility for the uninitiated I’d suggest:
She’s a woman and Freeway jam from blow by blow.
Then maybe move on to Cause we’ve ended as lovers, and Diamond Dust from the same album.
See if anything works for you.
if you want more rock try Beck Bogert and Appice, more rock with Vocals try shapes of things or truth.
more fusion try wired
more of everything try guitar shop
more 50s try “with Imelda may”…
She’s a woman and Freeway jam from blow by blow.
Then maybe move on to Cause we’ve ended as lovers, and Diamond Dust from the same album.
See if anything works for you.
if you want more rock try Beck Bogert and Appice, more rock with Vocals try shapes of things or truth.
more fusion try wired
more of everything try guitar shop
more 50s try “with Imelda may”…
Totally agree.
Also - here he is in 2006 at House of Blues with some absolute monster players. Absolutely love this album. Covers a lot of ground and the tone and playing (from everyone) is just staggering.
Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, Pino Palladino on bass, Jason Robello on keys.
