Why Jeff Beck?

[Volumneknobber]

#1- History
#2- Originality
#3- Adaptability
#4- Knows how to assemble a band
#5- Women dig him (check his history working with the gals)
#6- The hair remains a mystery

 

[motowntom]

G.O.A.T......
Cheers

 

[PFunk]

I read an interview once where Clapton, when comparing his contemporary peers said something like "There's something about ole’ Becky that beats them all...”

 

[guitarjazz]

Cause he can pull off Nadia, and almost be as sublime as Nicki Wells' voice?

 

[DGDGBD]

he is an amazingly talented guitarist and puts on a great live show. I saw him a few times, including on the 1989 Beck/SRV tour and it was a mind blowing performance.

 

[NorCal_Val]

He’s one of a kind.
And yeah, if you’re talking G.O.A.T., he has to be in the conversation, or you’re not being intellectually honest.

 

[Cactus Bob]

Because . . . the first time I saw Beck was on the Blow by Blow tour in '75 on a double bill with The Mahavishnu Orchestra and my second was with The Jan Hammer Group in '76. I was into The Yardbirds in the 60's.

 

[Back at it]

An all time fav…. No one like him

but I’m thinking Grecian formula or strait up toupe and last time I saw him I was in the second row on his side….

but I could care less except it’s jet black

 

[Laurence]

He's consistently at the top of his game?

 

[abby_normal]

Cruised the backroads at age 16 in SE Michigan listening to four bootleg track tapes over and over for the summer. Jeff Beck Truth was one of them.

 

[GenoVox]

Because nobody else plays quite like him… not then, not now

Even back in his Rod Stewart days, when he was doing - in theory - the same thing everybody else was… (ie: Les Paul thru a Marshall, in a Blues/Rock format). His tone, phrasing and approach was still completely unique and identifiable

 

[AaeCee]

Because . . . the first time I saw Beck was on the Blow by Blow tour in '75 on a double bill with The Mahavishnu Orchestra and my second was with The Jan Hammer Group in '76. I was into The Yardbirds in the 60's.

Seeing Beck and McLaughlin on the same night ... I dunno man, my head may have exploded. Must have been quite the spectacle!

 

[Schlep]

No one does it like Beck.

 

[Cactus Bob]

Seeing Beck and McLaughlin on the same night ... I dunno man, my head may have exploded. Must have been quite the spectacle!

Yes mind blown . . . and McLaughlin joined Beck for the finale!

 

[Toolmaster Of Brainerd]

#4- Knows how to assemble a band

This one especially for me. His lineup is always rock solid A+ musicians and he makes sure they all get their time in the spotlight.

 

[Little_Wing]

The guy went from blues to rock to fusion and had great success with all three genres. Jack of all trades, master of all!

 

[Laurence]

'64 or '65?



Killer slide, just like today.

 

[Monkeyboy23]

Beck and Page learned to play guitar together.
I can't even imagine what the odds of two kids hanging out, listening to records and copping licks together, and both becoming absolute giants of the instrument are.

 

[Frond]

I cant stand the way he plays a Strat. love him on a Les Paul

 

[shallbe]

If you have to ask, you don’t know.