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Results for Jeff BeckAs a member of classic rock outlets like the Yardbirds and the Jeff Beck Group, Jeff Beck shone brightly. On the other hand, most critics will agree that as a solo artist given free reign over his work, Beck has been less consistent. One thing is for sure: Jeff Beck is one of the most skilled guitar players around, wide open to musical experiment, and his early work foreshadowed a number of genres including over-the-top blues/rock, fusion and metal. "Finding ways to use the same guitar people have been using for 50 years to make sounds that no one has heard before is truly what gets me off. I love it when people hear my music but can't figure out what instrument I'm playing. What a cool compliment," Beck has said. If those are his musical goals, he has certainly achieved them....more
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by Keith Altham•April 30, 2008•
The Yardbirds were in no mood for pulling punches when I called on them in their dressing room at the Ready, Steady, Go! studios in Wembley Park. Keith Relf expressed the desire that they should be "the first group to tell the truth" and that he was tired of "watered down interviews which said nothing."
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by Paul Williams•December 12, 2007•
Originally published in Issue #6 of Crawdaddy!
John Lee Hooker, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, and Detroit, Michigan, is one of America’s best-known blues singers. He sings and plays in an intensely personal style that is neither Chicago nor Delta; he has performed in almost every club and recorder for practically every blues label in the world.
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by Dinky Dawson•October 10, 2007•
On Saturday, September 15, 1973, Lou Reed played in an area of London called Crystal Palace with the J. Geils Band and Jeff Beck Group. This gig was held outside on the green, the wooden stage located a mere hundred yards
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by Max Mobley•September 26, 2007•
My first ever guitar amp was a classic Fender Twin Reverb with Celestion speakers. It was big, it was heavy (as in weight, not sound), it was loud, it had tubes (or valves, if you’re European), and I had no clue how to use it. Oh sure, I could plug in my Japanese Fender Strat knock-off and make sound
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by Paul Williams•July 11, 2007•
Let me tell you about popsicle sticks. To me, a major aspect of rock ‘67 is the tightness of the new groups. By tightness, I mean the feeling of wholeness a group projects when they’re onstage (or in a recording studio)...
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4/30/2008
needless to say this mahavishnu stuff is amazing. what an incredible flashback and what incredible music.
i was...
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4/25/2008
Hi There, just to ask if there is even the remotest chance of the legendary Fillmore shows by the Jeff Beck Group ever...
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4/24/2008
Re the calls for more Led Zeppelin, I totally agree having seen them on their first UK tour. HOWEVER! Afew months...
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4/12/2008
Amen to that brother. Love to hear some live Ponty and Michael Walden era Mahavishnu. They toured with Zappa and Jeff...
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3/26/2008
What is "over rated?", and who cares.
Someone said "it's just an opinion"...How about I throw a few stupid comments...
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