After a brief period in which, together with the singer Chris Dreja, he coincided in the Yardbirds with his friend but also a rival Jimmy Page, Beck put together his own band, The Jeff Beck Group that included Rod Stewart on vocals and Ron Wood on second guitar. . Beck then tried heavy rock in the trio Beck, Bogert and Appice, but was in a car accident that put him out of action for nearly two years.
His depression was not helped by Jimmy Page playing wilder versions of the same blues classics on Led Zeppelin, and then in 1975 George Martin, the producer of the Beatles, came along and gave him the rare opportunity to revolutionize the electric guitar for a second time. time in his career. In two masterful albums, “Blow by blow” and “Wired” he showed that jazz rock did not have to be pretentious like other more intellectual examples of the era. For the second of these records he summoned Czechoslovak synth expert Jan Hammer, thanks to whom his new sounds were performed live on another masterpiece “Jeff Beck With The Jan Hammer Group, Live”.
Over time, Beck, who died Tuesday night of meningitis at the age of 78, left a limbo as a virtuoso summoned by other more famous rock stars, for example Rod Stewart, with whom he turned a cover of “People Get” into a hit. Ready” by Curtis Mayfeld, or also Roger Waters when he separated from Pink Floyd. He never stopped making great records, including a tribute to his hero Gene Vincent. His latest work came out last year with his friend Johnny Depp, with whom he had put together a curious duet. The Argentine public was able to appreciate his gift for the guitar in a couple of visits to Luna Park.
The perfect stereotype of the guitar hero, Jeff Beck was brilliantly parodied in the comedic pseudo-documentary “This is Spinal Tap”, where a very similar guitarist shows off his collection of instruments, including a guitar he has never played and cannot even play. look, and a speaker made to order by Marshall that, unlike all of them, which have the volume from 1 to 10, gets to sound at volume 11.
Source: Ambito
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