I guess performing with this woman soured him on the whole thing...

Who needs that?!?! WHO NEEDS THAT?!?!?!?!

I'm not a Jeff Beck fan per se, I casually like him, but I saw him back up Kelly Clarkson on some music show a couple of years ago -- just her with him, no band -- and the things he did were just farking astonishing. It was slow song with him playing all kinds of cool harmonics and tones. I'd love to find that on Youtube.

the concert channel on Dish Network (farking LOVE that channel) recently put his "Jeff Beck At Ronnie Scott's" in heavy rotation. it was ok. he had several folks sit in, the only i recall being Imogene Heap, who is farking amazingly HOT in addition to having a great voice).

his bass player looked like a 15 year old girl. she was good though. but she seriously looked like a freaking 8th grader.

Jeff seems like a bit of a hermit who would prefer to spend his life working on his cars out in the country when he's not playing his guitar. He totally wouldn't have fit in with the Stones, so good on him.

So instead of being a millionaire Rolling Stone and, as he said, possibly dead... he's merely the greatest living guitar player right now. Seems to have worked out well for him.

jdog71: I guess performing with this woman


Say what you want, Rod Stewart probably farked more hot women than anyone in the thread ever will.


/Jeff Beck is good, but I just don't like most of his solo stuff.

rickythepenguin: his bass player looked like a 15 year old girl. she was good though. but she seriously looked like a freaking 8th grader.

Her name is Tal Wilkenfeld, she's about 23 from Australia. Or Austria. Whatever.

http://www.talwilkenfeld.com

his bass player looked like a 15 year old girl

I believe that bass player is his daughter; saw them on PBS when they ran Clapton's Crossroads festival, Beck is one hell of a guitarist.

Fark needs a "duh" tag.

shanteyman:
I believe that bass player is his daughter; saw them on PBS when they ran Clapton's Crossroads festival, Beck is one hell of a guitarist.

Not his daughter. Tal Wilkenfeld (as stated above). Amazing musician in her own right. Bass Player Magazine seems to like her, in that they named her 2008's Most Exciting New Player.

[pic of Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen playing X-Box]

Not his daughter. Tal Wilkenfeld

Yep, that's her !

"you know how i know you're gay?"

shanteyman: Not his daughter. Tal Wilkenfeld

Yep, that's her !

Are you trying to say that Tal is Jeff's daughter? That's not the case.

ZoSo_the_Crowe: Jeff seems like a bit of a hermit who would prefer to spend his life working on his cars out in the country when he's not playing his guitar. He totally wouldn't have fit in with the Stones, so good on him.

So instead of being a millionaire Rolling Stone and, as he said, possibly dead... he's merely the greatest living guitar player right now. Seems to have worked out well for him.

I can't tell you enough, how true this is. He is one of the greatest guitarists out there, and a truly great person to work with. That's hard to come by in the music world.

Just found this link to a Beck show today from the highly underrated second JBG lineup, had to share it the moment I heard the sound quality, which is out of this world for a bootleg:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9HX2016S

Dig.

And the world is better for his choice, I say
/also he spent most of his $$$$$ renovating this fantastic old English country house, in addition to the cars he's restored
//nice to see the love here for Beck-ola
///has no kids, though AFAIK

Roy Buchanan was offered the spot as well, but his absolute coont of a wife, made him turn it down.

he's merely the greatest living guitar player right now.

Tru dat!

Also, just wanted to say, Jeff's latest album, Live At Ronnie Scott's is a farking live guitar clinic. If you'd like to hear why I call him the greatest living guitarist, get this. Improvised sonic mayhem at its finest.

Perhaps, unlike his amazing guitar prowess, he just didn't know how to operate a woman properly...

/Just watched 'HOLLAND DOC' (Zappa documentary on youtube) where one of Frank's groupies (the one who gets the vacuum hose up her snatch) says she got drunk at a party & Jeff Beck had her pee on his chest.

I dunno, he could have figured out how to balance the partying and the music, but I'm having a hard time mentally superimposing his style on anything the Stones have done since 1974. Ron Wood was a better fit, though he doesn't have 10% of Beck's chops.

The Stones are a just a great(est) band, but not necessarily a showcase for a guitar prodigy.

H31N0US: The Stones are a just a great(est) band, but not necessarily a showcase for a guitar prodigy.

They were a pretty good showcase for Mick Taylor...

rickythepenguin: I'm not a Jeff Beck fan per se, I casually like him, but I saw him back up Kelly Clarkson on some music show a couple of years ago -- just her with him, no band -- and the things he did were just farking astonishing. It was slow song with him playing all kinds of cool harmonics and tones. I'd love to find that on Youtube.

Is this it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb6F-97_-Hk

Yeah, turn that down. Riiiiiight.

Basically I don't believe this.

Over the years I read stories about 10-20 people out that claim to have been offered the job before Ron Wood finally took it and that just doesn't seem possible or likely.

Like Ron Wood was the 11th or 21st choice? Or even the 4th or 5th?

Yeah, I kinda doubt that.

ZoSo_the_Crowe: Jeff seems like a bit of a hermit who would prefer to spend his life working on his cars out in the country when he's not playing his guitar. He totally wouldn't have fit in with the Stones, so good on him.

he's merely the greatest living guitar player right now.



Page, Gilmour, Clapton and Townshend all dropped dead recently? BB King too?

Coco LaFemme: Page, Gilmour, Clapton and Townshend all dropped dead recently? BB King too?

Page: Hand-eye coordination is FARKED from years of drug abuse. This is coming from a person with ZoSo in their login name.

Gilmour: He's great at what he does but he'd be the first to admit that he can't do 1/4 of the things Jeff can with a guitar.

Clapton: There's a bootleg going around of two nights from Jeff's Ronnie Scott's run which the recent live album is culled from. On it is two songs where Jeff and Clapton exchange solos. Clapton gets embarassed. Jeff is so much better it's disgusting.

Townshend: You can't be an average soloist and be the greatest living guitarist. You just can't. Top 3 living rhythm guitarist, alongside Keith Richards and Rich Robinson.

BB King: Revered for his influence more than his skill. Again, great at what he does, but what he does is limited.

Jeff has it all: prodigal technical ability, unmatched "feel" and ability to emote through the instrument, a 40+ year body of work, and a profound influence stemming from an 100% unique style all his own. You can tell it's him from the first phrase of a solo.

mfaby: Over the years I read stories about 10-20 people out that claim to have been offered the job before Ron Wood finally took it and that just doesn't seem possible or likely.

Like Ron Wood was the 11th or 21st choice? Or even the 4th or 5th?

Yeah, I kinda doubt that.

Why don't you believe it? Ron isn't even very good. The Stones were never the same without Mick Taylor IMO.

Also, how many guitarists can you think of who are still growing as musicians 40 years into their career like Jeff is? Jeff has embraced electronic music in his last three albums, the most radical shift in musical style I can think of from a musician over 40 years into their career. Even more impressive is the very clear improvement of Jeff's handle on the style evident in his last studio album, Jeff, which is light-years beyond Who Else in terms of successfully meshing his guitar style with electronic music. The man is innovating into his sixties rather than resting on his laurels like, well, like Page, Gilmour, Clapton, Townshend, and King ;). That is true greatness.

ZoSo_the_Crowe: Coco LaFemme: Page, Gilmour, Clapton and Townshend all dropped dead recently? BB King too?

Page: Hand-eye coordination is FARKED from years of drug abuse. This is coming from a person with ZoSo in their login name.

Gilmour: He's great at what he does but he'd be the first to admit that he can't do 1/4 of the things Jeff can with a guitar.

Clapton: There's a bootleg going around of two nights from Jeff's Ronnie Scott's run which the recent live album is culled from. On it is two songs where Jeff and Clapton exchange solos. Clapton gets embarassed. Jeff is so much better it's disgusting.

Townshend: You can't be an average soloist and be the greatest living guitarist. You just can't. Top 3 living rhythm guitarist, alongside Keith Richards and Rich Robinson.

BB King: Revered for his influence more than his skill. Again, great at what he does, but what he does is limited.

Jeff has it all: prodigal technical ability, unmatched "feel" and ability to emote through the instrument, a 40+ year body of work, and a profound influence stemming from an 100% unique style all his own. You can tell it's him from the first phrase of a solo.

And because of those factors, he passed on unlimited chicks and booze?

//Bad call, Jeff.

ZoSo_the_Crowe: Also, how many guitarists can you think of who are still growing as musicians 40 years into their career like Jeff is? Jeff has embraced electronic music in his last three albums, the most radical shift in musical style I can think of from a musician over 40 years into their career. Even more impressive is the very clear improvement of Jeff's handle on the style evident in his last studio album, Jeff, which is light-years beyond Who Else in terms of successfully meshing his guitar style with electronic music. The man is innovating into his sixties rather than resting on his laurels like, well, like Page, Gilmour, Clapton, Townshend, and King ;). That is true greatness.

Spinal Tap moved over to experimental jazz at one point. That has to be just as impressive.

Thoroughly..
Jeff Beck had her pee on his chest.

I hope He washed it off by now. peee-u!

ZoSo_the_Crowe 2009-06-12 12:59:38 AM
mfaby: Over the years I read stories about 10-20 people out that claim to have been offered the job before Ron Wood finally took it and that just doesn't seem possible or likely.

Like Ron Wood was the 11th or 21st choice? Or even the 4th or 5th?

Yeah, I kinda doubt that.

Why don't you believe it? Ron isn't even very good. The Stones were never the same without Mick Taylor IMO.


Why do I doubt that Ron Wood was the Stones' 4th, 5th, 11th or 21st choice?

Because I think Ron -all those years ago - had too much pride to put up with being chosen or thought of that far down the line.

And yeah, Mick Taylor ftw.
Downloaded something like 125+ tracks of Stones stuff and there is a very early version of Leather Jacket - 2-3 years before Mick put it on his first record. Interesting to see how it got worked on.

Plus an 11 minute studio version of Miss You and a 9 studio version of When the Whip Comes Down. Great stuff.

ZoSo_the_Crowe: mfaby: Over the years I read stories about 10-20 people out that claim to have been offered the job before Ron Wood finally took it and that just doesn't seem possible or likely.

Like Ron Wood was the 11th or 21st choice? Or even the 4th or 5th?

Yeah, I kinda doubt that.

Why don't you believe it? Ron isn't even very good. The Stones were never the same without Mick Taylor IMO.

Ronnie is a booze/drug/woman hound, some of the craziest hair in rock, and one of the few guys out there that could possibly deal with Keith Richards on his horrible drug binges. More importantly, his older brother was close with Charlie Watts years before the Stones even formed.

I saw him on stage with Jeff and Jimmy a few months ago, and he seemed to hold his own.

Always like him in the Jeff Beck Group, and more impressive in The Faces.

He'll mention numerous times, that neither him or Keith are good individual guitarists, but it isn't the point. As a whole they are great. Not many can play a slide guitar like Ron.

Came in for 40 yo virgin pic, leaving satisfied.

+1 internets, NittLion78.

They should have bribed him with a classice muscle car. he would have done it then!

when I was in high school me and another guy painted the cover of Guitar Shop as a mural in our art classroom.




/You Had It Coming is a good album too

I just don't know if I have it in me to forgive Jeff Beck for his Flash album.

what...the...fark.

I kind of like some of his stuff, but the over kill radio play of Loser and where it's at kind of ruined it for me.

jicon: ZoSo_the_Crowe: mfaby: Over the years I read stories about 10-20 people out that claim to have been offered the job before Ron Wood finally took it and that just doesn't seem possible or likely.

Like Ron Wood was the 11th or 21st choice? Or even the 4th or 5th?

Yeah, I kinda doubt that.

Why don't you believe it? Ron isn't even very good. The Stones were never the same without Mick Taylor IMO.

Ronnie is a booze/drug/woman hound, some of the craziest hair in rock, and one of the few guys out there that could possibly deal with Keith Richards on his horrible drug binges. More importantly, his older brother was close with Charlie Watts years before the Stones even formed.

I saw him on stage with Jeff and Jimmy a few months ago, and he seemed to hold his own.

Always like him in the Jeff Beck Group, and more impressive in The Faces.

He'll mention numerous times, that neither him or Keith are good individual guitarists, but it isn't the point. As a whole they are great. Not many can play a slide guitar like Ron.

Ronnie was working with Mick taylor on Micks solo stuff
Ronnie started hanging with keef and Mick J and they all hit it off

Mick T complained to Mick J he wasn't getting song writing credits and split

end of story .
Ronnie is a perfect fit as a stone, better fit than Mick T anyways

"Sad" tag is troll tag. Beck went on to record "Blow by Blow" and "Blue Wind," which basically changed the course of rock history. If he'd joined the Stones he would have had to keep banging out simplistic riffs and solos behind Keef. (Not that I'm knocking the Stones, but Ronnie Wood was actually a much better fit for their music.)

mloree: I kind of like some of his stuff, but the over kill radio play of Loser and where it's at kind of ruined it for me.

71 or 72, whenever Argent had the hit "Hold Your head Up." Gaelic Park, Bronx, NY. Flash opened then Argent played, then Beck. Damn near an hour before he showed up drunk, played 30 minutes and split. The band was Beck, Bogart, Appice, Max Middleton and the singer was a blond-haired guy named Kim something or other who was also an actor. He starred in a few of those videotaped horror movies ABC used to show at 11:30 PM in those days. So this band came in between the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogart and Appice. Too bad jeff disappointed us so.

Billy.. ..cover of Guitar Shop..

Yeah, that is one of My favorite covers. I envy You being able to paint that. I keep trying to teach Myself drawing, I'm improving a tiny bit; I'm past stickmen and up to an ~eight year-old's level.
untalented eight year-old, that is.