Jeff Beck's Performance and interview 1974

[@billyz5088]

Beck eventually came to prefer the Stratocaster over Gibson guitars - but his sound on a Les Paul was amazing. It's sometimes easy to forget just how accomplished a player he already was by the early 70's - JB was already a living legend for many years - now he's a forever legend .. ~~ RIP JB ~~

[@kenlieberman4215]

He played a Broadcaster while in the Yardbirds and for a while after.

[@daveguitarnowski4402]

@@kenlieberman4215 I read that the one he played in the Yardbirds he rented from the band, lol.

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

He also played a maple necked Strat during The Jeff Beck Group but played the Les Paul for the bulk of Blow By Blow.

[@guitarplayerstowohio]

A Gibson and a pick. He really reinvented himself.

[@mtadams2009]

I am in my 60s and I never remember Jeff not being a legend. As a kid he was already thought of as one of the best. Sadly missed for sure.

[@markmarsh27]

Jeff was The Greatest Player Ever because his red hot passion for music never cooled off. He has no Equal and never will.

[@psst...heyyou6508]

As a long time Jeff Beck fan and guitar player this is gold!!

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Yeah this is amazing.

[@RATCLIFFE-LISTENS]

I worked this and one more UPP Lp in the 70’s this performance is much better than the Band Sounded on Record. Beck was a complete legend nice man and humble. We really tried hard to get UPP airplay but to no avail. There were several excellent cuts on each one. This was around the Blow by Blow years. RIP Jeff

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

I agree that they sound much better here than on record.

[@dbgoldandsilver]

We did

[@SevenOf9-Seven]

Upp were great, I got their albums after seeing this performance and they are awesome. They were ahead of their time and it's a shame they didn't get better known.

[@carlhollenbeck7289]

I am very grateful for seeing Jeff Beck he is and will always be my favorite Guitar player with out a Doubt he was awesome R.I.P JEFF .

[@robertschueneman6799]

A bit ago a young person asked me who I thought was the best guitar player. I did not hesitate and said Jeff Beck ! That came straight out of my heart !!!!!!! R.F.S. !

[@kbmemphistennis127]

Eric Clapton agrees with you.

[@eivindgjengstjohansen9625]

​@@kbmemphistennis127Jimi Hendrix too

[@waltzguy14151]

really interesting to see Jeff back in the days when he still played with a pick.

[@Imnotthevillian77]

I was just going to say the same thing.

[@fernandomarmol4758]

Bien, fueron bastantes años hasta que logró desprenderse de ella....

[@fernandomarmol4758]

PD. Con los años, tambien se desprenció de las mangas....

[@1alb]

Most rock player would never play with such a clean guitar tone - this is brilliant, as is Jeff. R.I.P. 🎶❤️

[@davidsimoes2241]

it's not that clean

[@davidsimoes2241]

volume knob and touch dynamics

[@lorenmorgan1931]

As David said it's not clean, it's actually pretty high gain, especially for the year this was filmed, but the mids are cranked and and the presence, and highs are backed off, and it comes off like a cleaner sound. I will say, he plays extremly clean which has a lot to do with it.

[@johndeladurantaye1217]

Darling...its called the volume knob.......it really works, no joke, I mean it..I wouldn't lie to ya...

[@yinoveryang4246]

Most aren't capable. When you take away all the compression they get from the boxes and amps, just sounds a mess

[@dynjarren8355]

Beck playing a Les Paul! Wonderful! He was great on any model. RIP Jeff Beck 💐

[@Chris-kr2rn]

Jeff could probably play my sons shoe laces and sound the same . Ahh, RIP Jeff. Saw him in one of his last gigs . A dream came true .

[@timpenfield5]

GOODBYE JEFF, PEACE AND LOVE ON YOUR FINAL JOURNEY, AND THANKS FOR THE MUSIC.

[@ScottyKirk1]

Was lucky enough to see him twice in concert! With SRV double bill.

[@beachcomber4141]

If you have seen Spinal Tap, you can see where they got the character of Nigel Tufnel which Jeff apparently was not too happy about. But make no mistake, Jeff is your favorite guitar players favorite guitar player. No one played like Jeff and he just kept getting better and better. We lost one of the MAJOR greats.

[@jcdc6492]

Holy sheet. Its the exact scene! 🥳🤡

[@jefferyvnelson7144]

During the RARHOF induction of Jeff they were running through a memorial picture section with Jeff's music in the background and as pictures of Jeff in the past rolled through, one came up of Nigel popped and Jeff was laughing his ass off, so it appears he got over it. I always think of Jeff immediately when I see nigel.

[@graemeyetts3465]

Exactly right.My favourite player was Blackmore.He is on record as citing JB as the best. 🎉

[@dingushussey4100]

I have an old friend who was best mates with Jeff Beck for many years starting from when he was 17 and tried to buy a car from Jeff, over the years building some of Jeff's cars with him. Anyway he told me that Nigel Tuffnell was very specifically modelled on Jeff, and that in the largely unnoticed Spinal Tap 2 Jeff and Nigel meet, funnily enough with my mate Dave in the shot too.

[@jaysreview1]

I was totally thinking the same thing completely when I was watching this this😂

[@kravitz1999]

Jeff looks like a kid here! Always polite and soft spoken :)

[@johnpickett1790]

The bass break at 2:10 is SWEET!

[@stephenbailey8476]

1st time seeing this video , Jeff always knew the depth and breadth of his guitars and NEVER failed to caress the whole instrument

[@stratopastor_uk]

Thanks for this. I watched it when first broadcast. At the time I didn't realise what a great Nigel Tufnell impression Jeff could do.

[@clarkbowen9882]

Thanks for this video. Chris S. on keyboards, played at Jeff's memorial concert.Thank you Chris!

[@grimjim1774]

Jeff on an LP with a pick I love it!!!

[@twal69]

I don't think it really would have have mattered what he was playing, a tele, Strat, LP or a sitar he could have made it sound the same as if he was finger picking it out beating it with the hoof of a pig. He was an amazing guitarist.

[@chriscampbell9191]

Check out the Beck, Bogert & Appice vids, there are a couple live ones, he's playing a Les Paul with a pick on those, too.

[@davidsparks6146]

Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest)... really based his Spinal Tap character off of Jeff Beck for sure! Miss you already Jeff... what a talented and innovative guitarist.

[@batphink2655]

Jeff had a unique guitar sound and seems to be the first guitar player with a primitive 'Talkbox' right there amazing! RIP Jeff you were one of a kind!

[@BeantownToBigD]

And then came Frampton and Perry

[@Notes-From-Underground66]

Joe Walsh was using a talk box in 1973. It is on his album “The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get”. The song “Rocky Mountain Way” is the major track on the record. Jeff was using the Talk Bag in very early 1973. They produce the same result but work differently to get there. Jeff said as soon as he heard Frampton using the talk box he was never going to use the “bag” again.

[@karlsinclair9918]

Jeff was clearly the inspiration for spinal taps the amp volume goes to 11 scene..

[@georgetebbens3524]

It's a real treat for us guitar players to see JB show his gear. Despite the fact that his gear is merely a small fraction of his sound. JB's genius is in his touch. His mind. You can play the same axe, through the same amp, through the same pedals and never even hope to sound like JB. It's in the hands and mind.

[@jeffbrassard1268]

1st time seeing this video - thanks for posting this Jon Tesla. I don’t recognize the other musicians but I did see JB in USA around this time period. He was playing with Tim Bogart and Carmine Appice. RIP Jeff, thank you for all the wonderful music and for never caving into doing what the music execs wanted you to do.

[@jonwhite6414]

The most innovated guitar player in the world. Theres nothing jeff beck couldn't do. R.I.P jeff let your soul fly with the angels in rock&roll heaven.

[@fengshui7384]

Wow, I miss the stylish 70's.

[@susankirkland3852]

What a brilliantly interesting program that was. I feel sure all this information is very very old hat for guitar players but I’m not one and found it brilliant. Jeff had such a craving for innovation. The interviewer was great too. Without him we couldn’t have had the great explanations. Thanks for posting this up. Jeff so tall and skinny in those platforms 🙏❤️🎶For some reason the recording was in twice.

[@mjh5437]

He was still a shorty even in platform boots lol

[@byrdie47]

back to the days of "jeffs boogie". i almost forgot how good he sounded with a guitar pick. thx for posting............

[@lucasaparks888]

“It’s just going into my cake hole.” - Jeff Beck, of his talkbox contraption.

[@davidbuzzin426]

👍🇬🇧❤JEFF'S THE BEST 🎸❤GOD ❤BLESS RIP XOXOXOX

[@pilsnrimgaard2507]

A legend in his own time and forever more.

[@fucheduck]

I heard of BBA's songs on the radio back in 2004! Awesome stuff! so I decided to buy one of their albums. couldn't stop playing it! Still addictive!

[@surfgreen34]

A superb interview with a shy young man who we know will become a legend, these videos that sum up a whole life, on closer inspection are absolutely sad. Great guitar player, great man, a great loss.

[@jeshkam]

I think he was already a legend back then.

[@OldRunt]

What are you talking about?

[@therollband1290]

So original and ahead of their time

[@rustyshackleford9557]

Big Thanks for posting this!!! Man, Mr. Beck was the coolest. He sounds so great on this. Thanks again.🙏

[@guitarsofold100]

I am glad you enjoy it!

[@LoyalOpposition]

Thanks for keeping history alive! Can't ever get enough interviews!

[@tonysimmons5729]

I forgot about this stuff. Astounding!

[@cynthiamarston2208]

Im a simple rock and roll blues girl but I adore Jeff Beck

[@ChrisM541]

Huge thanks for this upload, never seen it before and that interviewer was actually very good. Cheers bud.

[@ricardojasso.sr.4020]

Only time will see a person use a better sound to make more sense on that my own music. Thank God for recording. Us on the outside.

[@kravitz1999]

the drums sound fantastic!!

[@michaelcavazuti3270]

Yes they fk do!!!

[@dommonte3507]

this is fantastic

[@artysanmobile]

“A vast selection of switches and gear”

[@mjh5437]

It goes to eleven.

[@MrMjp58]

I watched the original broadcast of this; mid ’74. I don’t think it was ever repeated by the BBC. I was probably at my most receptive at that time and loved every second of it. I seem to remember thinking (of the stars of the programme: Beck, Bream, Peña, Kessel, Renbourne), something like, ‘it won’t get any better than this’. For me, it never did.

[@tumenihits5438]

Not the complete performance, he also did 'She's a Woman' .... From a programme "The Five Faces of the Guitar", also with Paco Pena, Julian Bream, John Renbourn and Barney Kessel providing the other four faces.

[@armandogaspar7355]

o que dizer dizer de Jeff beck, monstro, simplesmente um dos melhores de todos os tempos, rip Jeff beck.

[@ionlarry-uz3yl]

is there anything this man cant play??? seriously. he took guitar places no one‘s ever taken it before. He’s so good it’s hard for most people to actually comprehend the level he’s on.

[@johnnybird7593]

People talk about the greats, and there are many. But in no universe has anyone ever been better than Beck... Period

[@jonno63]

i totally agree, it makes me mad when i see the Top 10 Top 50 guitarists , hes never in the catogory he should be in

[@Webbsongs]

Great to see and hear this…Thanks John! Someone said recently (was it Rick Beato?) that Jeff is the 'number one of one'… so true..and whenever l think I’ve cracked something new on the guitar l hear Jeff and have to go back to the drawing board.. any one else feel the same? .. and I’m 70 now.. well… gotta go and try again. Long Live Jeff Beck!

[@Ed9870]

Jeff with an early primitive talk box, which looks like the former body part of a herding animal. He was such an innovative genius.

[@daveguitarnowski4402]

I just assumed it was full of wine, lol

[@410142109]

Actually it was a Haggis!.

[@islandfocus2]

That's a nice Gibson LP! RIP Jeff Beck

[@EarthAltar]

Rig Rundown 1.0. R.I.P. Jeff Beck. Fretboard explorer extraordinaire.

[@easter_sunday]

That Les Paul sounds freaking awesome!

[@jblancomuro37]

Legendary Rock Guitarist R.I.P. Jeff Beck 🎸 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹✨✨✨✨✨🎶🎶🎸💝

[@juhajalosuo6250]

This must be the first ever recorded gear rundown :) .

[@braziliantvhd2768]

I'm convinced Christopher Guest watched this tech part

[@gregparrott]

This a great segment of Beck. And the video quality is better than other postings. But it ends at 10:21. After that, there's a pause and then the interview portion is repeated. Other sites have a longer segment, that shows Beck playing a song with the vocal bag.

[@craigbart7086]

Such a great guitar player rip Jeff one of my favs,

[@dolly5279]

Yes Jeff Beck was the best. Only one person, I have heard has been able to explain what Jeff does on his guitar, and he goes through it in detail at Ronnie Scots Club long after this recording here. Jeff goes into higher keys than anyone else; he uses the amp and goes to places no one dare to go with the amp, and he takes risks when he plays, but is so able that he makes one gasp! He gets sounds that no one else can play and goes higher and deeper, so it is like balancing on a knife edge!...So he creates notes that are higher and lower than anyone else. This description is not here but in the future. Yes he was very futuristic. He created nots that others did not dare create....too risky. Cynthia Allen-McLaglen

[@Ojb_1959]

I’m guessing he’s playing the same guitar he used on Blow By Blow the next year and in the making here.

[@user-n3i3w]

I like Beck's wolf-like appearance from this era! His unrivaled guitar style, like a lone wolf, is amazing!

[@williamsporing1500]

Jeff with a pick is hard for me to imagine lol The man was SO versatile. R.I.P. Jeff.

[@d.adonis4547]

Saw him 3xs mind blowing

[@Gerard-yt3dz]

Love this era of Beck. Les Paul baby!

[@stancoleshill8925]

At 6:55 the guy just starts amazing you on request. He can make the guitar do just what he wants . . . pretty cool.

[@gregsuarez5205]

Just one word. Incredible!!

[@EdGwhaddafook]

Saw Jeff Beck with UPP opening at the Burbank Amphitheater around this time. Great show but the worst traffic ever trying to get home. All side streets to and from the theater. Also saw Beck with Mahavishnu Orchestra (the Mk II big band version) opening at the Shrine Auditorium. That was an incredible show. Jeff was on another level as a player.

[@howardevans6302]

Upp was a British rock-jazz fusion band, active in the 1970s. The group was originally going to be called 3 UPP, and consisted of Stephen Amazing (bass guitar), Andy Clark (keyboards) and Jim Copley (drums). Jeff played on the debut album Upp, also producing the album

[@lerpack455]

Not a mention of the bass player Amazing Steve Amazing. R.l.P. The best ever

[@tompease8810]

GOD GIVEN TALENT PUT TO GREAT USE

[@FelipeZucco-e5s]

3:39 tudo muda... Eu te amo Jeff

[@davidallen346]

The highlight here is how clean sounding Jeff Beck's Ox blood Gibson Les Pal guitar is coupled with his picking technique

[@richardcabrera8958]

JB in his prime. Amazing!

[@chaval0718]

jesus! amazing

[@jvas5648]

The original Rig Rundown!!!

[@MeinFiesesEgo999]

The Mother of all Rig Rundowns!😄

[@rayhutto2063]

this one goes to eleven!

[@michaeltobin643]

@@rayhutto2063 LOL, absolutely! So funny, since Jeff passed (R.I.P), many commenters on YT vids where he's being interviewed are just realizing it, and putting together the connection with Nigel Tufnul of Spinal Tap. It certainly isn't a stretch...its pretty obvious who that character's based on.

[@petersamm59]

Great band!

[@mikemazariegos941]

Yes !! He was Outstanding !!!

[@mwalker3547]

Rest Easy Jeff...😪❤

[@lamelama12]

Blow by blow really introduced him to whole new fan base you can hear his influence on a few solo players around now

[@schtepke]

thx. seen excerpts of this, but not in this quality. ... and I did like that time too, when JB played the Oxblood with a pick...

[@familydogg1234]

Wow UPP!!

[@robzagar4275]

Fantastic video ! Thank you

[@johnferreira7419]

Jeff Beck is the first jazz fusion rock guitarist period, he taught me how arrangements are probably constructed, He is on my Mount Rushmore for Rock my others are Hendrix Page and, Van Halen.

[@burningmarl5664]

Stevie Ray could crush all of them. Also, JB was inspired to play instrumental jazz fusion after he heard Tommy Bolin shredding on Billy Cobham 's Spectrum album. Tommy could also eat Jeff and your other little heroes for breakfast. Stevie and Tommy both left this planet early cause they were too good for this world. RIP

[@morleymarcella3122]

Only one Jeff King of the Strat!

[@ChrisM541]

..and a wee bit special on the Les Paul ;)

[@jeffjeff4477]

I first got into JB when he played the LP, undeniable sound, i prefer it to the Fender actually. I think his runs were structured different in a good way imo Love it all though RIP Jeff Beck We all miss you

[@KoolKatDave]

‘You could go out for a bite and come back and still be hearing that sustain… ahhhhh!’

[@johncourtneidge]

Odd that the interview repeats after the radion mast, Subscribe, picture.

[@dmhughdie]

'The tube is just going into my cake hole'. Love it!

[@doricodzymha2787]

Bass: Stephen Amazing (Stephen Fields) and Drums: Jim Copley (RIP). Both from a British rock-jazz fusion band called Upp.

[@goodun2974]

Who is the keyboard player?

[@gregsuarez5205]

Who is the bass and drummer ? They are both totally awesome too!

[@lynnehanebach945]

Bass player was Stephen ( amazing ) Fields RIP. Drummer was Jim Copley RIP. The band was called UPP, made 2 LP's. Jeff Beck played on and produced the albums.

[@MeinFiesesEgo999]

This must probably be the first rig rundown ever in history 😂

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Wondrous guitar playing.

[@gregmcleish7220]

Great band,& interview. Gregmcleishgroup

[@sararichmond8476]

Oh, the bit where the interviewer almost touches Jeff's guitar...I expected Jeff to go"Don't touch it" then the guy say "I was just pointing at it" ..then Jeff: "Don't point..."

[@geminisundone]

😂😂👍 Pure Spinal Tap.

[@kaneaikua955]

You’re right about Spinal Tap The writers pull it on off this vid Especially about the volume control The actors only wish that they could actually play an instrument Jeff Beck’s attitude had been I do what I want when I want Maybe hasn’t gotten him the recognition he deserves until recently but has written, produce and performed for 5 decades still doing what he wanted until his unfortunate passing . RIP

[@counterbalancelife4305]

8:02 If you'll notice, he initially set that Ampeg to 10, but had to go to 11 for the feedback.

[@chiappettamark]

Pretty darn good. Apply to garage sound while working the cars.

[@jean-pierrelegrand2780]

,whaow ,mec oû as tu trouvé cela c'est juste extraordinaire , un petit trésor ton interview ,,merci !!!!!!

[@boataxe4605]

“And this one goes to 11”

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

3 pedals! Legend!

[@JimBedecs]

What are the best Is one of them Beautiful

[@jimmythefish]

The duct tape bridge really adds to the tone.

[@cigarboxguitar9519]

First time I've seen Jeff playing with a plectrum (pick).

[@georgetebbens3524]

Interesting observation: When JB counted the notes while playing through the voice box, he counted 1-14 instead of naming the scale tones, as in "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Octave, 9, 11, 13 and so on.