Jimmy Page & Jeff Beck interview - The Ivors 2014

We chat to rock 'n' roll legends Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck about their lives, loves and musical obsessions.
This video was filmed for M magazine by One Dead Pixel.
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[@timallbritton7329]

Jimmy Page always comes off as such a nice guy. Hats off to him. And Jeff Beck - a true original. I don’t think anyone can equal him.

[@SuperLuckao]

I think satriani comes very close

[@oscarsotelo8548]

Well Said

[@Martin-iv6lq]

Jimmy Page always comes off as a nice guy. Especially to the 14 year girls he fucks.

[@simonkeyse8185]

@@SuperLuckao who's he?

[@tiffsaver]

Even more impressive than Jeff's own words, were the words of his friend, Jimmy Page. The epitomy of class and gentility.

[@EdwardxNashton]

tiffsaver epitome of class *

[@eargasm1072]

Two masters of rock guitar...and both come across as genuine, down to earth guys, no pretense or snobbery at all.

[@ffrederickskitty214]

Jeff is the guitarists’ guitarist. The man is a legend

[@KendraAndTheLaw]

Yep

[@paistebob3163]

Hundreds of years from now people will look on it Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck as the modern day Beethoven, Bach and Mozart of our times. We are fortunate to have them here in our lifetimes. RIPJeff Beck

[@sarat10ms58]

jimmy is so humble and i love their relationship

[@lizbourn4192]

sarat10m s Jimmy is telling the truth when he says JB has mastered his style and there’s no-one like him.......Jeff Beck us an amazing musician and generous to others who want to play with him. He’s a true great with no ego.

[@samueladams1775]

They are two brothers from different mothers.

[@MissPepsi-pc5ox]

Well! Everyone knows how nice and much loveable person he is! (James) He might just shine on him not truthly what we think he is! He looks mean and sometimes he don't like to be around!🤔 Scary, match with Scarlett Sabot 😳!

[@impala327]

Two of the most humble, in a way,and yet legendary guitarists.

[@edfou5]

Stuns me that people on this page get their knickers so in a twist about Jeff dying his hair. Really? The guy's still out there destroying audiences, every serious guitarist still worships at his feet, he's universally viewed as a master virtuoso... and you're bitching about hair dye? Very sad.

[@misanthrop1958]

These people are obviously insanely jealous of Jeff as a guitar genius and the masterful art he has produced in all these years. So they are looking desperately for something negative to say about him. To criticize the fact that he may dye his hair ( at the age of 70!!) shows how poor and pathetic these individuals are...

[@mooniejohnson]

Seriously? People get pissed about that? Lordy.

[@bluestate69]

if he was a woman, then nobody would be talking about it. its funny how many double standards there are for men compared to women, and vice versa.

[@juliestrauss5988]

edfou5 actually I read it is a wig, but really is that the most important thing about jeff? I think not!!!

[@tiffsaver]

+edfou5 Who gives fuck about if he dyes his hair or not?? I use Just For Men to get the young chicks. Hah!

[@iggyfritz8796]

There are many great guitar players. Jeff and Jimmy are guitar Gods!!! Long live Rock n Roll!!!!

[@williamsawyer6206]

Two of the greatest guitar players there ever was!! I like many players, but these two, Page and Beck are very much like lifetime friends!!!

[@dolly5279]

I remember our Music teacher at our Sutton East Secondary school talking about Mozart and other famous composers, in front of myself and others in my class including Jeff Beck!! Yes!! and how difficult it would be to be like the great Bach and Mozart, and here and now after Jeff Beck's passing we can still see and hear what he has achieved on KZbin and hear people say that Jeff Beck is; A Great Example of a Great Musician, WHO HAS HAD INFLUENCE OF MANY OTHERS!! THERE YOU GO JEFF!1 What an amazing memory this will be for me. i FELT i KNEW WHERE HE WAS HEADING AND i WAS CORRECT! i WAS JUST TOO SHY TO TELL HIM. Cynthia Allen McLaglen

[@dufocar566]

Oh yes, Jimmy Page. You have made me and thousands of others sooooo happy with your music. You are so classic, so beautiful. Always recognize talent in others. You are superb!!!

[@sicotshit7068]

He never puts others down, while some others feel the need to. That among everything else, makes Jimmy the greatest.

[@ryand9873]

Jeff Beck, the greatest British rock guitarist ever, nuff said

[@patriciacestare232]

I love them both. they made me who I am a guitarist and teacher. I met. Jeff in NJ many years ago. so sweet he is.and so real. nothing fake about him. and so unique as a guitarist.

[@jonp3890]

Patricia Cestare Oh, yeah, WAAAYYY unique. Nobody sounds anything like that guy.

[@eargasm1072]

Exactly the impression I get of both men in any interviews i've seen...real and down to earth!

[@tonygarcia7812]

I first saw Jeff Beck at the Music Hall theater in Boston in 1971. I was a teenager working there as an usher operating the elevator -- transporting stoned hippies from the orchestra level to the theater's upper reaches - and was lucky enough to meet Mr. Beck and his bandmates backstage. A wonderful person whose bravura performance has stayed with me ever since. I anticipate every musical direction of his with the same awe I held in 1971. More than any musician I've heard, Mr. Beck's music can move me to tears, as with "'Cause We've Ended As Lovers," and to sheer joy, as with "Scatterbrain" (especially the version on "Live At Ronnie Scott's"). He is an artist with wondrous, limitless talent. Never stop playing, Mr. Beck. Never stop.

[@tulsatombob2769]

I got to meet Jeff Beck backstage when he played in Dallas around 1970. He never ceases to amaze me to this day. I've played bass professionally since 1972 and Beck was and has been an influence on my career ever since. Jeff Beck is in a league of his own and well deserved. Cheers!

[@dwaynewladyka577]

+Tulsatom Bob I saw Jeff Beck twice live and met him after the second time seeing him live. I saw him live in 1999 and in 2011. Love his music. He is a very humble person and does so much good things in and out of music.

[@swampdaddydeluxe3121]

I was there. Fantastic evening. Still have the stubb

[@mickytx]

with BBA, right? Rode a bus down from VT to see that show. Then back to VT all without the family any the wiser.

[@erniebuchinski3614]

When two people can reach such heights, in whatever realm of life, and remain so humble and down to earth, is a treasure in itself, above and beyond what they've produced in their chosen field. RIP, Mr. Beck, and thanks for the decades of amazing music. I'd like to wish you many more years of continued music and success, Mr. Page.

[@douglascarducci6977]

The two greatest juggernauts for aspiring guitarist ever !!! ,in a class all their own ..thank you both

[@andyreasoner5289]

3 dislikes - let me guess: are they fans of Madonna or Bieber?

[@MrPagecat]

Fans of metallica

[@samueladams1775]

@@MrPagecat even Metallica likes Jeff Beck

[@samueladams1775]

Probably shakira fans, or maybe boy George lol

[@garychevalier2809]

These two are true brothers much like Duane and Greg. The respect and acknowledgement they show each other is heart warming. God bless them both and God less those Allman brothers

[@MrHoW2Guitar]

Beck and page. Amazing!

[@donharrold1375]

Beck and Page - two giants. More or less invented the vocabulary of rock guitar between them.

[@KickflipGnasty]

Ironically I actually prefer the way Beck sounded best on Blow by Blow with his old Les Paul :) But he sounds amazing all the time.

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

According to an interview I saw, the album was recorded on a Seymour Duncan modified Telecaster that sounded like a LesPaul but played like a Tele.

[@edwhite7475]

it's not the guitar...

[@ricofama1785]

A Telecaster with Gibson Humbuckers

[@edwhite7475]

yep- that's what he used- but it aint the guitar- it's the player... that solo is like a composition in itself...divinely inspired...by the studio secretary's boobs from an interview I read long ago- but Jeff can make ANY guitar sound like that-

[@jeffbeck6501]

Les Pauls are cooler, but Strats are better. Longer scale plus whammy bar equals all hell breaking loose.

[@janiscalaba4932]

Wow…I actually saw this legend Jeff Beck while he was in the Yardbirds!! ….. ✌️❤️

[@sararichmond8476]

Wow. You are so lucky!

[@redhead5150]

Jeff Beck, The King !!!!

[@rknrlgrl6146]

Two incredible musicians..thank you for many years of amazing music ❤

[@johnmcinerny5949]

Rknrlgrl Fender strategy custom 58 b- bender telecaster. come on

[@nickgallucci8117]

Jimmy Page #LEGEND

[@kevinbrady6075]

To Jeff&Jimmy: thanks for the music!

[@michaelvaladez6570]

What a wonderful delight to have your friends from the age of 15 become ROCK STARS...amazing.

[@blader45bc]

It's good to see these two former rivals enjoy their well-deserved success. Two lives well-led. Two talents well-nurtured.

[@mejsmith1]

They had been good friends, since their early teens. The rivalry would've been a friendly one, at worst.

[@markhill9275]

Jeff and Jimmy have been best mates since school, introduced by Jeff's sister. Who influenced you Jeff, ... this bloke, grabbing Jimmy! Both absolute legends, a term used WAY too much! Both best mates yo this day. Sepos can't do this!

[@slide4180]

Jimmy Page still sounds like he's about 11.

[@5150JAM]

he had a few drinks

[@badgeholderdave]

@@5150JAM Nope...he gave up alcohol about 15 years ago

[@majorsmythe1]

Jeff Beck= G.O.A.T

[@juliestrauss5988]

You can't be any more fortunate really ❤️

[@melodymakermark]

Was Jimmy giving an interview to someone down a flight of stairs or something?

[@redpine8665]

That's funny, but I think she was holding the mic down too low.

[@stratmagic6893]

my two favorites-great answers to some intelligent questions

[@samiam9059]

Both pioneered their sounds second to none for their styles...

[@mrfester42]

WHAT????

[@samiam9059]

@@mrfester42 over your head I see

[@23skidoo46]

two of the most influential players in history right there.

[@seantudor9504]

Jeff is the greatest...but calling BS on him using no effects...he uses his share. They do not diminish his playing attack.

[@bigredmachine1]

I thought it would be in a library with a half a dozen people... Classic!

[@SL-vi4tk]

Jeff mentions mathematics... makes sense that he's a master car mechanic.

[@MarkBrydondrums85]

i was at a record fair the same year as this and page was promoting his book at the fair i walked straight passed him not even realizing it was one of my all time idol guitarists. i was so gutted.i found out he was there days later. damn. i was so focused on vinyl.

[@Geotubest]

Both men GIANTS of music and guitar. Love them both.

[@stratjed]

Jimmy and Jeff should have formed a project together years ago ! sad missed opportunity.

[@williammcbreen5220]

Yes sir- their project together was called the Yardbirds- it already happened and helped make music what it is today!

[@rickmenasian6774]

Yes Jimmy, we're lucky to have (RIP) Jeff, and we are lucky to have you as well. My generation is lucky to have so many great musicians and bands. I couldn't begin to name them all.

[@j-mo2453]

I love that when he reasserted his relevance and his only compromises was more joy for what he did and a sincere smile on his face. No secret he felt as capable as his peers and some resentment of their comparative success, but that’s not what I seen at all last decade at least. This award may have been an impactful one he respected as well affirming a fair number of people turned out. I know his career wasnt always wonderful, but in the later years it was. I describe his performances with Tal as wonderful and incredible comfort and all his showmanship surrounded in skill and a unique voice singing through his instrument. Ear oriented and an incredible improvisationalist exemplified in his articulate use of a trem to a personalized unique style of self expression. High risks and solid resolutions landing the notes exactly as he intended. A truly wonderful player that really can only be contrived to reproduce as all spontaneity hinges on he himself.

[@alexaalexa6524]

👏 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@gmasterg13]

It's not a wig. Jeff's hair is probably all grey or white. He does have a scar on the top of his head from the 1969 car accident. Jimmy page and Brian May let their hair go grey. Jimmy still has the baby face. Jeff does not. He would probably look twice his age which he actually looks good at 76! Nobody says anything about Mick Jagger do they? Jeff's a vegetarian and is still in good shape.

[@Mac-ix4qp]

Thinking about his sound, he pretty much stuck to his pure sound, especially with the Strat. Stayed away from pedals, except maybe a wah-wah. Jennifer Batten handled the industrial finger tapping sound on "What Mama Said." He is right about a lot of guitarists leaning on their effects heavily. Tom Morello and Edge come to mind.

[@sniffableandirresistble]

"Make a living".... lol 😆

[@1thaleb]

Bloody hell. Is the cameraman 4 foot 11? FFS, Page looks like a crippled giant. Sup witya?

[@richguest]

Nice to see these guys funally getting the recognition they deserve.

[@iamanovercomer3253]

Jeff Beck and Fender 🇺🇸 Stratocaster 🎸 is like peanut butter and jelly 🎸🎶 🎵👍

[@SuperEdge67]

Many of his most famous work is recorded on Les Paul’s, telecasters and Esquires.

[@iamanovercomer3253]

@@SuperEdge67 his best work is with a Fender 🇺🇲 strat without a pick. Even Beck says in this interview about best is Fender strat

[@davidrobbins8941]

👍2 of my favorite guitarist 👍 and influences 👍. I would love to meet them both.

[@deanchapman1824]

I can listen to Page talk all day.

[@franklinrwful]

Both such great and innovative guitarists.

[@Baghuul]

Jimmy starting to look like an old sushi chef

[@johnnymossville]

LOL. man that was spot on, kudos for that perfect line.

[@bonhamhouse1169]

Disagree.

[@mjh5437]

Confucius.

[@TheSirjohn2012]

What a treat and the only downside is the young people in the background not noticing this huge rock star at all.

[@THX-vp9fz]

TheSirjohn2012 ur paranormal

[@starcloud4959]

Maybe they are part of their family?

[@marcneblett7587]

I seen Nancy Wilson, Paul Rogers,and Beck in Nashville this past friday.took my 14 yr old son first concert.showed how what real music is.i first seen Beck 1972.in Tampa

[@peterhinkle6412]

I should of gone when he toured here. Probably last chance. I think I ve got idea enough tho..followed him for most of my life. Hope you had a great time!

[@daviedovey]

Jeff Beck is greater than Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page (but not everyone knows this)

[@marykazhimo5921]

It's all perspective buddy and probably because he didn't had the fame and success like page and Clapton so he worked more hard in his skills without all the falilings that money and success can bring.

[@roarander7426]

They deserve it so much

[@bronyraur3]

awesome

[@faeryquene]

Legends. :)

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Two of the three Yardbirds guitar greats here. Mabye it's genetics. Some people don't go grey and others do. They make great music, that's what matters.

[@LBrilliante]

forget about going grey... what gene keeps an early 1970s shag hairstyle atop one's head all these years. God bless the wigmakers as they shod many a head that we see each day and keep a smile on the face of those who have less hair than they wish they had! We love 'em just the same.

[@Shadowx011]

If a wig can bring happiness to ones life then I am totally for them. :) Wigs are cool.

[@nikolauseder]

We’ll see how many people are going there and it’s very well Weller earned thank goodness 😅 independence office amp Art 🖼 s and passion and welfare & blessings from KSC KITZBÜHELER Alpenhauptkamm Kirchberg Karate 🥋 Teamsters

[@celestialteapot3310]

Amazing that people, however talented, still put themselves down for not going to grammar school... what a fucking system!

[@neilmanns3098]

Jeff Beck is the most innovative Guitarist of all time and still is. And he was never taken drugs to get there, unlike Jimmi Hendriks. NO COMPARISON!

[@deanflorence6061]

Too bad you can't even spell Jimi Hendrix correctly.

[@neilmanns3098]

@@deanflorence6061 His name is actually James Marshall Hendrix .... have you ever heard of typo errors like the one I had...PLEASE...get a life and grow up!

[@edwhite7475]

but what does he think about Ritchie Blackmore?....

[@garymorgan3314]

I know Blackmore rates Beck as the best guitarist. Which is what really matters.

[@chrave1956]

Jeff ... does it go to 11 ?

[@whisperingblues9887]

Jeff's wearing a nice crash helmet.

[@ronmack7885]

The greatest rock guitarist imho!!!

[@atabish3031]

No comparison today who's still got they're mojo Iconic Guitar Player's none the less

[@Alfa75V6]

maybe not the same innovation / unique style but stll impresive and worth hearing that PG song

[@Allan-et5ig]

I thought my nose was collapsing with age but my dying schnoz has nothing on JB's.

[@LBrilliante]

blessed with those German genes I guess!!!

[@jeffbeck5592]

And you Allan......

[@nuendo2496]

Nope. Page is right. Hendrix is in the top ten for sure but Beck is the chosen one.

[@jasonali4122]

I love Jeff's "hat".

[@smith9808]

R.I.P Jeff 😞

[@PaulMoran1]

Seen them both more than once. Never gave a shit about their hair.

[@mjh5437]

It`s really about time Beck stopped dying his hair black....Jimmy Page looks so much more handsone and distinguished since he stopped doing that.

[@alanaustin4260]

Legends. Love them both.

[@andrenewcomb3708]

Sometimes Mr. Page resembles Seiji Ozawa.

[@luciahelena4172]

Very cool, I liked it! Thanks for sharing

[@m.christopher8824]

Second best guitarist in the stones For almost fifty years

[@pippipster6767]

His best work, by far, was in Spinal Tap.

[@TheBlueskyson]

What Timmy below said. ty JB.

[@CHodgy]

Dont care about fucking hairstyles. Jeff Beck is the greatest!

[@SillyGoose2024]

jeff beck dyes his hair, obviously

[@LBrilliante]

so complimentary... as if that's his hair!!! beck is known for his collection of wigs and his commitment to wearing them. Him and Ronnie Wood... LONG LIVE THE SHAG!!! ah yes... Britain and its many eccentrics. Hey folks.. WHEN is Jimmy Page gonna stop bothering Robert Plant and call up Jeff and get together a 2 hour show of those two guitar freaks up on stage jamming away on Strats, Teles, and Les Pauls. Clapton made a fortune going out with Beck a few years back... ZZ Top had a good time with Beck this summer. Hey.. Jimmy... shut up 'n play yer guitar!!!

[@lazur1]

***** At this interview, JB was a minute away from turning *70* years old! some of that hair _might_ be his, but _not_ all of it! He's a macho vegan, & still has the same lean, muscular physique he had in his 20s. There's nothing wrong with him wanting to have a rock-star head of hair that matches the rest of his rock-star looks.

[@jamminjoe44]

Im Yu Yeah, and lets also look at his schnoz lolol .. I thought Jamie Farr had a beak on him hehe .. Jeff Beck could go scuba diving with a nose like that :P

[@lazur1]

jamminjoe44 Really? That's what you have to contribute to a forum on rock's greatest guitarist?

[@ebookpioneers]

"jeff beck dyes his hair, obviously" Yes; in fact, it's so obvious that there's no point in mentioning it unless you just like being one of those morons who goes around telling people the incredibly obvious.

[@mosesmoses2000]

I SHOULDNT HAVE TO BE WORRYING ABOUT MONEY AFTER ALL IVE CONTRIBUTED....

[@bonhamhouse1169]

Those loud oblivious kids walking up from behind...show some respect!

[@bishlap]

i'm surprised they didn't have ear-buds w/ kanye playing ...

[@THX-vp9fz]

u both do not know what ur talking. The "kids" u mean are the members of the band London Grammar and they have some PR on the red carpet to do too. So just stfu and apologize to them

[@mosesmoses2000]

I'm not happy with any of my equipment. Jeff Beck gave away his Telecaster from the Yardbirds...

[@antithug7942]

@mosesmoses2000: He gave it to Jimmy Page for getting him the Yardbirds gig. Page took it and put the round mirrors on it at first, like Syd Barrett, and then stripped the paint off and painted the dragon on it. He plays it in some of the Yardbird videos. Look it up.

[@froter1]

Two of the best ever

[@PatriotSteve]

going to see Jeff in a couple weeks. why doesn’t Jimmy EVER tour!?

[@billplaney2585]

Congrats if you did. I missed this tour (though I did see him twice). Jimmy I guess is basically retired.

[@zofo666]

I met a friend of Jeff's at a bus stop in Manchester who used to work with him in a garage in the 60.s(yes it was a very surreal conversation as we both had just seen him perform and here we were standing in the rain waiting for a bus!!). Anyway,the first thing he said was Jeff wears a hair piece and i think (don't shoot me) but if you look at him and Ronnie wood,they both have more hair now haha!!!Now let's talk about Richie Blackmore's wig!!!!

[@LBrilliante]

yes zofo NOW IT CAN BE TOLD... we all want to be young forever.. but 70 year old men do not have manes of long brown or black hair .. so bless Jeff and all the others but NO... it's a wig y'all!!! Don't matter... Jeff has a full time vegetarian cook on staff wherever he goes and he looks damned fantastic for a dude in his 60s so he is a lesson to us all.. take care of yourself and health!!! Jimmy Page dealt with a lot of illness as a youth and that little diversion into becoming a rock and roll God didn't exactly help matters so he's the other side of the coin. Oh well... while both men are still here they need to STOP going to awards shows and START selling tickets to see the two of them performing on GUITARS for an audience that would love to see 'em put it together. Who knows maybe add some Clapton and Santana into the mix c'mon guys!!!!

[@jeffbeck5592]

ZOFO666, Really,I would like to know what Friend that was........Don't make up stories, shame on you !!

[@zofo666]

jeff beck Seriously this is what the guy (and his wife) said at a wet manchester bus stop when i was going back to hotel.I also remember Emelda May was supporting and Mr Beck was amazing as usual that night.I just thought it was interesting and i,m only repeating what he said,and he worked in a garage with him!Why would i make this up,i,m just repeating a very surreal conversation!! Peace out!

[@bonhamhouse1169]

No way!

[@rickjason215]

All these guys have too much hair. At 70 men just don't have more hair than they had when they were 20. I think it's transplants and not wigs.

[@sararichmond8476]

Jeff ,- just incredible.

[@JoeRivermanSongwriter]

Strats are incredible. I love mine.

[@20yrsyoungerful]

Eww my God, Jeff, deep six the wig. lol.. He would look better. Oh my mistake.. is.. that his real hair? oops.?! Well, time to fire your stylist, really, try a, uh ..., lighter shade? Who the heck tries to make real hair look WIGGY?? Plus this midnight black shade looks way... too goth for Beck. I have seen him looking better in dark brown hair!

[@LBrilliante]

Beck's afraid of looking like a 70 year old German banker... not that there's anything WRONG with being a septuagenarian banker nowadays. Especially in this economy!

[@20yrsyoungerful]

aldus johansen oh like JPJ of Led Zep? I think he looks like a banker... steel gray buzz cut...BUT. THEN he picks up his guitar or bass...and plays... the hair becomes irrelevant, really. He still rocks!

[@rubytone]

With so much humility and grace shown by these two gentlemen, what is the point in mentioning the hair? Hard for me to imagine a more shallow comment. Please watch it again. Listen and pay attention to what really matters. Try to focus on the substance. This is not a hairstyle video.

[@lazur1]

Beck still looks like this, and he's 72 years old now. Find me another 72 year old with hair like this. (Other rock stars don't count! Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, & Ozzie Ozbourne need not apply, but even they have a more natural look than Jeff.)

[@j.t.6512]

Yes, we ALL know that's his real hair and not a wig, right Yu? (Wink wink).

[@Colstonewall]

Ronnie Wood.

[@TheLizden]

I don't think so and why may i ask are you bashing such a most awesome mucician/guitar icon - at least he does have hair and he probably dyes it but, I don't know many of the general people out there that physically look as good as Jeff Beck does or can move around as he does - he takes care of himself. At 72 - and even younger, I see so many people just sitting around - withering away - these guys should be an inspiration!

[@christar9527]

Yes it’s a bad look but I don’t care.

[@user-hp6ls8qy6d]

RIP Jeff Beck.

[@whisperingblues9887]

Christ that hair is a sight for sore eyes fucking hell.

[@brianmcdermott281]

I don’t think that means what you think it does

[@semadarceciliadeoliveira8258]

Não tem tradução para o portugues?

[@davidglow3]

Must not dye the barnet when you have an old face..

[@vlastakadric4206]

Speak when you get old.

[@davidglow3]

@@vlastakadric4206 l am 64 years old.So I can speak

[@analogman9697]

Such humble men.

[@1FeistyKitty]

amazing

[@user-qg2uf8jp3h]

Jeff Beck can afford a better looking wig...