JEFF BECK MARATHON REACTION to Beck's Bolero / Immigrant Song / Further On Up The Road / more!!

[@williamflinchum-qo6ch]

Blow by Blow, is one of the best fusion albums out there by Jeff Beck

[@lennyharp]

Jeff lived to 77, I believe. He lived a long and productive life. I'm 73 and started listening to Jeff Beck's music with the Yardbirds when I was just 12 or 13. Yardbirds; B,B and A; with Rod Stewart and many other great vocalists. I will live a few years and may get to hear Jeff and others in heaven.

[@jdbroders64]

Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scott's. The whole recording is amazing and one of his best. Truly spectacular live performance and yes Tal is there and kills it. All of them kill it.

[@BradSmith-lh3cz]

The biggest thing I love about Jeff is he always left room for the other musicians

[@NicknLex]

The most important notes in music are the silent ones. It's imperative to let your fellow musicians breathe and give them room to play.

[@michaeldowson6988]

He's helped promote numerous female performers in his shows and recordings.

[@iKvetch558]

I was gonna say that you should be watching Jeff and Vinnie and Tal playing Live at Ronnie Scott's...but then I remembered that he had Vinnie and Tal with him at the R&R Hall of Fame...so it is all good. LOL But for real...when you get a chance, make sure to watch the full version of Jeff playing with Vinnie and Tal at Ronnie Scott's...it is incredible stuff...the full version of the Bolero is just ridiculous.💯

[@NicknLex]

Yes they sent us the DVD!!

[@kayaman1]

one of the best shows.... check out the audience, quite a few faces you should recognize

[@ronwilcox7716]

He lives on in stereo hi-fi! I continue to love Jeff Beck!

[@scottanderson8420]

Guitar aroyalty and the one and only guitar genius of Jeff Beck. A great marathon glad they were videos. Hearing is amazing watching is transformational. RIP JEFF BECK.

[@chunyemalerguognimamuol2506]

He used to say his voice was terrible when he sang, but sprinkle some magic finger spice on his guitar and he could make people's hearts shake so wonderfully. He was also an amazing singer. Miss you so much, Jeff.

[@shyshift]

The original Beck’s Bolero is on Truth. The musicians were never credited to this day on the album cd whatever but it’s not the band that plays on the rest of the record. Jeff Beck Jimmy Page John Paul Jones Keith Moon Nicky Hopkins It was a onetime session and after it was in the can someone said we should call ourselves The New Yardbirds and Keith Moon said That’ll go over like a lead balloon and then much later Jimmy remembered that and switched it to Led Zeppelin.

[@rickeylucero3955]

Nick he keeps his axe horizontal so he can keep is pinky wrapped around the volume knob. Nick you gotta see Scatterbrain from Ronnie Scott's concert!!!

[@davidbentley145]

Beck n Clapton together...Awesome! In the presence of something very special hear!Ty brother for this....

[@RabbiSteve]

Nice reaction to one of of the legends of rock music, and a true master of his instrument.

[@clifton8929]

The Jeff Beck Group (known as the Orange Album), GOING DOWN, DEFINITELY MAYBE, ICE CREAM CAKES, and a great cover of Dylan's 'TONIGHT I'LL BE STAYING HERE WITH YOU' . Great earlyJeff Beck. The Zen Master of Tone and Sconic Sound....Iconic Genius.

[@suesmith7968]

💔 Jeff. I feel fortunate to have had his music in my life since the Yardbirds. His recordings never disappoint. My favorite was the ‘Orange’ album - Jeff Beck Group. Definitely Maybe. I’ve seen him twice: early ‘70s and 2013. I still get chills whenever I hear ‘Hammerhead’. 💔☮️❤️

[@andrewwallace1376]

Hands down the best reaction of Jeff Beck tracks on KZbin, amazing thank you Nick (RG is on my wavelength here 🙏 I have most of The mans albums the tracks Earthquake, Hammerhead,Nessun Dorma are all gems 😎

[@andrewwallace1376]

Jeff plays heavier guitar on albums/cd,s who else & you had it coming & guitar shop Big block is a fav on mine. He has a DVD called still on the run which is very interesting & insightful 👍🎸

[@robertlear2712]

I was lucky enough to see Jeff Beck in concert in Los Angeles in 2018. He was a true guitar god.

[@tonybaker55]

What a great line up this is. EC rules OK. 😀. Jeff went to the same secondary school as me and born about 2 miles away from me, so maybe my favourite. He was there about 6 years before me, but we knew by the time we left (in '73) the guy had been there. We became rebels like him for a while at school. I know our Music Teacher was really open to all sorts of music for us to bring to school to listen to and analyse. I wonder if he taught Jeff, as he was probably not much older than him, because he was young when he taught us and loved Bob Dylan. He allowed us to bring in our favourite albums to listen and discuss. What a great teacher he was. Surrey has a lot to answer for with EC and JB and me being born in the same county. I can't play, or sing, but I can certainly appreciate. I feel so proud to have attended the same school as Jeff. He could really make a guitar sing. I know how your brain feels after that...Keith Richards. I really think that you should check out a British band called Stray. I think you would be pleasantly surprised.

[@brianallthetime]

Two words...Star Cycle! A must listen to. 1980

[@-R.Gray-]

The video version from the Hollywood Bowl is on a marathon from a couple of months ago just called "Guitar Player Marathon", that begins with Adrian Belew.

[@brianallthetime]

Still love the studio. The clear sound is signature to Beck so Even early on there wasn't need for much tweaking!

[@MrLedotson]

In an interview I saw, it was Tal's idea to add the Immigrant song minutes before the show. Not rehearsed at all, Jeff knocks out Robert's Plants vocals on guitar.

[@randyeisensmith1483]

A couple of points - Jimmy Page sums it up quite succinctly: "There's Jeff, and then there's us mere mortals." Then there are the stories from Clapton's Crossroads tours. Eric always closed the show and Jeff always played right before him. The rest of the lineups varied by tour, but were always filled with great guitarists with huge egos. Yet when Jeff went on, they were all crammed onto the sides of the stage to watch Jeff's set with their jaws on the floor. And Eric would always complain "How am I supposed to go on after that"?! 'Nuff said!

[@grahamhowes6904]

How extraordinary that the Yardbirds developed THREE of the greatest guitarists: BECK, CLAPTON and PAGE! Apparently IMMIGRANT SONG came about as Tal and Jeff walked towards the venue and Tal suggested it as a fun thing to do for Jimmy and they improvised it on the spot.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Jeff is always great, one of my favs. And hey, that guy Page backing him up, not bad either.

[@reinhardt2002]

Page and Beck were best friends since they were teenagers. Their passion for the guitar brought them together.

[@jimled50jl49]

Hi Nick, Wow what a list !!! Every one a Gem !!! Gonna sit back and just enjoy every moment. Byee Jim X

[@NicknLex]

Enjoy!

[@markbrennan8033]

Agree w/ JD The whole show was unbelievable, then the encore, Beck and Clapton playing two blues standards, the penultimate blues band

[@dennyd4848]

I got to see him live about 10 years ago…trying so hard to see how he really played all that sound that I tried to emulate! Even watching closely, I could never quite figure it out. He needed at least 10 fingers just on his right hand to accomplish everything! 🤘🤗

[@andrewwallace1376]

Nigel Kennedy & Jeff Beck Hills of Saturn. is a Live performance on another level 🎸🙏

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Can't go wrong with Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, Nick! Jeff Beck is awesome too; sure do miss him.

[@Humb7757]

Thank You NicknLex to review Jeff Beck’s live video performances… and beautiful stunning work!!

[@tommycanadasmobazimmer]

Thank you Nik for this. Just what I needed to start my Saturday.

[@woodstockorientalrugcleani430]

My top guys are Link Wray, Roy Buchanan, and Danny Gatton. But Jeff, Jeff IS the greatest of them all. His musicality alone, his tones. He’s one of my favorite singers. Never a bad note, and he’s as bad ass as they come and as sweet as they come as well. Only Michelangelo could paint and sculpt as he did. He is incomparable. It’s not subjective. Jeff is a talent of that order. There’s Jeff and everyone else. Y'all can debate the list sans Jeff till the cows come home because it is subjective regarding mere mortals. I failed to mention Jimi the meteor. I imagine if he had continued, he might have taken a parallel path alongside Jeff.

[@greggary7217]

I hadn’t seen the Beck & Clapton video before, one thing I noticed right way - Jeff is playing a Tele not a Strat or Gibson. With Rosie - he never stopped being relevant & collaborating… the man was incredible and gone in a blink. RIP.

[@John_Bauers]

When Jeff was asked how he kept his guitar in tune he replied 'who says it's in tune'.

[@williamburkholder769]

Nice collection! If you haven't seen the hour and 42 minutes Live from Ronnie Scott's show, it is worth watching about fifty times. It features Jeff, a not-quite 21 year old Tal, Vinnie, Jason, and some cameos by Clapton and a couple of female vocalists. It was recorded in 2007 and scored Beck a Grammy for an instrumental rendition of A Day in the Life (Beatles).

[@sldrums]

jimmy page , played on the original beck,s bolero with that fender 12 string, it also was used to record stairway to heaven. give a listen to happenings ten years time ago,by the yardbirds,it has jeff, and jimmy playing together

[@randyhein7513]

The album he did with Rosie Bones was Loud Hailer. Totally different, but really exceptional.

[@mgjkoehler]

That was frigging amazing!

[@davidbentley145]

Brother...Have you heard Beck's "Space for the Papa"??????You are in for a treat!

[@MisterWondrous]

Dude. I meant to tell you but forgot. "Women of Ireland" by The Chieftains is a major theme song in Kubrick's brilliant masterpiece, "Barry Lyndon". You will put it in your library, I can almost guarantee. This was a great marathon with my favorite Beck, except "Scatterbrain" (all versions) and "Ice Cream Cakes".

[@waltergill345]

It's Keith Richards from The Rolling Stones and yes Jeff Beck was one of a kind and R.I.P. to him, Nick!! - 🤘🤘🙏🤘🤘

[@billalbritton4972]

All I can say about the governor is he’s one of one.

[@pcarlover]

there’s a video on Jeff where Eric is interviewed. He had just left the Yardbirds and went to see them in concert to see who replaced him. once Jeff started playing Eric said “they won’t be wanting me back”.

[@janetcarlson9960]

Since you are getting into Jeff please listen to I AIN'T SUPERSTITIOUS from the Jeff Beck Truth album.

[@-R.Gray-]

That one is on a marathon from 8 mo. ago called "The Roots Of Metal".

[@John_Bauers]

The guitar Jimmy is playing is the same one he used on the original recording of Beck's Belero.

[@GunsmithSid]

2:15 Ended as Lovers is quite a bit different than Ended Up as Lovers…

[@gasaholic47]

Further On Up The Road. The original is by Bobby Blue Bland. You should check him out and you’ll recognize some of the classic stuff he put out.

[@juliemanarin4127]

Beck's Bolero...2 words...Jimmy Page

[@John_Bauers]

Jeff's Strats were fitted with a Wilkinson roller nut. Not a locking nut.

[@-R.Gray-]

Clapton wasn't listing the "best guitarists in the world"- that was just his reaction after playing that gig, (over 40 yrs. ago), which included a nice Beck rendition of " 'Cause We've Ended As Lovers". Early on, Beck used to get competitive with Clapton on stage, because he got a lot of negative comments from Yardbirds fans when he replaced Clapton, who went a bluesier route with John Mayall. Then, after the album with John Mayall came out, there was the "Clapton is God" graffiti in London. Supposedly this embarassed Clapton, and if he saw one, he would add an "o", so it read "Clapton is Good". The guitar Beck was playing was the TeleGib built by Semour Duncan, who put some old Flying V humbuckers on a telecaster body. The Secret Policeman's Ball concerts were a series of benefits for Amnesty International with both comedy and music acts. They asked Clapton, and he said "Can I bring a friend?". Clapton asked to be announced by John Cleese, and Cleese, who was backstage and thought he was finished for the night, was annoyed at having to come back out and announced "Jeff Beck and Eric ClaKton".

[@RichardDickson-to7zg]

Wow Nick, I've been enjoying these marathons for quite a while, but as a Jeff Beck tribute, you sure spent a good bit of it being Jimmy Page's fanboy!

[@NicknLex]

I can't deny I am Zeppelin fanboy. This wasn't a tribute. Lex and I did that when he passed. As a guitar player myself I know Jeff is the better player. The better composer is up to one's taste.

[@RichardDickson-to7zg]

@@NicknLex Nick, I appreciate your response. I love what your doing and even at my old age have learned much from your posts. I hope you didn't take offense I was just razzing you. As an old goat I was fortunate enough to Jimmy 4 times with Zeppelin and was awed every time. As you said, there are any number of great guitarists and to compare them to each other does a disservice to them all. On a side note I'm glad you finally got to hear something other than Casey Jones from the "Dead." I posted a couple of links to your Booker T. post. Not sure whether they're allowed.

[@stevelegs]

Unfortunately I’ve never seen any videos of Beck and page together in the yardbirds live both playing lead. The powder is probably talcum.

[@RicoMusap-te3om]

Jeff beck was inspired and learned from Roy Buchanan!!🎉 look him up!!

[@perrynelson4254]

Nick! .... Nick!!! .... NIIIIICK!!!!! STEVE MORSE. STEVE MORSE. STEVE MORSE with the DIXIE DREGS!!! Come on Man!!

[@elchuky1942]

AGUANTE NICKKKK te dejaron más solo que kung fu

[@yancyduncan]

The Baby Powder on the hands is a joke based on what LeBron James does before a basketball game.

[@oldmanghost219]

One day it is Jeff Beck that is #1 then it is Hendrix, then SRV, then Clapton, then Glen Campbell? I can't make up my mind. BTW are you aware of the Bass player Tal Wilkenfeld and her relation to Jeff. No, I don't mean Daughter. She isn't . Jeff treated her like one and was her mentor. You can see at the end of - "Big Block 2007 crossroads - him waving her on to "Bring it".

[@NicknLex]

Yes I know about Tal👍 Thanks for the info thou. She is an amazing musician. She pretty much dominates the bass!! I can't say that any of these players make my top 10 list. I have been studying music for 20 years so when it comes to guitar players I get really picky😅I do agree they are legends and revolutionced the way its played today.

[@shyshift]

Immigrant Song opens Led Zeppelin III.

[@NicknLex]

Damn that actually right 👍

[@garyspry1444]

Did you react to Cause We've ended as Lovers? If so, I have not seen it.

[@NicknLex]

Yes! Look it up under song title + Nicknlex :)))

[@axandio]

Of course Jeff used white powder. Doh.

[@kayaman1]

one thing I don't see mentioned is jeffs way of using the heel of his right hand to cause a kind of tremelo without touching the whammy bar... look closely... he does it in this video with rosey

[@NicknLex]

I have talked about this many times. Maybe not in this video. Amazing player in every aspect. RIP

[@FURDOG1961]

29:15 Reverse headstock Strat.

[@chitownlee]

Keith Richards.

[@jackempson3044]

You can't compare them on blues. Eric has more experience with blues. After number of blues songs you will figure out who knows blues best. Jeff is one of the biggest innovators of guitar playing and sound in the rock field. He's a guitarists guitar player. His staying power is undeniable. I think Eric is a little jealous t which I would be too. Eric is one of the best ever. He has nothing to feel inferior about.

[@panicandfreakout-]

Jeff let Eric carry his equipment in and help set it up.

[@jackempson3044]

it's baby powder. it works great keeping the hands dry and neck fast. Far better than those sprays you buy.

[@santellanr]

Listen to his "The Final Peace". It will be played at my funeral one day. Also, regarding the clip w/Eric Clapton, there were 2 concert films put out called "The Secret Policeman's Ball" and "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball", which were put out to support Amnesty International. They include among other musicians, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Sting, Phil Collins, and Pete Townsend. They also have many comedic skits with the Monty Python ensemble that are hilarious. You should try to check those out. Great reaction. His "There and Back" album is one of the greatest things I've ever heard.

[@-R.Gray-]

"The Final Peace" was the closing number of an older marathon I sponsored from Oct.27/21 called A Melodic Marathon. It also had "Where Were You" on it.

[@stephencaruso760]

Need to do New Ways/train train and Come Dancing

[@-R.Gray-]

There is a marathon from Nov.14/22 with 4 numbers from the Jeff Beck Group #2 - mostly from Rough And Ready (Including "Train....), and I put a few from Wired and his other albums on various other marathons.

[@jackempson3044]

Becks bolero sounded so much better when jimmy came n playing rhythm. Jimmy wrote the song. He played rhythm on the record for Jeff on the "Truth" album.

[@jonathonpalbicke6122]

Gotta disagree… slightly… respectfully…. Brian May is a genius, and you cannot duplicate his sound. But Jeff Beck’s pure talent, technique, wizardry, specific use of the “Whammy Bar”, with precision to play songs like “Nadia”, and “Nessus Dorma” cannot be duplicated by anyone. Next level genius for me. JP

[@DonaldHolben]

The powder is to get a better grip on the bar.

[@NicknLex]

Crazy trivia!!

[@kawsforerik]

The show was in Cleveland and also probably a nod towards the chalk toss Lebron would do before tipoff at each home game

[@NicknLex]

More crazy trivia !! Thanks!

[@theplanetruth]

F1rst!!🎉🎉

[@panicandfreakout-]

at 15:29 Page fucks up and doesn't slide to the right chord :-)

[@theplanetruth]

Guitar great?? Whispers *phil keaggy*

[@vdub1905]

Jeff Beck Hated Lizzy Ball for her unprofessional behaviour