Blues Artist Presentation
Jeff Beck |
"Jeff Beck first started off as session guitarist around the England scene starting around on 1962 -1963 before playing with various kinds of band from 1963-1965 in England" (www.allmusic.com/artist/jeff-beck-mn0000240865/biography). When in 1965 he was asked to join the Yardbirds after Eric Clapton left, and Jimmy Page his friend form their childhood, suggested Jeff Beck Instead, later in 1965 Jimmy page would also join the Yardbirds. Form 1965- 1966 He shared lead guitarist with Jimmy Page Until he was fried in 1966, soon after he recorded a couple of solo songs in 1966, Before he formed the Jeff Beck Group in 19667. The Jeff Beck group originally lineup include rod Stewart on vocals and Ronnie wood on Bass and various drummers. Rod Stewart would go on to Being in Faces and a solo artist, while Ronnie wood would go on to switch back to be a guitarist and join Faces and then Later Rolling stones. The Jeff Beck Group original lineup was together from 1967-1969 where they recorded two very successful albums before The Jeff Beck Group broke up in 1969 right before they were scheduled to do Woodstock. Jeff Beck formed the second incarnation of The Jeff Beck Group with Various session musicians form 1970-1972, where The Jeff Beck Group recorded two more successful albums until Jeff Beck in 1972, then decided to retire The Jeff Beck Group name. During 1972 The Jeff Beck Group still had contract agreements, so Beck had to two hires two musicians Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice, and after their contract was up Jeff Beck formed the trio of Beck, Bogert, Appice which recorded a very successful studio album and live album before they broke up in 1974. For the first time in Jeff Beck career he was not in a band or recording as a session guitarist and decided that he wanted to be a solo artist with a backing band as he wanted to create his own music. So, in 1975 "Jeff Beck finally released his debut solo album of Blow by Blow. which was instrumental. certified Platinum and reached number 4 on the charts" (Power, Martin. Hot Wired Guitar: The Life Of Jeff Beck. Omnibus Press, 2014(page 155)). This started a string of three studio instrumental albums started in 1975 Blow by, 1976 wired, and 1980 There and Back that all were certified Platinum or better and charted very higher on the music charts. During in between these albums Jeff beck would go on large scale tours all over the world with a backing band with concerts being sold out and full everywhere he would play at on the tour. Jeff Beck continues to put out albums in 1985, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2016 and selling out large scale tours to this very day. Also, along the way Jeff Beck has won the most Grammys for the Best Instrumental Rock Performance category, with 6 Grammys in the category for Best Instrumental Rock Performance in 1986 Escape by Jeff Beck, 1990 Guitar Shop by Jeff Beck, 2002 Dirty Mind by Jeff Beck, 2004 Plan B By Jeff Beck, 2010 A Day In The Life By Jeff Beck, and 2011 Hammerhead By Jeff Beck, along with one win in Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 2011 Nessun Dorma By Jeff Beck, and one win in Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal in 2011 Imagine by Jeff Beck. Listen to Becks Bolero By the Jeff beck released in 1967 to see how he started his career out (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmO0OZC6Ifk), to how evolved over time listen to 1990 Grammy Award winning performance for Best Instrumental Rock Performance category of Guitar shop By Jeff Beck (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J21JU6jckls), and finally how evolved to now the present listen to 2011 Grammy award winning performance for Best Instrumental Rock Performance category (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2oxEihXghY). What Jeff Beck Has accomplished was create a path for those of the guitarist that do not sing but are just are instrumental. Also, the significance is that without him to create that path there would not be great guitarist like Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. He also Accomplished by becoming a word wide known guitarist and consider one greatest guitarist along with Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jimi Hendrix, The significance of Jeff Beck was that he was able to overcome the odds of just being a solo artist that just plays his guitar with no singing as it is hard because people who do not know what music is. Would say it all sound the same when it is not it is strategically layered to make a very distinct that is literally impossible to mimic. As the way he played is why he is consider the one of the greatest guitarist to ever have picked up a guitar, What I hope to remember 5 years is that how Jeff Beck overcame the odd the odds to become one of the greatest guitarist too and how he was able to not just play one genre but many different genres from blues to rock to jazz to electronic to metal.
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