I'm a beginner now — if my talking is bad (and it is) my guitar playing is worse. "Neuroplasticity" you say? Oh, I am all about neuroplasticity!
Jeff Beck died. I don't recall who said it, but it was somebody British. The reason why Jimi Hendrix was such a breath of fresh air on the British Isles was people were actually concerned with who was the “best guitarist.” Then Hendrix arrived, and there was no question — nobody else played guitar like that. British guitarists started breathing again.
Anyway, Jeff Beck was British and as a guitarist was the full meal deal. Music changed with Jeff Beck, and he always played LOUD. I own Truth on CD — you can, and should, do better. Your supper time assignment: start with Truth, move to Blow By Blow, then try Live at Ronnie Scott's — I will!
Let's imagine I have a friend who never got around to listening to Jeff Beck. What albums should he (my friend) start with?
ReplyDeleteIf your friend has never heard of Rod Stewart either than I recommend TRUTH. Otherwise I'd say you can't go wrong with live, particularly LIVE AT RONNIE SCOTT'S.
ReplyDeleteLooks like YouTube is offering the entire LIVE AT RONNIE SCOTT'S video here.
ReplyDeleteThank you, as always. I'll pass it along.
ReplyDeleteI was playing LIVE AT RONNIE SCOTT'S and one of the Coaches walked by and said, "Wow, you're really rocking out!" That's not the way I hear it, but your friend should know.
ReplyDeleteDon’t know if I’ve mentioned being a follower of Guthrie Trapp’s channel. He’s just there to sell lessons. (If I were a guitar player, could be awfully frustrating I think — all this tease and me without money to pay for the real stuff.) I like to listen to him play, and I like to listen to him talk. Anyway, on this new one from yesterday the first thing that comes to him to talk about for a minute is the Beck news on the musician grapevine.
ReplyDeleteSince I have Trapp on the brain now: something I return to from time to time, a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteThank you -- I like Arlo Trapp. I am currently learning how to play DADGAD on my acoustic guitar. You'd think open tuning would be easy-peasy but The Stroke has a mind of its own.
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