Thank you for identifying the drummer. Far too many video clips of bands fail to include identifying the band members. Would you by chance also know the name of the bass player here?
I once went to watch my bass player bro-in-law play a midweek gig in a not very full working men’s club, in a sort of pick-up band. Turned out the keyboard player that evening was Andy Clark from this band, who wrote one of the tracks on Wired ( Upp apparently acted as a rehearsal band for that album). Nice fella. Sad to hear about the drummer. They were a very polished outfit all round.
I heard the song “Blue Wind” from the Wired record around midnight once when I was taking a drive, stoned with the windows down. That was an experience I would recommend, if you can handle the stoned part.
RIP Jeff Beck. What an amazing piece of music. Thank you for being in this world and touching the lives of many people with your great skills as a musician.
Thanks for posting this. I saw Jeff on the tour where UPP opened for him. I liked them but never heard much after that show. That was the 2nd of many times seeing Jeff live.
I can't believe people are still blown out over Eddie Van Weiner. If they would listen to "I've Been Used" from Rough &Ready they would hear that Van Horseshits entire repertoire was taken from the end of that song. Not Clapton as he claimed. JB never hid behind keyboards just because another talented guitarist was on the scene.
spunbearing65 that’s my favorite album....Rough and Ready has always been my JB #1. PS your comment about EVH cracked me up, I’m sure JB couldn’t give a crap about him.
The story of how JB met UPP members is by happenstance in a studio. Way cool sounds. Luv the Gibson. Still teary eyed…Rest in Power…I’ll never stop listening.
Rock in peace Jeff Beck, you're one of among the greatest guitarists that cannot replicate. Godspeed. Condolence to his beloved family and friends. The Jeff Beck Group forever!
Jeff Beck is definitely one of my favorite guitar players. From playing on Stevie Wonder's greatest albums to bringing Funk and Jazz to his own albums the man's talent is mind blowing.
Greatest living guitarist. The way he plays on Scatterbrain or Constipated duck. Sick! No one plays with more feel and technically none better. Sorry I'm a fender bender, the way he plays while using the bar and the controls simultaneously is insane! If he ever comes within 200 miles of you see him. You don't want to regret it.
It’s very hard to accept that we are now living in a world without both Jeff Beck and BB King. Both have played a huge part in my life for over 50 years.
beck is now IN his best era. his playing over the last 10-15 years increased by LEAPS & bounds! he has a control he never had before, & RARELY makes mistakes. he finally became the player capable of playing the music he heard & was inspired by back in '75. and at his age, this RARELY happens.
Awesome group of musicians , the keyboard Clav sent this over the top with funky coolness,.Beck always hit the right notes at the right time , Rip Jeff .
Jeff was well into his career by this time, and here he is playing without a whammy bar. Here he is at this point, already one of the most influential rock guitarists ever, and he still went on to develop one of the all time great whammy bar techniques ever in the history of the instrument.
Man, I wish we had had TH-cam back in the day. I would have loved to see him playing this stuff then, but I'm glad it's surfaced now! Beck is a monster - maybe the best ever.
This Band was a Funk Monster! I worked at Epic/CBS in the 70’s at almost any other time it would have been big. The Company was behind Jeff whose career had benefited from BLOW BY BLOW AND WIRED this was released during that time period.I think we had two UPP Lps both pretty good. We never emphasized Beck was the Producer ( it was certainly mentioned) but not to the degree necessary. In fact few probably had heard of the group even now. Beck was so humble and oriented toward the Music he was low key. He was such an anomaly it’s what drew his audiences and his career longevity.He in a way was like Bowie reinventing himself always a treat and interesting. He was the Worlds Best Guitarist /Period! Even though he and Brian Wilson were very different people listen to his version of “ Surfs Up” a melodic Masterpiece bettered by Beck as a Stylist. I have written so many Beck Tributes and each time I miss him more. He is reaching into Gods Guitar Custom Shop fine tuning his Axe and heading out on Tour. I can’t even imagine who will be backing this time. Jeff (Rock In Peace)
Unfortunately, Steve is no longer with us. He died some time ago broke and lonely as l hear. We used to go all over to see UPP but my favorite memories of the band were at the Marquee in Wardour St, London. Steves real name was Stephen Feild, but Amazing was a more apt name l think. He used to amazes us all with his fantastic style. sadly missed but never forgotten.
Yes my friend, it was the ogwt that put me onto upp, I too went twice to the old marquee in wardour Street to see them, great band with some very good original tunes, I was never sure why they not more recognised,
I've seen them all in concert Clapton, page, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Santana, David gilmour, Billy gibbons, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Van Halen. I saw Jeff Beck on the blow-by-blow tour in St Pete Florida Beck is in a league of his own is truly untouchable.
These guys are AMAZING. Wish they stayed together and recorded more. Can’t beat Beck on a Les Paul. The good ole days have passed long time ago brothers.
Upp? I've never even heard of Upp. I'm a long-time fan of JB, and never knew he played with this band. Did he do an album with them? 1974 puts him between the JBG and BBA years and before Blow By Blow and Wired. The jazz fusion influence from Upp shows on those two albums. This is an unexpected pleasure to watch.
UPP was a band that Jeff liked and decided to produce their first record. He played guitar on 2 or 3 songs, but basically UPP was a 3 piece outfit without guitar. They did a 2nd album without Jeff involved and added a guitar player to the line-up. This 2nd album is absolutely awesome with a bit more commercial appeal while still showcasing the incredible musicianship. I consider both albums essential to any collection.
@chill66blog - Sorry, but Beck was doing the feedback thing prior to replacing Clapton in the Yardbirds ('65) and made good use of it during his tenure with that innovative band. Hendrix was a huge Beck fan before he even moved to London (and stardom), because Beck was - really - the only one moving the electric guitar forward. Clapton, Green and the rest - great as they were - were going backwards, to the Blues. Beck also did the Blues, but he was moving things forward...always.
I've heard the rumor that Beck ran and told Pete Townsend that there was some guy copying them...i.e......burning guitars, breaking stuff. ...at a club. Talking about Hendrix.....I don't see that as reciprocal camaraderie.
@cedricbeard The 'Green' is Peter Green, who died just the other day. Green took Clapton's place in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers when Eric quit to form Cream. After one album, 'A Hard Road' (with future Jeff Beck drummer Aynsley Dunbar, later with Zappa, Bowie, Journey, Starship, Whitesnake...) and some singles, Green quit Mayall to start Fleetwood Mac, enlisting two of his former Bluesbreakers bandmates and naming the band after them, just so they would have their own band should he ever leave. Check Mayall's 'The Supernatural' to hear Green, as well as Fleetwood Mac's 'Black Magic Woman' and 'Oh Well', two of Green's best-known compositions.) As for Beck being cheaper to hire than Townshend, yes. When 'Blow Up' producer approached Who manager Kit Lambert about featuring the band in his movie, Lambert asked Yardbirds manager Simon Napier-Bell how much he should ask for. Napier-Bell, with a plan in mind, said £10,000, which would have been a massive sum in '66. When Lambert was rejected, the Yardbirds were offered at a fraction of the price. And yes, the guitar smashing was in keeping with Antonio's reason to have the Who. And the guitar was a cheap Italian job because Jeff, quite rightly, wasn't going to smash his Les Paul. As for Hendrix, yes, they all thought Jimi was on another level. Townshend had less to be concerned about, but for Clapton and Beck in particular, the local hotshots, the arrival of Hendrix was a serious blow to their ego and confidence. Beck seemingly took the matter particularly hard. Personally, I consider Beck to be a far more accomplished and creative guitarist, however, as he noted, Jimi was the 'whole package'...writer, singer, player, showman...
I saw him live yesterday, he played with his cream strat the whole show, then for the last song he got one of these oxblood LP's and did a Les Paul song... that was awesome!
This was a rare gig where Jeff is using a Fender amp and what looks like an Ampeg instead of the 100 Watt Marshall amps he always uses. I mean the guy is so amazing he could pull tone out of anything.
Does Jeff Beck have a music degree or did he ever had any kind of guitar lesson from a music teacher? Or is he purely self-taught & plays by ear? There is no way that JB plays this great without knowing music theory by heart. His licks, phrases, fills and feel are amazing.
He had a “mid” first lesson but the teacher told Jeff to go away because he wanted to play a genre the teacher refused to teach… such a narrow-minded person… however… Jeff trained himself along with Jimmy Page playing solos when they were teenagers…
beck is perhaps one of the biggest influences on rock guitarists. ,moreso than hendrix, clapton, etc. his work on '71's 'Rough and Ready' album was a virtual encyclopedia of rock guitar tricks that have been commonplace since the 80s. I never knew this even though I grew up listening to 'wired' ,on EVH's (RIP) advice, i never listened to R+R until recently.
I'm still playing Rough&Ready Think I bought it in 73? Can't remember. I'm either stuck in a 70's time warp or it just doesn't date it's that good. I heard Jeff wasn't big on that body of work which included The Orange Album (not it's real title) with 'Highways'. ( how was that for a song)? We were blessed for music and can feel pretty satisfied with getting older
@billkropp - UPP did two albums, both available on CD. Jeff did some guitaring on the first one... nothing over the top, mind. I think you can get the two albums as a two-fer set. The kekyboardist, Andy Clarke, wrote 'Head for Backstage Pass' on Jeff's 'Wired' album.
@BlueAttitudeMusic - As Page indicates in his induction speech for Jeff at the 2010 R+R Hall of Fame, 'Jeff leaves us mere mortals in the dust.' (I'm paraphrasing... ) But Page is right. Jeff keeps reaching for something new and different. As someone pointed out re: Jeff's performance at the 2010 Crossroads Festival. 'Who else but Jeff Beck could play a classical tune ('Nessun Dorma') at a blues festival and get a standing ovation from 30,000 people.' That tune (and 'Hammerhead') are on the DVD.
He was recording Blow By Blow at that time with the legendary George Martin.Another poster mentioned this.If you check out JBG Orange album "Highways" has what happened on Blow By Blow all over it.
Geoffrey Arnold «Jeff» Beck (Wallington, Gran Londres, 24 de junio de 1944 - 10 de enero de 2023) fue un guitarrista británico de rock y blues que tocó en varias bandas influyentes en las décadas de 1960 y 1970. Fue uno de los tres notables guitarristas que tocaron en The Yardbirds, siendo Eric Clapton y Jimmy Page los otros dos. Durante 25 años mantuvo una esporádica carrera en solitario. A pesar de no haber alcanzado nunca la proyección comercial de sus contemporáneos, Beck tuvo un gran reconocimiento, especialmente en la comunidad de guitarristas. Experimentó con el blues rock, el rockabilly, el heavy metal y el jazz fusión y en su última época había absorbido influencias del techno, creando una innovadora mezcla de música heavy metal y música electrónica.
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, Andy Clark and Jim Copley. Wiki.
Yeah. Im getting sick of all these players putting on Strats for the wrong reasons. Roy Buchanan showed up with a Les Paul Custom one day and a reporter asked him where his Telecaster was. He laughed and said "I don't need a Fender to sound like me". Then he proved it. Doesn't matter whose name is is on the headstock. It only matters who is playing.
@Groovemeister - That really is too bad. He was one of the earliest payers doing the funky 'Larry Graham' pop+slap and he was a really articulate and funky player. He certainly deserved to have been better known, especially in the UK, which is home to so many great bassists... McCartney, Glenn Hughes, Hamish Stuart/Alan Gorrie (Average White Band), Jack Bruce, Chris Squire, Richard Sinclair, John Entwhistle, Pino Palladino... and on and on... Yes, Stephen Amazing was quite amazing.
C,MON PEOPLE, IT,s JEFF BECK WITH ,WITH MASTER MUSICIANs ,TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT REAL MUSIC SOUNDs LIKE, NOT THE CRAP THEY BRAINWASH YOUNG ONE,s TO LISTEN TO AND THINK IS GOOD MUSIC ,NOWADAYs.😎BOB
@chill66blog - Two tunes come to mind: 'What do you want from the 'Roger the Engineer' UK album. TH-cam the version with vocals; the one on US LP 'Havng a Rave-Up' is different. There's a bit of feedback at the start, but at around 2:30 Jeff starts to stretch. This was psych guitar before Hendrix, who would likely only discover the power he had when he landed in the UK and found himself standing in front of a Marshall stack (or two) in some tiny London studio.
@MrCherryJuice - many years ago i read an interview with michael bloomfield where he said he and jimi were in new york, and jimi pulled out his entire bag of tricks - feedback, playing with his teeth, whammy bar dive bombs, etc etc etc. this was before jimi left for London and got famous there. well, google is your friend, i just found this: crosstowntorrents.org/archive/index.php/t-961.html
@FuzzysWuzzy yeah, really nice to see and here - I like it! But don't forget: Jeff already played a Strat at the performances in Germany 1971 which are also documented here (search Definetly maybe...)
Rest in Eternal Peace to the maestro Jeff Beck, there will never be another guitarist as versatile, skilled & laid back. One love to Jeff, shine on. 💎
Where is he buried?
@@christopherskipp1525 his home in England.
@@JimiJamesIII Thank you.
He was definitely the most innovative guitar player of our generation -
A trail of tears...
Another 5 years would've been good.
Grateful for his music and inspirations.
The sounds stay fresh 🎶
R.I.P. Jimmy Copley, one of the most underrated drummers ever.
Thanks. Didn't know who it was on drums but love it.
Thank you for identifying the drummer. Far too many video clips of bands fail to include identifying the band members.
Would you by chance also know the name of the bass player here?
@@gregparrott 👍🏻👍🏻 Bass player is Stephen Fields, nicknamed Stephen Amazing.
@@mjulio71 Thanks! Never heard that name. But Googling it shows he was indeed with the band 'Upp'.
I once went to watch my bass player bro-in-law play a midweek gig in a not very full working men’s club, in a sort of pick-up band. Turned out the keyboard player that evening was Andy Clark from this band, who wrote one of the tracks on Wired ( Upp apparently acted as a rehearsal band for that album). Nice fella. Sad to hear about the drummer. They were a very polished outfit all round.
Listening to vintage Jeff Beck in the middle of the night is such a vibe...
Same situation right now
Same hahaha
I heard the song “Blue Wind” from the Wired record around midnight once when I was taking a drive, stoned with the windows down. That was an experience I would recommend, if you can handle the stoned part.
Yes I was watching this at 3am it’s sounds so much more amazing in the middle of the night
3:48am works too@@bigdaddydaddy3203
RIP Jeff Beck.
What an amazing piece of music. Thank you for being in this world and touching the lives of many people with your great skills as a musician.
R.I.P Jeff Beck. His playing is phenomenal, on this song.
Thanks for posting this. I saw Jeff on the tour where UPP opened for him. I liked them but never heard much after that show. That was the 2nd of many times seeing Jeff live.
Rock's GREATEST living guitarist!
I totally agree
I can't believe people are still blown out over Eddie Van Weiner. If they would listen to "I've Been Used" from Rough &Ready they would hear that Van Horseshits entire repertoire was taken from the end of that song. Not Clapton as he claimed.
JB never hid behind keyboards just because another talented guitarist was on the scene.
@@spunbearing65 Clapton IS 100 more times a rock player...besides, he IS a top top SINGER
spunbearing65 that’s my favorite album....Rough and Ready has always been my JB #1. PS your comment about EVH cracked me up, I’m sure JB couldn’t give a crap about him.
John Petruçci
Props to the bassman laying it down like a boss. Nice clean runs with a tight funky groove!
The story of how JB met UPP members is by happenstance in a studio. Way cool sounds. Luv the Gibson. Still teary eyed…Rest in Power…I’ll never stop listening.
Rock in peace Jeff Beck, you're one of among the greatest guitarists that cannot replicate. Godspeed. Condolence to his beloved family and friends. The Jeff Beck Group forever!
Jeff Beck is definitely one of my favorite guitar players.
From playing on Stevie Wonder's greatest albums to bringing Funk and Jazz to his own albums the man's talent is mind blowing.
Greatest living guitarist. The way he plays on Scatterbrain or Constipated duck. Sick! No one plays with more feel and technically none better. Sorry I'm a fender bender, the way he plays while using the bar and the controls simultaneously is insane! If he ever comes within 200 miles of you see him. You don't want to regret it.
Of course sadness and sorrow follow this timely comment.
His musical endeavors took him through wonderful collaborations. ☺️
Simply amazing stuff. Funk meets jazz meets rock meets prog. A nice stew results from it all. Beck is an originator.
on my way to the store for some beer and cigs
Before i die...i need sex with this music as loud as possible.
@@albertocorral9851 me parece ok!
The music speaks for itself , people have a firm grasp, of the obvious eh ?
Coolest bass solo ever
The seeds of "Blow by Blow" and the turning point in JB's career are right here. Funky fusion.
Spot on. A lot of BbB style licks and ideas found here.
boy.....could he play. We were lucky to have him as long as we did.
It’s very hard to accept that we are now living in a world without both Jeff Beck and BB King. Both have played a huge part in my life for over 50 years.
Me too!
And the other two Kings and Gary Moore and SRV and Jimi Hendrix and Roy Buchanan and Duane Allman and . . . 😢
Wish there was more of this stuff...wow
beck is now IN his best era. his playing over the last 10-15 years increased by LEAPS & bounds! he has a control he never had before, & RARELY makes mistakes. he finally became the player capable of playing the music he heard & was inspired by back in '75. and at his age, this RARELY happens.
Awesome group of musicians , the keyboard Clav sent this over the top with funky coolness,.Beck always hit the right notes at the right time , Rip Jeff .
It doesn’t matter what guitar he plays, it’s all amazing.
Jeff was well into his career by this time, and here he is playing without a whammy bar. Here he is at this point, already one of the most influential rock guitarists ever, and he still went on to develop one of the all time great whammy bar techniques ever in the history of the instrument.
You are correct in your observations 🔊🎸🌪️🎶
@@jirusjirus9322 I'm here to confirm your confirmation! Carry on my fellow Beck freaks!
Man, I wish we had had TH-cam back in the day. I would have loved to see him playing this stuff then, but I'm glad it's surfaced now! Beck is a monster - maybe the best ever.
Friggin' amazing performance, one that too few have seen/heard.
This Band was a Funk Monster! I worked at Epic/CBS in the 70’s at almost any other time it would have been big. The Company was behind Jeff whose career had benefited from BLOW BY BLOW AND WIRED this was released during that time period.I think we had two UPP Lps both pretty
good. We never emphasized Beck was the
Producer ( it was certainly mentioned) but not
to the degree necessary. In fact few probably had heard of the group even now. Beck was so humble and oriented toward the Music he was low key. He was such an anomaly it’s what drew his audiences and his career longevity.He in a way was like Bowie reinventing himself always a treat and interesting. He was the Worlds Best Guitarist /Period!
Even though he and Brian Wilson were very different
people listen to his version of “ Surfs Up” a melodic Masterpiece bettered by Beck as a Stylist. I have written so many Beck Tributes and each time I miss him more. He is reaching into Gods Guitar Custom Shop fine tuning his Axe and heading out on Tour. I can’t even imagine who will be backing this time.
Jeff (Rock In Peace)
almost 50 years ago and he was 20 years ahead of his peers [ oh yeah guess what? he had none ] Fucking Awesome thanks for posting this
I think Tommy Bolin was playing similar stuff, and i think earlier thsn Jeff, whatever they are both guitarists you cant forget.
The drummer is right on it!!
Unfortunately, Steve is no longer with us. He died some time ago broke and lonely as l hear. We used to go all over to see UPP but my favorite memories of the band were at the Marquee in Wardour St, London. Steves real name was Stephen Feild, but Amazing was a more apt name l think. He used to amazes us all with his fantastic style. sadly missed but never forgotten.
Yes my friend, it was the ogwt that put me onto upp, I too went twice to the old marquee in wardour Street to see them, great band with some very good original tunes, I was never sure why they not more recognised,
Yep! Amazing! I was also at the marquee show!
Thank you for the music Jeff.
Heaven just got a lot more musical today. R.I.P.
I've seen them all in concert Clapton, page, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Santana, David gilmour, Billy gibbons, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Van Halen. I saw Jeff Beck on the blow-by-blow tour in St Pete Florida Beck is in a league of his own is truly untouchable.
Beck is the best.... but he has improved so much when he went pickless and Fender 🇺🇸 strat 🎸🎶🎵👍❗
Andy, Steve and Jimmy are a great support to Jeff here. Nice bass solo Steve. Such a shame you went so early.
I can't seem to find anything on Steve online, he's absolutely phenomenal! Do you know any sources I can look up?
@@emobassista His last name is Amazing.
Seriously, and rightly so.
@@emobassista en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upp_(band) Only a couple of lines about Steven here. 🙂
The actual title of the instrumental is Get Down On The Dirt. If people are looking for it
OMG! This band is bloody good! Amazing drummer(20 y/o here) and bass!
Man that drummer is killing it
I never get tired of this one. Never.
Holy shit the bassist is on 🔥
These guys are AMAZING. Wish they stayed together and recorded more. Can’t beat Beck on a Les Paul. The good ole days have passed long time ago brothers.
Did a gig with UPP back in 1973 - Didn't realise they had worked with Jeff Beck !!
I guess that would have been Dave Bunce playing guitar then?
Thanks for uploading this. It greatly demonstrates Jeff in his days when playing a Les Paul but also these fresh sounds of invented "Jazz Rock"!
Videos like this show the evolution of Jeff Beck over the decades the best ever👍👏☝😙
JIMMY COPLEY,GREAT DRUMMER!!!!!!
Fantastic
Jeff, Jimmy and Pino from Copley's 'Slap My Hand' CD. th-cam.com/video/aB6QzRs8baM/w-d-xo.html
As a guitarist it would be a dream to play with him! Talk about being in the pocket...
My friend and mentor. I miss him dearly.
killer recording frequency separation superb thanks so much for the upload and quality cheers
Jeff , sure can paint a beautiful picture with that guitar!
What a truly wonderful performance from ALL of the band.
JB is such a masterful guitarist...simply brilliant!
I really liked when Beck played Gibson,he sounds with more feeling
+Arturo Esquivias And with a pick also!
+rebstrat i like when he played the les p. the stratocaster.etc telecaster..who cares anyway
+Jesus Christ ,I agree with you,I think he was at the top of his art,he had more feeling,he is anyway a master,but his "feeling" has changed
Jesus Christ he used a tele with humbuckers for some tunes on that record
Just my view, not an argument!
Rather then relying on just blues influenced music. Jeff Beck and Carlos Santana brought something new to Rock music in 70s..
Upp? I've never even heard of Upp. I'm a long-time fan of JB, and never knew he played with this band. Did he do an album with them? 1974 puts him between the JBG and BBA years and before Blow By Blow and Wired. The jazz fusion influence from Upp shows on those two albums. This is an unexpected pleasure to watch.
He first performed "She's A Woman" with UPP on a UK TV show featuring various guitarists covering various Beatles choons.
So I think you would agree this is one of the benefits of music on the internet. UPP with Jeff Beck
UPP was a band that Jeff liked and decided to produce their first record. He played guitar on 2 or 3 songs, but basically UPP was a 3 piece outfit without guitar. They did a 2nd album without Jeff involved and added a guitar player to the line-up. This 2nd album is absolutely awesome with a bit more commercial appeal while still showcasing the incredible musicianship. I consider both albums essential to any collection.
The guitar player was me.
Beck was always promoting new talents. Richard Bailey was only 20 in Wired.
Even if you never heard about him before this would be a "wait a minute" moment!
Holy crap I've owned footage of this as a smudgy DVD copy of a 6th generation VHS, this is huge
Watching this clip ... I think I prefer Beck not use the whammy bar so much. In this clip, the playing is really exceptional. Love it!
Imagine this was 1974, Straight up talent!
i have have seen him live 3 times, amazing, a living legend for sure!
Great Band. Extremely underrated.
1974,the year I graduated High school. Blessed I am. Thanks Jeff ❤️
@chill66blog - Sorry, but Beck was doing the feedback thing prior to replacing Clapton in the Yardbirds ('65) and made good use of it during his tenure with that innovative band. Hendrix was a huge Beck fan before he even moved to London (and stardom), because Beck was - really - the only one moving the electric guitar forward. Clapton, Green and the rest - great as they were - were going backwards, to the Blues. Beck also did the Blues, but he was moving things forward...always.
I've heard the rumor that Beck ran and told Pete Townsend that there was some guy copying them...i.e......burning guitars, breaking stuff. ...at a club. Talking about Hendrix.....I don't see that as reciprocal camaraderie.
@cedricbeard The 'Green' is Peter Green, who died just the other day. Green took Clapton's place in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers when Eric quit to form Cream. After one album, 'A Hard Road' (with future Jeff Beck drummer Aynsley Dunbar, later with Zappa, Bowie, Journey, Starship, Whitesnake...) and some singles, Green quit Mayall to start Fleetwood Mac, enlisting two of his former Bluesbreakers bandmates and naming the band after them, just so they would have their own band should he ever leave. Check Mayall's 'The Supernatural' to hear Green, as well as Fleetwood Mac's 'Black Magic Woman' and 'Oh Well', two of Green's best-known compositions.) As for Beck being cheaper to hire than Townshend, yes. When 'Blow Up' producer approached Who manager Kit Lambert about featuring the band in his movie, Lambert asked Yardbirds manager Simon Napier-Bell how much he should ask for. Napier-Bell, with a plan in mind, said £10,000, which would have been a massive sum in '66. When Lambert was rejected, the Yardbirds were offered at a fraction of the price. And yes, the guitar smashing was in keeping with Antonio's reason to have the Who. And the guitar was a cheap Italian job because Jeff, quite rightly, wasn't going to smash his Les Paul. As for Hendrix, yes, they all thought Jimi was on another level. Townshend had less to be concerned about, but for Clapton and Beck in particular, the local hotshots, the arrival of Hendrix was a serious blow to their ego and confidence. Beck seemingly took the matter particularly hard. Personally, I consider Beck to be a far more accomplished and creative guitarist, however, as he noted, Jimi was the 'whole package'...writer, singer, player, showman...
Wayne Blanchard I love finding well written historical bits and pieces of the incest of Rock. Thanks.
Agree!
I miss the Oxblood.He sounds great on his Strats but dont forget the Oxblood.
Beck is my favorite guitarist!
I saw him live yesterday, he played with his cream strat the whole show, then for the last song he got one of these oxblood LP's and did a Les Paul song... that was awesome!
This is the same reel where do She's a Woman. That is mind-blowing too. Long live the king. My man.
This shows you why Jeff Beck is a rock god.
Rip Jeff, you were unique & extremely talented
This was a rare gig where Jeff is using a Fender amp and what looks like an Ampeg instead of the 100 Watt Marshall amps he always uses. I mean the guy is so amazing he could pull tone out of anything.
I still have this album somewhere ...vastly underrated and unfortunately overlooked.
Does Jeff Beck have a music degree or did he ever had any kind of guitar lesson from a music teacher? Or is he purely self-taught & plays by ear? There is no way that JB plays this great without knowing music theory by heart. His licks, phrases, fills and feel are amazing.
He had a “mid” first lesson but the teacher told Jeff to go away because he wanted to play a genre the teacher refused to teach… such a narrow-minded person… however… Jeff trained himself along with Jimmy Page playing solos when they were teenagers…
Wow! Thanks for this!! Long Live Jeff Beck.
What a drummer!
The great Jimmy Copley. I miss him dearly
Love the clean tone on that LP! Obvious shades of Blow by Blow.
Check out the late Jimmy Copley drumming with Tears for Fears during their "Seeds of Love" World Tour in 1990.
Re watched and saw the flash advising he recorded this with some fusion group. It's great and so are they.
Jeff is fucking killing it!!!! May be my favorite solo of his now!
beck is perhaps one of the biggest influences on rock guitarists. ,moreso than hendrix, clapton, etc. his work on '71's 'Rough and Ready' album was a virtual encyclopedia of rock guitar tricks that have been commonplace since the 80s. I never knew this even though I grew up listening to 'wired' ,on EVH's (RIP) advice, i never listened to R+R until recently.
I'm still playing Rough&Ready Think I bought it in 73? Can't remember. I'm either stuck in a 70's time warp or it just doesn't date it's that good. I heard Jeff wasn't big on that body of work which included The Orange Album (not it's real title) with 'Highways'. ( how was that for a song)? We were blessed for music and can feel pretty satisfied with getting older
Thank you very much indeed for posting this.
Gotta live it ,to love it ,amazing ditty
The greatest ever - did his own thing. RIP Jeff
Jimmy Copley the attitude is there. Driving player
@billkropp - UPP did two albums, both available on CD. Jeff did some guitaring on the first one... nothing over the top, mind. I think you can get the two albums as a two-fer set. The kekyboardist, Andy Clarke, wrote 'Head for Backstage Pass' on Jeff's 'Wired' album.
Priceless! Thanks for posting :)
Jimmy Copley really whales on drums.....hes perfect for jeff beck he also is pretty great on shes a woman too R.I.P jimmy and jeff.
@BlueAttitudeMusic - As Page indicates in his induction speech for Jeff at the 2010 R+R Hall of Fame, 'Jeff leaves us mere mortals in the dust.' (I'm paraphrasing... ) But Page is right. Jeff keeps reaching for something new and different. As someone pointed out re: Jeff's performance at the 2010 Crossroads Festival. 'Who else but Jeff Beck could play a classical tune ('Nessun Dorma') at a blues festival and get a standing ovation from 30,000 people.' That tune (and 'Hammerhead') are on the DVD.
I was at both Illinois Crossroads shows & will be attending in Texas this year. All for the love of Jeff Beck...
He was recording Blow By Blow at that time with the legendary George Martin.Another poster mentioned this.If you check out JBG Orange album "Highways" has what happened on Blow By Blow all over it.
@sailorjohnboy If you are referring to Steve Amazing (Andy Clark's name for him) his real name is Steven Field.
Geoffrey Arnold «Jeff» Beck (Wallington, Gran Londres, 24 de junio de 1944 - 10 de enero de 2023) fue un guitarrista británico de rock y blues que tocó en varias bandas influyentes en las décadas de 1960 y 1970. Fue uno de los tres notables guitarristas que tocaron en The Yardbirds, siendo Eric Clapton y Jimmy Page los otros dos. Durante 25 años mantuvo una esporádica carrera en solitario. A pesar de no haber alcanzado nunca la proyección comercial de sus contemporáneos, Beck tuvo un gran reconocimiento, especialmente en la comunidad de guitarristas. Experimentó con el blues rock, el rockabilly, el heavy metal y el jazz fusión y en su última época había absorbido influencias del techno, creando una innovadora mezcla de música heavy metal y música electrónica.
Great period for Beck. When FUNK ruled (pre disco)
I give credit to UPP for making this album so great.. Jeff was icing on the cake
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, Andy Clark and Jim Copley. Wiki.
jeff looks great w/ a les paul in his hands.
Yeah. Im getting sick of all these players putting on Strats for the wrong reasons. Roy Buchanan showed up with a Les Paul Custom one day and a reporter asked him where his Telecaster was. He laughed and said "I don't need a Fender to sound like me". Then he proved it. Doesn't matter whose name is is on the headstock. It only matters who is playing.
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WHOA! Never heard this before!?????? INCREDIBLE!!!!
@Groovemeister - That really is too bad. He was one of the earliest payers doing the funky 'Larry Graham' pop+slap and he was a really articulate and funky player. He certainly deserved to have been better known, especially in the UK, which is home to so many great bassists... McCartney, Glenn Hughes, Hamish Stuart/Alan Gorrie (Average White Band), Jack Bruce, Chris Squire, Richard Sinclair, John Entwhistle, Pino Palladino... and on and on... Yes, Stephen Amazing was quite amazing.
C,MON PEOPLE, IT,s JEFF BECK WITH ,WITH MASTER MUSICIANs ,TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT REAL MUSIC SOUNDs LIKE, NOT THE CRAP THEY BRAINWASH YOUNG ONE,s TO LISTEN TO AND THINK IS GOOD MUSIC ,NOWADAYs.😎BOB
Rip Jeff 🖤🕊 legends last forever
Enjoyed every second!
"Blow by Blow" and "Wired"...chef d´oubre!!!!
May wee! (?)
Rip Jeff Beck we will miss you
@chill66blog - Two tunes come to mind:
'What do you want from the 'Roger the Engineer' UK album. TH-cam the version with vocals; the one on US LP 'Havng a Rave-Up' is different. There's a bit of feedback at the start, but at around 2:30 Jeff starts to stretch. This was psych guitar before Hendrix, who would likely only discover the power he had when he landed in the UK and found himself standing in front of a Marshall stack (or two) in some tiny London studio.
@MrCherryJuice - many years ago i read an interview with michael bloomfield where he said he and jimi were in new york, and jimi pulled out his entire bag of tricks - feedback, playing with his teeth, whammy bar dive bombs, etc etc etc. this was before jimi left for London and got famous there. well, google is your friend, i just found this:
crosstowntorrents.org/archive/index.php/t-961.html
What a sublime band!
Це було чудово!!! Дякую.
@FuzzysWuzzy
yeah, really nice to see and here - I like it! But don't forget: Jeff already played a Strat at the performances in Germany 1971 which are also documented here (search Definetly maybe...)
Love Jeff on the Gibson. RIP Jam Master.