Just Loving It. . .
Looking at this and that, odds and ends on a Monday night. Cleaning up some work stuff, finishing up a post here, etc. Why not an another Jeff Beck post? I needed some music, background...
Category: Freeway Jam
Our ongoing look at Jeff Beck from 1966 to 1976 – from the Yardbirds to Wired.
A New Yardbird
It was this date back in 1965 that Jeff Beck joined the Yardbirds. He was replacing Eric Clapton, who went on to join John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and after that Cream. Beck was the Yardbird’s second...
Random Thoughts And A Plane Ride Home
So why abandon the band right before Woodstock? In hopping that flight to London, Jeff Beck not only bailed on Woodstock but likewise on that band, his band. A project which he had spent the...
Go West Young Man
The first show in the US was at the Filmore East in New York. They were warming up for the Grateful Dead. That was June 14, 1968. It was a good night, a stellar night...
What is This?
What is this? Yeah it is Jeff Beck, but with who? Perhaps doing some tune off of Beck, Bogert & Appice? And on BBC2 TV. America certainly had no equivalent in 1974. Nor today. Fifteen...
The Title Is “Truth” And The Music Is Good
Truth is an amazing album. It of course starts with the band’s take on the Yardbirds tune, “Shapes of Things”. Same song but done oh so much differently. Things had just evolved. Of course, this version...
Strike When the Guitar Is Hot!
With all that was evolving in 1967, both for Jeff Beck and popular music in general, there was no blueprint. There was no definitive template for how popular music was done. Not at that time....
The Summer of 69? (Part 1 of 3)
An Introduction What follows is a continuation of my earlier two essays focusing on Jeff Beck. This post is the first of three posts which will paint a picture of Jeff Beck’s first solo project after...
A Follow up Regarding Team Building (Or better yet band building. . .)
It is the thirty five years since the release of When Doves Cries, the release of Purple Rain. It has been three years since Prince’s death. With the release of a new collection and a...
Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and the Yardbirds – An Exercise in Team Building
A common theme in business is the building of teams. The idea of a team has been kicking around forever. I am sure it is still a great niche for business consultants. Team building is...