This One Hurts... So Much
Jan. 12th, 2023 09:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Farewell to the electric guitar genius Jeff Beck
The first of the top 3 guitar players in my life has gone... never suspected he'd be the first one to go, but bacterial meningitis doesn't play favourites
3 reasons why he was known as 'the guitarist's guitarist'...
And there's so much more... Thanks Jeff, for showing us that breaking the 'rules' could be a wonderful thing... & for so much wonderful music. Unforgettable & utterly irreplaceable
The first of the top 3 guitar players in my life has gone... never suspected he'd be the first one to go, but bacterial meningitis doesn't play favourites
3 reasons why he was known as 'the guitarist's guitarist'...
And there's so much more... Thanks Jeff, for showing us that breaking the 'rules' could be a wonderful thing... & for so much wonderful music. Unforgettable & utterly irreplaceable
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Date: 2023-01-13 08:09 am (UTC)I guess I'll have to promote Adrian Belew (also featured in the Robert Fripp linked song) into the vacant 3rd slot now
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Date: 2023-01-13 02:54 pm (UTC)How about Jimmy Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Ritchie Blackmore?
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Date: 2023-01-15 07:18 am (UTC)I'd put Blackmore's replacement in Deep Purple - Steve Morse - above him in my list, as I think Steve has a bit more emotion in his style... & it probably doesn't help that everyone who is asked about Ritchie Blackmore talks more about what an awful person he is than they do about his playing!
I like Jimmy Page as a composer - the songs are great! - but his playing doesn't have any kind of individuality about it... it could be anyone. Robert Plant is the one who gives Led Zeppelin its personality
Growing up, all the rock'n'roll kids were nuts about Hendrix, but I've never really seen what all the fuss was about. The wah pedal was used better by Clapton, the feedback & tremelo or 'whammy' bar tricks were all ripped off from - guess who - Jeff Beck... He's a great player though... look what he can do to a Chuck Berry song!!
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Date: 2023-01-15 02:24 pm (UTC)