Blues Deluxe - Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa's take on Jeff Becks take on Buddy Guy!
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Jeff Beck Music and Hot Rods II

Catch the second half of host Barry Meguiar’s rare interview with legendary rock guitarist icon Jeff Beck. As Jeff takes us through his stable of American Hot Rods, at his historic home in England, it becomes obvious that he is as passionate about cars as he is for his music.
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Big Block - Jeff Beck

If you haven't seen the "Live at Ronnie Scott" video you owe it to yourself. It is absolutely amazing!!
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Two videos here...enjoy!

You Shook Me - Beth Hart - Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck did a number of old blues tunes on his first solo cd back in 1968. This is a modern update on his original take of the Willie Dixon tune featuring Beth Hart.

While playing the Los Angeles clubs, she enlisted bassist Tal Herzberg and guitarist Jimmy Khoury. In 1993, Hart appeared on Ed McMahon's Star Search several times.
"Beth Hart and the Ocean of Souls" was recorded in 1993. It includes "Am I the One" (re-worked on later albums) and a pop-rock cover of the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."
Hart released her album Immortal with her band Beth Hart Band in 1996.
Her next album, Screamin' for My Supper (Atlantic, 1999), featured "LA Song (Out of This Town)," a top-5 Adult Contemporary Chart hit.
At the same time, Hart was singing the lead role in "Love, Janis," an Off-Broadway musical based on Joplin's letters home to her mother.
Hart's Leave the Light On was released in 2003. European releases of the album include extras such as the ballad "Learning to Live" and a duet with Barry Hay, "I Don't Want to Be."
Hart released "Live at Paradiso" in 2005. The DVD version includes a bonus documentary covering "a day in the life" of Hart.
She has also recorded with Born ("It Hurts"), Les Paul and Neal Schon ("I Wanna Know You"), and released a number of music video singles not available on CD, including "Shine," "Boogeyman," and "Setting Me Free."
Her album 37 Days was released in Europe July 2007.
Beth Hart did a song with Slash called "Mother Maria." That song is on the iTunes version of Slash's solo album, Slash.
Beth Hart (born January 24, 1972) is an American singer who became famous with the hit "LA Song (Out of This Town)." Her musical influences include rock, blues and gospel.

Beth Hart is married and currently resides in Los Angeles. Her band includes lead guitarist Jon Nichols, bassist Tom Lilly, and drummer Todd Wolf. Her manager is David Wolff.



Beth's new single was released in May 2010, the track, "Learning to Live," is from an upcoming album of the same name and will be used as the theme song to "Losing It with Jillian" on NBC. this album marks Beth's first new American studio release since 2003.



2011 finds her working with Joe Bonamassa. First providing vocals for the track "No Love On The Street" on his forthcoming album DUST BOWL (March 2011) They are also reported to be working on entire album together of soul classics.







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Coffee Blues

It is very rare for a British comedian to be given a concert film all to themself but in 1989 Lenny Henry was given that honour. We start off with him been driven to the concert by Robbie Coltrane as the sort of taxi driver you don't want to get a lift from. Once inside he meets three of his comic heroes - Steve Martin, Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy (all played by Lenny) and then it's on with the stage show. He mixes stand up with appearances from some of his best known characters and there are a few amusing songs along the way.

I Ain't Superstitious - Jeff Beck Group

Everyone knows that Jeff Beck was just in front of Zep in bringing the hard rock blues to America...right...(The group produced two albums for Columbia Records: Truth (August 1968) and Beck-Ola (July 1969), both highly acclaimed. Truth, released five months before the first Led Zeppelin album, features "You Shook Me", a song written and first recorded by Willie Dixon that was also covered on the Led Zeppelin debut. It sold well (reaching number 15 on the Billboard charts). Beck-Ola while well-received, was less successful both commercially and critically. Resentment, coupled with touring incidents, led the group to dissolve in July 1969.)... did Ain't Superstitious,You Shook Me and Let me Love You... Right? And that Jeff was the first guy to put Rod Stewart onto lp in America... yeah...Rod's big break (With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with The Jeff Beck Group and then Faces. He launched his solo career in 1969 with his debut album An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down. His work with The Jeff Beck Group and Faces proved to be influential on the formation of the punk rock and heavy metal genres).

Recording sessions for the album took place over four days, the 14th and 15th and the 25th and 26th of May, 1968. Nine tracks were taken from these sessions, including eclectic covers of "Ol' Man River" by Jerome Kern, the traditional ballad "Greensleeves," the modern ballad "Morning Dew" by Bonnie Dobson, acknowledgment of two giants of Chicago blues in songs by Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters' "You Shook Me" and Howlin' Wolf's "I Ain't Superstitious," the album starting off with a song from Beck's old band, "Shapes of Things." Three originals were credited to "Jeffrey Rod," a pseudonym for Beck and Stewart, all reworkings of previous blues songs: "Let Me Love You" the song of the same title by Buddy Guy; "Rock My Plimsoul" from "Rock Me Baby" by B.B. King; and "Blues Deluxe" similar to another song by B.B. King, "Gambler's Blues." "Plimsoul" had already been recorded for the b-side to the 1967 single "Tallyman," and the tenth track, an instrumental featuring Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Keith Moon, and future Beck group pianist Nicky Hopkins, "Beck's Bolero," had been edited and remixed for stereo from the earlier b-side to "Hi Ho Silver Lining." Due to contractual conflicts, Moon had been credited on the original album as "You Know Who."

Train Kept a Rollin'

"Train Kept A-Rollin" is a song written by Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, and Lois Mann. Bradshaw first recorded the song as a jump blues in 1951—his best known recording. After a rock and roll version of the song was recorded and released by Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio in 1956, numerous other versions have been recorded. The Trio's version, considered a rockabilly classic, is an upbeat, high energy version of the original, with lead guitarist Paul Burlison playing what many consider to be the first introduction of the contemporary fuzz tone guitar sound.

Many Bands have recorded this most notably the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin. The most outrageous version is from the soundtrack of the movie "Twins" where Jeff Becks group is the bar band in the background of one scene... check it out!

Tech Talk : Jeff Beck Guitar Tech Amplification

Jeff Becks tech, Steve Prior talks about Jeffs Gear.

Tech Talk: Jeff Beck Guitar Tech Part II

Second installment in an interview with Jeff Beck's guitar tech, Steve Prior describing how the wizard does his magic. A must see for guitar enthusiasts!

Car Crazy

Ok. So I'm in a different kind of mood today. If you don't like Jeff Beck (get your head checked) then you're gonna love this. And everyone loves cars. Here is some unusual footage about Jeff beck and his love for American Hot Rods.

Enjoy

Tech Talk Jeff Beck Guitar Tech

This is part 1 of a two part interview with Steve Prior, Jeff becks long term Guitar Tech. Interested in how the king of sound gets it going....listen up!!

Here's a guy with an open mind

Jeff Beck has played every gamut from blues to opera on his guitar. He is likely the best guitar innovator in our lifetime. Who knows what Jimi would have done if he had lived, but Jeff continues to push the limits of what the guitar will do and explore his interests in every direction. Consider his contributions to other albums as well as his own. If you haven't checked out his new cd "Commotion and Emotion" then you can't see how far away from center he has gone, but you could check out his Les Paul DVD and see what he's been working on.

Why do I post him with ZZ Top do you ask. It is because a lot of people don't know that ZZ Top had a really great cd a few years back called XXX. Jeff Beck played a nice part in the cd and it's terrific if you haven't heard it. Lets say...the guys weren't sharp dressed but they did get into the mud!!



Oh...and if you haven't seen "Live at Ronnie Scott's" you missed the boat.

Definitely Maybe - Jeff Beck

The blues doesn't always come in a nice little package where you'd think to look. Here's another instrumental number from someone who is not customarily though of as a blues artist.
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