{"id":5901,"date":"2023-01-12T15:48:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T15:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=5901"},"modified":"2023-01-12T19:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T19:00:30","slug":"farewell-jeff-beck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=5901","title":{"rendered":"Farewell Jeff Beck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our LA correspondent HARVEY KUBERNIK recalls two \u00a0JEFF BECK stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In 1974 I met Jeff after a Grammy event at The Hollywood Palladium on Sunset Blvd. We were at a reception and when George Benson walked in the room Jeff smiled and those two guitarists were off and engaged in conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Beck confirmed a local rumor that The Yardbirds did record in Chicago in the Chess Records studio, and that he once worked for a few weeks in Hollywood at the British-owned Lewin Record Shop on Hollywood Blvd that stocked English import LPs. There was some passport issue in his stint with The Yardbirds or Musicians&#8217; Union problem where he had to stay in LA for a while in 1965 or \u201966. While in town, Jeff did visit the legendary Dolphin\u2019s Of Hollywood record store in Watts, and was also driven to the teenage home of future record producer Michael Lloyd by the local Yardbirds\u2019 publicist, Kim Fowley.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blow Up - 1966 - Yardbirds - Jimmy Page &amp; Jeff Beck\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jSJGEn4FDys?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During 2001 in an interview with Chrissie Hynde, we discussed Jeff Beck. \u00a0\u201cWe were going to do some charity work years ago and we\u2019ve remained very friendly since. I sort of introduced him to a guy who has become one of his best friends, so that was always good, and the three of us go out together and do things. We\u2019ve always had different schedules and been working on other projects. But when I heard \u2018Legalize Me\u2019\u2026 he\u2019s someone who is my guitar hero. Meeting him was such a huge thrill for me. I\u2019m just such a fan of his rock guitar playing, because he\u2019s the greatest rock guitar player. And in his own stuff he\u2019s done the last 20 years, he\u2019s certainly gone on to Planet Beck. Where no guitar player has ever gone. And he doesn\u2019t use a pick. What I always wanted to do was pull him down to Planet Earth and get him to play rock guitar. For him that might be a little elementary, but for me that\u2019s where my head is at. So, when we did \u2018Legalize Me,\u2019 I thought, \u2018Maybe I can get Jeff in to play the solo.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Legalise Me\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hn1Y4z3ql44?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I called him and told him I had a rock track.\u2018Do you want to come down?\u2019 \u2018Yeah.\u2019 He played on \u2018Legalize Me\u2019. Jeff pulled up in his Corvette, in this English studio, RAK, where he probably recorded \u2018Hi Ho Silver Lining\u2019 (with producer Mickey Most), and he walked into the studio. We played the track four times and he had a couple of passes on it and got it into it a bit. I was so in awe. It was absolutely stupendous when he was playing. I was sort of immobilised. At one point, I caught the eye of Stephen Hague glance from across the room, and he too had this sort of stunned expression. You know, Jeff did five takes. When he finished playing, I said, \u2018Great. Thanks for coming down.\u2019 he replied, \u2018Okay, talk to you later.\u2019 And as soon as the studio door shut, we all yelled. &#8216;Fuck! Oh my God!\u2019 We were screaming in disbelief, but when Jeff was there\u2026\u2019Okay Jeff, thanks for coming in\u2026.Talk to you later.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F5901&#038;t=Farewell%20Jeff%20Beck&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F5901&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F01%2FR-6827812-1445425528-8157.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Farewell%20Jeff%20Beck\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F5901&#038;text=New%20post%20on%20our%20site\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Farewell%20Jeff%20Beck&#038;body=New%20post%20on%20our%20site:%20https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F5901\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our LA correspondent HARVEY KUBERNIK recalls two \u00a0JEFF BECK stories In 1974 I met Jeff after a Grammy event at The Hollywood Palladium on Sunset Blvd. We were at a reception and when George Benson walked in the room Jeff smiled and those two guitarists were off and engaged in conversation. 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