Am I the only person that feels like Beck has continued to evolve and refine his playing much further than his famous contemporaries? Beck always seems fresh and pushing his envelope even at the age most other musicians have retired.
i agree - clapton never played anything new and page just never played anything again at all - my jam the other night czcams.com/video/v6ioSiK60Ls/video.html
@@RickDanner You must be a low IQ weak minded sheep. Page is different from Clapton and Beck, because Page created a "body of work" that destroys both Clapton and Beck. My point is that before Led zeppelin, Page was already a very well known studio sessions master. What he created with led zeppelin, was TIMELESS. THEN, he never stopped. Check out the page/plant live shows in the 90's. Worldwide touring. Absolutely stunning. Jimmy page takes a backseat to no one.
@@bradhuskers people also forgot Jimmy is a great acoustic guitar player, recorded a song on mandolin (Battle of Evermore), and can play different instruments like theremin!
@@jacoponotarberardino755 Correct. Plus, Jimmy evolved from his sessions days in the 60's to his own groups, then led zep, then the 90's tours with plant, which were phenomenal!!! Bottom line is, Jimmy page is at that absolute highest level shared with a select few.
@@jerryj4985 Some say Hendrix, but I think Beck is better. Hendrix was a fan of Beck. If Hendrix was still alive, Hendrix could have gotten better, who knows. But Beck yes as a pure electric guitar player. The best.
Yep. Absolutely amazing! A few records under her own name, and part of a duo with Guy Sigsworth under the name Frou Frou. Well worth checing out all of it. Just brilliantly intelligent music. Gets me to thinking of JB as a talent scout besides playing the guitar. Do Check out Nitin Sawhney too (Nadia). So damn good.
Beck can play virtually anything and adapt to any style of electric guitar playing. He evolved to a higher standard of diversity in his playing than his contemporaries
Jeff Beck is the only guitarist that I put on the same pedestal as Jimi Hendrix. You can analyse it all you want. And I thank you for that. But no one can do what JB can do. And he loves to nurture young musicians.
Michael - this was part of incredible set - Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scotts. The band is amazing - Tal Wilkenfeld on bass, Vinnie Calliuto on percussion, and Jason Rubello on keyboards. All of these people are renowned musicians. Don't miss the rest of this. There are guest spots by Joss Stone and Eric Clapton. At one point the camera pans to Jimmy Page in the audience! Unforgettable - you will LOVE this.
And that was robert plant sitting with Jimmy page. It was a who's who of celebrity musicians there over the course of 6 nights. Jones bon Jovi, Rick wakeman, ed Sheeran, elvis costello and a bunch more
A couple name corrections re: spellings: Vinnie Colaiuta, Jason Rebello. And yes, Page as well as Plant. Jeff was there for the week, so pretty much everyone who is anyone was there.
Besides Jimmy Page&Robert Plant,ADD:Brian May,Ron Wood,Neil Murray(Whitesnake,Jon Bon Jovi,Ritchie Sambora,and Harvey Goldsmith actually many more,it was a crazy week,as I was put in the front row for all the shows after the first because a crazed fan kept standing up ruining the video footage...It was about as close to Heaven's Gate as I'll ever be from a musical sense,but now I really miss Jeff,thinking of his wife Sandra,and how she brought me in from the rain to watch them rehearse,my heart goes out to all Jeff Beck family...@@zmanin68
I love the fact that Jeff surrounds himself with strong, talented women! Tal came over here from Austalia,as a guitar player and on a recomendation picked up the bass! As a solo act her first album is dynamite,and the legends of jazz she has performed with is stellar. And it goes without saying Jeff is the MAN!Nice pick Micheal,as always-Peace from a fellow father of four ogres!
I've been watching this Jeff Beck, Imogen Heap video for years and just loving it. It was wonderful to see you examine the parts to describe what's going on that makes it so great. I don't know much about music, but I could hear how sensitive and incredible Jeff Beck's playing is here, what a perfect support and compliment to her singing. He is just so tasteful and those unexpected growls and cries are sooooo satisfying. Imogen's so beautiful and her delivery is amazing. I love her hand movements. Tal's bass playing is like velvet. They're all just perfect. This song is a ballad for social anxiety disorder. Her blanket is her way to protect herself from the world. If you've never listened to Eric Bibb, I think his interpretation of Wayfaring Stranger, Live, with Staffan Astner adding the tasteful lead notes is a very solid listen. Eric writes lots of songs and I love most of them, but this one with Steffan Astner is special.
Very enjoyable. And I'm envious of your grasp of chord theory and ability to discern what is happening from the hands of the players you hear. Too many players overlook the nuances, so it's nice to see you digging into them. Imogen Heap is a sensational one-woman band (banks of keys and technology). Jeff makes a short appearance commencing around 2:35 in the Imogen link below. As for Tal's age, she was born December, 1986, so in the video here, shot November 2007, she was 21. And she had been playing bass for only a few years, having switched from guitar. She was recommended to Jeff by drummer Vinnie Colaiuta when Randy Hope-Taylor couldn't do a tour. Colaiuta had played alongside her with Herbie Hancock. Your mention at the end that someone had just subscribed from Sydney, Australia was coincidence, as that is where Tal is from. The keyboardist in the band is the most excellent Jason Rebello. As with Colaiuta, he came from Sting's band. His departure a few years later was due to a desire to spend more time at home in London, doing his own thing. czcams.com/video/hwoQyF0Kwa8/video.html
Jeff doesn't really use the bar for tremelo, but for note sliding, both up and down. That's why they call him the invisible slide guitarist. I have never seen anyone do it like him.
He also swells the tone knob up and down in unison with whammy to add to the effect. He truly makes every note count. I’ve heard every damn guitarist on CZcams lol And Jeff is my favorite.
Teenage me never fully understood why my father always immediately chose Jeff Beck when we had those silly, but fun "best guitarist ever" debates. 28-year-old me still has so much more music to listen to, but I now can't fault anyone for choosing Jeff as their favorite player. His sound is unique, instantly-recognizable, and indelible. Great video, Michael. Really interesting to listen to you explain how Jeff complements the other fantastic musicians who share the stage with him. His guitar sings well enough all alone, but Imogen's performance here is wonderful.
It's funny, having one of those crappy quarantine days and saw my man busting out a Jeff beck video. I thought, " This will lighten the day" and guess what? - right out of the gate he whips out an inspirational story about his wife then nails a great reaction video. My takeaway- maybe I'm gettin' a little too soft. If I'm stuck inside maybe it's time to get after it. Where's my guitar? Love me some Michael Palmisano!
You helped me remember how great Jeff Beck is. He's got such good control over the guitar. I first realized this when I happened to watch him on the TV when I was like 16. I felt the magic back then. Now I feel it again today! Thanks for that.
"We all wish we were Jeff Beck"...right about everyone else playing guitar on this planet...He lets himself loose for 20 seconds and he walks back in the shadow but the notes he plays keep ringing in you head for hours...
Man, such great info. I saw this Beck/Heap video a while back and was just mesmerized. Another great react full of insights. As others mentioned, I also thought of Uncle Larry’s common tone wisdom as you started talking about it. Thanks for your excellent interpretation, so many things I wish past instructors I’ve had would have said.
Michael, I enjoy this whole thing ya got goin' on here! Because of this channel I've purchased music, learned how to listen, and I've gone to bed feeling like a better person. The boyish enthusiasm is contagious brother! Thanks Man.
Just found you - not a guitar player - but am fascinated by sound, words and melodies. Your comment about ear worm holes resonated with me. I'm a HUGE fan of Jeff Beck and have watched this set countless times. I went back to it 2 days ago because I kept hearing Imogen's voice and melody of this song - brain was remembering it - I looked it up (again) and listened to it - so loudly mind you, that my wife came downstairs and asked me to turn it down. You've got a new fan. Thanks....
Great react vid. So glad you highlighted the whole band (drummer, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jason Rebello keys). The reason why the m9 feel works is the space! The feel is allowed to swell and hold, giving Jeff's stabs power and punctuation. He never, ever, takes over Imogen's vocal, he serves it. The band do likewise. It's one of the best performances of any artist group ever.
One of the highlights of this session is that Jimmy Page agrees with you. There is a brief clip of an enormously appreciative grin on his face. I'm not a huge Page fan but I deeply respect that forget the flash and fame, Page clearly LOVES beautiful Music. That's also what keeps me coming back to Michael's channel... that perfect blend between intellect and passion. Just wow!
Hey Mike.. Great one here. Two years ago? Man, and now the Maestro is gone.... RIP Jeff Beck! Now I have to go a learn his licks as best as I can, with your help! Thanks for having this out there to groove on dude. This was always one of my favorite videos of Jeff and his blues crew. Tal and Vinnie always kickin... The best band out there the past years... Now no longer. Keep it going Mike. Nice work, as always.
Man, I would love to be able to listen to something and be able to pick out the chords and licks that are being played like you are able to do. I've been playing for many years but I'm still sort of lost without having the tab or music right in front of me. That is a great skill or talent to have an ear that allows you to play what you hear. And yeah, Jeff Beck is awesome.
Michael - I have played that video/song with the three on stage .. and struck by it; thank you for covering it; and you know your shlt man, I love - and thank you for this! So fun! Thank you for the discussions on the chords as well as showing the position or voicing on the neck - just gorgeous. I think that you are talking about A7sus(9) .. and the 9 is the 'B' in the next octave? Anyway, i miss this kind of dialogue ... and thinking about getting my fretboards cleaned up and restring these old guitars around here, so thank you for the inspiration man.
@@accountsequity5587 czcams.com/video/fh7_sUBfLIk/video.html There used to be a high quality soundboard recording on CZcams but it got taken down :( I’m not ashamed to say I get very emotional from this
When you think about the fact that this was his last performance, it makes it something magical.. spiritual.. For anybody who doesn’t know, it’s completely different from the studio version also.
Post performance, you absolutely HAVE to check out her stuff. Jeff has guested on at least one of her albums. She's as much as wizard with a looper and synths as Jeff is with a guitar.
Imogen Heap has been a favorite with fans of electronic pop for nearly 2 decades. This talented lady does everything- sing, write, arrange, program, record and produce not just her own tunes but for other major artists as well.
Jeff Beck Vinnie Colaiuta on drums & Tal Wilkenfeld on bass with Imogen Heap. The musical talent on that stage was mind boggling. That video Michael used is from 'Live at Ronnie Scott's'. If I'm not mistaken, later in the set, Eric Clapton took a turn and we noticed a fairly well known guitarist named Jimmy Page in the audience.
The whole show, Live at Ronnie Scott's, is absofrickinlutely mind blowing. When youtoob stopped letting me watch it for free, I gladly ponied up the $9.99 to "own" it.
First time i saw this was 2010 in a club on the big screen before we eventually would play our gig at the venue that night. I remember after seeing that we wanted to pack up and go home instead :-)
Your analyses are razor sharp my friend. I've seen Jeff play live dozens of times since I first saw him in the Yardbirds (and played support to the Jeff Beck Group once - imagine how I felt that night...!) Jeff's skills are always pyrotechnic yet tasteful as blazes.
Really love your posts. You have a great ear. I don't care that they are not note-for-note transcriptions. Understanding the vibe/principles of what musicians are doing is far more important. I've learned a hell of a lot from you just by listening. Also found a lot of great new musicians. (Your appreciiation of your wife's acchievments was great too. Her dogged determination reminds me of someone I know.)
That piece has been haunting me since I first heard it a couple of months or so back. Lovely to hear you break it down. My technical knowledge of music is way below yours, am also 7 years out of practice. Having played since 1970 I got quite good blues rythm, that I got quite a few compliments for. Trouble is the upstairs neighbours are travellers and ballistically violent, when I play I can hear them shouting etc. So nothing for 7 years. I miss it to fffk ! Thanks, that was very beautiful :)
I am in love with this arrangement. Every sound has a purpose, even the squeak of a guitar speaker. I believe that this is the top guitar arrangement for vocal performance. Solo parts... My God
When you started talking about the common B I was thinking of how I just learned that in Bukovacs video, then you gave him a shout. Good to hear we’re watching the same stuff
The Beck/Heap video, which I discovered recently, blew my mind. Again, after 30+ years of playing guitar and first hearing Jeff Beck, I am stunned by his musicality. I remember in, in my early 20s, experimenting with vibrato techniques like this, which I abandoned for years due to playing non-trem/vibrato guitars. I've recently built a new strat-like guitar with a trem bar and hope to rekindle my love for the whammy bar. Thanks for breaking down the harmony! This helps.
Just FYI Mike, the location of this performance is in Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho, London. It's one of my favorite places to listen to live music in London. Big fan of the channel and will be joining Guitar Gate soon.
That video of the band/song was so beautiful. Her voice is angelic. Proof that you don't have to shred to impress. Michael, you ability to come in cold, dissect what is played, like it is a no brainer is just brilliant...you video so great! You are so talented, so brilliant and I learn so much from your reactions. You reaction videos make my day every time. You and your wife and so lucky and respectfully, she is beautiful and she is lucky to. Good on her for the marathon! I want to subscribe so bad, but I am in health care and I have to devote my skills and experience to help others right now, medically, both physically and emotionally and when the world, hopefully, is less nuts with Covid-19, I absolutely want to be a devoted subscriber so bad. My priorities have to be available to help others right now first, but after long, very stressful days, your videos keep me sane. I think you are brilliant and MORE IMPORTANTLY, you worked hard for your skills....ultra impression. I love your subscribers, their requests and some days, I feel down from burnout and your videos are just so good, that it is mental health for others, helping others to further their musical skills, you are to me, a great person, with great skills, I admire all of it, your subscribers are so lucky and I can't wait to be one so bad, but with C-19, my priority has to put the guitar down and make others well. I will subscribe and with you! Such a true joy, both your videos and reacts to just beautiful music. I an envious, rightfully, to subscribers and cannot wait to be one, hopefully, when this awful pandemic is either over, or is manageable. * I just wanted you to know, how impressive you are, your videos are, through hard work, your lessons, even during videos are, how envious I am of subscribers, but being in health, I want to, just can't, RIGHT NOW, but I WILL. I love the suggestions of subscribers. This is just all so great! Well done is a gross understatement. I understand, that if, I am such a fan, what am I waiting for to subscribe and it is health care needing me right now. It sucks for everyone, but I wish everyone the best, the videos are therapeutic for me and you should be in the millions of subscribers. Why you are not? I don't get it, but you deserve to be, you have earned it, are worth it and it will happen and should have already. You may read this. Maybe not. I hope you do, just to know how valuable your time and videos are! I know you got here with ridiculous devotion and hard work, but you are also brilliant! Be safe to all!
LOVED the inspirational story about your wife. THEN, you start playing along with the video. Great! You can figure it out, and so can guitar newbies when they reach a certain level of familiarity with what they hear, typically, with chords and progressions, etc., whatever. I.D.G.A.F.!!!!! I selected this for a day's playlist because, as you so succinctly put it, "Its Jeff Beck!!" Yep, so let the effing master play, retrace your steps, start the video again and add anything you like, your own "special touches" to the tune AFTER we've heard it as the audience did. Might be back, might not. If this pattern is a must for you, I'm likely gone. Good luck to you, Happy Holidays and all the best in the New Year to you and yours .
Michael just discovered your channel trying to learn this song Blanket. I first heard it the same way you did. I'm a huge Jeff Beck fan! Just spent $3K on his Fender Custom shop guitar. The guitar is awesome! Imogen Heap is famous for that song Hide and Seek which was featured on the SNL Digital Short "Letter to my Sister" It was great watching and listening to your process of figuring out the song. I learned a lot! Thanks for uploading!
He has the bar bent up and fixed with that little spring you can insert into the hole, before you screw the bar in. He keeps his index finger on the bar to do this „not quite on the note“ thing. Often he is using the master volume with his middle or ring finger at the same time.
Tal Wilkenfeld is a monster bass player aksi - watched the Brit Music Awards where Jeff got in hall of fame and on the second number he was joined by Jimmy Page they ripped in Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song (Jimmy on rhythm Jeff on lead) and Tal played like a pro of 50 years
That little descending thing at 21:40 where he makes the guitar almost weep (gently, for reals) is *TEXTBOOK* Beck. So clean, so beautiful, so emotional, without having to be loud or distorted. Small wonder Tal smiles in response. Jeff's brief solo on Stevie Wonder's "Lookin for Another Pure Love" (starting at 1:48 here: czcams.com/video/cY2fz5RBgvQ/video.html ) is also absolute perfection, and as complete a solo as one can find in rock, ending with a little nod to Les Paul in the little chromatic flurry at the end. What's interesting about it is the way in which he uses *almost* bending to pitch and *finally* bending to pitch to great effect. Not many notes in there but my word, so much expressiveness. What you think may be keys - because it really does sound like a hard-struck Rhodes - may be a false harmonic on the 3rd or 4th fret. I was as surprised as anyone to find out one could do that, but there you go. Harmonics on the low strings and low frets do NOT sound sweet, almost have a ring-modulator timbre, which is perhaps why they can mimic a Rhodes.
I thought about Bukovac's video when you mentioned "it still has that B in it" so it works. And then you mentioned it. We're all watching Bukovac Appreciate all you do. Nice work and always the best vids!
Pound for pound Jeff Beck is still the most innovative and unique guitarist on the planet !! You have to have to a floating trem that can pull up 3 tones to replicate Jeff style,,he does something pretty clever, he fits heavier strings on the bass side which creates more tension and thereby create a greater range for the trem but he still has standard gauge on the treble side for ease of playing, hope I've made sense ,cheers.
Nice pick picking jeff to analyse saw him many times brilliant player no one else sounds like him so much control whammy and volume control bought the dvd when it came out very creative player Nice one Michael working him out 👍
Vinnie and Tal compliment him so well - his playing on the whole Ronnie Scott’s show is just so inspiring
So many incredible tunes from this mind blowing set at Ronnie Scotts. If there was ever a gig I wish i had been at.
I was there that whole week, 6 shows, sort of like Heaven's Gate!!!
That whole band was unbelievable. All world class musicians in their own right.
Truer words have never been spoken! 🤘🏼
Am I the only person that feels like Beck has continued to evolve and refine his playing much further than his famous contemporaries? Beck always seems fresh and pushing his envelope even at the age most other musicians have retired.
i agree - clapton never played anything new and page just never played anything again at all - my jam the other night czcams.com/video/v6ioSiK60Ls/video.html
Loud Hailer is a very modern and protestant album. I agree.
@@RickDanner
You must be a low IQ weak minded sheep.
Page is different from Clapton and Beck, because Page created a "body of work" that destroys both Clapton and Beck.
My point is that before Led zeppelin, Page was already a very well known studio sessions master.
What he created with led zeppelin, was TIMELESS.
THEN, he never stopped.
Check out the page/plant live shows in the 90's.
Worldwide touring.
Absolutely stunning.
Jimmy page takes a backseat to no one.
@@bradhuskers people also forgot Jimmy is a great acoustic guitar player, recorded a song on mandolin (Battle of Evermore), and can play different instruments like theremin!
@@jacoponotarberardino755
Correct.
Plus, Jimmy evolved from his sessions days in the 60's to his own groups, then led zep, then the 90's tours with plant, which were phenomenal!!!
Bottom line is,
Jimmy page is at that absolute highest level shared with a select few.
I'll argue with anyone that Beck is the best guitarist alive. He's absolutely unique...no one plays like he does, No one.
He CRUSHES Clapton and Page.
Agree
Every human is unique - that's the wonder of it all!
I will take it one step further- Jeff Beck is the best guitar player that has ever roamed the face of earth period
@@jerryj4985 Some say Hendrix, but I think Beck is better. Hendrix was a fan of Beck. If Hendrix was still alive, Hendrix could have gotten better, who knows. But Beck yes as a pure electric guitar player. The best.
Imogen is sooo underrated. Such a great songwriter with a voice directly from heaven.
Yep. Absolutely amazing! A few records under her own name, and part of a duo with Guy Sigsworth under the name Frou Frou. Well worth checing out all of it. Just brilliantly intelligent music. Gets me to thinking of JB as a talent scout besides playing the guitar. Do Check out Nitin Sawhney too (Nadia). So damn good.
That entire Live at Ronnie Scotts show is epic
Beck can play virtually anything and adapt to any style of electric guitar playing. He evolved to a higher standard of diversity in his playing than his contemporaries
Nothing beats Jeff Beck being Jeff Beck. :)
One of my all-time favorite Jeff Beck performances.
Jeff Beck is the only guitarist that I put on the same pedestal as Jimi Hendrix.
You can analyse it all you want.
And I thank you for that.
But no one can do what JB can do.
And he loves to nurture young musicians.
That whole live at ronnie scott's is pure magic!!
I second this. Check out the rest of that set. It's phenomenal.
I have it on DVD it's absolutely incredible man
Michael - this was part of incredible set - Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scotts. The band is amazing - Tal Wilkenfeld on bass, Vinnie Calliuto on percussion, and Jason Rubello on keyboards. All of these people are renowned musicians. Don't miss the rest of this. There are guest spots by Joss Stone and Eric Clapton. At one point the camera pans to Jimmy Page in the audience! Unforgettable - you will LOVE this.
And that was robert plant sitting with Jimmy page. It was a who's who of celebrity musicians there over the course of 6 nights. Jones bon Jovi, Rick wakeman, ed Sheeran, elvis costello and a bunch more
A couple name corrections re: spellings: Vinnie Colaiuta, Jason Rebello. And yes, Page as well as Plant. Jeff was there for the week, so pretty much everyone who is anyone was there.
Besides Jimmy Page&Robert Plant,ADD:Brian May,Ron Wood,Neil Murray(Whitesnake,Jon Bon Jovi,Ritchie Sambora,and Harvey Goldsmith actually many more,it was a crazy week,as I was put in the front row for all the shows after the first because a crazed fan kept standing up ruining the video footage...It was about as close to Heaven's Gate as I'll ever be from a musical sense,but now I really miss Jeff,thinking of his wife Sandra,and how she brought me in from the rain to watch them rehearse,my heart goes out to all Jeff Beck family...@@zmanin68
I love the fact that Jeff surrounds himself with strong, talented women! Tal came over here from Austalia,as a guitar player and on a recomendation picked up the bass! As a solo act her first album is dynamite,and the legends of jazz she has performed with is stellar. And it goes without saying Jeff is the MAN!Nice pick Micheal,as always-Peace from a fellow father of four ogres!
I saw her perform at Ronnie Scots when she came to London and got to meet her. She is very nice and she killed it that night
I've been watching this Jeff Beck, Imogen Heap video for years and just loving it. It was wonderful to see you examine the parts to describe what's going on that makes it so great. I don't know much about music, but I could hear how sensitive and incredible Jeff Beck's playing is here, what a perfect support and compliment to her singing. He is just so tasteful and those unexpected growls and cries are sooooo satisfying. Imogen's so beautiful and her delivery is amazing. I love her hand movements. Tal's bass playing is like velvet. They're all just perfect. This song is a ballad for social anxiety disorder. Her blanket is her way to protect herself from the world. If you've never listened to Eric Bibb, I think his interpretation of Wayfaring Stranger, Live, with Staffan Astner adding the tasteful lead notes is a very solid listen. Eric writes lots of songs and I love most of them, but this one with Steffan Astner is special.
Very enjoyable. And I'm envious of your grasp of chord theory and ability to discern what is happening from the hands of the players you hear. Too many players overlook the nuances, so it's nice to see you digging into them.
Imogen Heap is a sensational one-woman band (banks of keys and technology). Jeff makes a short appearance commencing around 2:35 in the Imogen link below.
As for Tal's age, she was born December, 1986, so in the video here, shot November 2007, she was 21. And she had been playing bass for only a few years, having switched from guitar. She was recommended to Jeff by drummer Vinnie Colaiuta when Randy Hope-Taylor couldn't do a tour. Colaiuta had played alongside her with Herbie Hancock. Your mention at the end that someone had just subscribed from Sydney, Australia was coincidence, as that is where Tal is from.
The keyboardist in the band is the most excellent Jason Rebello. As with Colaiuta, he came from Sting's band. His departure a few years later was due to a desire to spend more time at home in London, doing his own thing. czcams.com/video/hwoQyF0Kwa8/video.html
Jeff doesn't really use the bar for tremelo, but for note sliding, both up and down. That's why they call him the invisible slide guitarist. I have never seen anyone do it like him.
He also swells the tone knob up and down in unison with whammy to add to the effect. He truly makes every note count. I’ve heard every damn guitarist on CZcams lol And Jeff is my favorite.
Teenage me never fully understood why my father always immediately chose Jeff Beck when we had those silly, but fun "best guitarist ever" debates. 28-year-old me still has so much more music to listen to, but I now can't fault anyone for choosing Jeff as their favorite player. His sound is unique, instantly-recognizable, and indelible. Great video, Michael. Really interesting to listen to you explain how Jeff complements the other fantastic musicians who share the stage with him. His guitar sings well enough all alone, but Imogen's performance here is wonderful.
It's funny, having one of those crappy quarantine days and saw my man busting out a Jeff beck video. I thought, " This will lighten the day" and guess what? - right out of the gate he whips out an inspirational story about his wife then nails a great reaction video. My takeaway- maybe I'm gettin' a little too soft. If I'm stuck inside maybe it's time to get after it. Where's my guitar? Love me some Michael Palmisano!
This whole set is killer. The room is full of legendary musicians when the camera scans the audience.
thank you for the intro...I certainly needed that reminder today! Love the work you do, as always. One of my favourite performances ever!
Wasn’t sold on your videos, until I saw this one. I’m sold. Thanks! Now I have to rewatch the rest. Looking forward to it.
Michael, that drummer would be the one and only Vinnie Colaiuta!
Quite possibly the best ever.
@@grantbob Bill Bruford is the best ever. Vinnie is a beast, though. Outstanding, even.
@@BadToad1963 - I'd vote Steve Gadd - but Vinnie and Bill are simply amazing.
Vinnie is very tasteful too..
Jeff plays with magic that I haven't understood , but touches my heart since mid-60s.
You helped me remember how great Jeff Beck is. He's got such good control over the guitar. I first realized this when I happened to watch him on the TV when I was like 16. I felt the magic back then. Now I feel it again today! Thanks for that.
Finally the lesson I has been dreaming about!
Those short solo runs were running me crazy.
"We all wish we were Jeff Beck"...right about everyone else playing guitar on this planet...He lets himself loose for 20 seconds and he walks back in the shadow but the notes he plays keep ringing in you head for hours...
I can't get over how this teacher can pick up tunes. Got to be a gift enhanced by lots of practice.
I love this analysis. I've watched it a dozen times now while learning the song/solo. Kudos!
Hell yeah man. Stay hard out there. I needed to hear that. Much love man, to you and your family🤙🏼🙏🏼
I found this song several months ago on CZcams and immediately added it to my repertoire. Pure magic!
Man, such great info. I saw this Beck/Heap video a while back and was just mesmerized. Another great react full of insights. As others mentioned, I also thought of Uncle Larry’s common tone wisdom as you started talking about it. Thanks for your excellent interpretation, so many things I wish past instructors I’ve had would have said.
Michael, I enjoy this whole thing ya got goin' on here! Because of this channel I've purchased music, learned how to listen, and I've gone to bed feeling like a better person. The boyish enthusiasm is contagious brother! Thanks Man.
Beck CRUSHES Clapton and Page.
Just found you - not a guitar player - but am fascinated by sound, words and melodies. Your comment about ear worm holes resonated with me. I'm a HUGE fan of Jeff Beck and have watched this set countless times. I went back to it 2 days ago because I kept hearing Imogen's voice and melody of this song - brain was remembering it - I looked it up (again) and listened to it - so loudly mind you, that my wife came downstairs and asked me to turn it down. You've got a new fan. Thanks....
That was really good! Thank you for doing this !
Great react vid. So glad you highlighted the whole band (drummer, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jason Rebello keys). The reason why the m9 feel works is the space! The feel is allowed to swell and hold, giving Jeff's stabs power and punctuation. He never, ever, takes over Imogen's vocal, he serves it. The band do likewise. It's one of the best performances of any artist group ever.
My man! That's one hell of a woman! Thanks for everything you do! Take a look at the Tomo Fujita vid I added to the G.G reacts request.
Amazing analysis as always. Jeff Beck is a total master of his instrument, and her vocal dances were awsome. Very nice.
One of the highlights of this session is that Jimmy Page agrees with you. There is a brief clip of an enormously appreciative grin on his face. I'm not a huge Page fan but I deeply respect that forget the flash and fame, Page clearly LOVES beautiful Music. That's also what keeps me coming back to Michael's channel... that perfect blend between intellect and passion. Just wow!
Wilkenfeld in Cause we ended as lovers is something to watch.
i wish I could solo hat good on guitar LOL
Yepper - goosebumps.
Hey Mike.. Great one here. Two years ago? Man, and now the Maestro is gone.... RIP Jeff Beck! Now I have to go a learn his licks as best as I can, with your help! Thanks for having this out there to groove on dude. This was always one of my favorite videos of Jeff and his blues crew. Tal and Vinnie always kickin... The best band out there the past years... Now no longer. Keep it going Mike. Nice work, as always.
Man, I would love to be able to listen to something and be able to pick out the chords and licks that are being played like you are able to do. I've been playing for many years but I'm still sort of lost without having the tab or music right in front of me. That is a great skill or talent to have an ear that allows you to play what you hear. And yeah, Jeff Beck is awesome.
Amazing music ! Thanks so much Mikael
Michael you are good at the ear breakdown. Considering this wonderful song your take on breaking this down is appreciated. Thanks!
Michael - I have played that video/song with the three on stage .. and struck by it; thank you for covering it; and you know your shlt man, I love - and thank you for this! So fun! Thank you for the discussions on the chords as well as showing the position or voicing on the neck - just gorgeous. I think that you are talking about A7sus(9) .. and the 9 is the 'B' in the next octave? Anyway, i miss this kind of dialogue ... and thinking about getting my fretboards cleaned up and restring these old guitars around here, so thank you for the inspiration man.
SRV (from his last show!) Riviera Paradise. It’ll blow you away, if you like SRV pre-“in step,” you’ll love him after he got sober!!
Everybody should find this performance, you will not be disappointed..
Where was this perfomance?
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There used to be a high quality soundboard recording on CZcams but it got taken down :( I’m not ashamed to say I get very emotional from this
When you think about the fact that this was his last performance, it makes it something magical.. spiritual..
For anybody who doesn’t know, it’s completely different from the studio version also.
@@alexbabcock1880 thanks for the link bro
I haven't watched the performance yet. But I'm intimately aware of Imogen. I'm so stoked to see you react to her. We all know Jeff is the man.
Post performance, you absolutely HAVE to check out her stuff. Jeff has guested on at least one of her albums. She's as much as wizard with a looper and synths as Jeff is with a guitar.
Imogen Heap has been a favorite with fans of electronic pop for nearly 2 decades. This talented lady does everything- sing, write, arrange, program, record and produce not just her own tunes but for other major artists as well.
Her magical gloves... Holy smokes.
Beck also often includes volume control -- along with the vibrato -- in his playing.
THIS FREAKING SONG DEFINED ME AS A YOUNG GUITARIST. dude I love this channel. You make me nothing but happy. Bless you
Friday night Ronnie Scotts, I stood next to George Martin (record producer) huge smile on his face during this.
Jeff Beck.... One the best concerts I ever saw ( 125 + ) .
Sad Beck is gone. What a legacy he left though. Thank God for recordings so we can watch and learn.
Jeff Beck Vinnie Colaiuta on drums & Tal Wilkenfeld on bass with Imogen Heap. The musical talent on that stage was mind boggling. That video Michael used is from 'Live at Ronnie Scott's'. If I'm not mistaken, later in the set, Eric Clapton took a turn and we noticed a fairly well known guitarist named Jimmy Page in the audience.
The whole show, Live at Ronnie Scott's, is absofrickinlutely mind blowing. When youtoob stopped letting me watch it for free, I gladly ponied up the $9.99 to "own" it.
Always loved Jeff Beck. His song called Cause we’ve Ended as Lovers is an all time favorite of mine.
Actually, Stevie Wonder's song. But whatever JB plays, he makes it his.
@@monkmchorning Oh wow. I didn’t know Stevie Wonder wrote that. Thanks.
@@jasonyount6036 De nada. Stevie Wonder is one of the great songwriters of our time.
First time i saw this was 2010 in a club on the big screen before we eventually would play our gig at the venue that night. I remember after seeing that we wanted to pack up and go home instead :-)
I LOVE Jeff Beck! He is AWESOME! So smooth, yet with so much energy.
I was so lucky to see Jeff Beck's 6 shows,NOV2007 @Ronnie Scott's,London, that week @Ronnie Scott's. CZcams led me here, cool post Micheal!
Jeff Beck never stops evolving as another person said below. He is soooo inventive. MAD RESPEC
Becks amazing. This is that Caribbean Sade jazzy thing to my ear.
Vinnie Colaiuta - everyone's best drummer
Your analyses are razor sharp my friend. I've seen Jeff play live dozens of times since I first saw him in the Yardbirds (and played support to the Jeff Beck Group once - imagine how I felt that night...!) Jeff's skills are always pyrotechnic yet tasteful as blazes.
damn so glad to see this reaction, one of my favorite phrasing solos
Really love your posts. You have a great ear. I don't care that they are not note-for-note transcriptions. Understanding the vibe/principles of what musicians are doing is far more important. I've learned a hell of a lot from you just by listening. Also found a lot of great new musicians. (Your appreciiation of your wife's acchievments was great too. Her dogged determination reminds me of someone I know.)
That piece has been haunting me since I first heard it a couple of months or so back. Lovely to hear you break it down. My technical knowledge of music is way below yours, am also 7 years out of practice. Having played since 1970 I got quite good blues rythm, that I got quite a few compliments for. Trouble is the upstairs neighbours are travellers and ballistically violent, when I play I can hear them shouting etc. So nothing for 7 years. I miss it to fffk ! Thanks, that was very beautiful :)
I am in love with this arrangement. Every sound has a purpose, even the squeak of a guitar speaker. I believe that this is the top guitar arrangement for vocal performance. Solo parts... My God
When you started talking about the common B I was thinking of how I just learned that in Bukovacs video, then you gave him a shout. Good to hear we’re watching the same stuff
Yes sir!!
I love the little things you do at the beginning of your videos great story
The Beck/Heap video, which I discovered recently, blew my mind. Again, after 30+ years of playing guitar and first hearing Jeff Beck, I am stunned by his musicality. I remember in, in my early 20s, experimenting with vibrato techniques like this, which I abandoned for years due to playing non-trem/vibrato guitars. I've recently built a new strat-like guitar with a trem bar and hope to rekindle my love for the whammy bar. Thanks for breaking down the harmony! This helps.
Just FYI Mike, the location of this performance is in Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho, London.
It's one of my favorite places to listen to live music in London.
Big fan of the channel and will be joining Guitar Gate soon.
That video of the band/song was so beautiful. Her voice is angelic. Proof that you don't have to shred to impress. Michael, you ability to come in cold, dissect what is played, like it is a no brainer is just brilliant...you video so great! You are so talented, so brilliant and I learn so much from your reactions. You reaction videos make my day every time. You and your wife and so lucky and respectfully, she is beautiful and she is lucky to. Good on her for the marathon! I want to subscribe so bad, but I am in health care and I have to devote my skills and experience to help others right now, medically, both physically and emotionally and when the world, hopefully, is less nuts with Covid-19, I absolutely want to be a devoted subscriber so bad. My priorities have to be available to help others right now first, but after long, very stressful days, your videos keep me sane. I think you are brilliant and MORE IMPORTANTLY, you worked hard for your skills....ultra impression. I love your subscribers, their requests and some days, I feel down from burnout and your videos are just so good, that it is mental health for others, helping others to further their musical skills, you are to me, a great person, with great skills, I admire all of it, your subscribers are so lucky and I can't wait to be one so bad, but with C-19, my priority has to put the guitar down and make others well. I will subscribe and with you! Such a true joy, both your videos and reacts to just beautiful music. I an envious, rightfully, to subscribers and cannot wait to be one, hopefully, when this awful pandemic is either over, or is manageable. * I just wanted you to know, how impressive you are, your videos are, through hard work, your lessons, even during videos are, how envious I am of subscribers, but being in health, I want to, just can't, RIGHT NOW, but I WILL. I love the suggestions of subscribers. This is just all so great! Well done is a gross understatement. I understand, that if, I am such a fan, what am I waiting for to subscribe and it is health care needing me right now. It sucks for everyone, but I wish everyone the best, the videos are therapeutic for me and you should be in the millions of subscribers. Why you are not? I don't get it, but you deserve to be, you have earned it, are worth it and it will happen and should have already. You may read this. Maybe not. I hope you do, just to know how valuable your time and videos are! I know you got here with ridiculous devotion and hard work, but you are also brilliant! Be safe to all!
Well done again sir!!
LOVED the inspirational story about your wife.
THEN, you start playing along with the video. Great! You can figure it out, and so can guitar newbies when they reach a certain level of familiarity with what they hear, typically, with chords and progressions, etc., whatever.
I.D.G.A.F.!!!!!
I selected this for a day's playlist because, as you so succinctly put it, "Its Jeff Beck!!" Yep, so let the effing master play, retrace your steps, start the video again and add anything you like, your own "special touches" to the tune AFTER we've heard it as the audience did.
Might be back, might not. If this pattern is a must for you, I'm likely gone.
Good luck to you, Happy Holidays and all the best in the New Year to you and yours .
Michael just discovered your channel trying to learn this song Blanket. I first heard it the same way you did. I'm a huge Jeff Beck fan! Just spent $3K on his Fender Custom shop guitar. The guitar is awesome! Imogen Heap is famous for that song Hide and Seek which was featured on the SNL Digital Short "Letter to my Sister" It was great watching and listening to your process of figuring out the song. I learned a lot! Thanks for uploading!
Very attentive listening. Thanks.
Fell in love on this song.
He has the bar bent up and fixed with that little spring you can insert into the hole, before you screw the bar in. He keeps his index finger on the bar to do this „not quite on the note“ thing. Often he is using the master volume with his middle or ring finger at the same time.
...your are such great teacher, man! Munich Germany
Jeff met Imogen at a songwriting seminar. He didn't know her before it & they hit it off cause he really liked her creativity.
It's all about that creativititty.
Tal Wilkenfeld is a monster bass player aksi - watched the Brit Music Awards where Jeff got in hall of fame and on the second number he was joined by Jimmy Page they ripped in Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song (Jimmy on rhythm Jeff on lead) and Tal played like a pro of 50 years
that whole show is amazinf
Reason I've always felt jeff is the best. He can play what anyone else plays but no one can do what he does, no one.
That little descending thing at 21:40 where he makes the guitar almost weep (gently, for reals) is *TEXTBOOK* Beck. So clean, so beautiful, so emotional, without having to be loud or distorted. Small wonder Tal smiles in response. Jeff's brief solo on Stevie Wonder's "Lookin for Another Pure Love" (starting at 1:48 here: czcams.com/video/cY2fz5RBgvQ/video.html ) is also absolute perfection, and as complete a solo as one can find in rock, ending with a little nod to Les Paul in the little chromatic flurry at the end. What's interesting about it is the way in which he uses *almost* bending to pitch and *finally* bending to pitch to great effect. Not many notes in there but my word, so much expressiveness.
What you think may be keys - because it really does sound like a hard-struck Rhodes - may be a false harmonic on the 3rd or 4th fret. I was as surprised as anyone to find out one could do that, but there you go. Harmonics on the low strings and low frets do NOT sound sweet, almost have a ring-modulator timbre, which is perhaps why they can mimic a Rhodes.
Yes!!! Thanks sooo much for this. Love it
great choice !
Yeah i love the shout out to your wife... great story and admiration
I thought about Bukovac's video when you mentioned "it still has that B in it" so it works. And then you mentioned it. We're all watching Bukovac
Appreciate all you do. Nice work and always the best vids!
Which video from Uncle Larry?
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You’re relationship helps strengthen my faith in the world. Aces
I watched all of the 6 shows live, he played wth Clapton and Jimmy Page was in the audience! nearly all the Yardbirds. there.
Jeff beck has always been my favorite
Love the t shirt!!!
Sooo glad I stumbled on this video. Had no idea these two ever got together. You’re new to Imogen... check out Come Here Boy. Wow.
great area down there! friends in Pasadena
Fun song... and Tal is an amazing bass player.
Mind blowing bass player!! Saw her play with Jeff in 2010 and she was incredible 🎸 still have flashbacks of the two of them on stage 💥💥👍
Killer job breaking this tune down, Michael! 👏🏻
Pound for pound Jeff Beck is still the most innovative and unique guitarist on the planet !! You have to have to a floating trem that can pull up 3 tones to replicate Jeff style,,he does something pretty clever, he fits heavier strings on the bass side which creates more tension and thereby create a greater range for the trem but he still has standard gauge on the treble side for ease of playing, hope I've made sense ,cheers.
Another great song by Jeff is Into the Veil. They had obviously fun when they did that one live. Look it up
👌perfect... thank-you
Vinny on drums. One of the greatest!
Nice pick picking jeff to analyse saw him many times brilliant player no one else sounds like him so much control whammy and volume control bought the dvd when it came out very creative player Nice one Michael working him out 👍