No one played the Stratocaster better than Jeff Beck. Not Clapton, not Hendrix. Beck was the master. For me, this performance captures everything that he was about musically. The stage presence, the way he replicates the voice, and his absolute dominance of the guitar. Don't knows what else to say really.
They are all exceptionally good in their own way. All of these great guitarists are in a category of their own virtually. And they can all do things that the others can’t quite do.
Well said. This performance really captured Jeff at the top of his game. The dynamics, the feel and the tonality are magnificent. The thing is I've heard so much blues over the decades that frankly I'm sick of it. I typically find it boring and repetitive. But not this performance. Jeff avoids every worn down blues cliche and manages to convey a voice and style that's so damn good and so damn unique. This is my fav Jeff Beck performance.
While JB was certainly a master guitarist and a legend to be sure, and one of my all time favorite players, it’s futile to argue he was the greatest, over others that you mentioned. Suffice it to say he holds a place forever in guitar mastery!😉🙂✌️🎸😎
Jeff Beck was and will remain the only person capable of making his guitar sound so masterfully. In less than 4 minutes, he displays a breathtaking technical range that is impossible to match, which he puts to good use in a sensitive performance. The performance is made all the more beautiful by the fact that he plays it without ostentation, but with the humility that is the panache of the greatest.
Now I'm drowning in my own tears - can't believe Jeff is gone, but, he always surprised us! Big thanks to his wife Sandra for keeping him healthy and creative decades longer than most rockers
He played the guitar as close to a human voice as I've ever heard. Nuance on every note, such amazing feel, always inventive - it's all there, the wailing, the humour, the tears, the joy, the 'yeah cos it's rock n roll mate', the lot. He was a True Master. Never played the same songs the same way twice and never failed to stop growing as a musician. Great band leader too. Love this cover, there aren't many that could have pulled it off, yet alone perform it like That. RIP Jeff the legend.
what you wrote is absolutely right. jf didn‘t only play guitar, he had told us stories, feelings, poured tears in my soul with his excellent playing skills and musicality, a genius.
Great comment. I agree with every word. The playing aside- which is transcendent on this tune- his stage presence is both amusing and thrilling. Jeff knew how to be a rock star- but never took himself too seriously. I’ve loved him since I bought Truth as a 12 year old in 1971. Jeff Beck; even his name is cool. What a guitar player…
This was one of those moments when you are watching TV and it is etched on the brain. New Years Eve, Jools Holland’s Hootenanny and this happened. One of my favourite Ray Charles songs, and Jeff Beck did this. Could anybody else have imagined this, never mind delivered it? RIP.
They way he walks off stage looking like "hope i was good enough" after he played like the best performance ever done on a strat while the whole band is giving him applause is just priceless. Humble guy and true legend !! I will always listen to Jeff Beck !
Yes, and he was competitive too. If someone on same stage did something spectacular Jeff would get amp’ed up to go two or three steps further! And we were all the beneficiaries. At the same time he shared a stage as well as anyone.
I love watching magicians because, even as an adult, the feeling I get is amazing. There's always a part of me that's amazed like I'm really seeing something that is impossible. It's like the laws of the universe are suspended and what is impossible is actually happening right before my eyes. Of course I know it's deception at its finest but I enjoy being hoodwinked just the same. I've been listening to Jeff Beck for almost 50 years now and I listen because it's always been a totally visceral and uplifting experience but the feeling is better than watching a magician because there's no deception. What I'm hearing is real. There's no being fooled here. Jeff has that ability to suspend the laws of the universe and the music he makes is genuine magic. Now, when I speak of him I'll have to use the past tense and sitting here in private knowing that there's "no going back" I'm saddened to tears. There are a very few small handfuls of modern guitarists that are more than head and shoulders above the rest. They're in the stratosphere above all others but Jeff Beck has always stood a few feet above even those greats and I'm powerfully sad knowing he isn't out there somewhere walking the planet at the same time that I am. I'm powerfully sad! Powerfully sad! I'm sad and very sorry to see you go Jeff. Thank you for all the wonder and magic. Rest Easy!
Beautifully said. He was unique, my heart is broken losing the most gentle, modest, talented, wonderful musician to walk on our earth + pull our heart strings by playing his.
@@nickypiccallo He was not "the most gentle" as you say. I'm not knocking him at all but you're quite mistaken. I've read plenty of times over the decades from people who know him that he had a wicked temper, which again, I have no problem with because I'm the same way. I'm commenting on it because it seems odd to me that people project certain qualities onto celebrities or make false assumptions as if they know what they're talking about. There's no need for that. As far as I'm concerned they guy could have a bad a temper as much as he wanted. I'm only interested in his music. Projecting these "pie in the sky" qualities onto celebrities is silly. I saw him live 3 times in my life and I actually spoke to him and got within about 2 feet of him and I saw that temper flare up right in front of me. standing
Jeff beck wasn’t just a master playing his guitar he played with his heart and soul which made him at one with his guitar and his guitar became at one with him,RIP Jeff,so sorry you had to leave us early.T and N
The Strat was bon in 1954 but people didn't know the potential until Jimi Hendrix showed us what 'else' we could do with it. Jeff Beck is like Hendrix in the way he brings out more expressive sounds than anyone thought possible from the instrument.
What a musical genius!! Those hands on the strings of a guitar were magic. Nothing but Jeff and his tremendous fingers,and maybe the whammy. Would never believe that jazz on guitar could be so amazingly,perfectly preformed. Truly genius!!
@@holliswilliams8426 For most guitarists it is a gimmick. They grab it, but it really adds nothing to their playing. More a prop than anything else. Beck’s control of the whammy bar and the muting of all the strings, but the one he is playing is incredible. I believe he is muting with his fretting hand, because no other strings ring out and he can’t mute with his right hand, while using the whammy bar.
Absolutely jaw-dropping. This is one of my favorite songs of all time, and I’ll never hear it the same way again. RIP, Jeff Beck, a true master. We miss you!
Dammmmmmm!!!! Literally tears of joy streaming down my face that was a music orgasm. 😄 I always say there's a lot of great guitar players but there's only one JEFF BECK!
Ok I will say it, because Jeff and myself share the same birthday and we both play a strat how come he is so much better 😭 I do'nt think Jeff knows how amazing he is, he would rather work on his hot rods. A very humble person to be the one of the Greatest Musicians ever.and that is fact.
He is the best electric guitarist alive: and innovating since 1965..no one else comes close for longevity and brilliance. ~Ask Jimym Page, Clapton and Dave Gilmour among many others,
Holy Crap! I'd never seen this before..... master storyteller, melodic when it needs to be and on fire a few seconds later. To develop ones own voice to this extent is the dream and goal of many. Leo Fender would be stunned to see what has been done with his second child.
Light years ahead of his time. There are players like John Mayer, Chris Buck and Derek Trucks who can make a guitar sing in similar ways but only because Jeff showed them how. Amazing.
Saw him with the yardbirds 1965 at The Welsh Harp bottom of the edgware road. Play a fender esquire through an Vox AC 30. Just leaning to play then almost gave up. If God played guitar would he be as good as Jeff Beck.
Jeff Beck was the best guitarist in my lifetime. I saw and heard them all. Les Paul said he was the best. David Gilmour said he was the best. What else do you need?
Okay if that wasn't one of the greatest performances on a Stratocaster then I'm going to eat my shoes they taste terrible damn Jeff why you have to be so damn good 😀
All the tones and technique and tricks you want in that clip. Using the tremolo arm, pushing the bridge, different picking and even hitting the guitar. Just beautiful to watch and listen to
I've seen him twice. Astonishing. He is so far beyond any kind of categorization now. Every time I see or hear Jeff, I can't help but wonder what Jimi would think.
I remember hearing Ritchie Blackmore pay Jeff Beck a great compliment saying that he had an unfair advantage because his guitar had more notes than anyone else's!
well Beck often payed tribute to many including Hendrix because Hendrix was very versatile and intense , Beck did not have the writing skills Hendrix had , but …. this playing is absolutely staggering and mindblowing .
Such a lyrical performance. This version of the tune is one of my favorites along with the Derek Trucks cover and of course the awesome that is Ray's version.
Ok who else is here from Eric and Rogan
Me!
No one played the Stratocaster better than Jeff Beck. Not Clapton, not Hendrix. Beck was the master. For me, this performance captures everything that he was about musically. The stage presence, the way he replicates the voice, and his absolute dominance of the guitar. Don't knows what else to say really.
They are all exceptionally good in their own way. All of these great guitarists are in a category of their own virtually. And they can all do things that the others can’t quite do.
Well said, couldn’t agree more 👍 it’s a sad loss.
Well said. This performance really captured Jeff at the top of his game. The dynamics, the feel and the tonality are magnificent. The thing is I've heard so much blues over the decades that frankly I'm sick of it. I typically find it boring and repetitive. But not this performance. Jeff avoids every worn down blues cliche and manages to convey a voice and style that's so damn good and so damn unique. This is my fav Jeff Beck performance.
I think Hendrix was "better".
While JB was certainly a master guitarist and a legend to be sure, and one of my all time favorite players, it’s futile to argue he was the greatest, over others that you mentioned. Suffice it to say he holds a place forever in guitar mastery!😉🙂✌️🎸😎
Jeff Beck was and will remain the only person capable of making his guitar sound so masterfully. In less than 4 minutes, he displays a breathtaking technical range that is impossible to match, which he puts to good use in a sensitive performance.
The performance is made all the more beautiful by the fact that he plays it without ostentation, but with the humility that is the panache of the greatest.
What the Jiminy Cricketts have I just witnessed!?!? Jeff Beck showing the world how it’s done. Bloody brilliant. 👏🏼🤘🏽🎸🎸🎸👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
For anyone who doesn't understand watch his feet. No pedals no effects.... it's all on the guitar. That's class that's blues 😊😊😊
Wheweee that gave me the chills!! Just came across this gem.
Yea No One sounds like him No One. My 3 favorite Guitar Players ever are
Jeff Beck, Django Reinhart, Steve Vai In THAT order.
@@alivstyson1864 I think Django was Jeff's favorite guitarist.
Now I'm drowning in my own tears - can't believe Jeff is gone, but, he always surprised us!
Big thanks to his wife Sandra for keeping him healthy and creative decades longer than most rockers
He played the guitar as close to a human voice as I've ever heard. Nuance on every note, such amazing feel, always inventive - it's all there, the wailing, the humour, the tears, the joy, the 'yeah cos it's rock n roll mate', the lot. He was a True Master. Never played the same songs the same way twice and never failed to stop growing as a musician. Great band leader too. Love this cover, there aren't many that could have pulled it off, yet alone perform it like That. RIP Jeff the legend.
what you wrote is absolutely right. jf didn‘t only play guitar, he had told us stories, feelings, poured tears in my soul with his excellent playing skills and musicality, a genius.
Great comment. I agree with every word. The playing aside- which is transcendent on this tune- his stage presence is both amusing and thrilling. Jeff knew how to be a rock star- but never took himself too seriously. I’ve loved him since I bought Truth as a 12 year old in 1971. Jeff Beck; even his name is cool. What a guitar player…
Gawd blimey Jeff, you done it again. Bless you for keeping real music alive. Miss you like crazy. 💔
One of the only guitarists that improves with age. He is one with the instrument.
Simply the most stunning virtuoso of electric guitar ever.
This was one of those moments when you are watching TV and it is etched on the brain. New Years Eve, Jools Holland’s Hootenanny and this happened. One of my favourite Ray Charles songs, and Jeff Beck did this. Could anybody else have imagined this, never mind delivered it? RIP.
Jeff set the bar. RIP
Puts down the guitar,strolls off camera”Follow that!” Legend! R.I.P.
🤣🤣 That was priceless.. Omg!! Just so beautiful, brings tears to my eyes.
Wow this is amazing. Found out through Joe Rogan.
They way he walks off stage looking like "hope i was good enough" after he played like the best performance ever done on a strat while the whole band is giving him applause is just priceless. Humble guy and true legend !! I will always listen to Jeff Beck !
He's humble, but believe me, he knows he's uniquely gifted. He has enormous confidence up there.
@@erickuritsky4087 I agree, he's humble but he knows that he is good.
Yes, and he was competitive too. If someone on same stage did something spectacular Jeff would get amp’ed up to go two or three steps further! And we were all the beneficiaries. At the same time he shared a stage as well as anyone.
If it's possible I'd give Jeff's performance eleven out of ten and much praise to Jool's for fronting the best music show on tv.
here from the Joe Rogan podcast with Eric Weinstein. this is godly!
I love watching magicians because, even as an adult, the feeling I get is amazing. There's always a part of me that's amazed like I'm really seeing something that is impossible. It's like the laws of the universe are suspended and what is impossible is actually happening right before my eyes. Of course I know it's deception at its finest but I enjoy being hoodwinked just the same.
I've been listening to Jeff Beck for almost 50 years now and I listen because it's always been a totally visceral and uplifting experience but the feeling is better than watching a magician because there's no deception. What I'm hearing is real. There's no being fooled here. Jeff has that ability to suspend the laws of the universe and the music he makes is genuine magic.
Now, when I speak of him I'll have to use the past tense and sitting here in private knowing that there's "no going back" I'm saddened to tears.
There are a very few small handfuls of modern guitarists that are more than head and shoulders above the rest. They're in the stratosphere above all others but Jeff Beck has always stood a few feet above even those greats and I'm powerfully sad knowing he isn't out there somewhere walking the planet at the same time that I am.
I'm powerfully sad! Powerfully sad!
I'm sad and very sorry to see you go Jeff.
Thank you for all the wonder and magic.
Rest Easy!
Magicians! Jeff was definitely a magician among mere musicians!
Beautifully said. He was unique, my heart is broken losing the most gentle, modest, talented, wonderful musician to walk on our earth + pull our heart strings by playing his.
@@nickypiccallo He was not "the most gentle" as you say. I'm not knocking him at all but you're quite mistaken.
I've read plenty of times over the decades from people who know him that he had a wicked temper, which again, I have no problem with because I'm the same way. I'm commenting on it because it seems odd to me that people project certain qualities onto celebrities or make false assumptions as if they know what they're talking about. There's no need for that.
As far as I'm concerned they guy could have a bad a temper as much as he wanted. I'm only interested in his music. Projecting these "pie in the sky" qualities onto celebrities is silly.
I saw him live 3 times in my life and I actually spoke to him and got within about 2 feet of him and I saw that temper flare up right in front of me.
standing
Well said!!👏👏👏🙏
Beautifully written tribute to Jeff, and from the heart....Bravo, nicely done
Eric on Joe's brought me here, and now I'll never leave.
Perfect pitch, perfect time, perfect technique, perfect taste.
Jeff beck wasn’t just a master playing his guitar he played with his heart and soul which made him at one with his guitar and his guitar became at one with him,RIP Jeff,so sorry you had to leave us early.T and N
RIP Jeff Beck - a guitar master - and look! No pedalboard!
Shocked by Jeff's passing today. Thanks for all the great music. You will definitely be missed & NEVER be forgotten.
My heart is broken hearing about this incredible loss. He truly was sent from heaven.
I too was immediately numb and directionless. God it's so great to listen to this now. Tip apart the blues and sadness away from me
It sucks that the LEGEND is gone. He was so great!
@@PhukIT1865 Still. I still feel that way. This is a breathtaking video
Oh my! Even the strat didn't know it could produce that kind of sound. Long live Jeff Beck! 2020
The Strat was bon in 1954 but people didn't know the potential until Jimi Hendrix showed us what 'else' we could do with it. Jeff Beck is like Hendrix in the way he brings out more expressive sounds than anyone thought possible from the instrument.
Let's talk hands...to do what he did,they had to be strong.Thing is he was soooo sublime and nuanced. Just incredible.
LOVE how he played the blues
What a musical genius!! Those hands on the strings of a guitar were magic. Nothing but Jeff and his tremendous fingers,and maybe the whammy. Would never believe that jazz on guitar could be so amazingly,perfectly preformed. Truly genius!!
Had to watch this again after hearing the Sad news, You can see why all the Guitar greats hail him as the greatest. RIP Jeff.
No one could show you what a whammy bar could do better than this guy. Thanks for the sounds, Jeff. Ya did good. Off you go.
I really thought the whammy bar was a gimmick as I was interested only in acoustic, but seeing him do this stuff I realise I was wrong.
@@holliswilliams8426 For most guitarists it is a gimmick. They grab it, but it really adds nothing to their playing. More a prop than anything else. Beck’s control of the whammy bar and the muting of all the strings, but the one he is playing is incredible. I believe he is muting with his fretting hand, because no other strings ring out and he can’t mute with his right hand, while using the whammy bar.
I can imagine Leo Fender watching Jeff using that trem to such good effect and thinking "finally, someone who gets it!"
RIPJB.
I find myself revisiting this wonderful performance every so often. RIP Jeff, thanks for the music
Just a man, a guitar with a cable running to an amp. Incredible. RIP to a master
The band couldn't hold back their admiration. JB made the guitar sing. Incomparable
...and he walks off stage like, "Yeah, yeah! I got a car to fix".
Absolutely jaw-dropping. This is one of my favorite songs of all time, and I’ll never hear it the same way again. RIP, Jeff Beck, a true master. We miss you!
this brings tears to my eyes. Because he is gone and because his playing is so goddamn good!
RIP a legend. This performance is a fitting tribute to his own greatness.
One of my favourite performances of anything, ever. The applause from the whole band says it all.
I agree. When I try to explain Jeff to people, I often play this clip. I bet it made Ray Charles smile.
I don't think most people understand what they are seeing. He runs off stage as if he is embarrassed by the acclaim.
Even the best shake there head and Smile
Wow he was really in his game here. Absolute mastery of the instrument
This is both otherworldly and at the same time as earthy as music gets. Utterly miraculous. No other way to describe it. Jeff Beck is immortal.
Dammmmmmm!!!! Literally tears of joy streaming down my face that was a music orgasm. 😄 I always say there's a lot of great guitar players but there's only one JEFF BECK!
Ok I will say it, because Jeff and myself share the same birthday and we both play a strat how come he is so much better 😭 I do'nt think Jeff knows how amazing he is, he would rather work on his hot rods. A very humble person to be the one of the Greatest
Musicians ever.and that is fact.
There will NEVER be another Jeff Beck. God rest your beautiful soul.
😩😩ive watched this performance 100 times at least and everytime is same as last, too good, cant beleive hes gone😞an absolute great of all time!! RIP
+1 that, must be my most replayed video on CZcams. Real time genius a true human.
Remember watching this on the night and numerous times since...truly a human being gifted with incredible talent and soul.🌼
The talent pool just got alot more shallow with Mr. Beck's passing. No one like him. May you RIP Mr. Beck. Thank you for all you left us to enjoy. 😓
Holy shit! I love Jeff Beck ❤
Can’t believe the news of his passing, the man spoke to us all through his playing and he will be sorely missed.
What a gift to the world.
He is the best electric guitarist alive: and innovating since 1965..no one else comes close for longevity and brilliance. ~Ask Jimym Page, Clapton and Dave Gilmour among many others,
so much control, nothing show off or flash just superb control and sweet sweet notes
Man!! Such an amazing and radical player! Simply one-of-a-kind! Incredible virtuosity and soulfulness!
I guess I hope in 50 years, Jeff will still be relevant as the guitarist that spoke with his notes.
Just can`t get enough of him, his guitar has so much to say💌
Unique and Unrepeatable! God bless your great soul 🎼🎸🎵🎶
He makes his guitar sing, totally amazing stuff.
Irreplaceable. I'm so sad right now, drowning my own tears! Gonna miss you Jeff.
Incredible that he could be so gentle and growl in the same song
Holy Crap! I'd never seen this before..... master storyteller, melodic when it needs to be and on fire a few seconds later. To develop ones own voice to this extent is the dream and goal of many. Leo Fender would be stunned to see what has been done with his second child.
On hearing of his death, this was the performance I had to see first. As good as it gets. R.I.P. 🐐
Light years ahead of his time. There are players like John Mayer, Chris Buck and Derek Trucks who can make a guitar sing in similar ways but only because Jeff showed them how. Amazing.
He definitely was an amazing guitar guru and is sorely missed. May he be resting in peace.
Rest in the most heavenly peace, bro! Just an amazing player....
I remember watching this live on TV. Jeff's best ever.
Saw him with the yardbirds 1965 at The Welsh Harp bottom of the edgware road. Play a fender esquire through an Vox AC 30. Just leaning to play then almost gave up. If God played guitar would he be as good as Jeff Beck.
Jeff Beck was the best guitarist in my lifetime. I saw and heard them all.
Les Paul said he was the best. David Gilmour said he was the best.
What else do you need?
I hope he keeps going. He just gets better every day. But must have some gray hairs by now and will have to show his age someday. He's the best.
Thanks for sharing your talent, rest in peace
Okay if that wasn't one of the greatest performances on a Stratocaster then I'm going to eat my shoes they taste terrible damn Jeff why you have to be so damn good 😀
All the tones and technique and tricks you want in that clip. Using the tremolo arm, pushing the bridge, different picking and even hitting the guitar. Just beautiful to watch and listen to
I've seen him twice. Astonishing. He is so far beyond any kind of categorization now. Every time I see or hear Jeff, I can't help but wonder what Jimi would think.
Absolutely magical!
Jesus christ! That was amazing. Vale JB. ty 4 ur beautiful music x
I find myself returning to this from time to time. to restore that sense of awe and wonder.
Beyond the realm of Musicianship . Outstanding discipline to his craft to create on a level of pure genius.
We are so blessed to have had Jeff Beck in our lives
Nobody, NOBODY, ever owned a guitar like Jeff beck. He could make it do anything, and it was always good. RIP to my favorite ever.
And just one more incredible thing about Jeff's artistry is that how his harmonics and tremolo are in perfect harmony, no pun intended.
Just bought my first guitar because of Beck.. You really can't understand how good he was until you try to play his songs, he was an absolute master
Rogan fans wut up
Jeff beck will win the Pepsi Challenge with ANY other guitarist on the Stratocaster.
i don't think we'll see someone like him in the next 500 years, or maybe an alien guitarist
RIP Jeff beck, legend
Who's here because of Eric Weinstein's interview on Joe Rogan? Haha
He did things on the Strat no one else did & I’ve gigged one for 45yrs 🙏🎼
I remember hearing Ritchie Blackmore pay Jeff Beck a great compliment saying that he had an unfair advantage because his guitar had more notes than anyone else's!
thats how to play from the heart,, awesome !!!!!!!!
He made that old Stratocaster, cry and sing.Sultan of kickin' ass. See you in two weeks with ZZ Top, Jeff.
Jeff is making that guitar sound like it is talking the blues all by itself. That is the way a blues guitar is supposed to talk the blues.
And hes called jeff. Pinched harmonics a plenty. There cant be many guitarists out there as original as this man
that guy with the Tamboerijn always cracks me up
Flawless, really.
I FEEL JEFF JUST LET THE GUITAR SINGING THE BLUES
( BY HIS MAGICAL FINGER )
WHAT THE AMAZING GUITAR PLAYER ! WONDERFUL !
As I said on another Jeff Beck video, to quote the famous music critic Mr. T, "I pity the fool who tries to outgun Jeff Beck on the stratocaster."
Still one my favs
Rogan and Weinstein sent me here
The phrase "playing outside the box" is exemplified by this performance. Truly one-of-a-kind. RIP Jeff 🙏
Maestro Jeff Beck is the first and unique of all times
Farewell and good travels Jeff. God to many, peer of all, and in a group of one. RIP.
well Beck often payed tribute to many including Hendrix because Hendrix was very versatile and intense , Beck did not have the writing skills Hendrix had , but …. this playing is absolutely staggering and mindblowing .
Such a lyrical performance. This version of the tune is one of my favorites along with the Derek Trucks cover and of course the awesome that is Ray's version.
Wow excellent,thanks much
Utterly brilliant 💙🙂