#Jeff Beck obituary

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JEFF BECK 1944-2023

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Just by the margin of Nonsuch Park, Geoffrey Arnold Beck (the guitarist’s guitarist that we now recognize as the internationally famous JEFF BECK) was born. He and I shared a comparable upbringing (though ten years apart)  in that we were both raised in that urban area of Surrey (in his case, Wallington and, for me, Carshalton) that developed, by default, into a borough of London.  He lived in…

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We’ve lost another one, lads

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Iconic rock guitarist, Jeff Beck, has died Jeff Beck, the British rock-blues guitar innovator, has died after a brief struggle with bacterial meningitis. He was 78 years old. Beck was an 8-time Grammy nominee and a two-time inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. His work with the Yardbirds, and his own Jeff Beck Group, was profoundly influential to generations of musicians that came after him. — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/01/11/iconic-rock-guitarist-jeff-beck-has-died.html

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Jeff Beck: British guitar legend dies aged 78 - BBC News

Jeff Beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, has died at the age of 78.

The British musician rose to fame as part of the Yardbirds, where he replaced Eric Clapton, before forming the Jeff Beck group with Rod Stewart.

His tone, presence and, above all, volume redefined guitar music in the 1960s, and influenced movements like heavy metal, jazz-rock and even punk.

Beck's death was confirmed on his official Twitter page.

"On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck's passing," the statement said.

"After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday. His family ask for privacy while they process this tremendous loss."

Speaking when he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the second time in 2009, Beck -  said: "I play the way I do because it allows me to come up with the sickest sounds possible."

"That's the point now, isn't it? I don't care about the rules.

"In fact, if I don't break the rules at least 10 times in every song, then I'm not doing my job properly."  ...

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Rest In Peace Jeff. Your music will fill our hearts forever… it means so much to us.

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Antonio Velardo shares: Notable Deaths 2023: Music by Unknown Author

By Unknown Author Remembering Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett, Tina Turner, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Buffett, Gordon Lightfoot, Wayne Shorter, David Crosby, Sinead O’Connor, Robbie Robertson, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ahmad Jamal, Jeff Beck, Tom Verlaine, Lisa Marie Presley, Shane MacGowan and many others who died in 2023. Published: December 18, 2023 at 11:37AM from NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/12XIyeN via…

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The Led Zeppelin Discography in One-Sentence Record Reviews

Led Zeppelin (1969): I can’t fault the contemporaneous critics who found this a lackluster debut full of by-the-book heavy blues (Cream and Jeff Beck did it better), but the seeds of their later greatness are here.

Led Zeppelin II (1969): The heavy blues are in proper shape now, the band is forging its own unique sound, and everyone is turning in their best performances--especially Jimmy Page as producer.

Led Zeppelin III (1970): The boys take a weird little foray into folk; it’s a great album but isn’t all that Zeppelin-y (certain songs excepted).

Led Zeppelin IV (1971): The band comes into its own, producing music that doesn’t fit into old traditions but creates new ones (and it gives classic rock DJs innumerable songs to ruin through overplaying).

Houses of the Holy (1973): This doesn’t have the reputation that IV does, but its rocking highs and sweeping, dramatic ballads deserve just as much praise.

Physical Graffiti (1975): An unfocused and sometimes tedious double-disc mess that could have been really good if they’d have culled it down to a single album.

Presence (1976): The band narrows its ambition from its glory days and focuses on epic heavy rock, which is both the biggest pro and the biggest con of this album.

In Through the Out Door (1979): A slow, plodding, synth-infused thing that sees the band probe into country, Latin music, and weepy adult contemporary, with decidedly mixed results.

Coda (1982): A decent enough John Bonham obituary, but a pretty lousy album.

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Audio engineer Phil Brown on working with Led Zeppelin - an interesting glimpse behind the curtain.  A bit long but worth the read. Warning - it’s not complimentary. Interview by Joe Matera for Ultimate-Guitar.com. 

The full band were there - John Bonham, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and east end heavy, Peter Grant, with a couple of minders. Peter was vast, probably 20 stone, and had difficulty squeezing into the luxurious, high-backed leather chairs that were positioned on the riser behind the Helios desk. To me he appeared very seedy, with thinning long hair, sweaty skin and ill-fitting clothes. He dealt with me and the other minions around him in an off-hand manner and gave off a somewhat threatening vibe. Control room 2 was not a large room, measuring only 15 by 20 feet. With the brown-carpeted walls on the floor and ceiling, dull lighting, desk and machines, nine people (band, manager, minders, myself and an assistant) and this strange aggressive attitude, the sessions were immediately claustrophobic and scary.

The members of the band, apart from Bonham, had long flowing curly hair - looking like Jesus or some Greek gods. Jones was friendly and polite and on another planet altogether. Bonham and Plant were relaxed and relatively easy to deal with, but Page was dark, moody and difficult. I found him particularly hard to communicate with. He was self-centered and into some form of weird spiritual crap. A great fan of the writings of Aleister Crowley, he owned Crowley’s old residence, Boleskine house.

We worked mainly on two songs; Four Sticks and Stairway to Heaven. The backing tracks had drums, bass and some electric guitars already recorded and there were good vocals on both tracks. We spent most of our time working on Stairway to Heaven - trying out flute parts on the introduction with John Paul Jones and overdubbing guitar ideas and solos with Jimmy Page. We worked on lead guitar parts to Stairway to Heaven endlessly, trying out different styles, sounds and effects. We tried the guitar through Leslie, desk distortion and various pedals and recorded takes continuously. The guitar overdubs took days to perform and get right. Listening to the final version of Stairway to Heaven, it’s hard to imagine how bad some of the playing and tuning was. There were many loose timing mistakes and wrong notes from Page, and the control room atmosphere remained intense.

There was very little direct communication from any of the band, and having Peter Grant sitting beside me did not help. I found him belligerent and rude, and aware of the many stories about Grant’s well-known bullyboy techniques, I was disturbed by his presence. On his death in 1996 there were glowing obituaries in newspapers and music magazines, describing him as always being on the side of the artist and fair. I would have first hand knowledge of this so-called fair attitude to artists later, while working with Jeff Beck.

The sessions with Zeppelin were long, with no convenient breaks and I would be at the desk for some 15 to 18 hours a day. I had to maintain a constant high level of concentration and vigilance during this time - it was not easy. You couldn’t fuck up on projects like these. It was very tiring and the severe atmosphere generated by Peter, his minders and the band, did not leave me with warm memories. I thought Page was a good guitarist but not on a par with Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton. I was relieved when the Zeppelin sessions were over and I could return to projects that were more laidback and easygoing.

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Stood for Parliament unsuccessfully

Series 1, episode 1, round 1, question 1. One point to the Lapsed Psychologists.

Auberon Waugh

Auberon Alexander Waugh (17 November 1939 – 16 January 2001) was an English journalist, and eldest son of Evelyn Waugh. He was widely known by his nickname Bron.

“Goodness me, you don’t recognize the face of Auberon Waugh?” asks Victoria, who informs us he stood in 1979 as a candidate for the Dog-Lover’s Party.

From the The Telegraph:

...he did stand, representing the Dog-Lovers' Party in North Devon as part of his endless baiting of Jeremy Thorpe, who lost his seat, though not to Waugh. (The Dog-Lovers' Party was so-called in reference to the shooting dead of the great dane Rinka, belonging to Jeremy Thorpe's former friend Mr Norman Scott).

The Independent quotes a piece published by Waugh:

"The spirit of Rinka is not dead... Vote Waugh. Vote Dog Lover. Woof woof."

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist and Nobel laureate. At various points in his life, Russell considered himself a liberal, a socialist and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense". Russell was born in Monmouthshire into one of the most prominent aristocratic families in the United Kingdom.

“He was a candidate for women’s suffrage in 1907,” Victoria adds.

Robin Day

Sir Robin Day (24 October 1923 – 6 August 2000) was a British political broadcaster and commentator. Day's obituary in The Guardian by Dick Taverne stated that he was "the most outstanding television journalist of his generation. He transformed the television interview, changed the relationship between politicians and television, and strove to assert balance and rationality into the medium's treatment of current affairs"

Screaming Lord Sutch

David Edward Sutch (10 November 1940 – 16 June 1999), also known as 3rd Earl of Harrow, or simply Screaming Lord Sutch, was an English musician. He was the founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party and served as its leader from 1983 to 1999, during which time he stood in numerous parliamentary elections. He holds the record for losing more than 40 elections in which he stood from 1963 to 1997. As a singer he variously worked with Keith Moon, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Charlie Watts and Nicky Hopkins.

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R.I.P. Allan Holdsworth (August 6, 1946 - April 16, 2017)

We are saddened to report the death of legendary guitarist Allan Holdsworth. Allan has been a huge inspiration to many guitar players over the course of his career and his loss is certainly one that has affected a lot of people in the music industry.

His playing has been heard in countless of amazing bands such as Gong, Soft Machine, The Tony Williams Lifetime, and U.K. Allan has received praised for his technical and amazing skills on the guitar. He even got the attention of Frank Zappa who said: "One of the most interesting guys on guitar on the planet is Allan Holdsworth. I really respect his playing.” 

It’s been a rough and sad couple of years for music fans. Many of the legendary musicians that have shaped the way we listen to music are suddenly passing away. Thankfully we still have their music to keep us inspired.

We will really miss you Allan, thank you for the amazing music.

NOTES FROM FRIENDS AND THE MEDIA

“I feel very fortunate to have been the producer on the recent Allan Holdsworth reissue projects for Manifesto Records.  Getting to know Allan over the last year and putting together something for him that will honor his great legacy was a privilege.  Allan hadn’t played out in a while, but had recently done four sold out shows in Southern California, that’s what I call going out on a high note!"

-Dan Perloff, Manifesto Records,

"There is no greater measure of a life well-lived than the amount of people he had impacted, and by that measure the artist Allan Holdsworth lived a very good life. This man took a plank of wood, a few strings and some wires and transformed people's lives in a way that few others have. The ultimate genius of the rarest kind. So much history with Allan."

– Leonardo Pavkovic, MoonJune Music (associated with Allan Holdsworth between 2001-2016)

“Allan is a celebrated musical legend among so many great contemporaries, and among today’s younger generation of master musicians whom he performed and collaborated up until his sudden passing.  So many of the most revered musicians of the half-century consider Allan Holdsworth to be one music’s leading musical innovators and most original voices.  Those close to him knew him as a humble genius with a wonderful sense of humor, and a generous and kind soul at his core.  Allan’s many collaborations are now the stuff of legend, as were his friendships, collaborations, touring performances and recordings with so many jazz and rock luminaries, among them the late Tony Williams, Jack Bruce, Gordon Beck, and John Wetton among others.

“Allan’s career began as a London-based journeyman sideman who captivated the attention and imagination of guitarists world over was unparalleled in modern times—he recorded and toured with Soft Machine, U.K., Bill Bruford, Jean-Luc Ponty, Gong, Stanley Clarke, and performed as a member of HoBoLeMa, the improvisatory “supergroup” ensemble which last performed in 2014; it was formed by Frank Zappa/Jeff Beck drummer Terry Bozzio, with drummer Pat Mastelotto, and bassist/stick player Tony Levin.  In 1980 Holdsworth launched a successful solo career with drummer/keyboardist Gary Husband, which began a succession of self-produced studio albums band leader and principal composer featuring his singular “Holdsworthian” conception.  Allan had just released his solo career retrospective 12-CD box set of 11 studio albums, and one live disc, aptly titled The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever.  Holdsworth strongly resisted the proposed name, but eventually allowed it, having been lobbied by many friends and fellow musicians that it was indeed an accurate view of how his fellow musicians and fans viewed his contribution to music and the evolution of his instrument.”

--Chris Hoard

“There is an indisputable truth suspended in all the music Allan created. The burden of being a mortal, saddled with this answer to a universe of creativity, weighed heavily on Allan. He was the temporary flame keeper, like Parker and Coltrane before him. His musical genius was searing. I will miss his humbleness and hospitality.  Seldom has a man walked so unassuming a walk and influenced so many fellow human beings. Rest in Peace Maestro.”

—singer/songwriter Jim Reiske built several guitars for Allan, “We have been friends since mid 1980s. He was like a brother.”

“It is with a heavy heart that I share the lost of my friend and client, Allan Holdsworth.  I have been Allan’s photographer nearly 33 years, and just saw him live last week.  His box set was just released.  Condolences to his family and circle of friends.  He and Gary Moore are drinking with God.  Goodbye my friend, and thank you for your music and friendship.”

-Glen Laferman, photographer

More Allan info for you:

George Varga, San Diego Union Tribune Obituary (Allan lived in San Diego)

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sd-et-music-holdsworth-obit-20170416-story.html

Eric Harabadian conducted Alan’s last official interview for DOWNBEAT

http://downbeat.com/news/detail/qa-with-allan-holdsworth-the-man-who-changed-guitar-forever

Friends of Dan has friends and fans of Allan talking about his guitar chops interspersed in a very spiritual interview about playing his instrument.  

http://www.friendsofdanmusicpodcast.com/allan-holdsworth/

Delightful overview on Allan’s boxset by John Kelman