#beck’s bolero

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Tedeschi Trucks Band - “Beck’s Bolero” (Live)

Tedeschi Trucks Band are not a cover act, per se, but, man, can the group do covers.

Someone shot clandestine video of TTB performing “Beck’s Bolero” at the 2023 Peach Music Festival. And what the results lack in sound quality they exude in quality, quality.

The band - sans horns and choir (duh) - provide essential, powerful backing. But the success of this redux is down to Derek Trucks, who conjures the sprit of Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page while sounding exactly like Derek Trucks.

Clocking in at less than three minutes and closing the set, it was a masterful choice that left them wanting more both at the gig, Sound Bites presumes, and wherever they take in the video, as Sound Bites knows.

Grade card: Tedeschi Trucks Band - “Beck’s Bolero” (Live) - A

8/5/23

[jonesbrianshining]

Magazine Rave June 1967

via: The Brian Jones Resource-Facebook

[bayareabadboy]

HOW THE NAME "LED ZEPPELIN" WAS CREATED

In May 1966, Keith Moon and The Who bassist John Entwistle recorded the instrumental Beck's Bolero with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jeff Beck.

The recording went very well and Page proposed the idea of starting a superband together. Moon said the group would crash like a lead baloon. Two years later, Page remembered that phrase and founded Led Zeppelin.

"It's a name that Keith Moon had mentioned in the past – Page said – he said 'Wouldn't it be fun to call a band Led Zeppelin?'. So I asked him if we could use that name. When we went to play in Scandinavia, we actually performed as the New Yardbirds, it was like a sort of invisibility cloak. Even in our first recordings we used this name because I didn't want anyone to find out the real name of the band until it was officially revealed."

#ledzeppelin #jimmypage #keithmoon

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia Di Musica #309 - Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin, 1969

Come iniziare un nuovo anno di storie musicali? Si inizia con la scelta di 4 dischi che portano lo stesso nome dei loro autori, 4 band molto differenti tra loro, alcune famosissime, altre molto di meno (la scoperta di grandi dischi da artisti sconosciuti vorrei fosse una sorta di cardine di tutte le scelte del 2024). La Storia di Musica della prima domenica di gennaio 2024 parte con un modo di dire inglese: Go over like a lead ballon, che significa “è fallito del tutto” perché un lead ballon è un palloncino di piombo che ovviamente non può volare. Leggenda vuole che fu questo detto ad ispirare Keith Moon e John Entwistle, che suggerirono a Jimmy Page il nome per quella che diventerà una delle più formidabili formazioni di sempre: i Led Zeppelin. La storia è piuttosto nota: Page entra nel 1966 negli Yardbirds (già di Eric Clapton) come seconda chitarra di Jeff Beck. La band era già allo sfascio, e Page aveva intenzione di formare una nuova band con Moon ed Entewinstle. I tre con Jeff Beck registrano la storica Beck’s Bolero, registrata nel Maggio del 1966 ma pubblicata come singolo solo mesi più tardi, nel Marzo del 1967, brano fenomenale ma dalla storia travagliatissima, tra cui una intricata questione di diritti d’autore. Page, titolare del nome Yardbirds, prende accordi come leader degli Yardbirds per un mini tour in Scandinavia, ma nessuno dei suoi compagni accetta. Ne trova di altri: convince un session man mago delle tastiere, John Paul Jones, nel progetto, e tramite l’ex cantante degli Yardbirds Chris Dreja (che nel frattempo si è dato alla fotografia) assolda un biondo cantante, Robert Plant, che si porta con sé un batterista un po’ pazzo, John Bonham. È il 1968. Nascono così i Led Zeppelin (scritto così per non confondere il lead “piombo” con il lead “guidare”).

Senza nemmeno un po’ di gavetta registrano in 36 ore, sotto la guida del grande ingegnere del suono e produttore Glys Johns per poco più di 1700 sterline il loro primo, omonimo album per la Atlantic Records (fa più impressione il dato temporale che quello economico, 1700 sterline del 1968 sono 35 mila di adesso). E bastano: Led Zeppelin esce il 12 gennaio 1969 e diviene uno dei 10 album di debutto più belli ed importanti della musica rock. Venderà decine di milioni di dischi e manda in orbita, forse quasi troppo velocemente, il dirigibile più famoso del rock. In copertina mettono l’incidente del dirigibile Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg avvenuto il 6 maggio 1937 nel New Jersey (vicenda leggendaria, su cui aleggia un complotto internazionale e non l’ufficiale incidente aereo). I 4 partono dal furente suono del british blues, ma arrivano dove nessuno si era mai spinto: rifanno due classici del blues, I Can’t Quit You Baby (eccezionale, caldissima e stupenda) e You Shook Me di Willie Dixon, e prendono da Jack Holmes Dazed And Confused (che nei live diverrà infinita con medley di altri classici della Musica del Delta). Per capire il suono Zeppelin e la sua travolgente natura, basta capire come strutturano il suono di una canzone tutto sommato banale come Good Times Bad Times. Your Time Is Gonna Come è quasi corale, come la veloce How Many More Times. Black Mountain Side è uno strumentale acustico in cui Page rincorre la maestria del fingerpicking di Bert Jansch, allora in auge con i superbi Pentagle. Communication Breakdown diviene un altro classico, con il suo stile particolare: parte blues, poi sale con l’intensità della voce di Plant e diviene furiosa ed accesa, e per molti è la nascita dell’hard rock. Gemma dell’album è però Babe I’m Gonna Leave You: presa da Joan Baez, in realtà la canzone, accreditata come traditional, è dalla folksinger inglese Anne Bredon (che fu ricompensata con un cospicuo assegno dalla band una volta risolto il mistero). Plant canta babe come mai nessuno più farà, la canzone ha un intro acustico ma poi esplode nel nuovo suono elettrico e potente, diviene struggente, torbida, assolutamente memorabile.

Questo fu il primo episodio di un modo di “gestire” le ispirazioni da altre canzoni che fece scuola, e si potrebbe aprire un dibattito infinito sulla loro musica. Per alcuni (pochini, va sottolineato) il loro rock blues portato all'estremo, con la chitarra rivoluzionaria di Page (che influenzerà 3 generazioni di chitarristi), il bombardamento ritmico di Bohnam (davvero feroce), l’elegante e mai invasivo tessuto sonoro di Jones (che suona basso e tastiere) e la voce, straordinaria e incantatrice di Plant, non è niente di così innovativo. Per altri (la stragrande maggioranza degli appassionati) il loro suono, le idee, la maestria tecnica dei musicisti e l’alone leggendario che la band riesce a costruire su di sé, li pongono ai vertici assoluti della storia del rock, ne fanno i padri putativi dell’Hard Rock (con i coevi Deep Purple), e la loro genialità è dimostrata dalle future evoluzioni stilistiche e musicali. È innegabile però che per farlo saccheggiarono un po’ dovunque, dal blues del Delta a quello urbano di Chicago, spesso non accreditandolo sui dischi, con picchi assoluti di sorrisetti ironici (tipo il caso di Stairway To Heaven per l’intro uguale ad una canzone degli Spirit, Taurus, caso che finirà addirittura in tribunale con la vittoria di Page e Plant, sebbene lo stesso tribunale ne riconosce le somiglianze). All’epoca era prassi comune raccogliere i semi del blues e riadattarli nel suono, un po’ per convenienze e un po’ perché non esistevano le normative precise e puntuali che esistono oggi sui diritti d’autore (molti altri, tra cui i Rolling Stones, furono protagonisti di episodi analoghi). Il successo dei Led Zeppelin amplificò la questione: il problema fu molte volte la paternità delle musiche, spesso passate come traditional (vedi il caso della canzone della Bredon) e quindi non riconducibili ad un artista detentore dei diritti. In tutti i casi di presunta usurpazione di diritti altrui, hanno sempre pagato i richiedenti ufficiali. Quelli che li accusano di scarsa inventiva, sinceramente non li hanno mai ascoltati: nessuno prima di loro suonava così, probabilmente sono tra le band più imitate in assoluto, saranno centinaia quelli che dopo vorranno suonare come loro. E rivoluzionarono anche altri aspetti del mondo del rock: l'andare in tour, i rapporti con le case discografiche, con i promoter, persino con le radio: ruolo centrale lo ebbe in ciò il loro manager Peter Grant, un gigante di stazza e di potere, passato alla storia anche per i modi tutt'altro che amichevoli con cui convinceva i gestori dei locali o chiunque potesse danneggiare il gruppo a farla finita. Un’ultima curiosità: con il crescente successo, una discendente dei Von Zeppelin citò la band per uso improprio del nome, e per un unico, storico concerto a Copenaghen la band si presentò come The Nobs. Poi però tornarono ad essere quel dirigibile di piombo che volava altissimo.

[kulturegroupie]

HELLO???? JIMMY JUST RELEASED 'THE RAIN SONG' DEMO OUT OF THE BLUE????

From his website:

My original idea for the opening tracks for ‘Houses of the Holy’ was that a short overture would be a rousing instrumental introduction with layered electric guitars that would segue in to ’The Seasons’, later to be titled ‘The Rain Song’. Again there would be a contrasting acoustic guitar instrumental movement with melotron that could lead to the first vocal of the album and the first verse of the song.

‘The Seasons’ was a memo to myself as a reminder of the sequence of the song and various ideas I’d had for it in its embryonic stage. I’d worked on it over one evening at home. During the routining of the overture now titled ‘The Plumpton and Worcester Races’, the half time section was born and the overture shaped in to the song, ‘The Song Remains The Same’. These rehearsals were done in Puddle Town on the River Piddle in Dorset, UK.

The first set of recordings were done at Olympic Studios with George Chkiantz.

We then came to record at Stargroves, Sir Mick Jagger’s country home, and, like Headley Grange, with the Rolling Stones recording truck.

‘The Song Remains The Same’ was played on a Fender 12 string, the same one used on Becks Bolero, with my trusty Les Paul number 1 on overdubs in a standard turning. The ‘Rain Song’ was an unorthodox tuning on acoustic and electric guitars. On live shows, it became a work-out feature for the double neck.

[britrockaholic2]

Love Is Blue - Jeff Beck

1967 Hi-Ho Silver Lining / Beck's Bolero    1967 Tallyman / Rock My Plimsoul   1968 Love Is Blue / I've Been Drinking    1969 Plynth (Water Down the Drain) / Hangman's Knee

[helmetkeeper]

can i get a playlist for a tiger therian? i like kind of ethereal/mystical music, or anything that reminds you of a jungle or forest. please include some nonlyricals/instrumentals! thank you eternally :3

hello! sorry for being so late, but hopefully you like some of these songs. happy new year!

songs go like "song" + "artist"

"Evening Wind" + "Joe Hisaishi"

"Heimr Àrnadalr" (From 'Frozen'/Score) + "Christophe Beck"

"Tulou Tagaloa" + "Olivia Foa'i"

"Around" + "Modulogeek"

"Shalala" + "Moses Gunn Collective"

"Sunshine Recorder" + "Boards of Canada"

"Lycanthrope" + "NOMAD_theband"

"Creature of the Night" + "Air Traffic Controller"

"I Am Here To Lose Control" + "De Staat"

"We are Gods! We are Wolves!" + "Le Loup"

"Werewolf Heart" + "Dead Man's Bones"

"In The Room Where You Sleep" + "Dead Man's Bones"

"Fangs" + "Younger Hunger"

"Therian" + "Papadosio"

"Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" + "Tame Impala"

"Plastic Beach" + "Gorillaz" and "Mick Jones" and "Paul Simonon"

"I Can't Wait" + "Nu Shooz"

"Shut Eye" + "Stealing Sheep"

"Animal Impulses" + "IAMX"

"Kitty City" + "Cyriak Harris"

"I Saw an Angel" + "Puzzle"

"Photosynthesis" + "Blank Banshee"

"Bathsalts" + "Blank Banshee"

"The Mind Electric" + "Miracle Musical"

"Temptation Stairway" (Waltz Variation) + "Metaroom"

"Blood In The Wine" + "AURORA"

"Little Boy In The Grass" + "AURORA"

"LIGHT SHOWER" + "Melanie Martinez"

"SPIDER WEB" + "Melanie Martinez"

"最後の楽園" (in english: "The Last Paradise") + "Haruomi Hosono"

"This Is My Beloved" + "Mort Garson"

"lain" + "C4FF31N3"

"6pm" (from Animal Crossing) + "Arcade Player"

"K.K. Jazz" (from Animal Crossing) + "Arcade Player"

"Town Gate" (from Animal Crossing) + "Arcade Player"

"13 Angels Standing Guard 'Round The Side Of Your Bed" + "Silver Mt. Zion"

"I'm Not Human At All" (Copenhagen X Sessions) + "Sleep Party People"

"I Am Shell I Am Bone" + "Gazelle Twin"

"Wrath Of God" + "Crystal Castles"

"Love You" + "The Free Design"

"Once Upon a December" (from Anastasia) + "Emile Pandolfi"

"Landscape With a Fairy" + "aspidistrafly"

"Aquarius" + "Lor"

"village song" + "Paris Paloma"

"Come Along" + "Cosmo Sheldrake"

"Birthday Suit" + "Cosmo Sheldrake"

"Entangled Life" + "Merlin Sheldrake" and "Cosmo Sheldrake"

"In the Woods Somewhere" + "Hozier"

"Old Black Train" (feat. Justin Rubenstein) + "The Blasting Company" (Over The Garden Wall)

"Merry Go Round of Life" (Howl's Moving Castle) + "Vitamin String Quartet"

"Inside Out" + "Duster"

"Insomniac" + "Memo Boy" and "Chakra Efendi"

"Woodland" + "The Paper Kites"

"Featherstone" + "The Paper Kites"

"Willow Tree March" + "The Paper Kites"

"Oceanic Feeling" + "Lorde"

"Sunflower" + "Rex Orange County"

"Blackbird" (Remastered 2009) + "The Beatles"

"Here Comes The Sun" (Remastered 2009) + "The Beatles"

"Call Me The Breeze" + "John Mayer"

"Rule #28 - Sand" + "Fish In a Birdcage" and "Raquel Lily" and "Atlys"

"The Bug Collector" + "Haley Heynderickx"

"Call me" + "90sFlav"

"Everything at Once" + "Lenka"

"Firefly Lullabies" + "Ava Beathard"

"Howling at the Moon" + "Skyhill"

"Changing Colors" + "Hiwet Tesmi"

"La femme à la peau bleue" + "Vendredi sur Mer"

"Les Fleurs" + "Minnie Riperton"

"Monk's Robes" + "Deradoorian"

"Lavender Moon" + "Haroula Rose"

"Lions" + "Jenny Hval" and "Vivian Wang"

"Caribbean Blue" (Remastered 2009) + "Enya"

"Avalanches and Unfamiliar Ways to Die" + "Ha Vay"

"Sea, Swallow Me" + "Cocteau Twins" and "Harold Budd"

"Persephone" + "Cocteau Twins"

"Moses" + "Elizabeth Fraser"

"Andromeda" + "Weyes Blood"

"Holocene" (feat. Weyes Blood) + "Zella Day"

"Caliope" (Remastered 2011) + "Maanam"

"Mishima" + "Daphne Guinness"

"Mermaids" + "Florence + The Machine"

"Fairy Fountain" + "Super Guitar Bros"

"Glory Box" + "Portishead"

"Waffles" + "Whatever, Dad"

"Would I Be The One" + "Sean Ono Lennon"

"Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast" + "Steve Reich" and "Mats Bergström"

"Speak For Me" + "Cat Power"

"Bolero" + "BLAST! Ensemble"

"All the Candles in the World" + "Jane Siberry"

"Clouds" + "Resavoir"

"all I understand is that I don't understand" + "toe"

"The Moon Will Sing" + "The Crane Wives"

"Metaphor" + "The Crane Wives"

"The Moon and the Stars" + "John Mark Nelson"

"Mr. Fox in the Fields" + "Alexandre Desplat"

"Alive" + "Phil Lober"

"Star of the County Down" + "Van Morrison" + "The Chieftains"

"Acolyte" + "Slaughter Beach" and "Dog"

dividers from @/animatedglittergraphics-n-more and @/cringecrew

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

Beck's Bolero (Instrumental) · Jeff Beck

[goliah0]

Beck's Bolero with Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks and Ronnie Wood -- good performance, decent live. But I'm feeling a bit strange watching it without Jimmy and Jonesy.

[havithreatendub4]

#Hollywood Vampires 2023 #July 9, 2023 the #O² in #London #UK 🇬🇧

#Ronnie Wood joins in on #Jeff Beck tribute #Beck's Bolero

[jonesbrianshining]

1967 - Jeff Beck´s Bolero (original Maurice Ravel in 1928)

personnel: Jeff Beck (lead quitars), Jimmy Page (12 string guitar), John Paul Jones (bass), Keith Moon (drums) and Nicky Hopkins (piano)

[rastronomicals]

2:41 AM EST November 22, 2023:

Jeff Beck - "Beck's Bolero" From the album Truth (August 1968)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: Beckology

[bayareabadboy]

May 16-17, 1966

London, England

Jeff Beck made his first solo recording, "Beck's Bolero," at IBC Recording Studios with support from Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, John Paul Jones, and Nicky Hopkins. At the time, Beck was still a member of The Yardbirds.

[simbelmyne20niniel]

She's getting there!

I know, but I already got hate for the fic, so I'm kinda cautious. Despite the content that can be classified as "I wanted to avoid this, but this is Uncle Ernie, this is impossible" it's a story I poured my heart in and it's really sweet, so I really hope you'll enjoy it!

Rick's mom rules! Haha, we have similar goals then, being a supportive mom is the best plan to be a mom! Excuse me, Rolling Stones didn't list Rick on their list of 100 Greatest Drummers? Pffff, they definitely put Phil Collins there, but not this amazing drummer 🙄

It is! Even the ones who were translating Jim's poetry to Polish gave their best. True, but tragedy happens in real life and we have to live with that somehow. You're welcome!

It's the sound of The Jam that does it for me - did I mention they have a good drummer? - it's more loud than The Clash and definitely gives that good punk energy. I listened to their first album and it's honestly banger after banger!

I like Rainbow, mostly their albums with Dio and the last one. Cozy is such a beast, "A Light in The Black" my beloved, 8 minutes of drumming *melting* All the songs you've mentioned are so good!

As for me I can say that I listen to Wings because of their chill vibe. I mean "Red Rose Speedway" is the peak and no on will change my opinion. Oh yes, Paul and Linda are so much relationship goals!

Ringo literally seemed to be overjoyed to play drums and in fact, he still is! He loves to play, when he uploads videos of announcements he usually starts them with a little drumming 💜 Get Back is literally: Paul, John, George: *arguing* Ringo: *chilling in the background*

The meme is amazing!!!

The Police's mvs are something else. Omg, I just checked the video to Walking on The Moon and it is the mv I saw with my dad after which we both said: Dad: The fuck they were doing? Me: The Police has one problem, they didn't know what to do with themselves on mvs

Your list of favorite songs by Pink Floyd is top tier. I only can't get into "Bike" I don't know, maybe it's too weird for me, but then again, I have a love-hate relationship with Pink Floyd's first album and I see that you like this album very much!

Oh yes, John Paul John is such a talented musician. I think he even contributed to "Beck's Bolero", wait I need to check this! *a few seconds later* YES, HE PLAYS ON THIS MASTERPIECE!

It really shows when you listen or watch to Zeppelin's live performances that John Bonham was THE drummer for all three of them. And honestly, bestie said the same the last time when she was watching Led Zeppelin's concert - poor girl, she watched the one where Phil Collins played with them.

OH CHRIST YES! BEST DRUM SOLO RECORDED ON ANY STUDIO ALBUM

About the bands you're asking about:

Simon and Garfunkel - I never considered listening to them, but whenever I hear their songs I find them very chill and somehow relaxing. I love that they mostly relay on guitar, not an electric one. I find it easier to listen to a band when they have acoustic or classic guitar, the sound of these two instruments is so lovely, almost like a nice xylophone

The Cure - this is the band I do not like. Neither the sound is speaking to me and the vocals well, not my cup of tea.

T. Rex - my mom loves this band and I hear it when she listens to them. Bolan had such a nice voice and some of their songs are really nice. The last time I heard them playing in our garden I caught myself smiling so perhaps I'll give their albums a listen one of these days!

Zombies - I didn't hear about them at all until now. I'm now listening to "She's Not There" and they have a very nice sound.

Rory Gallagher - I tend to hear about this one here and there, but as I look at the songs I think I didn't hear any as well. I just played "Tattoo'd Lady" and damn, the drummer is good 👀

Alright so now since I'm uneducated. What can you tell me about The Zombies and Rory Gallagher?

I'm already reading your fic, I'm on chapter 5. But I'll leave you my comments until I finish it! 

"They definitely put Phil Collins there..." YES THEY DID, I don't remember which number they gave him, but I do remember that he was NOT in the top 10. OH LORD!!! That Zeppelin concert with Phil was a disaster.... I feel sorry for every person that was present at that concert. But, I have to say, Collins ATE when he made Tarzan and Bear Brother soundtracks. 

That's it!! I'm going to start to fully listen to The Jam!!

Red Rose Speedway is on my list now

"They didn't know what to do with themselves on mvs" hahahhahahahahha, like in "So Lonely" video hahahhahah I love how at the beginning there's a Japanese man looking at them like "What the hell is wrong with them?" and then Stewart is playing his drumsticks on some jar jams hahahhaha. 

Yeah, I love that first album mostly because of Syd hahahahaha and the cover album is one of my favorites. This is my interpretation of "The Bike", okay so...the song is based on how LSD was "discovered." The chemist that was working with all his chemistry things ingested a "small" amount of the drug to test it. Someone took him to his home (since he was starting to feel the effect) on a bike and this guy experienced the LSD on the ride and in his home hahahahhaha. So my guess (since that man wrote about his experience) is that Syd tried to recreate the LSD effect on music. That's why I, too, think the music is as weird as F. 

The funny thing about Simon and Garfunkel is that their music is so chill, but they were never chill to each other. One time I told one of my friends that I was a "child of divorce" because of them hahahhaha they were like those couples that really need to go to therapy.

Your mom has great taste too. Marc, what a fashion icon!!!! I have this theory that Slash was inspired by Bolan in using a hat. "Get It On" is my favorite song from T.Rex....

Zombies is a band that I totally recommend. For what I know from them, they were one of the first bands that had keyboard solos. "Time Of The Season" is a good example of those solos. Colin Blunstone has a beautiful voice <3 

I love that they didn't know how to name the band and choose the most random word/concept and most of them had a very vague idea of what it meant. Even funnier, the member that chose the name, chose it because he thought that it was a name that it was unlikely anyone else would have.

In my opinion, they were underappreciated by the public at that time, but at the same time, and in their own words, they left the music industry while it was still good for them. 

RORY GALLAGHER, my man loved his guitar.

This man was so unproblematic. I haven't come across any articles or stories in which he has had some inappropriate behavior or rude attitude. Everyone talks fondly of him. He was a man on a mission. His mission was to write and play the guitar. I like to watch his presentations at Montreux (You can find them on YouTube). You can watch all the concentration and how he was so immersed in his guitar. 

I know that everyone is: 1. Chuck Berry, 2. Jimmy Page, 3. Jimi Hendrix, But to me, it is: 1. Chuck Berry 2. Rory Gallagher, 3. Jimmy Page, 4. Jimi Hendrix

"Million Miles Away" is my favorite song by him.

Sometimes I want to indulge myself and write a Rory fic... but I don't know xD hahahhahaha 

How was your weekend, what other artists do you like?

[flounderandfats]

The Best Live Perform Ever!!! Jeff Beck - Beck's Bolero | HD JEFF BECK THREE FOR FREE WE MISS YOU JEFF.