Maybe my favorite living guitarist. Control & precision & inspiration. Awesome!

Jeff Beck is a living legend. His unique finger picking style gives him the opportunity to do things that a pick player can not do. If you like this style of playing check out Matteo Mancuso. Matteo is young man from Palermo, Sicily . He is taking the guitar to another level. Even Al DiMeola has taken notice of this up and coming sensational guitarist.

Unlike his peers, Jeff's ability hasn't deteriorated, he's still at the top of his game and it's not surprising that he's viewed as the guitarist's guitarist.

Playing off the the bass player was an integral part of Jeff Beck's style. I saw him in concert with Tal Wilkenfeld as his bassist, and the interplay between the two was mind-blowing. RIP JEFF 🌹

You can’t hide your excitement over this one. 😍 I share the admiration of him. I’ve seen him several times and he always gives me goose bumps. He plays one note and you know it’s him. Jeff is so technically proficient yet it causes an emotional reaction. Long live Jeff Beck!

I knew Jeff Beck back in the days when he played with the 'Nightshift' over on Eel Pie Island. His solos back then, left the crowd jaw droppingly stunned. At that time Rod Stewart was the Interval singer for Long John Baldry , when he went off for his half time beer.

Jeff Beck doing a set at Ronnie Scott's is something to watch. Nobody can make a guitar talk, like Jeff. He is a technical genius.

One can forget greatness, however, once you have heard Jeff Beck, you will NEVER forget. This is crazy good. Thanks for sharing.

Beck is sick. I can't think of anyone else who can do what he does, and like Fil points out, Jeff is a unique guitarist.

Jeff Beck has been my favourite MUSICIAN since I first heard him back in the '60's. The first time I heard Jeff's Boogie, I was hooked. He always struck me as a guitarist who wanted to sing so bad that he learned how to get his guitar to do what his vocal cords couldn't. He's a lot more than a acid-jazz-rock-gear head fusion, though; his rock-billy thing, which can be seen to great effect on his Les Paul tribute Rock Party video is very, very good.

Beck always sounded like someone plugged him into a light socket. Pure electricity flowing thru those finger!

Apparently Beck still practises the guitar two hours a day. One of the few guitarists from the 1960s who has evolved and can match the new generation of guitarists.

I have to recommend "Jeff Beck Live At Ronnie Scott's" to all fans of this channel. Great band, amazing set list, well recorded... it's as good as it gets imo. A lot of famous people in the audience getting their faces melted too. It's a must see.

For those who are new to Jeff's music, listen to his "Blow by blow" album. This has been in rotation at my house since its release in 1975. It's that fantastic and never ages. After that you're ready for his "Wired" album. By this time you should be hooked.... BTW, a little nostalgia. My first gf, on our first date invited me to join her at a Fleetwood Mac concert in Minneapolis on June 26th, 1976 (I kept the stub as a souvenir). Not a Fleetwood Mac fan but when I saw that JB was opening the show....YES! Let's go. That was a date to remember.

blessed to have seen Jeff live a few times. mind blowing,. you rock Fil.

Rest well and in peace, Jeff ... I love what Steve Vai said yesterday - and Steve ain't no slouch on the guitar. "In the pantheons of guitar players, Jeff Beck was the chosen one." He was certainly the best I've ever seen. While Hendrix was the better guitarist in '67 until his death (and who knows what he'd have gone on to do), IMO over time Jeff surpassed even Jimi as a guitarist. Thank you for all the great music through the years, Jeff. Rest well and in peace.

Folks, this is from 1999. The Ronnie Scott's gig mentioned several times in the comments is from 2007, and his band at that point was absolutely mind-blowing. I've also seen vids from the Loud Hailer (2016 release) tour -- at which time he was *_seventy-two_* (born 1944) -- and he was still running on all 16 cylinders ... or maybe 24 -- he's got more horsepower now than all of his contemporaries _put together_ . I've also seen vids from 2017 & 2018, and he's _still_ touring -- in England now, but if he plays in the US I'm going to haul my creaky 70-year-old carcass to see him (I didn't do the deal with the Devil that's let him continue being the best rock/blues guitarist on earth while the rest of us geezers are having trouble just opening jars).

I saw Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughn at Cobo Arena in Detroit. I believe SRV opened. But the oncore at the end of the show SRV and Jeff Beck came out together and played probably a half hour or so I'm guessing. It was amazing.

What can I say that hasn't already been said. He's amazing & still constantly evolving!

Sad news of Jeff Becks passing today. One of the greatest guitarist ever.

Jeff's lead playing has always been unique right throughout the decades whether he was using a pick or the flesh of his fingers (or a combination of the two) or whether playing a Tele, a Les Paul or a Strat.

Thank you for mentioning the bass, as an ex bass player I know we can get forgotten about, which meant you did the job well, play 6 string acoustic now because of arthritis, also the drumming is mental

Jeff Beck can sound like a: Violin 🎻 Banjo🪕 Dolphin🐬 Spaceship🛸 Ferrari 🏎 Angel 👼 Lion 🦁 Robot 🤖... ...With one Stratocaster 🎸and without a pedal board the size of coffee table... or a pick.

Yes, he's still playing and touring.He's always had great musicians in his bands, never a dud. For years now he's been bring more women musicians into the limelight. His tours aren't the roll out the nostalgia to top up the bank account like his former peers. He does do the old stuff but is always adding to his repertoire. I've been following him since he left the Yardbirds.

Since Rough and Ready. Luv

Wow. What a start to a gig! The guy was/is a magician. Even Page & Clapton (same era) look up to him. Check out "going down" with Jeff & Beth Hart!

Beck is a master at Dynamics. What blew me away when I heard "Live at Ronnie Scott's" was he made his guitar sound like a blues harp when he played with Eric Clapton. If you closed your eyes, it would be difficult to tell the the difference. But just like you said, nobody sounds quite like him. Probably one of the best blues and fusion players I can think of. Now for a suggestions. How about Robben Ford live 2007

I saw Jeff Beck twice live and met him. I saw him in 1999 and in 2011. An amazing guitarist. Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page are both in awe of him. Great video. Cheers!

Jeff is the ultimate pro. This guy is a perfectionist and you can see and hear it in his playing.

I have seen Jeff Beck live about 25 times and will again later this summer in Chicago, can't wait!

Thank you 🙏 Mr Beck

Another great example of Jeff Beck using this technique with the whammy was at Crossroads 2007 in Chicago. Young Aussie bassist Tal Wilkenfeld accompanying. Absolutely stunning melodic treatment and the girl absolutely kills it as well on a bass solo.

What an absolute Joy having you reacting to it and breaking stuff down, what fun.

Jennifer Batten is the back line guitarist?! , OMG I can only dream that I could find ticktets to see her to play. I would be blessed just to see her on stage again. YES YES YES then add Mister Jeff Beck.

I absolutely LOVE your videos. You are an affirming instructor of what makes each of these people uniquely gifted as guitarists. I would imagine that you are an excellent guitar instructor. Thanks so much!

Thanks for introducing me to yet another player who has slipped beneath my radar, Fil! This Jennifer Batten gal deserves more attention from me! I hope I can find more examples of her work. And of course, Jeff Beck has never let me down. Been a fan for fifty years or so!

This was great. A pure instrumental. I love Becks guitar. The entire band is very tight and insync.

Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter. My favorites !

Jeff Beck is a pure...... 'Jedi mind tricks ' ....guitar player. From baritone to soprano tone with full brakes and throttle drama and maximum explosive poly rhythm jungle . Jeff Beck a Fusion guitarist O.G..

You did a great job of explaining how great guys like this are. The playing is enough. No wild antics needed to entertain you. Good stuff. Somehow Jeff Beck still flys under the radar after all these years. I specifically remember my dad introducing me to Jeff Beck and Robin Trower’s music on a family road trip when I was a kid. I’m 33 now.

Jeff is the one. Further down the road... a lot further down the road is everyone else.

I had read somewhere that Beck picked up the crab style of fingerpicking later on, after his time with the Yardbirds as a way of expanding his note palette (is there another phrase?) picking out parts of chords instead of just the one. It's evident on the scene from BlowUp that he's still using a pick. I don't remember when exactly he changed. Knopfler uses a similar technique and he gives Chet Atkins a lot of credit for adopting that style. Beck is still relevant in these days, where so many of his contemporaries have faded.

jeff always hires fantastic people tal wilkenfeld his previous bass player prime example among many.I missed out on seeing him a few years back with zz-topp in ct .I dont have alot of regrets as far as missed concerts,as ive been lucky enough to see some great ones ,but that one i do regret.Jeffs playing is always cutting edge and innovative .He holds nothing back and seems to take every note to places no others can ,or would dare.

Oh yeah.......That's a beautiful sound. A beautiful sound for rock!

When i here him i hear Miami Vice style slickness which is no surprise as Jan Hammer compisser of the 80's show Miami Vice was a member of Jeffs band.

You can’t imagine how many times i have listened to this album . To me i think that he was at the top of his game at that time and his three amigos couldn’t have been any better !

Another one on Roy Buchanan would be awesome! "Roy's Bluz" live in Austin is a great one! Gotta love Jeff. Great video!

Jeff Beck has got to be one of my favorite guitarists!

Jeff Beck has the most control over the Fender Stratocaster of any guitarists that's ever played one! Aside from his left hand phrases, his right hand is overwhelming stunning. There's only one Jeff Beck and he's better every year... Phil, I'd like you to review "The Real Me" as performed by the John Entwistle Band. The bass tone varied with JEB because the Ox had full control of how the band sounded. It was John's band and he was finally out front in the mix. I saw them in '95, incredible right hand from the Ox! Thanks!

Beck is amazing ! Check out "she's a woman " live. He is so good every time you hear him.

Saw him duke it out onstage with Jan Hammer in 1983. The things he does don't even seem possible at times. Check out "Two rivers". All harmonics and whammy bar.

My cousin gave me Truth and Hendrix Are You Experienced when I was 12 and I was like THIS guy is the guitarist and who got me started. 40 years later and I still can't play most of the stuff on there like he did lol, Saw the original Jeff Beck group in 69 at a very rare performance (because Beck hated touring) and Swear to God they couldn't get through 1 song without Jeff and Rod goin at each other. There was some water on a tarp above them from a previous rain and Stewart kept poking at it with his mike stand to get it to pour down on Beck to electrocute him. It broke my heart they couldn't manage to get thru Blues Deluxe so i could hear that amazing solo live like on Truth but Jeff made up for it later by playing the Beverly Hillbillies theme (both parts) without any accompaniment totally unrehearsed!!!

Great Analysis Fil!!

I saw this tour live, Jeff is amazing

Jeff Beck is 100% my all time favorite rock guitarist. This cat is impossible to duplicate, and he's fun to watch. He has been my favorite guitarist since 1977. Top 3 are Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, and Ritchie Blackmore. Randy Taylor is a great bass player. This is such a rocking video. Thanks for doing it, Fil. Rock on with your bad self.

In my humble opinion Jeff was at the top of his game at this time and he had one of his best bands as well . Steve Alexander on drums he is as good as it gets Randy Hope Taylor awesome bassist and of course Jennifer Batten one of the best female guitar players to ever live . If you haven't heard the whole album you don't know what you are missing .

Jeff is one to study. There are others to be sure but I cant recommend listening and understanding what Jeff does enough.

Going to see him the end of October in Tampa , it has been many moons since the last time. I never missed a Jeff Beck concert in Florida back in the 70's . I think I was 17 the first time.Had all his albums. Blow by Blow is my favorite.

Fil......i enjoy hearing your take on the various artists you portray in your webcast. Most of the others, while a couple are entertaing, are for the most part a joke. You do a great job of touching on all the various aspects of an artists performance and abilities. I saw Jeff Beck at the Ice Palace in Tampa, with Damon Fowler, sometime around 1999-2000. Had 2nd row seats and he was directly in front of me. He put on an awesome show.... orgasm for the ears. Just a top notch musician....dedicated to his instrument. Have seen them all and he is one of my favorites. I won't bother you with any more of my suggestions....as you are a guitarist, and in your quest to gain knowledge you will come across plenty to share. I was very happy to see you covered Frank Marino....he is truly phenomenal. Do try and feature his Montreal version of Voodoo Chile.....your viewers will love it. His performance of that song is just crazy good ! Now I'm gonna finally take some time to check out your band and see what your packing........ Till next time......

He is so technically gifted. He has a distinctive feel and almost a jazz sensibility.

Vai's slapping of the whammy is definitely similar to Beck. However, for some reason the timing of Beck's lines sound better. Overall, it's hard to beat Vai, but the way Beck uses vibrato is VERY hard to copy. Trust me, I have been trying to emulate different aspects of Beck's style for 35 years.

Jeff always surrounded himself with some top notch musicians. Everything I had ever heard him play was amazingly great.

Jennifer Batten was so good too as she has her own style of playing.

Jeff is in full control... Wow, Love it!!

Beck's Bolero hooked me on him. One of the most original and pioneering guitarists of all time. He opened the door for other brilliant players like Joe Satriani and Steve Vai - showing how traditional blues/rock could be infused into other genres and alternative ways of playing. He's humble when he talks about Hendrix, but he's in the same league. Another great video -- thanks!

Seriously Cool Stuff. I couldn’t have said it any better!

Have always loved Jeff Beck and first discovered him in San Francisdo in 1967, where I got to hear "The Jeff Beck Group" with Rod Stewart, who was so shy about being the frontman that he literally hid behind the amp stacks for most of the set. His later recording with Bob Tench as vocalist is still a favorite album. I think it might be titled; Orange.

Beck's a complete master.

My favourite guitarplayer in The universe. Going to SEE him live in norway 7. July.

Listening to Jeff Beck just makes you wanna take your guitar and turn it into a coffee table doesn’t it?? 😳🎸✌🏻

Greatest guitar player alive... maybe greatest of all time.

Saw Jeff many time's, great guitarist

It’s amazing 🎶

Jeff Beck was brilliant, inventive, unique and never settled for just one sort of style or method, he had the entire repertoire.

Hi Fil I always loved Jeff Beck good choice

Jeff Beck “Because We Ended Lovers” is the most romantic/emotional guitar solo of all time IMHO.

I first encountered Jeff Beck on theYardbirds song ,"Over,Under,Sideways,Down"when I was 12 in 1965.He's been a favorite ever since ! He's my favorite of the three famous Yardbird guitarists and that's saying alot because I like both Jimmy Page's and Eric Clapton's playing very much ! But Jeff has always practiced at his craft more than them and they've both admitted as much ! (Also he was the first to have that "pineapple"hairstyle that Keith Richard,Rod Stewart,and Ronnie Wood adopted later on.....) (p.s.I knew a family from Wigan,U.K. in the late 70s but then they moved out of the Cincinnati area and I lost track of them for a few years.When I next heard from them the mother was housekeeping for the movie and television star George Peppard (since deceased) star of the movie,"BLUE MAX"and the television show ,"the A team"(with Mr.T)and the middle daughter Mandy was working for Rod Stewart in L.A.and then she ended up housekeeping for JEFF BECK in Tunbridge Wells,U.K. !)

Love Jeff Beck!!!! More!!!!!

Jeff Beck is my favorite guitarist. He can kick his guitar and get sounds most guitarists didn't even know a guitar could make! And his playing hasn't diminish at all. That Bass player Rocks! Not crazy about the girl whose only talent seems to be that she can Hammer.

Cracking band! He always has top quality musicians in his band.

I am not some special fan of Jeff B. but...., he is Evil on guitar . He is unique . He has my deep respect .

Hi, Fil..!🧚 I wanted to listen to Jeff Beck tonight, and also to find you. Intense moments.!🎸it's volcanic.! Oh dear,Fil, the cocktail "guitar of Jeff and your aura..énergize me.!.kisses

Always been a fan of Beck since the Yardbird days.

When 'Who Else' was released in 1999, I was impressed with the variety of songs. I was fortunate to see him on the '99 Tour. Your smile and comments say it all, and I'll say that he performs surgery on that guitar!

I saw Jeff Beck live and one of the things a master like him can do is to take one of those popular songs that you've heard in the past but never like and make it sound awesome.

Awesome

I always had the utmost respect for Beck. Out of all the Yardbirds guitarist, he was the only one that continued to evolve into the 21 century. Jennifer Batten is a fan of Steve Lynch's. Steve was a teacher at MIT when Jennifer went there. Here's guitar world's best guitar solo of 1985 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oJ5zlreK2LOsiYk.html

Jeff is an alchemist in the yardbirds he says I was either great or I was horrible there was no consistency a couple of years later he wrecks a car body cast doesn't know if he physically can play as he heals he developed a whole new vocabulary and way of playing revealed in wired and blow by blow at the point where many would have settled for as good as Beck willed better than reinventing everything about the way he played, I love Jeff Beck and I am in awe of Jeff Beck

One of his best concerts.

Hey Fil... Surprised the strat stays in tune with those bends... lol. Killer bass player... BillyJ... south of Pittsburgh..

Jeff has always been one of those musicians/players who has his own sound. he never stolen anything from no one.

Rip Jeff 😢😢❤❤

One of the most innovative players ever, and one cool looking dude, even today in his 60's. To bad he couldn't really write great songs.

Jennifer Batten lives right here in my hometown of Portland, Oregon.

Jeff Beck always had great stage craft. Like Jimmy Page there in total control on stage. What a legend.

I saw this tour in San Francisco. I have been going to his shows since the There and Back tour. You kind of evolve into understanding that regardless if you know his tour musicians or not, they are going to smoke. On this tour what blew me away beside Jeff, was Steve Alexander, the drummer. Never saw him before. Holy hell!!!! His fills on Star Cycle. Any Beck fan should watch this video in whole. I mean this 1999 video. Alexander is just amazing. Like seeing Simon Phillips the first time. Totally get what you are saying about his whammy technique. He has that older nut that Fender had for a while with rollers supporting the strings. I have always thought the whole Floyd Rose thing was really unnecessary. Unless you were in an 80's hair band. Beck does some real dives with the bar. But he also floats the bridge so he can go sharp as well. I think the real key is the nut he has. Speaking of sharps and flats...get this: I have pics I took from the Palladium in NYC in 1980 where he is playing a 56 or 54 sunburst, (can't remember which) and he has the headstock on the stage, body in the air and he is taking his foot and bending the neck with it. Not sure how to post them.

I love Jeff Beck’s playing but.…when you talk about the whammy bar my mind always goes to Phil Manzanera. As a door into Phil I would suggest a live version of Roxy Music’s “Ladytron.” A fine example that can be found on KZfaq is the one from the Apollo Theatre in 2001. I will also take this opportunity to suggest that you buy the dvd. I did and those few euros have proved to be a wise investment.

My first time hearing Jeff Beck and I must say I am quit impressed.

first time I saw the Jeff Beck group he actually had a singer in the band...Bob Tench not Rod Stewart. oh wait I also saw Beck, Bogart and Appice. almost forgot them.

Jennifer did a recent endorsement vid for a guitar synth. She plays the start of 'I am the Walrus' by herself, it is kinda neat.