5 Songs: Jeff Beck

Som jag nämnde igår, så fyllde en av de allra största gitarristerna, Jeff Beck, 70 år.
Det firar vi med två stycken 5 Songs. Det blir låtar med Jeff Beck, Jeff Beck Group
och The Yardbirds. Här kommer detaljerade beskrivningar av de fem låtarna -
citat från ultimateclassicrock. Lyssna på dem HÄR!!

1. 'I Ain't Superstitious'

The Jeff Beck Group

 From: 'Truth' (1968)

Willie Dixon's classic was originally recorded by legendary bluesman Howlin' Wolf in 1961. But it's Beck version with the Jeff Beck Group -- including Rod Stewart on vocals and Ron Wood on bass -- that stings the hardest. Everyone plays to win, especially Stewart, who delivers one of his best-ever performances. But no doubt about it -- the song belongs to Beck, whose piercing guitar stabs at every single line.

2. 'Freeway Jam'

Jeff Beck

 From: 'Blow by Blow' (1975)

'Freeway Jam' is one of Beck's most popular songs, and for good reason: The solo he fires off is one of his very best. The song was written by Max Middleton, the keyboardist Beck worked with in the Jeff Beck Group as well as on his first two solo albums, 'Blow by Blow' and 'Wired.' It's a grand instrumental showcase for the LP's core quartet.

3. 'Happenings Ten Years Time Ago'

The Yardbirds

 From: 1966 single

Beck and Jimmy Page played on only a handful of Yardbirds songs together. This was the first, a Top 30 hit with a chugging guitar riff. 'Happenings Ten Years Time Ago' is also notable for featuring one of Beck's few vocals on record. He's the voice behind the mumbled spoken section that carries on during the fuzzy guitar solo.

4. 'She's a Woman'

Jeff Beck

 From: 'Blow by Blow' (1975)

Following 1973's disastrous supergroup Beck, Bogart & Appice, Beck returned with the first album released under his own name (the Jeff Beck Group dissolved after their 1972 LP). The all-instrumental record was made in London with Beatles producer George Martin, who brought along the band's 'She's a Woman' for Beck to try. He nailed it.

5. 'Going Down'

The Jeff Beck Group

 From: 'Jeff Beck Group' (1972)

Memphis musician Don Nix -- who played sax in the Mar-Keys with 'Jeff Beck Group' producer Steve Cropper -- wrote 'Going Down' in the late '60s. Since then, everyone from bluesman Freddie King to the Who and Led Zeppelin to Pearl Jam has played it. Beck's version features a tame vocal by his singer Bobby Tench, but the searing guitar solo soars.

De fem låtarna finns högst upp till höger på denna sida. Här nedan kan ni se videon
till låt nr 3 (dålig bildkvalité, men strunt i det) med Yardbirds. Här spelar alltså både
Jimmy Page och Jeff Beck. Vilken supergrupp!!! Denna låt räknas som den första
heavy metal-låten.