Stop the presses! Jeff Beck is coming to settle in Israel! The legendary British guitar wizard is probably not up to snuff on our regional jargon, having his head usually burrowed either near his guitar fretboard or under the hood of one of the many vintage Ford hot rods he owns and restores himself. So when he told me that his all-star band is arriving here a few days ahead of the launch of a world tour to prepare for the debut on October 4 at Reading 3 in Tel Aviv and the next night at the Caesarea Amphitheater, he said without a hint of irony, “We’ve chosen to rehearse in Israel and settle there for a few days rather than rehearse in England and get off the plane. We want to acclimatize ourselves.”
So, all right, keep the presses going. The 65-year-old Beck isn’t going to join the hilltop youth and provide musical accompaniment for Council for Judea and Samaria radio ads anytime soon. But don’t put it past him because Beck has spent a great part of the last 45 years confounding the expectations of his fans, his fellow players, and even himself as he forged one of the most diverse careers a guitar hero has ever boasted of.
Along with Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, Beck is one of the British triumvirate who emerged from the British blues scene of the 1960s, all launching from the position of guitarist with The Yardbirds at various times, before taking on the world in their individualized blueprints and exploding the set concept of what a rock guitarist is capable of.
So, all right, keep the presses going. The 65-year-old Beck isn’t going to join the hilltop youth and provide musical accompaniment for Council for Judea and Samaria radio ads anytime soon. But don’t put it past him because Beck has spent a great part of the last 45 years confounding the expectations of his fans, his fellow players, and even himself as he forged one of the most diverse careers a guitar hero has ever boasted of.
Along with Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, Beck is one of the British triumvirate who emerged from the British blues scene of the 1960s, all launching from the position of guitarist with The Yardbirds at various times, before taking on the world in their individualized blueprints and exploding the set concept of what a rock guitarist is capable of.
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