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The Turtles are way more interesting than I'd anticipated.
Thanks for your lovely post. Turtles are one of those less known heroes who created the magic of the 60s along with the titans. It was the time music was on an endless road of discovery. One shouldn't be upset that Happy Together and Elenore get most of radio coverage. They are materpieces ...- Rock1960s
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Best Run of Three or More Consecutive Albums
Yes, the trilogy, with Revolver arguably being the most brilliant album ever- Rock1960s
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How Jeff Beck Defined The Rock Guitar
Oh I agree. Pity Jeff could never build up on the things he started. He probably did not have the killer mentality needed for rock superstardom and just went his own way.- Rock1960s
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How Jeff Beck Defined The Rock Guitar
Lucky youand I agree with you. Bolero is overlooked as one of the most avant guarde pieces in pop/rock. I am a forever fan of the Beatles who were recording beautiful sparkling stuff at the time for Revolver, probably the best album ever ( + PW and Rain). But Bolero, it was another planet. 19...- Rock1960s
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How Jeff Beck Defined The Rock Guitar
Hi and thanks everybody. I am a new user and still have to learn some technicalities. The problem I had was that my entire piece exceeded the authorized limit (12,000 words?), so I had to split it in episodes. Will try to avoid this in the future.- Rock1960s
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100# Drive trip songs.
The two numbers from Jeff Beck you've selected show how incredible versatile he was. He could do more than anyone on his guitar -
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How Jeff Beck Defined The Rock Guitar
How Jeff Beck Defined the Rock Guitar by Alex Petrachkov Episode 4. Double Lead Guitar. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (recorded in September 1966) In June 1966, Jeff Beck brought Jimmy Page to the Yardbirds, as the bassist, thus the returning the opposite “favour” done fifteen months earlier...- Rock1960s
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How Jeff Beck Defined The Rock Guitar
How Jeff Beck Defined the Rock Guitar by Alex Petrachkov Episode 3. Rock Rhapsody with Heavy Metal. Beck’s Bolero (recorded in May 1966) In May 1966, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page with friends, all future rock legends (John Paul Jones, Keith Moon, Nicky Hopkins) recorded the ethereal Bolero...- Rock1960s
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How Jeff Beck Defined The Rock Guitar
How Jeff Beck Defined the Rock Guitar by Alex Petrachkov Episode 2. The Solo. Shapes of Things (recorded in January 1966) It could have been just another British pop song, albeit with dark lyrics in anti-war and pro-environment mood. However, the furious 25-second guitar solo imagined and...- Rock1960s
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How Jeff Beck Defined The Rock Guitar
How Jeff Beck Defined the Rock Guitar by Alex Petrachkov Episode 1. The Riff. Heart Full of Soul (recorded in April 1965) The guitar riff was born with the blues in 1940s; however, it became mostly associated with rock music when the latter was beginning to emerge. No surprise, three of the...- Rock1960s
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How Jeff Beck Defined The Rock Guitar
How Jeff Beck Defined the Rock Guitar by Alex Petrachkov Introduction Since Jeff Beck's untimely death in January 2023, many of his peers hailed him as the greatest rock guitarist of all, "the guitarists' guitarist". Much deserved praise has been given to Beck's inimitable skills, faultless...- Rock1960s
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1960s: The Birth of Rock
1960s was certainly the most creative decade in the history of music, all genres combined. As a minimum, the scale and intensity of the revolution in popular music that erupted in the sixties have not been - and probably will never be - surpassed. In my posts, I will try to show how rock was...- Rock1960s
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