'The six-stringed Warrior is no longer here for us to admire the spell he could weave around our mortal emotions.' Jimmy Page remembers his former bandmate Jeff Beck, who died at age 78.
and bassist Ron Wood. This lineup lasted a mere two years, but their unique fusion of blues and rock paved the way for Led Zeppelin and countless other groups that followed in their wake.
Rod Stewart became a household name in the Seventies thanks to the Faces and his solo career, but he never totally lost touch with Beck. In 1984, Beck played guitar on Stewart’s hit “Infatuation.” They next year, they teamed up to record a cover Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get Ready.” They also attempted to tour together, but it didn’t go very well.
“The problem with this, from the outset, was that it all too obviously cast Jeff in a supporting role, which he was pretty much guaranteed to hate, however handsomely remunerated,” Stewart wrote in his memoir. “The tour was set for 74 dates over four months. Behind the scenes, a lot of people were muttering and saying, ‘This is doomed — he won’t last two shows.’ But they were all wrong. He lasted three.
It seemed like the end of their story until 2009, when Stewart came out at the end of a Beck solo show at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles to play “People Get Ready” and “I Ain’t Superstitious.” In the aftermath, they both talked to the press about a possible collaborative blues record, but it never came to pass.
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