Friday 4 May 2018


BBC4 television last Friday night had a programme called "Still on the Run" a profile of Jeff Beck, featuring fellow guitar heroes eulogising about his playing. It's still on BBC iplayer if you missed it. It was excellent and the variety of his music spanning the years, his numerous bands and collaborations was quite something. 
Running for 85 minutes they did get through a lot of great tracks but missed this one, so I'll put that right straight away. It's a version of the song "People Get Ready" that probably best represents the 60s civil rights era. Released in 1965, written by lead singer, Curtis Mayfield and performed by The ImpressionsOne of the most well-known covers is by Jeff Beck with Rod Stewart on vocals, a single release in 1985, (and on the 'Flash' LP) it gained considerable airplay on album rock and classic rock radio stations and had a popular video on MTV. Rolling Stone magazine (in 2008) named "People Get Ready" at number 20 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
Here's the video. All aboard now...

In the 'Still on the Run' programme there was plenty I was unfamiliar with >
Check out: 'Cause We've Ended As Lovers': www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aWd88rs6JE
From the 1975 album 'Blow By Blow'. Composed by Stevie Wonder and recorded by Jeff Beck in George Martin's Air Studios > the studio version has the opening notes bouncing across the speakers. Nice !
Other programme highlights were >  'Where Were You' (89), 'Nadia' (2001), 'Emotion & Commotion' LP (2010) & 'Scared for the Children' (2016).
'Hi Ho, Silver Lining'... 

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