Ravi Shankar was playing quite a big part in the Beatles and stuff. And I used to sit over...
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Jeff Beck, Himself:
Ravi Shankar was playing quite a big part in the Beatles and stuff. And I used to sit over at Page's house listening to ragas, you know, Vilayat Khan and Ravi Shankar and just marveling how could this be adopted in the guitar - this bending of the string, to such an extent you could play a melody with one bend.
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Ravi Shankar was playing
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quite a big part in The Beatles and stuff
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and I used to sit over at Page's house
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listening to ragas Vilayat Khan and Ravi Shankar
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and just marvelling
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How could this be adopted in the guitar
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This bending of the string
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to such an extent that you could play a melody with one bend
Clip duration: 26 seconds
Views: 90
Timestamp in movie: 00h 13m 21s
Uploaded: 23 November, 2022
Genres: documentary, music
Summary: Documentary on the life and musical evolution of Jeff Beck, one of most innovative guitarists in history. The film covers his early days, his tenure with The Yardbirds and The Jeff Beck Group, and his subsequent projects over the ...
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00:25 The work that Jeff did in the Yardbirds
00:24 We talked a little bit
00:22 The band with Micky Waller
00:31 Jeff didn't just wanna play what Muddy Waters had...
00:08 Steppenwolf was happening FM radio was happening
00:20 So this was mind boggling
00:40 'Plynth' I'm very proud of
00:42 There was a rift between me and Rod at that time
00:22 I started looking round for players that could really
01:11 Then Max Middleton came up with the idea
00:20 I like Jeff like playing on records
01:09 He said What about we write a song
00:13 I mean there's a certain amount of fuck you ness
01:17 And it almost washed the radio away
00:17 He loves exploring the guitar
00:15 John McLaughlin was kicking my back at the time
00:35 One tune that has some of that Mahavishnu feel
00:24 Jeffs an amazing person
00:22 I got a letter from Charlie Mingus
00:11 Jeff is like a rock 'n' roll musician who...