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Jeff Beck, Himself: [discussing "Definitely Maybe"] Max Middleton came up with the idea of a simple melody, a bluesy thing, with a bottleneck. And he said, why don't we write three melodies and there are three melodies in there. One plays the countermelody and then the third descant on top of that. And I remember thinking this a a cacophony of noise. Steve Cropper came in there, he said, "Man, this is - this is really amazing." Because I was doing these parts individually and dubbing on. And I wasn't hearing the blend. I was only doing them individually. Because, if I'd heard guitar number one, then I would not have been able to play against it. And when I went up and heard all three put together, I thought, you know, I was, let's buy Max a round of drinks for that one
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Then Max Middleton came up with the idea
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of a simple melody a bluesy thing
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with a bottleneck
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And he said Why don't we write three melodies
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And there are three melodies in there
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One plays the counter melody
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and then there's a third descant on top of that
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And I remember thinking this is a cacophony of noise
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Steve Cropper came down and said
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Man this is really amazing
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Because I was doing these parts individually and dubbing on
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And I wasn't hearing the blend I was only doing individually
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Because if I'd heard guitar number 1
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I would not have been able to play against it
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And when I went up and heard all three put together you know
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Let's buy Max a round of drinks for that one
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Movie 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 ...
