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Shorts: Diamond Dust (A Tribute to Jeff Beck)
Shorts: Diamond Dust (A Tribute to Jeff Beck)
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Jan 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Remembering the late great Jeff Beck, the guitarist’s guitarist. An innovator and an iconoclast with a bold experimental spirit, Jeff left his unique stamp on hundreds of great songs.
Songs
Jeff Beck: “Diamond Dust,” from Blow By Blow
Jeff Beck: “Blue Wind,” from Wired
The Yardbirds: “Stroll On,” from the soundtrack to Blow Up
Jeff Beck with Bones UK: “The Revolution Will Be Televised” from Loud Hailer
Jeff Beck: “Freeway Jam,” from Blow by Blow
Bill Haley and The Comets: “Rock Around the Clock,” single released 1955
Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen: “Hot Rod Lincoln” from Lost in the Ozone
Stevie Wonder: “Looking for Another Pure Love,” from Talking Book
Jeff Beck, “Thelonius,” from Blow by Blow
Jeff Beck, “Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers,” from Blow by BlowCredits
Author Dennis Hartley voiced by Doug Herzog
In Memoriam
Chip Isaac tribute charity: Bay Area Border Relief. https://www.bayareaborderrelief.org/
Podcasts
Rock N Roll Archaeology, Chapter 21: Guitarmageddon
Rock N Roll Archaeology, Chapter 8: Meet the Beatles, Part 2
Deeper Digs in Rock: Bones UK
Books
Martin Power, Hot Wired Guitar:The Life of Jeff Beck, 2014
Online Sources
The Alchemist: RIP Jeff Beck – Digby's HullabalooJeff Beck's favourite guitar solos
How Jeff Beck made Stevie Wonder go No. 1 with 'Superstition'
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Songs
Jeff Beck: “Diamond Dust,” from Blow By Blow
Jeff Beck: “Blue Wind,” from Wired
The Yardbirds: “Stroll On,” from the soundtrack to Blow Up
Jeff Beck with Bones UK: “The Revolution Will Be Televised” from Loud Hailer
Jeff Beck: “Freeway Jam,” from Blow by Blow
Bill Haley and The Comets: “Rock Around the Clock,” single released 1955
Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen: “Hot Rod Lincoln” from Lost in the Ozone
Stevie Wonder: “Looking for Another Pure Love,” from Talking Book
Jeff Beck, “Thelonius,” from Blow by Blow
Jeff Beck, “Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers,” from Blow by BlowCredits
Author Dennis Hartley voiced by Doug Herzog
In Memoriam
Chip Isaac tribute charity: Bay Area Border Relief. https://www.bayareaborderrelief.org/
Podcasts
Rock N Roll Archaeology, Chapter 21: Guitarmageddon
Rock N Roll Archaeology, Chapter 8: Meet the Beatles, Part 2
Deeper Digs in Rock: Bones UK
Books
Martin Power, Hot Wired Guitar:The Life of Jeff Beck, 2014
Online Sources
The Alchemist: RIP Jeff Beck – Digby's HullabalooJeff Beck's favourite guitar solos
How Jeff Beck made Stevie Wonder go No. 1 with 'Superstition'
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Jan 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (34)
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