Guitar Gods IV and V: Jimmy and Jeff

well here i am--back into the guitar gods----numbers 4 and 5--done together
in my mind--because these two---are almost equals--hmmm--same band---(cough)-YARDBIRDS
and eric-no.2--also-same band---maybe they were influential-?---well at least to me---
and---------this is MY list---
so number 4--jeff beck---he did replace clapton---or at least took his place--
the band did commercialize their sound---i'll buy that--ha---and i did-
but i had been primed--really loved "english bands"---and once guitar playing was more than a passing fancy---or phase--as parents like to say---(maybe why the first guitars i received--were in-expensive models)
mom--george plays a gretsch-john-a rickenbacker---
oh--they don't sell them here-
where---i live in america-?----well yeah theory was---don't spend a lot--"it'll pass"
but-----so--i'm listening---and back then-mid-60"s---a/m radio---in philly---only two stations--famous 56---and 99--wibbage---
r+b-mixed with pop stuff top 40-----
beatles absolute number one--for me---as a band--but i read the teen mags--
heard about the different english invasion bands--they started to get radio play--
so herman's hermits-dave clark 5-chad/jeremy-stones-kinks-jerry and the pacemakers--
then the who----but those yardbirds----every guitar playing friend worth his weight--
talked about relf--with clapton--burning up the discs--then JEFF taking his spot--
like eric has done quite often---"not hang around"----go and grow---
and we all won---clapton hone's his blues-----jeff steps into shoes----and the yardbirds kept on soaring---
shapes of things---ah---mr.you're a better man than i--nazz are blue---over under---
well you know----and the sounds were changing--amps bigger more powerful--
the fuzzboxes--new experiments with altered sounds----
ahh the 60's----well once again that band morphed---in a second--i'll get to more--and number5------but jeff then did the my band thing---beck ola-and truth-----just priceless---influences to me-----his wah-wah--on ain't superstitous--jimmy's beck bolero---wow-what records----and then his jazzfusion----70's killer records---
blow by blow-and wired----then his jan hammer records---
yeah that's a catalog---
number-5---jimmy page----studio--guy---yardbird bassist then--takeover----whew--
there's a start---or "upstart"-
now-tell me--DONOVAN'S--hurdy gurdy man-----if that--almost baritone sax sounded growl of a guitar solo---doesn't raise the pressure---you be stone----
one if my fave solo's--
and boy did the competition--of him and number 4----inspire some great records---
the jeff back group vs.--led zepp-------
i was talking earlier about a/m radio----well late 60's--thank the lord---F/M---
and in the beginning there was "underground"radio-------oh yes--i experienced---
be jealous------it was wonderful-
so when first zep--then II--came out--wowowowie--probably best first two---records ever---from this era---

well this era was full of "first two"sometimes three--four--oh i'm sorry being around during this era---was very special---
anyway---when it comes to especially great guitar "climaxes"---and during "hit" records--
the first five "guys"--on MY list---are hard to beat--
i know he has life after zeppelin-----but his best to me---is the before and during
some personal--hi--lites
well back in the 80's--you may remember a series of concerts held in a few halls around the world for "ARMS"-- a benefit to raise awareness and fight--m/s-----which ron lane had---
ron--from the "faces"---had many friends---
so robbi and i---boarded the amtrak---to madison sq--garden--------with "hopes" the rumour was true+++
eric-jim-jeff------all playing to----gether
what a night and yes---it was magical----
each had played with their "bands d'jour"
jimmy had paul rodgers-----clapton---his 80's guys--
jeff doing some wild rockfusion
but then bill wyman--chas---i'd have to check the video--don't remember some other backups
with----eric-jimmy-jeff---all playing together --then "soloing"
so like when they did "further on up the road"--each playing backup==as each solos----
jeff kinda leaning next to eric as jimmy wailed--jim and eric kinda "wow check jeff out"--
and as always--when eric is "challenged"-----smirks then rifles off some fingering-riffys----
like it's a deathmatch--and he ain't losing---i remember jimmy and jeff----looking to each other
"yeah he's on tonight"
so like i said ---those yardbirds-------helluva band eh?
and the afterlife--worth checking out----when all was said and done and no life left-in the yardbirds---and both jim --jeff really "kept the idea alive"---lead singer hot guitarist----etc--
keith relf--lead singer from 'birds"-----started early proggers--------Renaissance
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check out-----find the first record------john hawkens on piano--great bass---right from same period as king crimson-yes-'s first stuff---really good music---
well i'm a babblski-----so-----1 thru 5--------"who's next"
(a clue or a bluff)---peace and love----------gary