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Jeff Beck Hitting Road Behind New Album

12 Jan 2001 11:56:00 EST

Veteran rock guitarist's You Had It Coming due February 6; tour kicks off February 15 in Seattle
By Sorelle Saidman

Jeff Beck
Photo: Sony

Veteran guitarist Jeff Beck is hitting the road on a club tour kicking off February 15 in Seattle to support a new album, You Had It Coming, scheduled for U.S. release on February 6. The album — another instrumental guitar-rock/electronica combo, according to a representative for Sony Music, Beck's label — is the follow-up to 1999's Who Else!, which was Beck's successful first album of new original material in a decade and garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. You Had It Coming was produced by Andy Wright, whose credits include Massive Attack, Natalie Imbruglia, S Club 7 and Eurythmics. British singer and multi-instrumentalist Imogen Heap supplies vocals on two tracks, including the Muddy Waters classic "Rollin' and Tumblin'." Jennifer Batten, a solo artist as well as Michael Jackson's tour guitarist for five years, and Randy Hope-Taylor, an alumnus of the U.K.'s Incognito, supplied guitar and bass, respectively, while Steve Alexander is credited on drums. Like Beck's previous road trip, the tour will again include Batten and Hope-Taylor; new to the touring band is Andy Gangadeen, a top electronica session and tour player whose credits include Massive Attack and the Spice Girls.

The reclusive Beck, universally regarded as one of the top rock guitarists in the world, began his solo career in the mid-'60s after a stint replacing Eric Clapton in the legendary Yardbirds. He later formed the Jeff Beck Group with a then-unknown Rod Stewart on vocals in 1967. Not long after the group disbanded in 1971, Beck, who has been threatening retirement from music since 1966, embarked on a sporadic career as a cutting-edge solo instrumentalist. Jeff Beck tour dates:

2/15 - Seattle, WA @ The Paramount
2/16 - Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
2/17 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
2/19 - Santa Rosa, CA @ Luther Burbank Center
2/20 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
2/21 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
2/23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Universal Amphitheater
2/24 - Phoenix, AZ @ Webster Theater
2/25 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
2/28 - Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall
3/1 - Houston, TX @ Aerial Theater
3/2 - Dallas, TX @ Majestic Theater
3/3 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
3/5 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
3/6 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
3/7 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
3/9 - Minneapolis, MN @ State Theater
3/10 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theater
3/11 - Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
3/13 - Detroit, MI @ Fox Theater
3/14 - Cleveland, OH @ Lakewood Civic Center
3/16 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
3/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theater
3/18 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
3/20 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theater
3/22 - New York, NY @ Roseland
3/23 - New York, NY @ Roseland

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Andy Summers, Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow Win Guitar Awards

23 Feb 2000 02:30:00 EST

Sheryl Crow

Former Police guitarist Andy Summers was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Tuesday during the 2000 Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards, handed out during a luncheon staged at the Hard Rock Café in Los Angeles.

Summers is best known for his guitar work in the hit trio the Police, but since that group dissolved in 1985, Summers has released a dozen solo albums featuring a jazzier, more new age-influenced style.

Last year, Brian Setzer received the Lifetime Achievement Award (see "Brian Setzer, Courtney Love, John Fogerty, Lisa Loeb Honored At 1999 Gibson Guitar Awards"), an honor which had previously only gone to B.B. King, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, and John Fogerty.

Others picking up 2000 Gibson Guitar Awards included perennial fave Jeff Beck and the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde in the Rock categories, and Lyle Lovett and Sheryl Crow in the Acoustic categories.

Buckcherry's Keith Nelson and Orgy's Amir Derakh shared the Les Paul Horizon Award for most promising new guitarist, while Limp Bizkit's Sam Rivers and Aimee Mann, who is up for an Oscar for composing "Save Me" for the "Magnolia" soundtrack, were honored for their bass skills.

Proceeds from yesterday's ceremony were donated to the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Foundation, an organization that uses music therapy to help severely autistic children at a clinic based in New York University.

The complete list of winners for the 2000 Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards:

Best Rock Guitarist:

Male: Jeff Beck
Female: Chrissie Hynde

Best Acoustic Guitarist:

Male: Lyle Lovett
Female: Sheryl Crow

Best Country Guitarist:

Male: Dwight Yoakam
Female: Kim Richey

Best Blues Guitarist:

Male: Larry McCray
Female: Susan Tedeschi

Best Jazz Guitarist:

Male: Paul Jackson Jr.
Female: Leni Stool and Joyce Cooling (tie)

Best Bassist:

Male: Sam Rivers
Female: Aimee Mann

Best Classical Guitarist:

Male: Christopher Parkening
Female: Lily Afshar

Les Paul Horizon Award for Most Promising New Guitarist:

Keith Nelson and Amir Derakh (tie)

Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award:

Andy Summers

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Beatles, Mick Jagger, Commitments Honored By British Film Institute

23 Sep 1999 12:30:00 EDT

Mick Jagger

The Beatles, Mick Jagger, and the fictional group the Commitments were among the performers honored this week when the British Film Institute released its list of the 100 favorite British flicks of the 20th century.

"Performance," the 1970 movie directed by Nicholas Roeg and Donald Cammell and starring Jagger as a retired rock star who harbors a gangster on the run, was number 48 on the BFI list, which was compiled by 1,000 British film industry types, including producers, directors, distributors, and critics.

The Beatles' 1964 mock rockumentary, "A Hard Day's Night," was named the 88th favorite British film, as the Richard Lester-helmed flick profiled the Fab Four running amok in London at the height of U.K. Beatlemania.

Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blowup" was at 60 on the BFI list, and the 1966 film about a swinging fashion photographer who stumbles onto a murder scene features a notable appearance by the Yardbirds, with both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on guitars, capping off a performance of "Stroll On" by demolishing their instruments.

But the highest ranking film featuring a musical group was Alan Parker's 1991 flick, "The Commitments," which was chosen at number 38 and tells the story of a group of Dubliners whose love of '60s soul music leads them to form an R&B revue band.

Other films making the cut include "The Third Man" at number 1, "Lawrence of Arabia" at number 3, "Trainspotting" at number 10, "The Full Monty" at number 25, and "Monty Python's Life of Brian" at number 28.

For the complete list of the British Film Institute's Favorite Films of the 20th Century, be sure check out the BFI's official Web site (www.bfi.org.uk).

-- David Basham

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Jonny Lang Plays For Clintons, Sets Dates With Jeff Beck

30 Jul 1999 02:00:00 EDT

Johnny Lang

Teen guitar virtuoso Jonny Lang traveled to the White House yesterday to perform alongside fabled bluesman B.B. King as part of a special program, "Tradition and Legends of the Blues Performance," staged on the South Lawn.

As part of the concert, which also featured pianist Marcia Ball and the duo of John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, Lang presented President Clinton and the First Lady with an autographed Fender guitar (Lang's axe of choice). The event was taped by PBS, which plans to air the program in November.

Last week, Lang played in front of rock royalty, as he was personally invited to perform at Mick Jagger's 56th birthday at the Stones frontman's estate on the South of France. While there, Lang jammed with Jagger and guests Bono, Elton John, and Ron Wood.

Next month, Lang kicks off a month-long tour with another guitar legend, Jeff Beck. Dates for their joint outing include:

8/7 - Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Amphitheater (w/o Jeff Beck)
8/17 - Pompano Beach, FL @ Pompano Beach Amphitheater
8/18 - Tampa, FL @ Ice Palace
8/20 - Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap Filene Center (w/o Jeff Beck)
8/21 - Bethlehem, PA @ Musikfest (w/o Jeff Beck)
8/23 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center For the Performing Arts
8/25 - Wantagh, NY @ Jones Beach Amphitheater
8/26 - Holmdel, NJ @ P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
8/28 - Camden, NJ @ Blockbuster - Sony Center
8/30 - Syracuse, NY @ New York State Fair
8/31 - Stanhope, NJ @ Waterloo Village
9/2 - Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake P.A.C.
9/3 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheater
9/4 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
9/8 - Cleveland, OH @ Nautica Stage
9/9 - Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theater
9/10 - Tinley Park, IL @ New World Music Theater

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Woodstock To Go On Without Jeff Beck (Again)

18 May 1999 02:00:00 EDT

In a development drenched in deja vu, Woodstock organizers announced on Tuesday that Jeff Beck would not be able to appear at this summer's 30th anniversary Woodstock concert as previously planned.

Earlier this month, the Woodstock camp announced that the guitarist was among the latest wave of artists to be added to the lineup for this year's Woodstock redux (see "Everclear, Godsmack, Lit, More Headed To Woodstock"). However, concert organizers now say that a scheduling conflict will keep Beck from the show, set for July 23-25 in Rome, New York.

A case of poor timing also kept Beck from playing the original Woodstock concert in 1969. Beck and his Jeff Beck Group were slated to play the three-day festival, but the band broke up less than a week before the concert, and the guitarist never performed at the concert.

"I am very disappointed that I am unable to perform with so many great artists," the guitarist said in a written statement addressing his most recent Woodstock cancellation.

Fans will have to content themselves with Jewel, DMX, Korn, Aerosmith, Dave Matthews, Limp Bizkit, and a slate of close to 40 acts when Woodstock '99 kicks off on July 23. Tickets for the show are still available through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling (212) 397-7474 (please note, this is a toll call).

Here's how the Woodstock lineup looks now:

Aerosmith Bush The Chemical Brothers George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars Collective Soul Counting Crows Creed Sheryl Crow DMX Everclear Everlast Fatboy Slim Foo Fighters Godsmack Guster Mickey Hart & Planet Drum Ice Cube Jamiroquai Wyclef Jean & the Refugee Allstars Jewel Kid Rock Korn Limp Bizkit Lit Live Los Lobos Dave Matthews Band Metallica moe. Alanis Morissette Willie Nelson Mike Ness The Offspring Our Lady Peace Rage Against The Machine Red Hot Chili Peppers Rusted Root Brian Setzer Orchestra Sugar Ray The Tragically Hip

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