To honor the late, great, irreplaceable Jeff Beck, here's an episode from the No Filler archives on his 1975 debut solo record, Blow By Blow.
Hot on the trails of our deep dive into Larry Carlton's Steely Dan guitar solos, we thought we'd pay some homage to another guitar god from the same era: the one and only Jeff Beck. On this episode, we take a listen to his 1975 debut solo record Blow By Blow. Having tried a few times to put together a successful rock group after his departure from The Yardbirds, Beck gravitated more toward the jazz-rock fusion from his sessions with the band Upp, whom he produced and played on their first record. Out of those sessions came the groundwork for Blow By Blow, an incredible showcase of Beck's prowess behind the fretboard. Produced by George Martin (the fifth Beatle himself), and with help from Stevie Wonder (who lended 2 of his tracks to the record and even plays clavinet on one of them), join us as we Blow By Blow geek out over how truly amazing this record is and how it helped put Beck on the path to becoming one of the greatest guitar players of all time.
Tracklist
Jeff Beck - Rock My Plimsoul
Jeff Beck - Constipated Duck
Jeff Beck - Air Blower
Jeff Beck - Scatterbrain
Little Simz - Selfish
Matthew Halsall, The Gondwana Orchestra - As I Walk
Stanley Clarke - Silly Putty
This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network.