UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (20 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at. Highlights:Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Thursday 16 February, 22:00 GMTĭavid Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. Saturday 11 February 21:00 GMT “Streamathon” charity event Josh Taerk’s latest Sunday Session was streamed on Sunday 22 January And, without a flamboyant sparring partner (historically a Jan Hammer or a Jason Rebello) Beck doesn’t operate at maximum throttle.īonus features include Jeff and the band talking us through the setlist.ĭavid Randall presents ‘Assume The Position’ on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio every Sunday at 22:00 GMT. The real problem here is the lack of a proper keyboard foil and a killer track like ‘Hammerhead’ doesn’t match its album version. In truth, for my ears, there ain’t enough rock in this fusion and even ‘The Pump’ and ‘Led Boots’ struggle against the onslaught of jazzy jeff jams.īeck’s previous DVD was a more intimate affair at Ronnie Scotts – and to my mind all the better for the intimacy. It all gets rather tiresome, just as it did in real time. To me Beck frequently sacrifices a good tune for the incessant flourishes of whammy bar harmonics. As for Jeff, he does make things look very easy and let’s cut some slack for a still-spritely looking septuagenarian.īut, again, it is only with the encore - the superb ‘Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers’ – that you realise there is an acute lack of stirring melody in a lot of this fusion repertoire and it is somewhat telling that this song dates from the mid-seventies, and under the careful tutelage of George Martin. You can’t fault drummer Jonathan Joseph although bassist Rhonda Smith seems pedestrian on her showcase ‘You Know You Know’ whilst Nicolas Meier is versatile if rather limp.
It may be more to do with the choice of material than the players. But, musically, this set doesn’t really change my previous perceptions. Well, Beck is hardly going to get talkative to a Tokyo audience and to be honest the lack of chat isn’t such an issue with a recording. This was also the first tour with his current band and I wasn’t convinced that it matched previous outings. Beck didn’t engage the audience with carefully chosen banter about his illustrious career. When I reviewed Jeff Beck’s gig in Birmingham in May this year – only a month or so after this Tokyo gig – the main criticism was the lack of audience interaction. Share the post "DVD review: JEFF BECK – Live In Tokyo"
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