Derek Trucks at the Beck Tribute Concert

[Cowtown57]

Amazing performance of Goodbye Porkpie Hat. Whoever JP is on YouTube they had great seats for the second night and it looks like they plan on posting the whole show song by song.

 

[Elmore]

Pretty great. Thanks for posting this.

 

[bursty]

that is some pretty amazing stuff and it's all Derek's take on some classic JB. No surprise it came along as good as it did.

I saw DT open for Eric Johnson circa 1999 at the old Caravan of Dreams in Ft Worth. At that time Derek was ~20 years of age and could pretty much play circles around just about any other picker. The guy is a true guitar animal without a doubt .........

 

[bern1]

Yes that performance On Goodbye Pork Pie Hat was exceptional.
As was Trucks’ solo on Going Down, which was the only one worth listening to In that segment. (Unless you want to count Depp, his performance being noteworthy in that he stayed upright.)

I had never warmed to Gary Clark Jr, but his Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers was workmanlike. I’ll reassess.

That said, that night was all about appreciation for Beck, not about individual performances. Let’s face it, nobody was going to show up Jeff Beck, even if he isn’t here any longer.

 

[Arnold M.]

I never understood how Johnny Depp made the transition from Hollywood movies to Elite Rock Royalty so easily and quickly .. still trying to figure that one out

 

[Wound_Up]

I never understood how Johnny Depp made the transition from Hollywood movies to Elite Rock Royalty so easily and quickly .. still trying to figure that one out

Johnny's been in bands since he was young. Back before he was ever on TV.

I'm not saying that means he's great. Just that he's been playing since before he started acting. His band put out an album at like 18 yrs old or something. 19? I don't remember exactly.

Here's his 2nd band in the mid 80s, Rock City Angels

 

[F-Hole]

Cool gig.

 

[K_L]

I was first introduced to Jeff Beck`s great 'Truth' LP in mid 1969 [along w/ Zeppelin`s dynamic 1st LP & Cream`s DG & WoF w/ EC]. The music from those 3 guitarists/bands were 'my genesis' & initiated my musical journey into what is now known as 'classic rock' [a side-note: my father sat his family down to watch The Beatles US debut on the Ed Sullivan Show Feb 1964 so that`s where & when it really started for me, but I digress...].

So with that, I was anticipating what tunes would be played at the Tribute from Jeff Becks 'Truth' LP earlier this week & was very happy when I watched them [on YT] perform 'Beck`s Bolero' in which Derek Trucks excelled both nights. However, after watching both night`s version of it, I much prefer the first night`s performance. After the brief interlude at 3:17, Derek takes his playing to a higher level, even closing his eyes while, it seems to me, he gives a respectful nod/ personal tribute to Jeff Beck. And then he urges Clapton to take a solo, which is also very nice. These guys are my heroes in life. This is very good imho...

 

[K_L]

Cool gig.

So cool that you were part of both shows...the greats of our time are slowly saying 'good-bye' to all of us.

 

[K_L]

Here`s another video of Monday night`s performance of [Jeff] 'Beck`s Bolero' at the RAH in London. A really great video & performance in all regards. Towards the end of it Doyle, Clapton, Ronnie Wood & Nathan East are huddled around Derek, witnessing something quite spectacular imho.

 

[guitplayer]

He has come along way. here he is with the late Great Greg Baril.

 

[guitplayer]

The smile on Greg`s face...priceless.

 

[Redhod]

Another musician at the event who could have played "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" was John McLaughlin who first covered it back around 1970. The song itself dates to 1959. A jazz musician once told me a story about how Charlie Mingus got the news that saxophonist Lester Young (known for wearing a pork-pie hat) had died. Grief-stricken, Mingus called up a friend and played this melody over the phone.

 

[Doc Sausage]

I'm always wowed by Trucks. That really captured the spirit of Beck's style. And tone for days...!

 

[Redhod]

Glad to see a couple of black LPs in action at the JB fest. The first time I saw Beck was spring of '69 at the Fillmore East. It was a short but extremely intense set. I had good seats and really had my ears pinned back by his aggression. I'm not sure if it was his oxblood LP. But it engraved in my mind that a black LP was a lethal thing. I'd see him play it later at Newport and the next year in England.

 

[bursty]

I never understood how Johnny Depp made the transition from Hollywood movies to Elite Rock Royalty so easily and quickly .. still trying to figure that one out

a while back when I learned JB was collaborating with JD I was quite taken aback by Jeff's choice. I thought to myself Jeff has collaborated with some seriously talented musicians over many years so, why JD? I thought it was some type of an omen to the end of Jeff's career that he made a choice to collaborate with JD; sadly I wasn't far off base.

I will remember Jeff the most from the last time I saw him perform live in 2016 and of course without the terrible image of JD on stage. Seeing Jeff play in 2016 was certainly my favorite show of his, of all the shows I was privileged to have seen him perform. I would have never in a million years gone to see Jeff perform on the same stage with JD. Too many levels of wrong within that entire concept.

 

[K_L]

Not sure if anyone has watched either of the 2 performances--heres 'Shapes of Things' that EC puts a real nice 'reggae spin' on along with a nice solo by Doyle Bramhall--

 

[guitplayer]

Blackfoot back in 1971 Shapes of things

https://soundcloud.com/greenlaker-1%2Fshapes-of-things

 

[SpencerD]

Another musician at the event who could have played "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" was John McLaughlin who first covered it back around 1970. The song itself dates to 1959. A jazz musician once told me a story about how Charlie Mingus got the news that saxophonist Lester Young (known for wearing a pork-pie hat) had died. Grief-stricken, Mingus called up a friend and played this melody over the phone.

He was there man! Played Stratus with Rhonda Smith and Anika Niles!

 

[Guitar Whiskey]

Looks kind of like the SG Greg Allman played.