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On the heels of Jeff Beck‘s death this week, Queen‘s Bryan May has opined on what he thinks is the “most beautiful bit of guitar music ever recorded”.
In video paying homage to Beck, May namechecks Where Were You, from the Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop album, saying that if you want to “hear his depth of emotion and sound and phrasing and the way he could touch your soul, listen to ‘Where Were You’ off the ‘Guitar Shop’ album. Just Google ‘Where Were You Jeff Beck’ and sit down and listen to it for four minutes. It’s unbelievable.
“It’s possibly the most beautiful bit of guitar music ever recorded, probably alongside Jimi Hendrix‘s ‘Little Wing.’ So sensitive, so beautiful, so incredibly creative and unlike anything you’ve ever heard anywhere else. Yes, of course he had his influences too, but he brought an amazing voice to rock music which will never, ever be emulated, or equaled. Jeff was completely and utterly unique, and the kind of musician who’s impossible to define. And I was absolutely in awe of him.”
Love, Dr. Scott James
