What's more, the 62-year-old blues-rock guitar god hasn't put out a record since 2003's "Jeff," the last in his trilogy of electronic music discs.
September 21, 2006 (Press Release) --
Stratocaster before becoming a nostalgia act. Yet here he is, smack dab in the middle of geezer month locally, playing the Chicago Theatre on Tuesday, the night before fellow ex-Yardbird Eric Clapton worked the United Center a couple of miles to the west.
What's more, the 62-year-old blues-rock guitar god hasn't put out a record since 2003's "Jeff," the last in his trilogy of electronic music discs. And he's playing a "greatest hits" set list to boot on his 20-city tour.
Another night, another geezer, right? Not in the least. Although tickets were reportedly a slow sell, with no new product for rock radio to push, the concert proved exactly why hardcore fans of the electric guitar solo keep Beck on their perennial "gotta be there" list when he tours every three years or so.
The man who helped define English blues-rock, practically invented heavy metal and made jazz-rock fusion interesting seems to be turning away from his electronica fixation. His inspiration during his two-hour-plus set, complete with four encore numbers, seemed to come less from the Chemical Brothers than from Buddy Guy.
Those bracing themselves for a nonstop sonic assault were instead treated to a well-paced mix of the crunches and the lyrical. For every pulsating "Big Block" and "Scatterbrain," there was a melodic "Cause We Ended as Lovers" or stunningly beautiful "A Day in the Life," his guitar singing out with a full range of emotions for the Beatles classic.
Beck's clearly enjoying himself, too. The often-taciturn Brit, sporting a '60s mod haircut, sleeveless nylon vest with no shirt underneath and hastily knotted green-and-black-striped tie, was downright animated onstage. At various points he raised both hands skyward in triumph, dipped gracefully to one knee and blew an appreciative kiss to the crowd in response to an ovation.
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What's more, the 62-year-old blues-rock guitar god hasn't put out a record since 2003's "Jeff," the last in his trilogy of electronic music discs. And he's playing a "greatest hits" set list to boot on his 20-city tour.
Another night, another geezer, right? Not in the least. Although tickets were reportedly a slow sell, with no new product for rock radio to push, the concert proved exactly why hardcore fans of the electric guitar solo keep Beck on their perennial "gotta be there" list when he tours every three years or so.
The man who helped define English blues-rock, practically invented heavy metal and made jazz-rock fusion interesting seems to be turning away from his electronica fixation. His inspiration during his two-hour-plus set, complete with four encore numbers, seemed to come less from the Chemical Brothers than from Buddy Guy.
Those bracing themselves for a nonstop sonic assault were instead treated to a well-paced mix of the crunches and the lyrical. For every pulsating "Big Block" and "Scatterbrain," there was a melodic "Cause We Ended as Lovers" or stunningly beautiful "A Day in the Life," his guitar singing out with a full range of emotions for the Beatles classic.
Beck's clearly enjoying himself, too. The often-taciturn Brit, sporting a '60s mod haircut, sleeveless nylon vest with no shirt underneath and hastily knotted green-and-black-striped tie, was downright animated onstage. At various points he raised both hands skyward in triumph, dipped gracefully to one knee and blew an appreciative kiss to the crowd in response to an ovation.
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Posted by JEFF JOHNSON
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