Beck & Jeff Beck articles

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Greetings,

In the latest issue of Perfect Sound Forever
<http://www.perfectsoundforever.com>, you'll find (among other things):

ASYLUM STREET SPANKERS
Not Just Old-Timey Novelty- an appreciation and interview by Michael
Layne Heath
"'The Spankers got started when my friend Guy Forsyth and I were sitting
around one night, complaining about how loud our respective bands were.
So we thought, 'why not go the other way and start a jug band?' So Guy
pulls out all these CD's of old 'hokum jazz,' blues and jug band music
that he had kept in a bookcase.'"

BECK
Morning Phase & Desert Voyages by Owen Watson
"Greeting the recent release of Beck's new album Morning Phase are
rumblings that this is the 43 year old's sequel to his similarly tuned
2002 album Sea Change: another reverb-soaked record heavy with lament
and airy symphonic composition. But a close inspection finds the sequel
tag to be a reductionist way of looking at the work."

JEFF BECK
Wired in the '70's by Sam Leighty
"He had always liked jazz, classical and different kinds of unusual
music from all over, including Indian and Mid-eastern music. He had been
drawing on this mixture of styles since his days with The Yardbirds. As
the '70's unfolded, he developed a strong infusion of jazz in his
playing, beginning with his first album of that decade."


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Jason