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Jack The Sipper

@jackthesipper1

Feb 23 • 11 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X

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Jeff Beck "Goodbye pork pie hat" / "Brush with the blues"

Beck plays the Beatles, a masterful rendition of "A day in the life"

Beck plays more Beatles: "She's a woman"

"Beck's bolero"

"Freeway jam"

The best version, 1977, with the Jan Hammer Group: Fernando Saunders on bass, Tony "Thunder"Smith on drums, Steve Kindler on violin and rhythm guitar, Jan Hammer on keyboards and synthesizers.

"Full moon boogie", Tony Smith on vocals.

"Earth (still our only home"

"Blue wind", in Tokyo, 1999.

Lineup:

Jennifer Batten - guitar
Randy Hope-Taylor - bass
Steve Alexander - drums

"The pump"

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