Blogs N' Roses: Sorry No Jeff Beck Group Reunion

Sorry No Jeff Beck Group Reunion

Jeff Beck shot down any hopes of teaming up with Rod Stewart and Ron Wood for a reunion of the Jeff Beck Group: "Reformation of bands is never my idea of a good idea. Leave well enough alone, especially 35 years after it happened. It usually indicates there isn't anything else happening in someone else's career, otherwise you wouldn't entertain it — let's face it. We weren't together in the heyday of money. We were playing small clubs and dives and broke up just before Woodstock, so we never had any big money gigs. It would be fun if we did it in private to see if it would sound any good, but leave it well enough alone and remember it for being groundbreaking at the time."

Despite his and Rod Stewart's often strained relationship, Beck credits him for being one of the most original vocalists he's ever played with: "He definitely lost me somewhere along the way as a, as a soul mate, you know. But I realize, you know, when people get huge sums of money and loads of blondes around, that they do change a bit (laughs). But I think he's the greatest. There's no way that I can alter that, he just is a unique vocalist. Partly the reason I'm playing solo now is because there isn't another Rod Stewart around the corner. I've heard Rod, you know — I want to hear somebody who sounds as different as he is. And then we'll go somewhere."

Beck replaced Clapton in the Yardbirds, who left the group in 1965 to join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and eventually Cream.

News story thanks to local WMMR DJ Jacky Bam Bam.