Our old pal from Word magazine Kate Mossman adored Jeff Beck and the whole range of his recordings and interviewed him recently for the New Statesman. This pod features the outlandish techniques he developed, his cars and Afghan hounds, his “six wives”, his unchanging look (with occasion detours into “satin leggings and boxing boots”), the “Clapton is God” myth, his job offer from the Stones, falling out with the Yardbirds and the Jeff Beck Group, great musical ventures and occasional lapses of taste (like the recent tour with Johnny Depp). And our love of Hi Ho Silver Lining which he hated so much he said it was like “having a pink toilet seat hung around your neck for the rest of your life”.

Plus …

… the chillingly strange life of Lisa Marie Presley - “opulent neglect” - and her four marriages.

… best-ever B-sides (suggested by birthday patron Roger Millington who went for ‘Paris France’ by the Red Guitars). The greatest B-sides never appeared anywhere else “and were like secret messages to the hardcore fans” - eg the Stones’ The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man and the Spider And the Fly. Honourable mentions for Yes It Is, This Boy and You Know My Name (Look Up The Number).

… the White Lotus and that fabulous Jennifer Coolidge Golden Globes speech.

… what would you do if you were the new Radio 3 boss?

… haircut and knitwear issues in ‘the Banshees of Inisherin’.

… Peter Sellers in Only Two Can Play.

Plus birthday patron Paul Knox joins us with theories about impact of the Incredible String on the Beatles and the sad, mysterious tale of the disappearance of Licorice McKechnie.

Kate Mossman in the New Statesman

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2023/01/jeff-beck-interview-tribute-guitar-hero

The Yardbirds on Shindig!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn6q_jcc0uo

And on the Milton Berle Show, 1966

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oNDXsIulXw

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