Jeff Beck to release first album in 7 years, & London shows with Eric Clapton a 'Excellent Concert'

Mon, 15 Feb 2010

Jeff Beck is due to release his first album in 7 years in April entitled 'Emotion & Commotion' as confirmed in a recent press release on his website.  

"For his first studio album in seven years, Grammy-winning guitarist Jeff Beck returns with an eclectic mix of tracks that find the guitar virtuoso accompanied by a handpicked cast of talented musicians, as well as several songs accompanied by a 64-piece orchestra. Rhino unleashes the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s restless genius with EMOTION&COMMOTION."

The album was recorded late in 2009 at Sarm Studios in London, and to create the album's diverse sound Jeff Beck used a number of musicians including Grammy Award winner Joss Stone.

The UK release date is 12th April 2010, and 13th April for the USA/Canada check the Jeff Beck website for your local release dates.

This past weekend Jeff Beck joined forces with Eric Clapton for two highly anticipated shows at London's O2 Arena.

Reports online have said the shows were "Excellent concert all the way around." LickLibrary's Stuart Bull, Kim Waller and Mike Casswell took our lucky competition winner Irene to the show and they had a great time on Saturday night.

Jeff Beck opened the night with his new band and guest appearances from singer Joss Stone and Violin from Sharon Corr (The Corrs) and a 12 piece orchestra. Then Eric and his band took the stage to perform his well recieved set. Jeff Beck then joined the stage for another set, this time with Eric Clapton before ending the night with a Hi Ho Silver Lining duet encore.  Fans really did get their moneys worth!

The set list on Saturday ran as followed:
Jeff Beck's Set List
01. Eternity's Breath
02. Stratus
03. Led Boots
04. Corpus Christi Carol - with 12 piece orchestra
05. Bass solo by Rhonda Smith
06. Hammerhead - with 12 piece orchestra
07. Mna Na Heireann - with Sharon Corr on violin and orchestra
08. People Get Ready
09. Big Block
10. There's No Other Me - with Joss Stone
11. I Put A Spell On You - with Joss Stone (
12. A Day In The Life - with 12 piece orchestra

Eric Clapton's Set List
01. Driftin' - acoustic
02. Layla - acoustic
03. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - acoustic
04. Running On Faith - acoustic
05. When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful
06. Tell The Truth
07. Key To The Highway
08. I Shot The Sheriff
09. Wonderful Tonight
10. Cocaine
11. Crossroads

Jeff Beck's and Eric Clapton's Set List
01. Shake Your Moneymaker
02. Moon River
03. You Need Love
04. Outside Woman Blues
05. Little Brown Bird
06. Wee Wee Baby
07. (I Want To Take You) Higher
08. Hi Ho Silver Lining - encore (Eric and Jeff shared vocals).

Here's a video we found on YouTube from the night!


Wow what a show huh?!

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