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What happens to a musician after an accident? Dylan became more serene and reflective. Beck too has changed; maybe only slightly, but he's changed. Perhaps he doesn't want to be labeled as a fossil, a throwback to the late '60's. Whatever the reason, his music appears to be smoother and more refined. At least when he's in the studio...
...live performance, the concert. It's an event of an almost political nature--the stage becomes the performer's soapbox and he must sway the crowd using both his presence and his musical message. Thus, last Monday night at the Music Hall, the 'audience anticipated the arrival of Beck as if he were a retired politician returning to the political arena...
...powerful message that Beck chose for his opening number: "I'm Going Down", an old Freddie King song done in a way that would shake the whole Mississippi delta. Beck made his guitar growl and groan, stomp and shake. Flailing his guitar more than Pete Townsend, and moving about almost as much as Mick Jagger, Beck mesmerized the audience...
Surprise followed surprise, as Beck quickly plunged the group into a bluesey version of Dylan's "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You." When Beck went into a slide guitar solo that proved that Mick Taylor still has a lot to learn, the audience threatened to mob the stage. Beck sensed the crowd's enthusiasm and fanned the flames as he went into his classic version of "Morning Dew." As vocalist Bob Tench is no Rod Stewart, the song was lacking something...
From "Morning Dew" Beck went immediately into "Jeff's Boogie." The audience rose to its feet and stayed there for the rest of the song. Beck was out to prove that he hadn't lost anything, that he was still the king. "Jeff's Boogie," a fairly complex number that demands the cramming of an almost infinite number of notes into the breaks, was an excellent showcase for Beck's speed and musical ideas...