check out brett Garsed's beautiful tribute on the the facebook
beck's been one of my heroes since i started playing guitar 40 years ago. saw him a few times in london. once with tony hymas and terry bozzio on the guitar shop tour at hammersmith odeon. absolutely mindblowing gig. i spent most of it with my jaw hanging open, or just grinning maniacally. he broke a string at one point, took off his guitar, slid it across the stage so it disappeared into the wings and another guitar slid onstage, he put it on and continued from where he left off. at the end of the gig, he ripped all the strings off his guitar. total showman. i also saw him at the shepherds bush empire and i was in the second row just watching him do his thing from about 6 feet away. i left that gig humbled and inspired by his total mastery of the instrument. he tried playing a note over the neck pickup with his slide during a very quiet section and knocked into the lower horn of the guitar on the way up, which you could hear as a loud "bonk" which was heavily delayed and reverbed. he was so pissed of, he shook his head and said "oh f*ck!" to himself. even the best make mistakes. that really humanised him for me. his legacy is so huge, he influenced and inspired so many players.
R.I.P
