Jeff Beck Discusses Eric Clapton Rivalry

Jeff Beck says that he never really felt a personal rivalry with Eric Clapton until Clapton’s wife told him there was one.More »

By on May 20, 2018

Jeff Beck says that he never really felt a personal rivalry with Eric Clapton until Clapton’s wife told him there was one. “I remember he invited me to this gig [in 1980] in Guilford, near where he lives, and I thought, “Why is he asking me?” Beck tells Rolling Stone. “I thought to myself, “Obviously you won’t be playing, so go along and have a beer.” On the way there, he goes, “Do you want to play ‘Blackie’?” And I said, “Uh, I don’t know that song.” He said, “No, it’s my guitar.” I went, “Oh, whoops.” First calamity of the evening. So I said, “I didn’t bring a guitar, so I’ll do that.” Then about a minute later, he turned around and stood at the car and goes, “This is not gonna be one of these blowing-off things, is it?” I said, “Listen, either I play or I don’t.” And there was that, what’s the word, uncomfortable rivalry about it.” “I found out later from Pattie, his wife, that there definitely was [rivalry] – especially with the Stevie Wonder stuff. He was not too amused about me doing something successful with Stevie. I think that maybe got under his skin a bit.” Beck participated in the recently released feature film Still on the Run: The Jeff Beck Story. Copyright(c) 2018 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «