Jeff Beck
--------------------- [excerpt from I, Tina - written by Tina Turner, with Kurt Loder. Copyright 1986, Harper Collins] -----------------
It was an uproarious excursion. The Rolling Stones launched their tour at the Albert Hall with tape recorders running to capture the show for a projected in-concert album, Got Live if You Want It.
Six songs into their set, though, the house erupted into a near-riot, with fans clambering up onstage.... For chitlins-circuit veterans who thought they'd seen it all, that opening night offered the Revue members a new kind of eyeful. And, for Ike and for Tina, an earful, too.
Tina: I remember I was in the dressing room and I heard somebody playing guitar - and were they ever playing it! I followed the sound out into the hallway, and I came to this other dressing room, and there was Jeff Beck, just sitting there, playing. He was the lead guitarist for the Yardbirds, who were also on the bill. Jeez, you should've heard him! I couldn't believe it.
Ike said, "Man, these guys can play over here!" He was really blown away. ... I think maybe Ike should've just moved to England then, because he could've really got into a rush with those guys. But, well . . .
Mick Jagger: I think we worked much harder after Ike and Tina had been on, you know? Because they would really work the audience very, very hard. But that's the reason we had them on.
There's no point in having some jerk band on before you - you have to have somebody that'll make you top what they do. And Ike and Tina Turner certainly did that job admirably.
Tina's voice was very powerful, and also very idiosyncratic - easy to pick out. "River Deep-Mountain High" was an excellent record because she had the voice to get out in front of Phil Spector's so-called wall of sound.
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