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Jeff Beck Tickets – Still Finding All Sorts of Emotions and Commotions

Hailed as one of the best guitar players in history, Jeff Beck is out on tour this summer promoting his first set in seven years. The Emotion & CommotionTour opened in San Francisco’s Nob Hill Masonic Centre in April and will close out at the Crossroad Festival in Chicago in late June. Beck’s one May performance was rocking the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, where he had no problem living up to what Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis hailed as “the greatest guitarist to come out of and emerge from rock ‘n’ roll,” reports Festival Crashers. The result was nothing but extraordinary, as http://www.stubhub.com continues to sell <a href=”http://www.stubhub.com/jeff-beck-tickets/”>Jeff Beck tickets</a>.

Despite the obvious promotions, Beck is promoting legendary guitar maker Les Paul in a two-night residency at the Iridium Jazz Club of New York City. The “Celebration of Les Paul” will feature Beck and The Imelda May Band June 8th and 9th honoring the late Les Paul, who passed away this year. “When I first heard Les Paul playing ‘How High the Moon,’ I thought, man, that’s what I want my sound to be like. Now, here I am years later and he’s still a powerful influence in all that I do,” Beck said in a press release. The event with Gibson Guitar will take place on Paul’s 95th birthday. The performance is just one of many that Beck has been able to honor for the legendary Paul, as he and Imelda May performed that classic hit Beck talks of during 2010′s Grammy Awards.

While Jeff Beck’s name might not be as mainstream as his fellow Yardbirds alum Eric Clapton, in the rock ‘n’ roll world his is the most talked about in history. Though commercial audiences had trouble catching on to his tunes following Rod Stewart’s departure from the Jeff Beck Group, the England native can astound with just a few musical bars.  That magical power was showcased last April when Beck joined singer Joss Stone on the stage for “Idol Gives Back.” The fundraising event brought together an all-star cast but it was Stone and Beck, who did their own rendition of Jay Hawkins’ 1956 classic “I Put a Spell on You” that stole the show.

A rock ‘n’ roll staple since the ’60s when he joined the Yardbirds’ following Clapton’s departure, Beck marked a first last year when he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After a whirlwind of promotions that year as Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder celebrated 25 years of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Beck headed straight into the studio. Bringing along producers Steve Lipson and Trevor Horn, it was the first time Beck recorded in nearly a decade. The Rhino Records release was yet another first for the veteran guitarist, as Emotions & Commotions became his bestselling album to date. With a critically and commercially praised set, Beck had no other choice to promote his 15th studio set with a tour, bringing along new band members Rhonda Smith, Narada Michael Walden and longtime keyboardist Jason Rebello.

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