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I bet you like cars and music.....
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One wonders though how much money Beck has to play with. He hasn't had any really big hits??? So he cant be raking in the money to buy a lot of cars???
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One wonders though how much money Beck has to play with. He hasn't had any really big hits??? So he cant be raking in the money to buy a lot of cars???
I've wondered this too. The video is the most I've seen, but I've seen pictures of his garage and cars before, and read numerous times how he works on cars a lot. After seeing more of the pictures over the last few years, I've wondered how he affords them too. Especially after hearing he doesn't/hasn't made the money contemporaries like Page and Clapton have.
I seem to recall something fairly recently about his records selling squat nowadays, and he doesn't make much from live shows. Maybe he saved what he made, or has invested well, or something like that. He certainly doesn't appear broke. Did you get a look at that garage, that alone must have cost a small fortune.
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Jeff had a mean uncle
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Jeff had a mean uncle
Here is his uncle..
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I want this car right now.
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I want this car right now.
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Looks like someone painted Jim Rockford's car blue.
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I've wondered how Jeff has stayed financially flush over the years as well. He's kept his 15th-century country estate and fleet of hot rods when many of his more successful peers have had to scale back. Maybe he invested wisely. He didn't come from a wealthy family.
Three things in his favor (possibly): he never got in deep with drugs/alcohol, he doesn't have any children, and he was only divorced once.
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Rockford's car was a Trans Am, wasn't it?
Mine is the "Esprit" model Firebird.
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One wonders though how much money Beck has to play with. He hasn't had any really big hits??? So he cant be raking in the money to buy a lot of cars???
I've wondered this too. The video is the most I've seen, but I've seen pictures of his garage and cars before, and read numerous times how he works on cars a lot. After seeing more of the pictures over the last few years, I've wondered how he affords them too. Especially after hearing he doesn't/hasn't made the money contemporaries like Page and Clapton have.
I seem to recall something fairly recently about his records selling squat nowadays, and he doesn't make much from live shows. Maybe he saved what he made, or has invested well, or something like that. He certainly doesn't appear broke. Did you get a look at that garage, that alone must have cost a small fortune.
In the first place Jeff is a well payed and in demand ( session ) player.
If you can permit to refuse to join the Stones, and Jagger for a solo tour...
He is also known as someone who likes to fix and repair cars/oldtimers himself.
Maybe it's his second job..
There's a nice drawing on his album "Jeff Beck's guitar shop",
illustrating both:
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One wonders though how much money Beck has to play with. He hasn't had any really big hits??? So he cant be raking in the money to buy a lot of cars???
I've wondered this too. The video is the most I've seen, but I've seen pictures of his garage and cars before, and read numerous times how he works on cars a lot. After seeing more of the pictures over the last few years, I've wondered how he affords them too. Especially after hearing he doesn't/hasn't made the money contemporaries like Page and Clapton have.
I seem to recall something fairly recently about his records selling squat nowadays, and he doesn't make much from live shows. Maybe he saved what he made, or has invested well, or something like that. He certainly doesn't appear broke. Did you get a look at that garage, that alone must have cost a small fortune.
In the first place Jeff is a well payed and in demand ( session ) player.
If you can permit to refuse to join the Stones, and Jagger for a solo tour...
He is also known as someone who likes to fix and repair cars/oldtimers himself.
Maybe it's his second job..
There's a nice drawing on his album "Jeff Beck's guitar shop",
illustrating both:
Just to be historically correct: Beck was never offered a position in the Stones, and Jagger turned his back on Beck as he demanded too much money for the tour.
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One wonders though how much money Beck has to play with. He hasn't had any really big hits??? So he cant be raking in the money to buy a lot of cars???
I've wondered this too. The video is the most I've seen, but I've seen pictures of his garage and cars before, and read numerous times how he works on cars a lot. After seeing more of the pictures over the last few years, I've wondered how he affords them too. Especially after hearing he doesn't/hasn't made the money contemporaries like Page and Clapton have.
I seem to recall something fairly recently about his records selling squat nowadays, and he doesn't make much from live shows. Maybe he saved what he made, or has invested well, or something like that. He certainly doesn't appear broke. Did you get a look at that garage, that alone must have cost a small fortune.
In the first place Jeff is a well payed and in demand ( session ) player.
If you can permit to refuse to join the Stones, and Jagger for a solo tour...
He is also known as someone who likes to fix and repair cars/oldtimers himself.
Maybe it's his second job..
There's a nice drawing on his album "Jeff Beck's guitar shop",
illustrating both:
Just to be historically correct: Beck was never offered a position in the Stones, and Jagger turned his back on Beck as he demanded too much money for the tour.
Mathijs
I understand it the other way around, according to Jeff Beck ofcourse, both on joining the Stones as well as touring with Jagger.
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One wonders though how much money Beck has to play with. He hasn't had any really big hits??? So he cant be raking in the money to buy a lot of cars???
I've wondered this too. The video is the most I've seen, but I've seen pictures of his garage and cars before, and read numerous times how he works on cars a lot. After seeing more of the pictures over the last few years, I've wondered how he affords them too. Especially after hearing he doesn't/hasn't made the money contemporaries like Page and Clapton have.
I seem to recall something fairly recently about his records selling squat nowadays, and he doesn't make much from live shows. Maybe he saved what he made, or has invested well, or something like that. He certainly doesn't appear broke. Did you get a look at that garage, that alone must have cost a small fortune.
In the first place Jeff is a well payed and in demand ( session ) player.
If you can permit to refuse to join the Stones, and Jagger for a solo tour...
He is also known as someone who likes to fix and repair cars/oldtimers himself.
Maybe it's his second job..
There's a nice drawing on his album "Jeff Beck's guitar shop",
illustrating both:
Just to be historically correct: Beck was never offered a position in the Stones, and Jagger turned his back on Beck as he demanded too much money for the tour.
Anyways. Beck to this day is, incomprehensibly, a name able to play on festivals and the like. Average earnings for a name like Beck on a festival with 10.000 paying visitors would be in the $30K range. If you do 10 of them each year, plus some short scale tour, guest spots with Clapton and the like, add some session work and his income is in the $400K - $500K range.
Sufficient to have a good life and waste your time on cars.
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One wonders though how much money Beck has to play with. He hasn't had any really big hits??? So he cant be raking in the money to buy a lot of cars???
I've wondered this too. The video is the most I've seen, but I've seen pictures of his garage and cars before, and read numerous times how he works on cars a lot. After seeing more of the pictures over the last few years, I've wondered how he affords them too. Especially after hearing he doesn't/hasn't made the money contemporaries like Page and Clapton have.
I seem to recall something fairly recently about his records selling squat nowadays, and he doesn't make much from live shows. Maybe he saved what he made, or has invested well, or something like that. He certainly doesn't appear broke. Did you get a look at that garage, that alone must have cost a small fortune.
In the first place Jeff is a well payed and in demand ( session ) player.
If you can permit to refuse to join the Stones, and Jagger for a solo tour...
He is also known as someone who likes to fix and repair cars/oldtimers himself.
Maybe it's his second job..
There's a nice drawing on his album "Jeff Beck's guitar shop",
illustrating both:
Just to be historically correct: Beck was never offered a position in the Stones, and Jagger turned his back on Beck as he demanded too much money for the tour.
Mathijs
I understand it the other way around, according to Jeff Beck ofcourse, both on joining the Stones as well as touring with Jagger.
Both the Stones (Wyman, Richards, Jagger) and Beck have stated that it really didn't fit, and that they didn't get along at all in '75. Beck mentioned that the Stones couldn't 'funk it up', and that he left after three days waiting for Keith. The outtakes of Beck with the Stones aren't exactly inspiring. With Jagger he had a row about money, Beck demanded more than Jagger would give him.
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