Ronnie Wooden has addressed rumours that Jeff Beck was invited to hitch the Rolling Stones, saying that he “wouldn’t have stored up with the timetable”.
Wooden was talking to MOJO in regards to the late musician, who died in January on the age of 78 after contracting bacterial meningitis.
“He wouldn’t have stored up with the timetable! Eric Clapton as soon as mentioned to me, ‘I might have joined that band.’ I mentioned, ‘Yeah, however you gotta reside with them, Eric!’” remarked Wooden [via MusicNews]
He additionally mentioned that Beck wasn’t eager on the highlight, nor the “easy blues and rock ‘n’ roll” sound of the Stones. “Something to do with the highlight, he’d be like, ‘You may maintain this,’ and he can be gone. And Jeff was not happy with the straightforward blues and rock’n’roll method – a lot as he cherished Buddy Man. When he attached with Jan Hammer, the experimental jazz stuff, that was the place I bought off, though we’d already gone our alternative ways.”
Wooden shared a tribute to Beck upon the information of his loss of life, tweeting: Now Jeff has gone, I really feel like certainly one of my band of brothers has left this world, and I’m going to dearly miss him. I’m sending a lot sympathy to Sandra, his household, and all who cherished him. I wish to thank him for all our early days collectively in Jeff Beck Group, conquering America.”
He continued: “Musically, we have been breaking all the foundations, it was implausible, groundbreaking rock ’n’ roll! Take heed to the unimaginable observe ‘Plynth’ in his honour. Jeff, I’ll all the time love you. God bless.”
Beck’s funeral was held in his hometown of Wallington, Surrey, earlier this month. In his eulogy, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Web page described him as “the quiet chief”.
