Bobby Solo remembers JEFF BECK and plays for him

Bobby Solo remembers JEFF BECK and plays for him

As soon as it became known that Jeff Beck had flown to the other dimension, Bobby Solo sent me a photo of himself in London in 1966 with Jeff and his Yardbirds. The group recorded his song "Ogni Volta," which they performed as a duo at the 1966 Sanremo Music Festival... although Jeff Beck didn't appear on stage because he ran off with a girl he had fallen in love with. I connected with Bobby, who told me about those 15 days he spent with Jeff and other artists like Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll, and Marianne Faithfull. He told me they talked a lot about Elvis Presley, which was a shared passion. Jeff Beck, in fact, on his second solo album, "Beck-Ola," released with Rod Stewart, covered two Elvis songs: "All Shook Up" and "Jailhouse Rock." Bobby showed me an example of fingerpicking on his guitar, which Jeff had taught him. Then he paid homage to him by performing "Mystery Train." #jeffbeck