Put this under the “stuff that none of you will care about, but I’m going to blather about anyway” category

Jeff Beck is a name that should need no introduction – at the very least most will probably associate the name with “Yardbirds” or “some guitarist” – but I’m finding more and more that very few people have actually sat down in front of one of his records, and very few have gone beyond Truth or Blow by Blow. That’s a shame because his back catalogue, while occasionally patchy, contains some absolute gems.

I can’t stress highly enough how much impact Beck has had on me musically, and as a guitarist. His sense of musicality and his ability to squeeze all manner of notes out of a ridiculously pared-back guitar rig is insane. He leaves million-mile-an-hour speed freaks in the dust – playing the one note that matters rather than the billions that don’t.

I never thought I’d see the day, but Jeff Beck has announced his first Australian tour in – I dunno, 20 years? 30 years?

To say I’m overjoyed is an understatement.

Beck will be playing the Enmore on January 30. Tickets are on sale on November 25 through Ticketek.

I’ll leave you with a clip of Beck covering The Beatles’ A Day In The Life.