Billy Joel honored late legendary guitarist Jeff Beck with two musical tributes throughout his Madison Sq. Backyard present on Friday.
The “Vienna” singer took day trip of his New York Metropolis gig to acknowledge the contributions of Beck, the late guitarist of The Yardbirds who died on Tuesday after “out of the blue contracting bacterial meningitis,” in line with his representatives. He was 78.
Joel, who described Beck’s dying as “the top of an period” on Twitter, advised the MSG crowd that he “at all times liked” the Rock and Roll Corridor of Famer.
“He was the perfect,” stated the “Piano Man” singer, who added that he “couldn’t let the night time go by with out doing one thing by Jeff.”
He later broke right into a rendition of “Folks Get Prepared,” a Curtis Mayfield-written track that Beck and Rod Stewartlined in 1985.
Joel and his band later carried out the Alabama State Troupers’ “Going Down,” a track that The Jeff Beck Group lined in 1972.
You may take heed to Joel rock out beginning across the 6:18 mark within the video under.