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FACE THE TRUTH
THE JEFF BECK GROUP TRIBUTE PROJECT
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FACE THE TRUTH
THE JEFF BECK GROUP TRIBUTE PROJECT
The band broke up on the eve of Woodstock and thus their electric live show and brilliant musicality was never captured on film in it's prime. They were one of only 2 bands on the final WOODSTOCK BILL to not perform. (Iron Butterfly got stuck at the airport.)
- About the project -
FACE THE TRUTH is a ROCUMENTARY film asking the age old question... WHAT IF?
And in this case it is specifically...
WHAT IF THE JEFF BECK GROUP PLAYED WOODSTOCK?
In 1967 Jeff Beck had assembled a group of future famous musicians.: ROD STEWART on Vocals, RON WOOD on bass, NICKY HOPKINS on Keys and, AYNSLEY DUNBAR on drums.
By 68-69 The JEFF BECK GROUP was not only gaining recognition for their vitruosity as players and Rod Stewart's talent as a singer but also for producing 2 ground breaking albums in back to back years where Jeff Beck's vision for a new heavy blues sound which began to break into the beginning of Heavy Metal and acted like a blue print for bands to come such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
The songs from TRUTH and BECKOLA stand on their own artistic merit but they are fairly lost to time as the albums were not cemented into rock history either by the Woodstock film or the original artists themselves who all went into completely different directions. Nicky Hopkins famous quote about losing one of musics great bands came true.
"I fear that we've lost one of the greatest bands in music history."
- Nicky Hopkins 1969 - Upon hearing the break up of the JEFF BECK GROUP before Woodstock.
Each member would go on to have individual rock star careers:
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Beck became a jazz-fuzion guitar instrumentalist virtuoso.
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Rod Stewart went to the FACES and then solo as one of the biggest pop star vocalists ever.
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Ron Wood left an impressive Bass rep for guitar duties with the Faces then Rolling Stones.
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Nicky Hopkins also took work with the Stones then Quick Silver.
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Aynsley Dunbar would become part of Frank Zappa's Mothers then Journey.
What would've happened if they stayed together for one more show? What would it have sounded and looked like LIVE on stage? How would those great songs be preserved in music history?
Enter...
FACE THE TRUTH...
a young all-star band of musicians hand picked by the talents of RE-Creation Concerts to RE-CREATE and RE-IMAGINE the JEFF BECK GROUP circa 1969 in both sound and vision.
PLYNTH, BLUES DELUXE, LET ME LOVE YOU, AINT SUPERSTITIOUS, and more... the FACE THE TRUTH band will bring these songs back to life... LIVE at a Woodstock esq festival where these songs will finally be filmed in a concert set performance by musicians who have studied the sound and look of the original JEFF BECK GROUP and aim to finish their incomplete final mission from the 1969 tour... WOODSTOCK.
The FACE THE TRUTH band is dedicated to researching the music and performance style of Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Nicky Hopkins and Aynsley Dunbar for the best possible re-production of their prime... re-imagined to finally play rock history's greatest concert set that never happened... The JEFF BECK GROUP at WOODSTOCK!
A film crew of professionals comprised from the Emmy Award winning NFL FILMS roster has already been secured to capture the process and bring it to the Indie Film Festival circuit as a 30-minute short showing how new age musicians tackle this incredible music from the 60s both in rehearsal studios and live on stage finally preserved for history in sound and vision.
Follow the journey of discovery of the Jeff Beck Group's future rockstar styles of playing and performing in that 60s era. Hear what this newer generation's musicians think and feel about it. Finally see what the FACE THE TRUTH band brings to it LIVE from their own musicality!
and artistic creativity. Filming begins in 2020.
A RE-Experience is happening.
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