Point well taken about the mutual respect between Wilson and Beck. I have seen both separately. I saw the Beach Boys about five years ago and it was lip synch city. Brian Wilson stepped away from the mike to grab a couple of girls from the audience on stage to dance and his vocals just kept coming. On the other hand, there were no shenanigans at the Beck show. Like Clapton or Santana, Jeff Beck has one of those iconic guitar tones that undeniably separates him from the rest of the guitar world.
Brian Wilson/Jeff Beck
The Atlanta paper announced an October appearance from a Fall tour by Brian Wilson and Jeff Beck as headliners. Am I just an old curmudgeon or are those two audiences completely different? I think of the Beach Boys' audience as preppy middle aged women singing "Help Me Rhonda" in three part harmony. The Jeff Beck fan is the introverted male worshiping the altar of the guitar gods. Don't get me wrong- I like them both, but the combination is kind of like mixing scotch and cotton candy.