THE TRIDENTS

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The Tridents formed in early 60s London and even before Jeff Beck joined, they were known for playing some of the more authentic-sounding R&B and blues on their local club circuit. The Tridents never issued any official recordings, but they were one of the top R&B/blues outfits working in area around Chiswick during the early 1960s, and managed to achieve a kind of posthumous immortality as the band that Jeff Beck belonged to prior to his joining the Yardbirds. he group was comprised of two brothers, John Lucas on rhythm guitar and vocals, and Paul Lucas on bass and vocals, with Ray Cook -- a diminutive fellow with immensely long hair that would fall over his kit, according to Beck -- on the drums. Beck joined the band in the summer of 1963 and, over the next 18 months, built up his jaw-dropping pyrotechnic guitar vocabulary, which reportedly astounded those engineers who tried to record The Tridents. The group reached the pinnacle of its success as a club band, attaining a residency at the Eel Pie Island in Twickenham and eventually attracting as many as 1000 patrons at one time to their shows. It was at these shows that Beck regularly astounded audiences with his playing, particularly his controlled use of feedback. Ironically, he'd begun to work with these effects to overcome the limitations of the amplifiers his band was using, particularly as they started playing to ever-larger audiences and bigger rooms, and it became his trademark. The Tridents left behind a la

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Beckology [Disc 1]

Beckology

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Beckology (Disc 1)

Fiat Panda Escape Sequence E.P.

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Bo Did It Vol. 18

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Beckology [Boxset]

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Beckology - Volume 1

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Beckology Disc 1

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Having a Rave-Up! The British R&B Sounds of 1964

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Beckology (CD1)

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Beckology CD1

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Beckology Volume 1

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