JEFF BECK Handwritten 1967 POSTCARD TO CLOSE FRIEND + Extras

Description: A handwritten postcard sent by Jeff Beck to his Los Angeles friend, Darryl Stolper, along with musical notations for a Muddy Waters song Beck was teaching Stolper, and a card with Beck's London and Kent addresses written by Stolper. Jeff Beck and Darryl Stolper met in 1965 at a Los Angeles private party where the Yardbirds performed. Both blues fanatics, Stolper and Beck became fast friends, with Beck often visiting Stolper in Pacific Palisades, and the two corresponding regularly. Stolper introduced Beck to Mary Hughes, who became Beck's girlfriend, who he sang about her in the Yardbirds' song "Psycho Daisies." At one point Beck bought Stolper an acoustic guitar and attempted to teach him to play. At the time, Stolper wrote notations for a Muddy Waters song on the small scrap of paper included here. The postcard, postmarked August 1967 and sent from Italy, reads "Dear Darryl, So far I've been to Holland (Amsterdam) Germany (Hamburg) Rome and moved up to The Riviera (Viareggio). Shall be here for 4 days. Weather in Rome HOT. But here its raining!! (drawing of umbrella). Write soon I'll write when I get home (IF)!! The beaches here are too much----!! Jeff" At the time Beck wrote this card, he'd formed an early version of the Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, and a rotating cast of drummers, before settling on Mickey Waller in 1967. The band didn't play any of the cities Beck mentions, so he was either on a promotional tour, a short vacation, or combination of the two. With printouts of photographs of Jeff Beck and Darryl Stolper and Mary Hughes, a copy of a letter from Stolper outlining his relationship with Beck, and Recordmecca's written lifetime guarantee of authenticity. Postcard: 5 3/4" x 4"; musical notations 3" x 1 1/4", address card 2 1/2" x 1 1/4". Visit our Ebay Store for more Rare Records, Concert Posters, Music Autographs, Photographs and Original Artwork We have been buying and selling music collectibles for nearly 50 years. Recordmecca's clients include the Smithsonian Institution, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Museum of Pop Culture ( formerly Experience Music Project,) the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Victoria & Albert Museum. Recordmecca's Jeff Gold was named by Rolling Stone as one of 5 Top Collectors of High-End Music Memorabilia. He authenticated previously unknown Bob Dylan manuscripts for PBS's History Detectives, appeared as a featured appraiser on VH1's Rock Collectors, and has been profiled as a top dealer and collector in the books Vinyl Junkies and Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to it's Own Past. Gold is author of the acclaimed books Sittin' In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s; Total Chaos: The Story of The Stooges/As Told By Iggy Pop; and 101 Essential Rock Records: The Golden Age of Vinyl a survey of seminal rock albums, featuring contributions from David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Johnny Marr and Graham Nash. Check our feedback; you'll see that we are dedicated to providing superior customer service and follow through. We guarantee everything we sell to be authentic with no time limit. We ship to all countries, but can only guarantee for safe delivery to Italy, South America and Eastern Europe with Registered Delivery or Express Airmail.

Price: 719.2 USD

Location: Venice, California

End Time: 2024-12-14T04:37:08.000Z

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