#408 – Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen
Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman
4.7 • 13K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2024
⏱️ 116 minutes
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EPISODE LINKS:
Tal's Instagram: https://instagram.com/talmeastory
Tal's Twitter: https://twitter.com/talwilkenfeld
Tal's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/talwilkenfeld/
Tal's YouTube: https://youtube.com/TalWilkenfeld
Tal's Love Remains record: https://talwilkenfeld.lnk.to/LoveRemains
Tal's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/talwilkenfeld
Big thank you to Crossroads Guitar Festival and Jeff Beck Estate for the footage included in this podcast.
Crossroads Guitar Festival: https://crossroadsguitarfestival.com/
Jeff Beck & Tal Wilkenfeld at Crossroads: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BVgUzUZeTw4
Guitar: Jeff Beck
Bass: Tal Wilkenfield
Drums: Vinnie Colaiuta
Keyboards: Jason Rebello
"Cause We've Ended As Lovers" is originally by Stevie Wonder
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(06:51) - Jeff Beck
(15:44) - Confidence on stage
(32:23) - Leonard Cohen
(40:23) - Taxi Driver
(51:43) - Songwriting
(55:23) - How to learn and practice
(1:13:53) - Slap vs Fingerstyle
(1:20:16) - Davie504
(1:24:36) - Prince
(1:30:13) - Jimi Hendrix
(1:32:27) - Mentorship
(1:38:46) - Sad songs
(1:44:43) - Tal performs Under The Sun (live)
(1:50:00) - Tal performs Killing Me (live)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with Tall Wilkenfeld, a singer-songwriter, bassist, guitarist, and a true musician who has recorded and performed with many legendary artists including Jeff Beck, Prince, Eric Clapton, Incubus, Herbie Hancock, |
| 0:16.4 | McJagger, Jackson Brown, Rod Stewart, David Gilmour, Ferel, Han Zimmer, and many, many more. This was a fun and fascinating conversation. |
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| 0:50.8 | get in touch with me go to Lex Friedman. com slash contact. |
| 0:55.0 | And now on to the full ad reads. |
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| 1:03.4 | I enjoy their stuff. |
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| 1:28.4 | Carlos Santana is one of my favorite guitars. Europa as an instrumental solos, one of the most melodic, beautiful, soulful, guitar-based |
| 1:38.6 | compositions I've ever heard. |
| 1:40.8 | I've started learning it and left it aside to return to for what I'm ready to truly feel. |
| 1:48.0 | The almost psychedelic like sadness in it, but also the fun, it really is a roller |
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