The Depp Beck Album: What You Should Know
Referring to the last post about Depp and English guitarist Jeff Beck, their album of mostly covers is about to be released after they took the stage together in those unsurprisingly headline-grabbing shows.
The album, titled 18, will be released on July 15th. The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor has performed alongside Beck at several venues in the UK over the past two weeks.
“It’s almost like walking through a record store and jumping from one genre to another,” Beck said, explaining that they first began work on the album at Depp’s home in France.
“There’s some Motown covers on it, there’s some Beach Boy covers on it… That sounds pretty good for a home recording.” Depp and Beck have been recording music for the album since 2019, which also includes two original Depp songs , who has his own band, the Hollywood Vampires. One song is about actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr.
“We slowly built songs that we just like. We didn’t really do a design,” Beck said.
“He has … a very distinctive[voice]and he understands that he’s getting music and hopefully I’ve allowed him to open up on some songs that he wouldn’t otherwise be interested in.”
After the successful verdict earlier this month, Depp said the jury gave his life back to him.
Beck said, “I hope I helped him a little bit to have some kind of understanding and closeness and to joke and just keep the fun going.”
Beck spoke on the sidelines of a blue plaque event honoring the late guitarist Jimi Hendrix at London’s Hard Rock Hotel. The building was formerly the Cumberland Hotel, where Hendrix often stayed before his death in 1970.
“It was one of the biggest vacuums left in rock ‘n’ roll,” Beck said.