Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck announce album with cover of John Lennon's Isolation

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Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck announce album with cover of John Lennon's Isolation

By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

 

Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck. Composite: Reuters, Getty

 

Johnny Depp has announced his latest musical project, an album made with 75-year-old blues-rock guitarist Jeff Beck.

 

Announcing the collaboration with a cover of John Lennon’s song Isolation, Beck said: “Given all the hard days and true ‘isolation’ that people are going through in these challenging times, we decided now might be the right time to let you all hear it. You’ll be hearing more from Johnny and me in a little while, but until then we hope you find some comfort and solidarity in our take on this Lennon classic.”

 

Depp, who has maintained a relatively low profile recently amid legal battles with the Sun newspaper and his ex-wife Amber Heard, joined Instagram and announced the collaboration from lockdown during coronavirus. He quickly accrued nearly 2 million followers.

 

Depp encouraged people to be creative during the crisis: “We cannot and must not succumb to shutting down and giving in to what feels like hellish quarantine monotony. Create something today that will benefit yourselves and others tomorrow. Do anything you think could be of use to brighten someone’s day. Draw, read, paint, think, learn, make a film on your phone, play an instrument if you play; if you don’t, learn.”

 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/17/johnny-depp-jeff-beck-album-john-lennon-isolation#maincontent

[mrfill]

Alternatively, just listen to the brilliant original.

[Tropposurfer]

Beck, what Master at his art.