Downstairs, Beck, who lives in Smith's neighborhood, is sitting with his guitar in a tiny white dressing room. "We did a tour together once, and he'd come over sometimes," he says. "He was very thoughtful and soft spoken. It's so weird he's gone." A few minutes later, Beck takes the stage and gives a beautiful performance of Smith's "Alameda," a song Smith couldn't get through when he recently tried to perform it in this same theater.
You can watch a clip of the new video for "The Golden Age" by Steve Hanft at beck.com. It will be on the Sea Change DVD coming out on December 16th.
There's also a new poster you can buy in the beck.com emporium from the Elliot Smith Memorial Concert. All proceeds go to the Elliot Smith Memorial Fund.
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