
By DAN AQUILANTE
October 10, 2008 - BECK is a stylistic chameleon whose musical colors can change from the blues to country to folk, to funk or hip-hop as easily as flipping a switch. At the United Palace Theatre on Wednesday, at the first of a three-show series concluding tonight, he showed that skill during a 20-plus song set that served as a career retrospective. Beck and his...
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