Jeff Beck

Once called "the best guitar player on the planet", Jeff Beck played with Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart and the Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood in a career spanning ...

"He blazed a trail impossible to follow," Stanley said. Mick Jagger shared a video of the two performing on stage together in tribute to a "wonderful man and one of the greatest guitar players in the world". Kiss frontman Paul Stanley also took to Twitter to pay tribute to Beck as "one of the all time guitar masters". Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones has taken to Twitter to pay tribute to Beck saying he felt like one of his "band of brothers" had left the world. He won eight Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice — once with the Yardbirds in 1992 and as a solo artist in 2009. - Beck was called "the best guitar player on the planet″

Legendary guitarist Jeff Beck has died in hospital after being struck down by a deadly illness, his management has confirmed. Tom Hussey and The Sun.

Forming The Jeff Beck Group in 1967, the guitarist created an alliance of rock royalty boasting Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and drum icon Cosy Powell as members. Beck shot to fame in the 1960s with The Yardbirds playing alongside a young Jimmy Page, later of Led Zeppelin, before carving out a career of his own. Rock legend Jeff Beck has died at the age of 78.

The shock news was confirmed by the guitarist's family who described his passing as a 'tremendous loss'.

“What a terrible loss for his family, friends & his many fans. “Please get ahold of the first two Jeff Beck Group albums and behold greatness. “Heartbreaking news to report the late, great Jeff Back has sadly passed,” he wrote. Musician Paul Young wrote: “Devastated to hear of the sudden and tragic death of legendary guitarist Jeff Beck. “On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck’s passing,” the statement read. “I can’t express how saddened I am to hear of @JeffBeckMusic’s passing,” he wrote.

Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll and became known as the guitar player's guitar player, has died.

Beck teamed up with legendary producer George Martin – aka “the fifth Beatle” – to help him fashion the genre-melding, jazz-fusion classic Blow by Blow (1975) and Wired (1976). “Because we were all trying to be big bananas,” Beck told Rolling Stone in 2010. He and Clapton had a tense relationship early on but became friends in later life and toured together. He was ranked fifth in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. The Jeff Beck Group, with Stewart singing, was later booked to play the 1969 Woodstock music festival but their appearance was cancelled. Beck later said there was unrest in the band. “Jeff Beck is the best guitar player on the planet,” Aerosmith’s Joe Perry said in 2010. Beck first came to prominence as a member of the Yardbirds and then went out on his own in a solo career that incorporated hard rock, jazz, funky blues and even opera. During his tenure, the band created the memorable singles Heart Full of Soul, I’m a Man and Shapes of Things. He was one of the few guitarists that when playing live would actually listen to me sing and respond.” Beck was among the rock-guitarist pantheon from the late ’60s that included Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. Playing great he was in great shape.

For guitar based music Jeff Beck has always been revered as a musical hero and pioneer of the instrument ever since he first established himself in the ...

I believe that he and Jimi Hendrix were the most inventive and original rock guitarists there ever was. For guitar based music Jeff Beck has always been revered as a musical hero and pioneer of the instrument ever since he first established himself in the Yardbirds. He was one of the most original guitarists I ever heard. Jimmy Page, who was also one of the presenters at the Jeff Beck’s Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction, took to social media to remember Beck, “On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck’s passing. One of the most renown and pioneering guitar players, Jeff Beck, has reportedly died at 78 years of age.

"The six stringed Warrior is no longer here for us to admire the spell he could weave around...

Please get ahold of the first two Jeff Beck Group albums and behold greatness." He took me and Ronnie Wood to the USA in the late 60s in his band the Jeff Beck Group and we haven't looked back since. "Now Jeff has gone, I feel like one of my band of brothers has left this world, and I'm going to dearly miss him. He was a good friend and a great guitar player." "With the death of Jeff Beck we have lost a wonderful man and one of the greatest guitar players in the world. "Jeff was such a nice person and an outstanding iconic, genius guitar player, there will never be another Jeff Beck.

Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player's guitar player, has died. He was 78. Beck died on Tuesday after ...

He and Clapton had a tense relationship early on but became friends in later life and toured together. Beck teamed up with legendary producer George Martin - aka "the fifth Beatle" - to help him fashion the genre-melding, jazz-fusion classic Blow by Blow (1975) and Wired (1976). During his tenure, the band created the memorable singles Heart Full of Soul, I'm a Man and Shapes of Things. He was ranked fifth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Beck first came to prominence as a member of the Yardbirds and then went out on his own in a solo career that incorporated hard rock, jazz, funky blues and even opera. "He is head, hands and feet above all the rest of us, with the kind of talent that appears only once every generation or two."

Rock royalty, movie stars and the global music industry pay tribute to the 'six-string warrior', guitarist Jeff Beck, after his sudden death.

During his tenure, the band created the memorable singles Heart Full of Soul, I’m a Man and Shapes of Things. His father was an accountant, and his mother worked in a chocolate factory. Kiss bassist Gene Simmons said “no-one played guitar like Jeff” while his fellow bandmate Paul Stanley said “from The Yardbirds and The Jeff Beck Group on, he blazed a trail impossible to follow” He said Beck was one of the few guitarists “that when playing live would actually listen to me sing and respond”. He won eight Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice – once with the Yardbirds in 1992 and again as a solo artist in 2009. “There was a couple who very much helped to keep me alive, sane and happy through the weirdness and that was Jeff and Sandra,” he has said.

In his book Shots, Don Walker tells a great story about Jeff Beck playing pinball at the Bondi Lifesaver in the summer of 1977.

“I did it for a couple of tours and I felt, ‘Why would I make people listen to a bunch of machines with me playing on top of that?’” There was a puff of smoke and that was me, gone.” For ’70s kids like me, part of his mythology was that he’d acquiesced to join upstart fanboy David Bowie at the last Ziggy Stardust show in 1973, then insisted he be cut from the film. Coiled over his unplugged Gibson in a LA hotel room with the TV flickering in “We rehearsed for three solid weeks, then the set list appears on the floor and it’s got Jumping Jack Flash on it. The anonymity is not a bad thing.”

"The six stringed Warrior is no longer here for us to admire ..."

Please get ahold of the first two Jeff Beck Group albums and behold greatness." He took me and Ronnie Wood to the USA in the late 60s in his band the Jeff Beck Group and we haven't looked back since. "Now Jeff has gone, I feel like one of my band of brothers has left this world, and I'm going to dearly miss him. He was a good friend and a great guitar player." "With the death of Jeff Beck we have lost a wonderful man and one of the greatest guitar players in the world. "Jeff was such a nice person and an outstanding iconic, genius guitar player, there will never be another Jeff Beck.

New York | Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and ...

“Because we were all trying to be big bananas,” Beck told Rolling Stone in 2010. He and Clapton had a tense relationship early on but became friends in later life and toured together. “the fifth Beatle”](https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-life-of-george-martin-the-fifth-beatle-20160310-gnfbjx) – to help him fashion the genre-melding, jazz-fusion classic Blow by Blow (1975) and Wired (1976). He was ranked fifth in Rolling Stone’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. Beck recently completed a tour supporting his album with Depp, 18, and was heard on Ozzy Osbourne’s Patient Number 9 album. During his tenure, the band created the memorable singles Heart Full of Soul, I’m a Man and Shapes of Things. The Jeff Beck Group – with Stewart singing – was later booked to play the 1969 Woodstock music festival, but their appearance was cancelled. “He is head, hands and feet above all the rest of us, with the kind of talent that appears only once every generation or two.” Beck came to prominence as a member of the Yardbirds then went out on his own in a solo career that incorporated hard rock, jazz, funky blues and even opera. Beck was among the rock-guitarist pantheon from the late ’60s that included Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. Geoffrey Arnold Beck was born in Surrey, England, and attended Wimbledon Art College. Beck played guitar with vocalists as varied as Luciano Pavarotti, Macy Gray, Chrissie Hynde, Joss Stone, Imelda May, Cyndi Lauper, Wynonna Judd, Buddy Guy and Johnny Depp.

The maverick virtuoso rock guitarist has died aged 78. We take a look back at his career in pictures.

Virtuoso musician who took the guitar in new directions with a firework display of contrasting techniques and textures.

After the Jeff Beck Band ended, he formed the “power trio” Beck, Bogert and Appice in 1973 (his bandmates being ex-members of Vanilla Fudge), but the project failed to match expectations and they split in 1974. [Curtis Mayfield](https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/dec/28/guardianobituaries)’s People Get Ready, and the track Escape won Beck the first of his eight Grammy awards. [George Martin](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/09/george-martin-obituary). [Evil Hearted You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y2ayUzXcec) (UK No 3), Shapes of Things (UK No 3) and [Over Under Sideways Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4DdAs0PddQ) (UK No 10). It featured Page, the Who’s drummer Keith Moon and the future Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones (indeed, the musicians on the track almost became Led Zeppelin), but was not released until it became the B side of Beck’s single Hi Ho Silver Lining the following year. Page would go on to bend the boundaries of rock music with Led Zeppelin, while Beck was experimenting with different tunings and feedback effects. Beck was born at his family’s home in Wallington (then in Surrey, but now in south London). His 2010 album Emotion & Commotion included versions of Benjamin Britten’s [Corpus Christi Carol](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itJSLf_8yJ0) and Puccini’s [Nessun Dorma](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTBCqmBjNxk), interpreted through Beck’s uniquely sensitive touch. A rebuilt Jeff Beck Group released the albums Rough and Ready (1971) and Jeff Beck Group (1972), but the magic moment had passed. [Heart Full of Soul ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM1qZBFiOLU)and [Shapes of Things](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc17DqcA6Qc), while expanding the band’s musical palette hugely. As a member of the Yardbirds in 1965-66, he featured on some of their best-known hits, including When Clapton and Page appeared at Live Aid in 1985, Beck preferred to stay at home and tinker with his beloved collection of classic hot rod cars.