Jeff Beck, among the most innovative and certainly the most unpredictable of ’60s guitar heroes, died on Tuesday. He was 78. “On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck’s passing. After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he...
Jeff Beck, the blues-rock innovator and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who revolutionized how the guitar is played, died Tuesday at the age of 78. Beck’s family confirmed the former Yardbirds guitarist’s death Wednesday. “On behalf of his family, it is with deep and ...
Legendary guitarist Jeff Beck died yesterday at the age of 78. Beck started out with the Yardbirds in 1965 (replacing Eric Clapton) before forming The Jeff Beck Group a couple of years later whose initial line-up included Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood. A brilliant collaborator, the ‘guitarists...
Jeff Beck, a rock guitar giant who helped shape the psychedelic sound as a member of the Yardbirds and beyond, has died. He was 78. Beck’s work with the hitmaking British ravers included the vastly influential single “Happenings Ten Years Time Ago,” often cited as one of the first (...
Jeff Beck, the British rock musician who formed the Jeff Beck Group, died at age 78 on Jan. 10, after contracting bacterial meningitis. Learn more about his legacy in the world of music.
Jeff Beck, the guitar hero who died at 78, collaborated so widely that nearly every musician remembering him has a clip or tour story to go with. “When I was 16 years old, the Spiders, who became the original Alice Cooper band, opened for the Yardbirds,” wrote Alice Cooper of Beck....
From Paul McCartney: “I was so saddened to hear that Jeff Beck had died. Jeff was a lovely man with a wicked sense of humour who played some of the best guitar music ever to come out of Great Britain. He was a superb technician and could strip down his guitar and put it back tog...
Legendary guitarist Jeff Beck dead at 78 | LiveNOW from FOX Jeff Beck, widely regarded as one of the best guitarists of all time, has died at the age of 78. The news was posted on social media, "On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the ...
Influential English guitarist Jeff Beck, who rose to fame playing with the Yardbirds and later fronted the Jeff Beck Group, died on January 10 aged 78 after contracting bacterial meningitis.
playing dual lead guitar with another rock guitar icon, Jimmy Page, for the last several. He then formed The Jeff Beck Group. As of 2023, he had released music under the group and under his own name for the last previous 40+ years. Beck died at the age of 78 on January 10, 2023....