RIP Guitar Legend Jeff Beck aged 78.

[mawnansmiff]

A sad day for music fans.

Along with Jimmy Page, Peter Green & Eric Clapton, Beck was one of the guitar greats who defined how rock & blues music was going to sound.

It seems only 5 minutes ago he was touring the UK with pal Johnny Depp.

Jeff Beck: British guitar legend dies aged 78

One of rock's most influential guitarists, he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice.

www.bbc.co.uk

Regards,

Jay.

 

[Briar Tuck]

One of the all time greats, who influenced many other great musicians.

 

[ukbob]

One of the greats R.I.P

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

The list of people he worked with is all kinds of legendary.

From Wikipedia:

The Yardbirds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. In Beck's acceptance speech, he humorously noted that:

"Someone told me I should be proud tonight ... But I'm not, because they kicked me out. ... They did ... Fuck them!"

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Oh no.
I hadn't seen this yet.
I was turned on to Beck when I was about 17. I fell in love with some of those solo records like Blow by Blow, Truth, and Wired.
So happy I got to see him about 13 years ago. It was fantastic.

Keep it flashy Jeffrey.. you were the man.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Bummer! One if the best ever. Blow by Blow is one of my favorite albums. RIP.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Jeff Beck was an awesome guitarist.
I had “Wired” on 8-track

 

[renfield]

A true innovator. Nobody else played like him. Happily he was able to play right up to the end.

R.I.P.

 

[OSOBUCO]

Indeed he was a guitar great, I appreciated how he influenced others (particularly David Gilmour). A giant.

 

[ssjones]

This news made me sad. I wasn't a big fan, until we went to see him and Stevie Ray Vaughn in 1989 (SRV's last tour, In Step and Guitar Shop for Beck). I've been a fan ever since. A few years ago, we found this picture in some books in our basement, now framed in our pool room. I had tickets to see him and Buddy Guy a few years ago, but the untimely death of my mother-in-law kept us from attending. RIP Jeff.



This album is still a favorite and always the CD I put on to test audio systems, speakers, etc.

 

[ak2000]

Terrible news, loved JB, a true artist.

 

[monty55]

Wow, I didn't realize that. Very sad indeed. He was legendary.

 

[geopiper]

RIP. I became aware of Jeff by listening to the Amused to Death album by Roger Waters. Jeff certainly had a distinct sound. Clip below is pretty cool.

 

[brian64]

RIP. I became aware of Jeff by listening to the Amused to Death album by Roger Waters.

Amused to Death is the first thing I think of when I hear Beck's name.

One of the all time great guitarists for sure...RIP Jeff.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

This news made me sad. I wasn't a big fan, until we went to see him and Stevie Ray Vaughn in 1989 (SRV's last tour, In Step and Guitar Shop for Beck). I've been a fan ever since. A few years ago, we found this picture in some books in our basement, now framed in our pool room. I had tickets to see him and Buddy Guy a few years ago, but the untimely death of my mother-in-law kept us from attending. RIP Jeff.

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This album is still a favorite and always the CD I put on to test audio systems, speakers, etc.

I love that you mentioned that. An (major) audiophile friend of mine always puts on the b-side of Wired (usually Led Boots) when auditioning speakers or an amp.
I almost always go for Zappa - One Size Fits All - Inca Roads.

One day it dawned on me that Led Boots and Inca Roads share an incredibly similar groove.

Man, Jeff Beck should have played stunt guitar on a Zappa record.

 

[captainsousie]

M************...that's a shock. Probably shouldn't be but it is.

 

[karam]

RIP, he had a very recognisable sound once you knew to look for that groovyness :/

 

[paulfg]

Unfortunately all my favourite bands/musicians are getting to that age now.

might say something about my age as well

 

[mawnansmiff]

This news made me sad. I wasn't a big fan, until we went to see him and Stevie Ray Vaughn in 1989 (SRV's last tour, In Step and Guitar Shop for Beck). I've been a fan ever since. A few years ago, we found this picture in some books in our basement, now framed in our pool room. I had tickets to see him and Buddy Guy a few years ago, but the untimely death of my mother-in-law kept us from attending. RIP Jeff.

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This album is still a favorite and always the CD I put on to test audio systems, speakers, etc.

Al, I'm so glad you posted the link to Guitar Shop, I'd heard of it but never heard it. Just ordered a copy from Amazon!

Regards,

Jay.

 

[ssjones]

You'll love it, perhaps one of his most melodic releases?

Here's one not heard often, you'll know when Jeff Beck kicks in.