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Jeff Beck, One of the Guitar Masters of the Rock Era, Dies at 78
Variety ^ | 01/11/2023 | Chris Morris

Posted on 01/11/2023 2:14:00 PM PST by Drew68

Edited on 01/11/2023 10:05:37 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]

Jeff Beck, among the most innovative and certainly the most unpredictable of ’60s guitar heroes, has died. He was 78.

A fleet, imaginative soloist, Beck brought formidable instrumental firepower to British band the Yardbirds, which he joined in 1965 as a replacement for Eric Clapton. Entirely at home with the group’s blues roots, he burnished their pop hits with an adventurous and virtually unprecedented use of feedback, sustain and fuzz.


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RIP to one of rock's greatest guitarists.
1 posted on 01/11/2023 2:14:00 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Drew68

RIP.


2 posted on 01/11/2023 2:15:23 PM PST by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: Drew68

RIP, the most unregonized guitarsit in rock.


3 posted on 01/11/2023 2:17:54 PM PST by DallasBiff (Kamala is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: Drew68

One of the great 3 Yardbird guitar slingers...

RIP


4 posted on 01/11/2023 2:18:30 PM PST by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: Drew68

The best. The absolute best.


5 posted on 01/11/2023 2:20:00 PM PST by bwest
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To: Drew68

The Yardbirds - For Your Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU5zqidlxMQ


6 posted on 01/11/2023 2:21:14 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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One of the great 3 Yardbird guitar slingers...

And while he never reached the level of fame that Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page enjoyed, he was arguably the most skilled guitarist of the three.

7 posted on 01/11/2023 2:22:09 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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One of the great 3 Yardbird guitar slingers...

The best of the three IMHO.

8 posted on 01/11/2023 2:22:28 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: Drew68

His former lead singer, Rod Stewart turned 78 yesterday...


9 posted on 01/11/2023 2:22:35 PM PST by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: Drew68

Damn… Just damn…

Truly one of musics legendary guitarists.

RIP Jeff… Godspeed you home…


10 posted on 01/11/2023 2:23:12 PM PST by NFHale (But IThe Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.She was, indeed, a hottie… Rest in peace, Joanne.)
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Damn, I even referenced Beck’s “I Ain’t Superstitious” on that thread.

This one is a real shock, he seemed pretty healthy up to a few weeks ago.


11 posted on 01/11/2023 2:23:28 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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...he was arguably the most skilled guitarist of the three.

Yup.

12 posted on 01/11/2023 2:23:32 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: Drew68

RIP


13 posted on 01/11/2023 2:24:09 PM PST by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: Drew68

An amazing guitarist, and a class act. He always shared the limelight with the other musicians he shared a stage with, and very quietly helped many promising young players with their careers.

He will be well and truly missed.


14 posted on 01/11/2023 2:24:49 PM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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Wow. We are all getting old. Loved the first Beck,Bogart,& Appice(sp) album. That's Jeff Beck playing guitar on Stevie Wonder's "Superstitious" too. RIP to one of the originals!
15 posted on 01/11/2023 2:25:05 PM PST by 4yearlurker (Meditate on Heavenly things.)
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To: Drew68

RIP one of the best!


16 posted on 01/11/2023 2:25:11 PM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Drew68

It used to be when rock stars died it was from drug overdoses, plane crashes, murders, suicides & assassinations. Now, it’s from old age.


17 posted on 01/11/2023 2:25:17 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: Drew68

Nice write-up.

RIP Jeff!


18 posted on 01/11/2023 2:25:52 PM PST by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: absalom01

Yeah. He never seemed to want to put himself out front.. always in the back killing it...


19 posted on 01/11/2023 2:27:48 PM PST by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: Drew68

Beck and ZZ Top played at the Oak Mountain Amphitheater in Pelham AL this past fall. I wanted to go but schedule didn’t allow.

RIP


20 posted on 01/11/2023 2:28:12 PM PST by 6ppc (Democrats would have to climb Everest to reach the level of "scum of the earth")
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