RIP Jeff Beck

[AzScorpion]

Sad to see such an iconic guitar hero pass away at the age of 78 from contracting bacterial meningitis. He paved the way for many great guitarist over the years and was probably the best guitarist on the planet.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jeff-beck-guitar-god-influenced-220731301.html

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 Tuesday after “suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis,” his representatives said in a statement released Wednesday. The location was not immediately known.
“Jeff was such a nice person and an outstanding iconic, genius guitar player — there will never be another Jeff Beck,” Tony Iommi, guitarist for Black Sabbath wrote on Twitter.
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 was known for his improvising, love of harmonics and the whammy bar on his preferred guitar, the Fender Stratocaster.

“Jeff Beck is the best guitar player on the planet," Joe Perry, the lead guitarist of Aerosmith, told The New York Times in 2010. "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 was among the rock-guitarist pantheon from the late ’60s that included Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. Beck 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. He was ranked fifth in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

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[AzureRanger]

Ugh. Sorry to hear this news. I have a couple of his albums in my vinyl collection from the '70's. I don't remember the name of it, but one has a big green apple on the cover.

 

[SalukiRanger]

Beck-Ola

 

[P. A. Schilke]

So Sad...on par with Clapton.

Best,
Phil

 

[FunInTheSun]

One of my favorite guitarists. Immensely talented, and able to improvise at the drop of a hat. I never got to see him live, but what a talent.
My two favorite albums: "Wired" and "Blow by Blow"
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jeff+beck+wired
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jeff+beck+"blow+by+blow"

 

[dtech]

One of my favorite guitarists. Immensely talented, and able to improvise at the drop of a hat. I never got to see him live, but what a talent.
My two favorite albums: "Wired" and "Blow by Blow"
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jeff+beck+wired
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jeff+beck+"blow+by+blow"

beck and page

 

[dtech]

Beck shows his versatility and plays a slower tune - Sleepwalk

 

[Shoran12]

Sad to see such an iconic guitar hero pass away at the age of 78 from contracting bacterial meningitis. He paved the way for many great guitarist over the years and was probably the best guitarist on the planet.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jeff-beck-guitar-god-influenced-220731301.html

Damn this sucks. I’m a huge fan of Jeff Beck and agree he is easily one of if not the best guitar player of all time. The things he could do on a guitar are just downright stupid. He will surely be missed.

 

[Shoran12]

So Sad...on par with Clapton.

Best,
Phil

Agree and he was very versatile. He could play anything.

 

[Dgc333]

He was quite the hot rodder too. Here is his car collection.

 

[dtech]

Keeping the memory alive, just saw Joe Bonamassa do a cover of Jeff Becks "let me love you" at the Telluride Blues n Brews, got about 20 ft from the stage, awesome performance from a guy who at age 12 opened for B.B. King.

Also anyone one here ever see Hiss Golden Messenger or hear of them ? Impressive band and they did some great covers including- Little Feat's "Dixie Chicken" and the Dead's " Bertha" .

And on a side note - saw numerous 2024 Tacomas and just one 2024 Ford Ranger, but did see a black F-150 Raptor - what a beastly looking machine, huge. The new Taco looks significantly larger than the old ones and not quite as visually appealing but having spent considerable time this summer in the mountains of Colorado - Tacomas are everywhere. Ford Broncos - see quite a few but at least from a visual perspective not impressed.

 

[moorejl57]

Freeway Jam on Blow by Blow is a favorite of mine.

 

[HeatXfer]

That reminds me, 'Air Blower' is one of my favorites. I've been lucky enough to see him 3 times: Day on the green in Oakland in '76; with Carlos Santana at Pine Knobb Amphitheater (Detroit) in '96; with BB King in '03; almost saw him and ZZ Top in '14 but Dusty Rogers got hurt and they cancelled the show, but I did see him one last time in '18 with Paul Rogers and Anne Wilson, all at Pine Knobb/DTE Amphitheater. All really good memories, well, what of them I can remember...

 

[dtech]

Bonamassa's band includes the keyboardist ( Reese Wynans ) who played with Stevie Ray/Double Trouble whom I saw with BB King at Red Rocks sometime in the mid 80s.

 

[Metal Geezer]

One of my favorite guitarists. Immensely talented, and able to improvise at the drop of a hat. I never got to see him live, but what a talent.
My two favorite albums: "Wired" and "Blow by Blow"
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jeff+beck+wired
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jeff+beck+"blow+by+blow"

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