Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English guitarist. He rose to prominence as a member of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards founded and fronted …

Apr 6, 2023 · It was September 1964, and it’s here that Jeff Beck the guitar hero begins to emerge. By this point he was playing a white Fender Telecaster through a Vox AC30 Top …

Jan 25, 2025 · Jeff Beck, English rock guitarist whose fast intricate playing influenced the development of the heavy metal and jazz-rock genres and made him one of the most …

Jan 16, 2023 · Jeff Beck's early musical wandering while at college built up his reputation among rock 'n' rollers in the early 1960s, per Annette Carson's "Jeff Beck: Crazy Fingers." It also put …

Dec 4, 2023 · Jeff Beck, the guitarist who pushed the ’60s British Invasion band the Yardbirds from its electric-blues roots to a contemporary rock-and-roll sound before becoming one of the …

Jan 20, 2023 · Early life. Geoffrey Arnold Beck was born in Wallington, a suburb just outside London, in 1944. His father was an accountant, his mother worked in a factory.

The Jeff Beck Group was a British rock band formed in London in January 1967 by former Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck. Their innovative approach to heavy-sounding blues, rhythm and …

Mar 14, 2023 · Although Beck was only in his early to mid-20s, these first major releases were concrete evidence that a guitar god had indeed arrived. He was able to express himself …

Oct 30, 2024 · As a Yardbird, Beck was one of the earliest British Invasion guitar heroes, his virtuosity undeniable on “Jeff’s Boogie” (’66), an original mash of Cliff Gallup, Les Paul, Lonnie …

Jun 8, 2023 · Jeff Beck was born on June 24, 1944, in Wallington, England. He developed an early interest in music and started playing guitar at a young age. Beck’s initial foray into the …