Jeff Beck dead at 78

[Gry]

Jeff Beck, One of the Guitar Masters of the Rock Era, Dies at 78

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 sadne…

variety.com

 

[Chi13]

I just heard this. RIP, Jeff Beck, what an amazing guitarist.

 

[flylowgethigh]

Damn….

 

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[pipeline]

Love that stuff. Sorry to hear this. Thank you for sharing. Will be praying for their family.

 

[1G12]

Glad I was able to see him live before it was too late. Played with Rosie Bones & Buddy Guy...amazing show.

 

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[Lotto]

Truly, the best guitar of my time. Saw him in Memphis in '72-'73. He was doing a small impromptu gig in a downstairs restaurant. Just passing through town and found him. Most of his Rough & Ready band with a couple locals to fill in the holes. Didn't have a big head at all, just showed up to play. What a treat.

 

[pipeline]

 

[pipeline]

This is it...

 

[pipeline]

Website shows all his albums and you can purchase them there.

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[Gry]

Have long thought "Cause We Ended As Lovers" was one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.

 

[Chi13]

Funny, I just playing Blow by Blow the other week. I started listening to music (seriously) around 1974 and I remember seeing Wired in the record store a year or so later and thinking it was the coolest album cover. I used to buy albums sometimes because of their cover. Sounds weird now, but there was no way of hearing some of this stuff when I was growing up. He wasn't exactly top 40 friendly.

 

[Betterhaff]

Jeff was at the Fox in Detroit years ago. Just Incredible. A master of his craft and true artist who loved to push it. RIP and thank you.

 

[FranJan]

"Live with Jan Hammer" was the first record I ever bought. So sad to hear about his passing. There will never be a gutarist like him again. Truly one-of-a-kind. Saddest part is at 78 he was still blowing people away and coming up with new techniques.

 

[pipeline]

I used to be in a band for several years growing up, and we'd actively play improvised music. We liked to listen to Jeff Beck. Thanks for sharing Freeway Jam!

 

[FranJan]

 

[piper]

RIP, Jeff Beck, seen ya in 76, great show

 

[Bean Sprout]

Thank you, Mr. Beck. Rest in Peace.

 

[Betterhaff]

I have to tell a story. In the early 70's we were camping by the Urubamba River at the base Machu Picchu. There is a hot spring about a 10 to 15 minute hike up the mountain side opposite the ruins and we decided to take the trek up there. When we arrived there were 3 young locals already enjoying the waters. We knew some Spanish but were not well versed in the local dialect but were able to communicate OK. The hot spring was a small pool about the size of a large hot tub; it was pretty cool, a natural stone hot tub.

These guys had some good weed and were more than willing to share. They also had a small portable LP player and a handful of albums. As we got in the water, one of them pulls out an album and puts it on the player. It was the Jeff Beck Group and the first song is "Going Down".

So there we were, smoking weed, soaking in soothing waters, listening to Jeff Beck, with the ruins of Machu Picchu on the horizon. It was unreal. So I have to thank Mr. Beck for contributing to a very memorable experience in my life.