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“I Would Never Dance to Someone Else’s Tune”: How Jeff Beck Found True Happiness in Expressing Himself as a Musician Without Any Boundaries
By Chris Gill published
After going quiet in the 1980s, Jeff Beck returned to form with ‘Guitar Shop,’ beginning a journey of rediscovery that culminated with ‘Jeff’

“It Was Like Starting All Over Again, Like I Had Never Played the Guitar Before”: Tired of Recycling the Same Old Blues-Rock Riffs and With Nothing to Lose, Jeff Beck Turned to Jazz-Rock Fusion
By Chris Gill published
By following his heart, the guitarist was unexpectedly rewarded with his most commercially successful album ever, ‘Blow by Blow’

“I’d Lost My Girl, Hendrix Had Come and Smeared Everybody Across the Floor… It Wasn’t Looking Too Rosy”: In 1968, Jeff Beck Found Success on His Own Terms With His Own Group
By Christopher Scapelliti published
But life after the Yardbirds would prove infinitely harder

“I Told Motown, ‘Listen, I Did This for Jeff Beck’”: How Stevie Wonder’s Apology Led to One of the Guitarist’s Signature Tunes
By Christopher Scapelliti published
“I Thought, He’s Given Me the Riff of the Century,” said the late electric guitar pioneer

Jeff Beck’s Top Five Psychedelic Rock Tracks
By Christopher Scapelliti, Guitar Player Staff published
Choice cuts from the electric guitar innovator’s mid-‘60s Yardbirds era

“I know he didn’t like the fact that I took over from him in the Yardbirds”: Jeff Beck on his “uncomfortable rivalry” with Eric Clapton
By Christopher Scapelliti published
“At my debut with the Yardbirds at the Marquee, I showed them what was what,” said the late guitar hero

“I Didn’t Just Want to Be a Strummer”: How Jeff Beck Became a Guitar Hero
By Christopher Scapelliti published
From Cliff Gallup to Buddy Guy, the roots of Jeff Beck’s guitar journey are planted in the fertile post-war guitar boom

How to Play Guitar Like Jeff Beck
By Tom Kolb published
Learn the signature techniques of the electric guitar master in this comprehensive tribute lesson
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