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“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

Work Some Spanish Magic in This Acoustic Lesson on the Jeff Beck Classic “Beck’s Bolero”
By Jimmy Leslie published
Explore this acoustic take on one of rock’s most iconic instrumentals

“One of the Greatest Times of My Life”: Steve Lukather Recalls Six Magical Weeks in the Studio With Jeff Beck
By Jude Gold published
“Jeff probably has 10 or 11 unfinished albums hidden somewhere,” says the Grammy-winning Toto guitarist

“He’s the Best Guitar-Playing Mechanic You’ll Ever Hear”: Roger Mayer Looks Back On Jeff Beck’s Formative Years in the Surrey Delta
By Rod Brakes published
From leafy England to the streets of New York and back, the gear innovator shares some heart-warming stories about his unique relationship with the late guitar hero
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