Latest about Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page suggested Jeff Beck for the Yardbirds. What Beck gave him is part of Led Zeppelin history
Page recalls the surprise visit from Beck — and the special guitar that followed him from the Yardbirds into the early days of Led Zeppelin.
Jeff Beck’s guitar was stolen before the Wired sessions — Jan Hammer remembers what happened next
The keyboard legend also looks back on his collaborations with Beck, Eddie Van Halen, Tommy Bolin, John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Neal Schon and Miles Davis
Paul Rodgers on playing with Paul Kossoff, Mick Ralphs, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Brian May, Steve Cropper, Slash and Joe Bonamassa
“I don't really know the secret of how guitarists create their own unique sounds,” Rodgers tells us, “but I know a good guitar sound when I hear it”
“They didn’t seem particularly eager to welcome me.” Jeff Beck on the day he replaced Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds
An exclusive excerpt from ‘Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story’ recalls Beck’s resentment toward the Yardbirds following Clapton’s hasty departure
When Ron Wood first met Eric Clapton
The time the young Ron Wood found himself in the Yardbirds for one night only
Jeff Beck believed Eric Clapton was jealous of his success. Then Clapton paid him the ultimate compliment
Beck saw evidence of rivalry stretching back to the Yardbirds and his Stevie Wonder collaborations. But a remark Clapton made late in Beck’s career changed his perspective
“It would lift me up so I could work that night.” Eric Clapton says Jeff Beck pulled him out of a late-career slump
Clapton says he was struggling during a 2020s tour — until nightly YouTube clips of Beck’s performances changed his mindset
Ritchie Blackmore explains how Jeff Beck “cheated” — and set the tone for a generation of players to follow
The former Deep Purple man hasn’t always had kind words to say about his peers, but this legend was on another level in his book
