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LEFT: Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden performs onstage during the Power Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club on October 06, 2023 in Indio, California. RIGHT: Jeff Beck performs at Luther Burbank Center For The Arts on August 17, 2016 in Santa Rosa, California.
Watch Iron Maiden and Tool members jam Jeff Beck at a wedding

By Phil Weller Published

The three musicians took to the stage for a very special occasion: the wedding of Smith’s daughter

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Buddy Guy stands outside Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago Illinois, January 26, 2024.
Buddy Guy’s wild tales about Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King and the Bassman that got left on the runway

By Jimmy Leslie Published

At nearly 90, Guy has seen and performed with some of guitar's greatest in blues and rock, and experienced the crazy ups and downs of touring

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Jeff Beck performs on stage at Korakuen Baseball Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, August 1975.
Jeff Beck and former Beatles producer George Martin made a jazz-fusion classic that's getting a new look

By Phil Weller Last updated

The guitar legend's 1975 landmark comes to life in a new video released from the 'Midnight Special' archives

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Manchester, USA. 12th June, 2025. Marcus King during the Bonnaroo Music Festival on June 12, 2025, in Manchester, Tennessee
Marcus King didn't realize he bought a gem of a vintage guitar until this happened

By Phil Weller Published

King's drunken purchase has been making appearances onstage lately, alongside two axes made famous by legendary rock players

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LEFT: Jeff Beck performs on stage at Royal Albert Hall on May 14, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. RIGHT: Jimmy Page performs onstage during the 38th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center on November 03, 2023 in New York City.
Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page never agreed on which of them composed the song Beck called “the first heavy metal riff ever written"

By Phil Weller Published

The tune's 1966 recording session would lead to the formation of Led Zeppelin two years later

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LEFT: English guitarist Jeff Beck performing at a Crystal Palace Garden Party event, Crystal Palace Bowl, London, 1972; RIGHT: Jimmy Page performing live onstage at K.B. Hallen, playing Gibson Les Paul guitar
“When I was making effects for Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix, I was one of their best-kept secrets” — Roger Mayer

By Art Thompson Published

The inventor described in detail how he crafted effects for Page and Hendrix based on their needs

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Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughan photographed in 1989 for their joint Fire Meets the Fury tour
Jeff Beck told Stevie Ray Vaughan he reminded him of Jimi Hendrix. Here’s why 

By Elizabeth Swann Published

The two Stratocaster supremos sat down to talk shop in 1989 near the end of their celebrated Fire Meets the Fury tour

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Brian May of Queen + Adam Lambert performs at Little Caesars Arena on October 10, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan.
Brian May on the mind-blowing difference between seeing Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix perform in the 1960s

By Christopher Scapelliti Last updated

May also cited Jeff Beck as a guitarist who changed his thinking about guitar playing in his most formative years

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Paul McCartney performs during U.S. 'Out There' tour at Wells Fargo Center on June 21, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Paul McCartney names the one guitarist he says was like no other

By Phil Weller Published

The duo recorded a charity track together in the mid ’90s that showcased everything he loves about the guitarist, but it was never released until 2023

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A photo of Craig Ross playing Jeff Beck's Les Paul
Lenny Kravitz guitarist Craig Ross just played Jeff Beck’s ‘59 Yardburst Les Paul for a full tour

By Phil Weller Last updated

Matt’s Guitar shop bought the guitar for earlier this year, and now it wants to keep its legacy alive by lending it to the best guitarists in the business

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