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Jimi Hendrix performs in 1967; Jeff Beck pictured with a Gibson Les Paul Standard in 1967.
“He Swept Us All Aside and Put Us in a Bin”: Jeff Beck On Jimi Hendrix

By Barry Cleveland Published

In this fascinating interview extract from the ‘GP’ vault, Beck recalls the impact of Hendrix among his peers

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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’

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Jeff Beck performs in the early '70s with a natural/stripped Fender Stratocaster
“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’

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The Jeff Beck Group (L-R Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck, Ron Wood and Mickey Waller) pose for a portrait circa 1968.
“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

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Jeff Beck and Stevie Wonder attends 2011 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Barbra Streisand at Los Angeles Convention Center on February 11, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
“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

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The Yardirds in 1966 (L-R): (L-R) Jeff Beck, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Jimmy Page and Keith Relf.
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

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Rock and roll guitarists Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck perform onstage at the ARMS Charity Concert at the Royal Albert Concert Hall in September 1983 in London, England.
“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

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Jeff Beck walking with guitar case
“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

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Jeff Beck performs on stage at the Palais Theatre on January 27th 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. He plays a Fender Stratocaster guitar.
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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Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck performing in 1983
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

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