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Jimmy Page reflects on the Yardbirds, and his short-lived two-guitar tandem with Jeff Beck
Though the two budding virtuosos had plenty of respect for one another, it perhaps isn't a huge surprise that their respective styles occasionally clashed in the Yardbirds
"I Was 19 When I Left the Yardbirds. I Intended to Give Up Then, but John Mayall Offered Me a Job... I Needed the Bread, and Some Kind of Identity Too': Cream's Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce Discuss Balancing Blues, Jazz, and Volume in 1967 GP Interview
This classic from the GP archives is a window into rock's pioneering supergroup in their prime, and an intimate look at how they re-wrote the genre's rulebook.
“He Swept Us All Aside and Put Us in a Bin”: Jeff Beck On Jimi Hendrix
In this fascinating interview extract from the ‘GP’ vault, Beck recalls the impact of Hendrix among his peers
“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
But life after the Yardbirds would prove infinitely harder
Nels Cline Names Five Life-Changing Riffs
Video From the Byrds to Minutemen, the Wilco guitarist reveals five inspiring guitar tracks that changed his musical life forever
Jeff Beck’s Top Five Psychedelic Rock Tracks
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
“At my debut with the Yardbirds at the Marquee, I showed them what was what,” said the late guitar hero
How Jeff Beck Threw Down the Gauntlet in 1968 With ‘Truth’
His debut studio album set benchmarks for guitar heroes
