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Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck performing at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
Jeff Beck performing at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
Background information
Born 24 June 1944 (1944-06-24) (age 63)
Wallington, London, England
Genre(s) Blues, rock, hard rock, electronica, instrumental rock, jazz fusion
Occupation(s) Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active 1962–present
Label(s) EMI, Epic
Associated acts The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, The Honeydrippers, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Big Town Playboys, Upp
Website www.jeffbeck.com
Notable instrument(s)
Fender Jeff Beck Signature Model Stratocaster

Geoffrey Arnold ("Jeff") Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, Greater London) is an English rock guitarist. The Crossroads Guitar Festival was a Music festival and Benefit concert first held in 2004 and again in 2007 Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wallington is a town in the London Borough of Sutton situated south south-west of Charing Cross. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range Instrumental rock is a type of Rock music which emphasizes Musical instruments, and which features no or very little Singing. Fusion or more specifically jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a Musical genre that merges Jazz with elements of other styles of music particularly A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. The Yardbirds are an English rock band noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous Guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck The Jeff Beck Group were an English Rock band formed in London in February 1967 by ex- Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck. The Honeydrippers was a rock band of the 1980s Former Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant formed the group in 1981 to satisfy his long-time goal in having Beck Bogert & Appice was a hard rock Power trio composed of guitarist Jeff Beck ( The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group) bassist Tim Bogert The Big Town Playboys are a six-piece acoustic British Rhythm and blues revival group Upp is a former English rock / Jazz fusion band, active in the 1970s The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wallington is a town in the London Borough of Sutton situated south south-west of Charing Cross. Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have recorded with the band The Yardbirds. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer James Patrick Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944 is an English Guitarist, Composer and record producer The Yardbirds are an English rock band noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous Guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck He was ranked the 14th on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published [1]"

Beck has never attained the sustained commercial success of his fellow Yardbirds guitarists, though the band, along with Beck, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. Commerce is a division of trade or production which deals with the exchange of goods and services from producer to final consumer Jeff Beck wise-cracked at the ceremony stating:

“ Someone told me I should be proud tonight. . . But I'm not, because they kicked me out. Fuck them! (Laughs). . . ”

Much of his output has been instrumental, and his releases have spanned genres, ranging from blues-rock, heavy metal, jazz fusion and (currently) a blend of guitar-rock and electronica. A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock Fusion or more specifically jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a Musical genre that merges Jazz with elements of other styles of music particularly Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range This versatility has made it difficult for Beck to establish and maintain a broad following.

Nevertheless, Beck has gained wide critical acclaim for his work as a guitarist. [1] He has won four Grammy awards in the category for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance has been awarded since 1980.

Away from the stage, Beck is an avid collector of American-style hot rods. Hot rods are typically American cars with large engines modified for linear speed Hot rods are a recurring theme in many of his more recent albums.

Contents

Biography

Early life

As a ten year old Beck sang in a church choir. As a teenager he learned to play a borrowed guitar and then made several attempts to build his own instrument. His first attempt was by gluing and bolting together (forgetting the washers so that the bolt head sank into the wood) a selection of cigar boxes for the body and an unsanded fence-upright for a neck. The strings were aircraft control line wires, both single and double stranded were used depending on the effect he wanted to achieve. The frets, however, were a different matter. In an unknowing portent for the future use of fretless guitar, the frets were simply painted on. A fretless guitar is a Guitar without Frets It operates in the same manner as most other Stringed instruments and traditional Guitars but does Another attempt at a home-build was when he studiously cut a body from a very thick piece of wood. When fabricating the neck he attempted to use memorized measurements. Unfortunately the measurements he had remembered were those of a bass guitar. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the He described the result as "The scale was so bad that it was only playable with a capo at the fifth fret. . . ", he went on to say, "I was interested in the electric guitar even before I knew the difference between electric and acoustic. The electric guitar seemed to be a totally fascinating plank of wood with knobs and switches on it. I just had to have one. " [2]

Beck is cited as saying that the first electric guitar player he singled out as impressing him was Les Paul. Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9 1915) is an American Jazz guitarist and Inventor. [3] Similarly Cliff Gallup, lead guitarist with Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps was also an early musical influence, followed by Chuck Berry and Steve Cropper[4] Upon leaving school he attended Wimbledon Art College, then he briefly worked as a painter and decorator, a groundsman on a golf course and spray painting cars. Clifton E "Cliff" Gallup ( June 17 1930 - October 9 1988) was an American Electric guitarist who played Gene Vincent, real name Vincent Eugene Craddock, ( February 11, 1935 - October 12, 1971) was an American Rock'n'roll pioneer Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St Wimbledon is a Suburb of London, part of the London Borough of Merton and located south west of Charing Cross. Beck's sister would also play an instrumental role in introducing him to another teen hopeful named Jimmy Page. James Patrick Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944 is an English Guitarist, Composer and record producer

Early career with The Yardbirds

Like many rock musicians in the early 1960s, he began his career working as a session guitarist. In 1965, Eric Clapton left the Yardbirds for John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and Beck was recruited to replace him on the recommendation of Jimmy Page, who had been their initial choice. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer The Yardbirds are an English rock band noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous Guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers are a pioneering English blues band led by Singer, Songwriter, and James Patrick Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944 is an English Guitarist, Composer and record producer It was during his tenure with the Yardbirds that they recorded most of their hits. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre.

During Jeff Beck's time with the Yardbirds he pioneered the use of many new guitar techniques, such as the intentional use of feedback, heavy distortion and complex soloing. Feedback is a circular causal Process whereby some proportion of a system's output is returned (fed back to the Input. A distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic of an object image sound waveform or other form of information or representation Rock critic Richie Unterberger wrote "While Beck's stint with the band lasted only about 18 months, in this period he did more to influence the sound of '60s rock guitar than anyone except Jimi Hendrix. Richie Unterberger (b 1962 is an American author and journalist whose focus is popular music and travel writing James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter "

Rock critic Piero Scaruffi has described Beck as "Possibly the most influential guitarist in the history of Rock Music, one could say that rock music played with an electric guitar was invented by Jeff Beck. Piero Scaruffi (born in Trivero, Italy, in 1955 but based in California since 1983 is an Italian-American cultural historian It was through him that the distortions, feedback, and many other techniques, that the rest of rock music did not rediscover until much later, became popular. "

Stories about Beck's volatile temper began to circulate early. His perfectionism, coupled with the faulty equipment often in use during the 1960s, led to many stories about his willingness to take out frustrations on his equipment, though not in the form of smashing a guitar. The 1966 movie Blow-up contains a scene where the Yardbirds perform "Stroll On", and Beck becomes so enraged by equipment problems that he smashes his guitar. Blowup (as in screen credits also rendered as Blow-Up) is an award-winning 1966 British - Italian Art film This scene was staged for the movie, as it was a re-creation of an actual event that director Michelangelo Antonioni witnessed at a concert of The Who. Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( September 29 1912 &ndash July 30 2007) was an Italian Modernist The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend [5]. This was also spoofed in the movie This is Spinal Tap. This Is Spın̈al Tap (officially spelled with a non-functional umlaut over the letter 'n' and dotless 'i' is a 1984 mock Rockumentary

His time with The Yardbirds was short, allowing Beck only one full album, "Yardbirds" a/k/a/Roger the Engineer (1966); Beck left after 18 months, partly for health reasons. Roger the Engineer (original title Yardbirds, US German and French title Over Under Sideways Down) is an album by the English For a few months he shared the dual-lead guitar role with Jimmy Page, who had joined the Yardbirds as a bass player, but quickly moved to co-lead guitar, with Chris Dreja moving on bass . James Patrick Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944 is an English Guitarist, Composer and record producer The Yardbirds are an English rock band noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous Guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck Christopher 'Chris' Dreja (born 11 November 1946, Surbiton, Surrey, England) is former Rhythm guitarist, and later

While on the surface Beck seems to have departed the group because of his health, Page, who had been invited into the band for a second time in 1966 by Beck himself, tells a different story:

“ It was on that Dick Clark tour — there were a few incidents. One time in the dressing room I walked in and Beck had his guitar up over his head, about to bring it down on Keith Relf’s head, but instead smashed it on the floor,” Jimmy Page recalled years later. “Relf looked at him with total astonishment and Beck said, ‘Why did you make me do that?’ Fucking hell. Everyone said, ‘My goodness gracious, what a funny chap. ’ We went back to the hotel and Beck showed me his tonsils, said he wasn’t feeling well and was going to see a doctor. He left for L. A. , where we were headed anyway. When we got there, though, we realized that whatever doctor he was claiming to see must’ve had his office in the Whiskey. He was actually seeing his girlfriend, Mary Hughes, and had just used the doctor bit as an excuse to cut out on us. ”

Jeff Beck Group

The following year, after recording the one-off song "Beck's Bolero" (with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Nicky Hopkins, and Keith Moon) and having two solo vocals hit singles in the UK ("Hi Ho Silver Lining" and "Tallyman"), Beck formed a new band called The Jeff Beck Group, which featured him on lead guitar, Rod Stewart on vocals, Ronnie Wood on bass, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and Micky Waller on drums. " Beck's Bolero " is a short rock -based instrumental piece heavily influenced by Maurice Ravel 's Bolero, recorded by Jeff Beck James Patrick Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944 is an English Guitarist, Composer and record producer John Paul Jones (born John Baldwin on January 3, 1946) is an English Musician, Composer, arranger, Record Nicky Hopkins (born Nicholas Christian Hopkins ( February 24, 1944 in Harlesden, North London, England; died Keith John Moon ( August 23, 1946 &ndash September 7, 1978) was the Drummer of the rock group The Who. The Jeff Beck Group were an English Rock band formed in London in February 1967 by ex- Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck. Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood (born 1 June 1947 in Hillingdon London) is an English rock Guitarist and Bassist best known Nicky Hopkins (born Nicholas Christian Hopkins ( February 24, 1944 in Harlesden, North London, England; died Michael Micky (Mickey Waller ( 6 September 1941, in Hammersmith, West London - 29 April 2008) was a Drummer

The group produced two albums, Truth (August, 1968) and Beck-Ola (June, 1969). Truth (1968 was the first full-length album by Jeff Beck and his backing group. Beck-Ola (Cosa Nostra was the second full-length LP by Jeff Beck and his backing group Both albums are highly acclaimed, and considered by many critics to have inspired the heavy metal genre.

Truth, released five months before the first Led Zeppelin album, features a cover of "You Shook Me", a song first recorded by Willie Dixon which was also covered on the Led Zeppelin debut. Led Zeppelin were " You Shook Me " is a Blues song written by Willie Dixon and J While it sold well (reaching #15 on the Billboard charts) and received great critical praise, Truth did not equal the impact of the release by Page's new band. Beck-Ola while well-received, was less successful both commercially and critically. Resentment, coupled with touring-related incidents, led the group to dissolve.

After the breakup, Beck decided to continue working with Stewart, and team up with bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice, the rhythm section of the Vanilla Fudge. Tim Bogert (born August 27, 1944) was the Bass guitarist from Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Beck Bogert & Appice featuring Carmine Appice (b December 15, 1946 in Brooklyn New York) is an American rock Drummer of Italian ancestry Vanilla Fudge was an American psychedelic band that recorded albums from 1967 to 1970 This project was sidelined when Beck suffered head injuries in a car crash, and left the music scene for over a year. Rod Stewart left to team up with Ronnie Wood and the Small Faces; and Bogert and Appice formed Cactus instead. Cactus is an American rock band that was conceived in late 1969 as a supergroup but ended up one of the first "hard rock" bands

When Beck regained his health, he reformed a band with entirely new members. The new ensemble — Bob Tench on vocals and guitar, Max Middleton on piano and keyboards, Clive Chaman on bass and Cozy Powell on drums — although still known as the "Jeff Beck Group" featured a substantially different sound from the first lineup. David Maxwell "Max" Middleton (born 4 August 1946 is an English Composer and Keyboardist, known for his work on the Fender Rhodes Colin Flooks ( December 29, 1947 - April 5, 1998) better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer

For the album Rough and Ready (1971), Beck wrote or co-wrote six of the album's seven tracks (the exception written by pianist Middleton). Rough and Ready is the third album by The Jeff Beck Group and the first of two by the second incarnation (the first-period group featuring Rod Stewart The album included elements of Soul, Rhythm and Blues and Jazz, foreshadowing the direction Beck's music would take later in the decade.

The follow-up, Jeff Beck Group, (1972) was recorded in Memphis, at the studio used by Booker T. & the M.G.'s; their guitarist, Steve Cropper, produced the album. The Jeff Beck Group were an English Rock band formed in London in February 1967 by ex- Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck. Steve "The Colonel" Cropper (born October 21, 1941) is an American guitarist songwriter and producer The album, unsurprisingly, displayed a strong Soul influence. Five of the nine tracks were covers of American artists; one ("I Got To Have A Song") was the first of Beck's four covers of compositions written by Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an

Shortly after this release, Cactus broke up, leaving Bogert and Appice available. Beck dissolved the band in order to achieve his ambition to work with them, forming Beck, Bogert & Appice. Beck Bogert & Appice was a hard rock Power trio composed of guitarist Jeff Beck ( The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group) bassist Tim Bogert

Beck, Bogert & Appice

The long-awaited lineup worked together for less than two years and released only one US album Beck, Bogert & Appice. Beck Bogert & Appice is the eponymous debut album by the 70s Rock and roll band Beck Bogert & Appice. While critics acknowledged the band's instrumental prowess, the album was not well received, except for its cover of Wonder's "Superstition". " Superstition " is a popular song written produced arranged and performed by Stevie Wonder for Motown Records in 1972 when Wonder was twenty-two years Beck left the group during recording sessions for the second album. (A double-album (Beck, Bogert & Appice Live in Japan) was eventually released in Japan. Live in Japan is a 1974 rock album by the supergroup Power trio Beck Bogert & Appice. )

Beck, Bogert & Appice were, to some degree, victims of forces beyond their control. The lineup (a power trio featuring a superstar guitarist) prompted critics to compare the band to the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream. The power trio is a Rock and roll band format popularized in the 1960s "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. Cream were a 1960s British rock band Since Beck and his bandmates were less gifted singers and composers than their counterparts, comparisons were unflattering.

Beck's auto accident — and resulting delay in forming the group — also shaped critical response. Had Beck, Bogert & Appice been released in 1970, its similarity in style and content to Beck-Ola would have been expected. Coming in 1973 — after Beck had released two albums covering more diverse territory — led many critics to believe the guitarist had taken a step backward.

However, Beck's dismissive public comments about the album, coupled with his next career move, suggest that he also had grown bored with the band's limitations and the blues-rock genre.

Solo albums

In October 1974, Beck began recording instrumentals at AIR studios backed by pianist Max Middleton (from the second Jeff Beck Group), bassist Phil Chenn, and drummer Richard Bailey, with George Martin producing and providing string arrangements. Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926 is a British record producer arranger and Composer.

The resulting album, Blow by Blow (1975), displayed Beck's technical prowess in a jazz-rock format. Blow by Blow is a Solo album by British electric guitarist Jeff Beck. The album reached #4 on the charts. It is Beck's most commercially successful release.

Arguably the world's most famous record producer, if only for his achievements with The Beatles, is George Martin, who was knighted in 1996. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926 is a British record producer arranger and Composer. Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages. But even a man of his great wisdom was thrown into confusion when he produced Blow by Blow]] . AIR Studios. Beck was fastidious about over-dubs but never seemed to be happy with his solos. A few days after a recording, when he'd had time to digest his own performance, he would telephone Martin and say "I think I could do a better one on this track", and they would return to AIR to try again. Beck would play over and over until he was satisfied that he had performed his best. A couple of months went by and Martin received another phone call from Beck: "I want to do this solo again. " Bemused, Martin replied: "I'm sorry, Jeff, but the record is in the shops!"[6]

Wired, which followed a year later, paired Beck with drummer-composer Narada Michael Walden and keyboardist Jan Hammer. Wired is a 1976 solo album by Jeff Beck. It was this album that started a fruitful collaboration with former Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboardist Michael Walden (born April 23, 1952, in Kalamazoo, Michigan U Jan Hammer (jan hamɘ (born 17 April 1948, in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, today part of the Czech Republic) is a A more straightforward work of jazz-rock fusion (sounding similar to the work of his two collaborators), Wired sold slightly less well and also received less ecstatic reviews. A live album with Hammer was even less successful with critics complaining that Hammer had eradicated the subtleties of Blow By Blow.

1980s [[There and Back (Jeff Beck album)|There and Back], featuring three compositions from Hammer and five with keyboardist Tony Hymas, sold less, but received better reviews. Hymas's compositions, which sounded to some like space-age jazz, gave the guitarist a more open framework for his pyrotechnics.

Later career

In 1981 he made a series of historic, joint live appearances with his Yardbirds predecessor Eric Clapton at the Amnesty International The Secret Policeman's Other Ball benefit shows. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to * This article is about the 1981 Amnesty International benefit show (and resulting movies and albums &mdash the sequel to the original 1979 show He appeared with Clapton on "Crossroads", "Further On Up The Road", and his own arrangement of Stevie Wonder's "Cause We've Ended As Lovers". Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an Beck also featured prominently in the all-star band finale performance of "I Shall Be Released" with Clapton, Sting, Phil Collins, Donovan and Bob Geldof. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951) better known by his Stage name Sting, is a three time Academy Award Philip David Charles Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951 Chiswick, London) is an English Singer-songwriter, Drummer Donovan ( Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 10 May 1946 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Singer-songwriter and guitarist Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, KBE, known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951, is an Irish singer Beck's contributions were seen and heard in the resulting album and film, both of which achieved worldwide success in 1982. Another benefit show called the ARMS Concert for Multiple Sclerosis featured a jam with Jeff, Eric and Jimmy Page performing "Tulsa Time", "Stairway to Heaven", and "Layla". Multiple sclerosis (abbreviated MS also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata) is an autoimmune condition in which the This is the only time all of the 1963-1968 Yardbirds lead guitarists appeared on stage together.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Jeff Beck recorded sporadically (due largely to a long battle with noise-induced tinnitus): There and Back (1980, featuring Simon Phillips, Tony Hymas, Jan Hammer and Mo Foster), Flash (1985, including performances with Rod Stewart and Jan Hammer), Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989, with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas), Crazy Legs (1993), Who Else! (1999), and You Had It Coming (2001). Tinnitus (tɪˈnaɪtəs or /ˈtɪnɪtəs/ from the Latin word for " Ringing " is the perception of sound within the human ear in the absence of corresponding There & Back is an album by Guitarist Jeff Beck, released in 1980 on Epic Records. Simon Phillips (born 6 February 1957 in London) is a prolific English Jazz and rock Drummer. Jan Hammer (jan hamɘ (born 17 April 1948, in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, today part of the Czech Republic) is a Mo Foster is a British session musician playing primarily Jazz, Jazz-fusion and rock bass guitar Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop is a 1989 album by Guitarist Jeff Beck, recorded at Sol Studios. Terry John Bozzio ( December 27, 1950) is an American Drummer best known for his work with the late Frank Zappa. Crazy Legs is a studio album by Jeff Beck and the Big Town Playboys, released on June 29, 1993. Who Else! is an album by Guitarist Jeff Beck, released in 1999. You Had It Coming is an album by Jeff Beck, released in Japan on November 15th 2000 and in the USA on February 6th 2001 He also accompanied Paul Rodgers of Bad Company on the album Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters in 1993. Paul Rodgers, (born 17 December 1949 is an English rock singer-songwriter best known for being a member of Free and Bad Company. Bad Company are an English Blues rock supergroup founded in 1973 consisting of band members from Free ( Paul Rodgers, Simon Muddy Water Blues A Tribute To Muddy Waters is the second solo album by Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company fame Jeff Beck won his third Grammy Award, this one for 'Best Rock Instrumental Performance' for the track "Dirty Mind" from You Had It Coming. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The 2003 release of Jeff showed that the new electro-guitar style he used for the two earlier albums would continue to dominate. Jeff is an album by Jeff Beck released in 2003 It builds on a lot of what he has already done and features a very eclectic sound fusing hard rock and electronica This style has been lauded by critics; Beck has skillfully fused an electronica influence with his blues/jazz past. The song "Plan B" from this release earned him his fourth Grammy Award, again, for 'Best Rock Instrumental Performance'.

In the past few years, Jeff Beck has performed on new albums by Les Paul, Cyndi Lauper, and Roger Waters. Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9 1915) is an American Jazz guitarist and Inventor. Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22 1953 is an American Grammy - and Emmy award winning Singer-songwriter and George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943 in Great Bookham, Surrey) is an English rock musician Beck also is featured on one track on Queen guitarist Brian May's album Another World. Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian Harold May, CBE Another World is the second full studio album delivered by Queen guitarist Brian May. He also appears on ZZ Top's album XXX. ZZ Top (ˌziːziːˈtɒp is an American rock band formed in late 1969 in Houston Texas. XXX is the thirteenth studio Album by American Blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music) Beck made a cameo appearance in the movie Twins starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. Twins is a 1988 Comedy film produced and directed by Ivan Reitman about unlikely twins (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor Daniel Michael DeVito Jr (born November 17 1944 is an American Actor, director and producer, who first gained prominence for his portrayal

Jeff Beck continues to perform shows on a regular basis, including opening for B.B. King in the summer of 2003, backed by Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas. B B King (born Riley B King, September 16 1925 is an American Blues Guitarist and Singer-songwriter. Terry John Bozzio ( December 27, 1950) is an American Drummer best known for his work with the late Frank Zappa.

Beck's most recent tours in 2005 and 2006 have included Jason Rebello on keyboards, Vinnie Colaiuta on drums and Pino Palladino on bass (replaced by Randy Hope-Taylor due to Palladino's prior commitment to The Who). Jason Rebello (born on 29 March 1969) is a British Jazz pianist, currently part of Sting 's live and studio band who has recorded a handful of Vincent Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American Drummer based in Los Angeles. Pino Palladino (born on 17 October 1957 in Cardiff, Wales, UK) is a rock and Rhythm and blues bass The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend An Official Bootleg USA'06 from the tour has been released through Beck's site.

Jeff Beck also accompanied Kelly Clarkson as the guitarist for her cover of Patty Griffin's song, "Up To The Mountain", during the 2007 Idol Gives Back episode of American Idol, receiving a standing ovation from the audience. Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24 1982 is an American Pop rock singer songwriter and occasional actress. Patty Griffin, born Patricia Jean Griffin March 16, 1964, is an American Singer-songwriter, Musician, and Grammy award " Up to the Mountain (MLK Song " is a Contemporary folk song written by Patty Griffin. Idol Gives Back is the name of a charitable campaign that spanned two episodes of American Idol during its sixth season. American Idol, with the full title American Idol The Search for a Superstar for the first season only is an American reality-competition

Beck was featured at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2007, and Bill Murray in introducing him cited Beck as his favorite guitarist.

Influence

While Beck was not the first rock guitarist to experiment with electronic distortion, he nonetheless helped to redefine the sound and role of the electric guitar in rock music. Beck's work with The Yardbirds and The Jeff Beck Group's 1968 album Truth were seminal influences on heavy metal music, which emerged in full force in the early 1970s. The Jeff Beck Group were an English Rock band formed in London in February 1967 by ex- Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck. Truth (1968 was the first full-length album by Jeff Beck and his backing group. Jeff Beck is still highly influential with many modern guitarists, who cite him as a major influence on their playing.

Technique and equipment

Jeff Beck does not rely heavily on electronic effects. Beck stopped regular use of a pick (plectrum) in the 1980s. A guitar pick is a type of Plectrum designed for use on a Guitar. Often called a pick or plec, a plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument. Contrary to popular belief, he does occasionally play with a pick (although seldom through the entire song). He produces a wide variety of sounds by using his fingers and the vibrato bar on his signature Fender Stratocaster, although he frequently uses a wah-wah pedal both live and in the studio. A tremolo arm or tremolo bar (also called a "whammy bar" or "wang bar" is a lever attached to the bridge and/or the Tailpiece of The Jeff Beck Stratocaster is an electric solid body guitar made by Fender Musical Instruments for British rock guitarist Jeff Beck. A wah-wah pedal (or just wah pedal) is a type of Guitar Effects pedal that alters the tone of the signal to create a distinctive effect intended to mimic As Eric Clapton once said, "With Jeff, it’s all in his hands". [7] Along with Fender Stratocasters, Beck occasionally plays Fender Telecaster and Gibson Les Paul models as well. The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares The Fender Telecaster, also known as the Tele (pronounced Telly is typically a dual-pickup solid-body Electric guitar made by Fender. The Gibson Les Paul is a solidbody Electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s His amplifiers are primarily by Fender and Marshall Amplification. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the Marshall Amplification is a British company which designs and manufactures music amplifiers. In his earlier days with the Yardbirds, Beck also used a Fender Esquire guitar through Vox AC30s. The Fender Esquire is a solid body Electric guitar manufactured by Fender, and was the first guitar sold by Fender in 1950 The Vox AC30 is a guitar amplifier manufactured by Vox and known for its "jangly" high-end sound He has also played through a variety of fuzz pedals and echo-units along with this set-up and has used the Pro Co RAT distortion pedal. The Pro Co RAT is a guitar Effects pedal produced by Pro Co Sound. A distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic of an object image sound waveform or other form of information or representation

Recently, Fender created a Custom Shop Tribute series version of his beat-up Fender Esquire as well as his Artist Signature series Stratocaster.

Discography

As the Jeff Beck Group:

As Beck, Bogert & Appice

Solo:

With Big Town Playboys:

Compilations:

Appeared on

Pavarotti's "Ti Adoro" lead guitar solo on "Caruso"

Trivia

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes

  1. ^ Top ten guitar players
  2. ^ Foster, Mo (1997). Mo Foster is a British session musician playing primarily Jazz, Jazz-fusion and rock bass guitar 17 Watts? The Birth of British Rock Guitar, 2nd Edition, Sanctuary Publishing, pp119-120. ISBN 186074267X.  
  3. ^ Foster, Mo (1997). Mo Foster is a British session musician playing primarily Jazz, Jazz-fusion and rock bass guitar 17 Watts? The Birth of British Rock Guitar, 2nd Edition, Sanctuary Publishing, p38. ISBN 186074267X.  
  4. ^ Interview with Vh1 History of Rock and Roll
  5. ^ Anyway Anyhow Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of The Who
  6. ^ Foster, Mo (1997). Mo Foster is a British session musician playing primarily Jazz, Jazz-fusion and rock bass guitar 17 Watts? The Birth of British Rock Guitar, 2nd Edition, Sanctuary Publishing, p315. ISBN 186074267X.  
  7. ^ Jeff Beck.com
  8. ^ K Whitlock. Record Collector Interview. Pink Floyd & Co fan website. Retrieved on 2007-12-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of
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