Jeff Beck, the influential, genre-bending English guitarist who rose to fame with The Yardbirds before later going solo, has died at the age of 78, his family announced on social media Wednesday.
He died peacefully on Tuesday after contracting bacterial meningitis suddenly, the family said. Beck is a two-time inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – in 1992 for his work with The Yardbirds and as a solo artist in 2009. In 2015, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Beck as the fifth greatest guitarist of all time, one spot ahead of him. blues icons B.B. King.
In 2022, Beck released his latest album: “18”, a 13-track collection of mostly cover songs featuring Hollywood star Johnny Depp.
Beck said “We’ve been slowly creating songs that we just like. We haven’t really created a design”. A native of Wallington, England, Beck won his first Grammy in 1985 for the instrumental “Escape.” He would win seven more gold-plated statuettes in his career.
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi mourned Beck’s death on Twitter, saying he was shocked to hear of his death.
Lommi wrote “Jeff was such a lovely person and an outstanding iconic, brilliant guitarist – there will never be another Jeff Beck, his playing was very special and distinctly brilliant! We will miss him”.
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, also a former member of the Yardbirds, paid tribute to Beck, saying his technique was unique and his imagination limitless. “The six-string warrior is no longer here for us to admire the magic he could weave around our mortal emotions. Jeff could channel music from the ethereal,” he said. “Jeff, you will be missed along with millions of your fans.
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