The British musician became known with the Yardbirds before starting a brilliant solo career. He was considered one of the biggest rock guitarists in the world alongside Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. He died of a meningitis.
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Jeff Beck, virtuoso of the guitar which pushed the limits of blues, jazz and rock’n’roll, died on Tuesday January 10. The 78 -year -old musician had “suddenly contracted bacterial meningitis”, said his representatives in a statement published on Wednesday.
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Beck had first made himself known with his group Les Yardbirds, before embarking on a solo career mixing Hard Rock, Jazz, Funky Blues and even Opera. He was known for his improvisations and his love of harmonics on his favorite guitar, the Fender Stratocaster. “Jeff Beck is the best guitarist on the planet, said Joe Perry, Aerosmith’s guitarist, New York Times in 2010. He has his head, hands and feet above all of us, with the kind of talent that appears only once or two by generation. “
Jeff Beck was part of the pantheon of rock guitarists in the late 1960s which included Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. He won eight Grammy Awards and was inducted twice at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once with the Yardbirds in 1992 and another time as a solo artist in 2009. He was classified fifth in the list of ” 100 biggest guitarists of all time “from Rolling Stone magazine.