Geoffrey Arnold Beck, to give him his full name, was an early rock legend. He was known for his blues and occasionally jazzy style, and as a brilliant guitarist. He was much better known as Jeff Beck.

Back in 1966, ‘Happenings Ten Years Time Ago' saw The Yardbirds take stock of where they'd travelled and the hard rock and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After having stepped in to fill Clapton's shoes in the genre-pioneering "Yardies" aged just 21, Beck stayed at least one step ...

The most mercurial guitarist of his generation, Jeff Beck never conformed to the conventional image of a guitar hero, repeatedly leaving or breaking up bands before their commercial potential could be ...

Jeff Beck, who died suddenly at the age of 78, was among the first and last of rock music’s epic guitar heroes. He played according to his own rules, with styles as unpredictable as the diverse genres ...

There are guitar players, and there are great guitar players. Then, there are absolute legends. In 1965, Beck replaced (another worldly-renowned, per the lists) guitarist Eric Clapton in the English ...