One of the greatest and most influential guitar players in the world.
Jeff
Beck was born in Surrey, England on June 24, 1944. He build his own electric guitar when he was only thirteen years old using a radio as an amplifier. At age 15 Jeff joined his first band, the Deltones. They played mostly the
music of the Shadow's, who were considered England's most
popular band until
the Beatles came along and changed that. Jeff joined the Tridents in 1963. In March of 1965, Jeff was hired by the Yardbirds to replace Eric Clapton, who had just left the group, to go join John Mayall. Jeff played with the Yardbirds until the fall of 1966.
After Jeff left the Yardbirds, he recorded some tracks with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Keith Moon. One of the songs that was recorded was "
Beck's Bolero. In February of 1967, Jeff formed the Jeff
Beck Group. Rod Stewart did the vocals for the band, while Ron Wood went from playing guitar to playing
bass later on. The Jeff Beck Group, with its ever changing line-up, finally disbanded in the summer of 1972.
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