Legendary Guitarist Jeff Beck Dead At 78 | Eastern North Carolina Now

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    Guitar great Jeff Beck has died at the age of 78, according to a statement from his family.

    The English rocker - who was born Geoffrey Arnold Beck on June 24, 1944 - rose to fame as a member of the Yardbirds and later fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert, and Appice. His skills as a guitarist landed him a spot in the top five of Rolling Stone's top 100 guitarists of all time - ranking above Eddie Van Halen, B.B. King, and Chuck Berry.

    A statement was released on Wednesday confirming the musician's death and stating that he had passed after a brief and sudden battle with bacterial meningitis.

    "On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck's passing. After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday. His family ask for privacy while they process this tremendous loss," it read.

    Fans quickly rushed to Twitter to share their memories and express their thoughts in the wake of the news.

    "Few things captured my musical imagination as a teen than the Jeff Beck/Jimmy Page lineup of the Yardbirds, which lasted all of about 5 minutes but absolutely f***ing smoked. RIP," Jay Jaffe tweeted.

    "OMG, this is a shocker," Doug Sovern added. "The legendary Jeff Beck, one of the all-time guitar greats, dies suddenly at 78. 'Blow By Blow' remains one of my most-played albums of all time."

    KISS' Gene Simmons encouraged fans to listen to Beck's music and remember him. "Heartbreaking news to report the late, great Jeff Back has sadly passed. No one played guitar like Jeff. Please get ahold of the first two Jeff Beck Group albums and behold greatness. RIP," he said.

    "I was totally shocked to hear the very sad news of Jeff Beck's passing. Jeff was such a nice person and an outstanding iconic, genius guitar player - there will never be another Jeff Beck. His playing was very special & distinctively brilliant! He will be missed. RIP Jeff -Tony," Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi shared his thoughts as well as a personal photo.

    "Oh, My Heart...RIP, Jeff...I miss you already..." Whitesnake's David Coverdale tweeted.

    "The six stringed Warrior is no longer here for us to admire the spell he could weave around our mortal emotions. Jeff could channel music from the ethereal," Jimmy Page added. "His technique unique. His imaginations apparently limitless. Jeff I will miss you along with your millions of fans. Jeff Beck Rest in Peace."

    Beck had just recently completed a tour alongside actor Johnny Depp. Over the course of his career, he racked up 17 Grammy nominations and eight wins.
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( January 14th, 2023 @ 10:50 am )
 
Jeff Beck was a fixture on any of my music playing apparatuses, as they evolved in this high tech world of ours, and, ironically, Jeff Beck not only was an accomplished guitarist (mostly electric) of many genres, he played all melodies in a variety of high tech modes and very innovative styles.

Not unlike Jimmy Hendrix, Jeff Beck would mix long notes with shorter notes, played in a variety styles of rhythm, to achieve an eclectic expression of music that mixed genres from Blues to Jazz, and let's not forget Rock 'n' Roll.

The Blues /Rock pioneers of the mid 1960s, "The Yardbirds," was Jeff Beck's first big home, helping them to produce many of their chart topping hits before he went out on his on with the many variations of his own bands, most notably, "The Jeff Beck Group.".

Remarkably, Jeff Beck was simply a composer and a guitarist; no singing, no other instruments, and he was fantastic and famously unique.

His creativity will be missed, as Jeff continued to perform live until recently.



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