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British guitar fable Jeff Beck, who has died astatine the property of 78, redefined guitar euphony successful the 1960s.
He roseate to fame arsenic portion of The Yardbirds, wherever helium replaced Eric Clapton, and aboriginal formed the Jeff Beck radical with Rod Stewart, becoming 1 of the astir influential stone guitarists of each time.
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Image caption,Jeff Beck (centre) stayed with the Yardbirds for astir 2 years
It was Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page who suggested to The Yardbirds that Beck was the close acceptable for the set aft Eric Clapton near successful 1965.
He played connected monolithic hits similar I'm A Man and Shapes of Things.
After releasing a solo single, helium formed the Jeff Beck Group with vocalist Stewart and bassist Ronnie Wood, but they parted ways successful the 70s.
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Image caption,Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart filming the euphony video for People Get Ready successful 1985
After putting his vocation connected clasp aft being progressive successful a car accident, Beck formed a caller line-up of his band, but their commercialized occurrence didn't lucifer the archetypal group.
Fast guardant to the 80s and helium worked with Nile Rodgers connected an medium called Flash, which contained his archetypal deed azygous - a screen of Curtis Mayfield's People Get Ready with Stewart connected pb vocals - which earned him a Grammy Award.
Aretha Franklin, Eva Cassidy and Bob Marley each recorded a mentation of the opus too.
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Image caption,Beck performed arsenic portion of the line-up for a 1983 amusement with Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Jeff Beck and Charlie Watts
Beck has been described arsenic a immense power for movements similar dense metal, jazz-rock and adjacent punk.
Page called him the "six-stringed warrior" successful a tribute to his friend, adding helium could "channel euphony from the ethereal".
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Image caption,Jeff Beck received the outstanding publication to British euphony grant successful 2014 astatine the Ivor Novello awards
In 2014 Beck was awarded an outstanding publication to British euphony award, which was presented to him by Page.
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Image caption,Queen Elizabeth met Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Brian May astatine Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth II hosted a tribute to the British euphony manufacture successful 2005, bringing unneurotic stone and rotation greats.
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Image caption,Barack Obama, Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews, Jeff Beck, Derek Trucks, B.B. King, and Gary Clark, Jr
Over successful the US successful 2012, Beck, on with BB King amongst others, was invited to play successful beforehand of the past American president Barack Obama and archetypal woman Michelle Obama.
It was billed arsenic Red, White & Blues, organised to observe blues music, and Obama couldn't defy joining in.
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Image caption,Beck received an honorary grade from the University of the Arts London successful 2011
Beck was fixed 2 honorary degrees from British universities for his publication to music.
One was from the University of the Arts London, and the different from the University of Sussex, for which helium said helium was "truly grateful for this unexpected honour".
He leaves an unthinkable euphony legacy, and arsenic Eric Clapton simply tweeted: "'Always and ever'…….. ec".
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Image caption,Jeff Beck: 1944 - 2023
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