Eight-time Grammy Award winning guitarist Jeff Beck dies suddenly, aged 78.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleGuitarist Jeff Beck — who has pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll — has died, aged 78.He won eight Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, twiceBeck died on Tuesday after "suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis", his representatives said in a statement on Wednesday, local time.
He was known for his improvising, love of harmonics and the whammy bar on his preferred guitar, the Fender Stratocaster."Jeff Beck is the best guitar player on the planet,″ Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry told The New York Times in 2010. ″He is head, hands and feet above all the rest of us, with the kind of talent that appears only once every generation or two."
His first hit single, Beck's Bolero, released in 1967, featured future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, and future Who drummer Keith Moon. The Jeff Beck Group — with Rod Stewart singing — was later booked to play the 1969 Woodstock music festival but their appearance was cancelled"That feeling is the best thing ever, as long as you don't have too much of it," he told Guitar World in 2014.
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