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{{Short description|English guitarist (1944–2023)}}
{{redirect|Geoffrey Beck|the English cricketer|Geoffrey Beck (cricketer)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Jeff Beck
| image             = Jeff Beck in Amsterdam 1979 (cropped).jpg
| alt               = Beck playing live, black & white photograph
| caption           = Beck performing in [[Amsterdam]], 1979
| birth_name        = Geoffrey Arnold Beck
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1944|6|24|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Wallington, London|Wallington, Surrey]], England
| death_date        = {{death date and age|2023|1|10|1944|6|24|df=y}}
| death_place       = [[East Sussex]], England
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| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Blues rock]]<ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Daniel|last1=Kreps|first2=Kory|last2=Grow|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jeff-beck-dead-at-78-obit-1234659559/|title=Jeff Beck, Guitar Virtuoso and Blues-Rock Innovator, Dead at 78|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=11 January 2023|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111235118/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jeff-beck-dead-at-78-obit-1234659559/|archive-date=11 January 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[hard rock]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Jill|last=Lawless|url=https://sentinelcolorado.com/uncategorized/jeff-beck-was-one-of-rocks-greatest-guitarists-now-his-instruments-are-up-for-auction/|title=Jeff Beck was one of rock's greatest guitarists. Now his instruments are up for auction|newspaper=[[Sentinel Colorado]]|date=18 November 2024|access-date=16 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119030117/https://sentinelcolorado.com/uncategorized/jeff-beck-was-one-of-rocks-greatest-guitarists-now-his-instruments-are-up-for-auction/|archive-date=19 November 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[instrumental rock]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Philip|last=Booth|url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20030808/guitarist-jeff-beck-a-longtime-fan-of-blues-icon-king|title=Guitarist Jeff Beck a long time fan of blues icon King|newspaper=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]|date=8 August 2003|access-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717042119/https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20030808/guitarist-jeff-beck-a-longtime-fan-of-blues-icon-king|archive-date=17 July 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{nowrap|[[jazz fusion]]}}<ref name="allmusic"/>
* {{nowrap|[[progressive rock]]}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Frank|last=Hoffman|url=https://www.shsu.edu/~lis_fwh/book/hybrid_children_of_rock/support/BeckJ.htm|title=Jeff Beck|work=Hybrid Children of Rock|access-date=15 June 2023|quote=More than any other guitarist, Jeff Beck was responsible for defining the progressive rock genre.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616024230/https://www.shsu.edu/~lis_fwh/book/hybrid_children_of_rock/support/BeckJ.htm|archive-date=16 June 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
| occupations       = Musician<!-- Occupation(s) as given in the lead -->
| instruments       = Guitar
| years_active      = 1963–2023
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[EMI]]
* [[Epic Records|Epic]]
}}
| past_member_of    = {{flatlist|
* [[The Yardbirds]]
* {{nowrap|[[The Jeff Beck Group]]}}
* {{nowrap|[[Beck, Bogert & Appice]]}}
* {{nowrap|[[The Honeydrippers]]}}
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| website           = {{URL|jeffbeck.com}}
}}

'''Geoffrey Arnold Beck''' (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English guitarist. He rose to prominence as a member of the rock band [[the Yardbirds]], and afterwards founded and fronted [[the Jeff Beck Group]] and [[Beck, Bogert & Appice]]. In 1975, he switched to an [[instrumental]] style with focus on an innovative sound, and his releases spanned genres and styles ranging from [[blues rock]], [[hard rock]], [[jazz fusion]] and a blend of guitar-rock and [[electronica]].

Beck has been consistently ranked in the top five of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and other magazines' lists of the greatest guitarists.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=18 December 2015 |title=100 Greatest Guitarists |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-guitarists-153675/ |access-date=19 July 2022 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |archive-date=27 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027132743/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=vgrank>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Vintage Guitar (magazine)|Vintage Guitar]]|title=Top 100 Guitarists|url=https://www.vintageguitar.com/25972/top-30-guitarists/|date=18 June 2017|access-date=1 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182316/https://www.vintageguitar.com/25972/top-30-guitarists/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=marshall>{{cite web|publisher=[[Marshall Amplification]]|title=Guitar Heroes: Jeff Beck|date=13 April 2021|url=https://marshall.com/live-for-music/guitar-heroes/jeff-beck|access-date=1 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181956/https://marshall.com/live-for-music/guitar-heroes/jeff-beck|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=13 October 2023 |title=The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitarists-1234814010/ |access-date=14 October 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014003828/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitarists-1234814010/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was often called a "guitarist's guitarist".<ref name="top ten">{{cite news |author= |date=26 October 2006 |title=Top 10 rock guitarists |url=https://www.today.com/slideshow/amp/top-10-rock-guitarists-46856154 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717042928/https://www.today.com/slideshow/amp/top-10-rock-guitarists-46856154 |archive-date=17 July 2021 |accessdate=17 July 2021 |website=[[TODAY.com]]}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' described him as "one of the most influential lead guitarists in rock".<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/jeff-beck/biography|title=Jeff Beck Biography|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=26 August 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430152543/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/jeff-beck/biography|archivedate=30 April 2016}}</ref> Although he recorded two successful albums (1975's ''[[Blow by Blow]]'' and 1976's ''[[Wired (Jeff Beck album)|Wired]]'') as a solo act, Beck did not establish or maintain commercial success like that of his contemporaries and bandmates.<ref name="top ten"/><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeff-beck-mn0000240865|website=[[AllMusic]]|title=Jeff Beck|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|access-date=28 August 2011|archive-date=2 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602212915/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeff-beck-mn0000240865|url-status=live}}</ref> He recorded with many artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeff-beck-mn0000240865/credits|title=Jeff Beck Credits|website=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=28 April 2018|archive-date=28 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428181510/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeff-beck-mn0000240865/credits|url-status=live}}</ref>

Beck earned wide critical praise and received the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance|Best Rock Instrumental Performance]] six times, winning in three categories at the 2010 Grammy Awards for a career total of eight Grammies. In 2014, he received the British Academy's [[Ivor Novello Award]] for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Mike |last=Pakinkis |title=Ivor Novello Awards 2014: All the winners |journal=[[Music Week]] |url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/ivor-novello-awards-2014-all-the-winners/058529 |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=24 June 2014 |archive-date=27 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627002307/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/ivor-novello-awards-2014-all-the-winners/058529 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] twice: first as a member of the Yardbirds (1992) and secondly as a solo artist (2009).

== Early life ==
{{quote box|quote=I was interested in the electric guitar even before I knew the difference between electric and acoustic. The electric guitar seemed to be a totally fascinating plank of wood with knobs and switches on it. I just had to have one.|source=Jeff Beck{{sfn|Foster|Cunningham|2000|pp=13, 119, 120, 315}}|width=25%|align=right|style=padding:8px;}}

Geoffrey Arnold Beck was born on 24 June 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck at 206 Demesne Road, [[Wallington, London|Wallington]], Surrey (now [[London Borough of Sutton]], Greater London).{{sfn|Power|2012|p=9}} As a ten-year-old, Beck sang in a church choir.{{sfn|Power|2012|p=12}} He had a sister, Annetta. He attended [[Sutton Grammar School|Sutton Manor School]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.suttonlibdems.org.uk/sutton_residents_gain_access_to_more_than_four_million_ancestors|title=Sutton residents gain access to more than four million ancestors|quote=Legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck, grew up in Wallington and attended Sutton Manor School, now Sutton Grammar.|date=6 April 2016|newspaper=Sutton Lib Dems|language=en|access-date=7 October 2016|archive-date=25 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625021847/http://www.suttonlibdems.org.uk/sutton_residents_gain_access_to_more_than_four_million_ancestors|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Sutton East County Secondary Modern School.{{sfn|Power|2012|p=9}}

Beck cited [[Les Paul]] as the first electric guitar player who impressed him.{{sfn|Foster|Cunningham|2000|pp=13, 119, 120, 315}} Beck said that he first heard an electric guitar when he was six years old and heard Paul playing "[[How High the Moon]]" on the radio. He asked his mother what it was. After she replied it was an electric guitar and was all tricks, he said, "That's for me".<ref name="Msnbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/id/41375957/ns/today-entertainment/t/jeff-beck-still-rocks-rolls-his-hot-rods/#.TwIAWJi6SrI|title=Jeff Beck still rocks—and rolls in his hot rods|publisher=[[Today.com]]|last=Ventre|first=Michael|date=7 February 2011|access-date=2 January 2012|archive-date=27 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144812/http://www.today.com/id/41375957/ns/today-entertainment/t/jeff-beck-still-rocks-rolls-his-hot-rods/#.TwIAWJi6SrI|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Cliff Gallup]], lead guitarist with [[Gene Vincent]] and the Blue Caps, was also an early musical influence, followed by [[B. B. King]] and [[Steve Cropper]].<ref>Interview with VH1 History of Rock and Roll.</ref> Beck considered [[Lonnie Mack]] "a rock guitarist [who] was unjustly overlooked [and] a major influence on him and many others."<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Jay |title=Jeff Beck's Guitar Magic Conquers Boston's Orpheum Theater |work=The Patriot Ledger |date=20 April 2015 |url=http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20150420/blogs/304209997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912220622/https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20150420/blogs/304209997 |archive-date=12 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}. One of Beck's favorite guitars is outfitted with two pickups from one of Mack's Flying Vs. Delvecchio, {{cite web |title=Top 5 Iconic Jeff Beck Guitars  |website=Sam Ash Spotlight |date=24 June 2019 |url=https://www.samash.com/spotlight/top-5-iconic-jeff-beck-guitars/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912213245/https://www.samash.com/spotlight/top-5-iconic-jeff-beck-guitars/ |archive-date=12 September 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

As a teenager, he learned to play on a borrowed guitar and made several attempts to build his own instrument, first by gluing and bolting together cigar boxes<ref>{{cite web |last=Mossman |first=Kate |date=20 July 2016 |title=The £7m fingers: how Jeff Beck became a guitar hero by saying no |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2016/07/7m-fingers-how-jeff-beck-became-guitar-hero-saying-no |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702093203/https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2016/07/7m-fingers-how-jeff-beck-became-guitar-hero-saying-no |archive-date=2 July 2018 |access-date=30 August 2018 |website=[[New Statesman]] |quote=This was a musical ground zero for the sons of insurance clerks and factory workers; they may have heard guitars but they couldn't see any, so they made them – Brian May (of Feltham, Middlesex) from a fireplace, Beck from cigar boxes.}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clapton-and-beck-the-long-and-winding-road-45572/|title=Clapton and Beck: The Long and Winding Road|first=David|last=Fricke|date=4 March 2010|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=30 August 2018|quote=Beck, who was a boy when he started working on cars with an uncle, built his first instrument, using a cigar box, a picture frame for the neck and string from a radio-controlled toy airplane. "I played with it for hours, making noises," he recalls happily.|archive-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830142305/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clapton-and-beck-the-long-and-winding-road-45572/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Power|2012|p=12}}: "But Beck was smitten by Paul's spark-flying style and would not be deterred{{nbsp}}... Jeff took to building his own demon machine: 'It was basically a cigar box with{{nbsp}}... I first picked up that guitar, I thought this was the instrument that was made for me.'"</ref> for the body and an unsanded fence post for the neck with model aircraft control lines and frets simply painted on it.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxtXDQAAQBAJ&q=cigar&pg=PT57|title=The Guitar Story: From Ancient to Modern Times|first=Bob|last=Fetherolf|date=6 January 2014|publisher=BookBaby|isbn=9781483516837|access-date=30 August 2018|via=Google Books|quote=English guitarist Jeff Beck has been described as an absolute master, perhaps the{{nbsp}}... at building his own guitar first by gluing and bolting together cigar boxes for the body.}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

After leaving school, he attended Wimbledon School of Art (now [[Wimbledon College of Arts]]).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hbkgEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA50 |page=50 |title=Led Zeppelin: The Biography |first=Bob |last=Spitz |date=9 November 2021 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=9780399562433 |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111333/https://books.google.com/books?id=hbkgEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA50#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> Then, he was briefly employed as a painter and decorator, a groundsman on a golf course, and a car paint sprayer. Beck's sister Annetta introduced him to [[Jimmy Page]] when both were teenagers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b0g902|title=Jeff Beck: Still on the Run – BBC Four|website=BBC|access-date=30 August 2018|archive-date=15 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015015729/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b0g902|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Beginnings and Yardbirds: 1963–1967 ===

While attending [[Wimbledon College of Art]], Beck played in a succession of groups. In 1963, after [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]] of [[the Rolling Stones]] introduced him to [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], he formed The Nightshift with whom he played at the [[100 Club]] in Oxford Street.<ref name="Rough" />{{sfn|Power|2012|p=}} Beck joined the Rumbles, a [[Croydon]] band, in 1963 for a short period as lead guitarist, playing [[Gene Vincent]] and [[Buddy Holly]] songs, displaying a talent for mimicking guitar styles. Later in 1963, he joined the Tridents, a band from the [[Chiswick]] area. "They were really my scene because they were playing flat-out R&B, like [[Jimmy Reed]] stuff, and we supercharged it all up and made it really rocky. I got off on that, even though it was only twelve-bar blues."{{sfn|Carson|2001|p=29}} He was a [[session musician|session guitarist]] on a 1964 Parlophone single by the Fitz and Startz titled "I'm Not Running Away", with B-side "So Sweet". Also in 1964, Beck was part of [[Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages]] when they recorded "Dracula's Daughter"/"Come Back Baby" for [[Oriole Records (UK)|Oriole Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ainian.com/disc.html|website=Ainian.com|title=Jeff Beck Discography|first=David |last=Terralavoro|author2=Dick Wyzanski|access-date=6 December 2016|archive-date=18 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418231748/http://www.ainian.com/disc.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Rough">{{cite book |last=Clayson |first=Alan |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PT86 |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |date=2003 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=9781843531050 |editor=Peter Buckley |page=79 |chapter=Jeff Beck}}</ref>

[[File:The Yardbirds in 1965 (true monochrome).jpg|thumb|left|Beck ''(top left)'' in 1965 with [[the Yardbirds]]]]

In March 1965, Beck was recruited by [[the Yardbirds]] to succeed [[Eric Clapton]] on the recommendation of fellow session musician Jimmy Page, who had been their initial choice.<ref name="HitParaderApr66">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ainian.com/HitParader_April66.pdf|title=Yardbird – How He Became England's|date=April 1966|magazine=Hit Parader|access-date=30 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917085935/http://ainian.com/HitParader_April66.pdf|archive-date=17 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Yardbirds recorded most of their [[Top 40]] hit songs during Beck's short but significant 20-month tenure with the band allowing him only one full album, which became known as ''[[Roger the Engineer]]'' (titled ''Over Under Sideways Down'' in the U.S.), released in 1966. In May 1966, Beck recorded an instrumental titled "[[Beck's Bolero]]". Rather than members of the Yardbirds, he was backed by Page on 12-string rhythm guitar, [[Keith Moon]] on drums, [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] on bass, and [[Nicky Hopkins]] on piano. In June, Page joined the Yardbirds, at first on bass and later on second lead guitar.<ref name="HitParaderApr66" /> This dual lead-guitar lineup was filmed performing an adaptation of "[[Train Kept A-Rollin'#The Yardbirds versions|Train Kept A-Rollin']]", titled "Stroll On", for the 1966 [[Michelangelo Antonioni]] film ''[[Blowup]]''.<ref>Platt, John; [[Chris Dreja|Dreja, Chris]]; [[Jim McCarty|McCarty, Jim]] (1983). ''Yardbirds''. [[Sidgwick and Jackson]] (London). {{ISBN|978-0-283-98982-7}}.</ref>

Beck was fired during a U.S. tour for being a consistent no-show and for difficulties caused by his perfectionism and explosive temper on stage.<ref name="SPI-Clapton-Beck">{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Eric-Clapton-And-Jeff-Beck-The-Death-of-a-886843.php|title=Eric Clapton And Jeff Beck: The Death of a Musical Revolution|date=26 April 2011|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|access-date=27 March 2012|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918005755/https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Eric-Clapton-And-Jeff-Beck-The-Death-of-a-886843.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Jeff Beck with the Yardbirds.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|Beck playing with the Yardbirds, early 1966]]
=== Band leader and co-leader: 1967 to 1974 ===
In 1967, he recorded several solo singles for pop producer [[Mickie Most]], including "[[Hi Ho Silver Lining]]" and "Tallyman", which also included his vocals.<ref>With the Yardbirds, Beck provided the lead vocals for "Psycho Daisies" (studio UK B-side of "[[Happenings Ten Years Time Ago]]") and "The Sun Is Shining" (live ''[[BBC Sessions (The Yardbirds album)|BBC Sessions]]'').</ref> He then formed [[the Jeff Beck Group]], which included [[Rod Stewart]] on vocals, [[Ronnie Wood]] on bass, [[Nicky Hopkins]] on piano, and [[Aynsley Dunbar]] on drums (replaced by [[Micky Waller]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailyrockbox.com/rod-stewart-fronting-the-jeff-beck-group-is-unforgettable/|title=Rod Stewart Fronting The Jeff Beck Group Is Unforgettable|work=Daily Rock Box |publisher=dailyrockbox.com|access-date=12 January 2023|archive-date=15 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111337/https://dailyrockbox.com/rod-stewart-fronting-the-jeff-beck-group-is-unforgettable/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The group produced two albums for Columbia Records (Epic in the US): ''[[Truth (Jeff Beck album)|Truth]]'' (as Jeff Beck, August 1968) and ''[[Beck-Ola]]'' (July 1969). ''Truth,'' released five months before the first [[Led Zeppelin]] album, features "[[You Shook Me]]", a song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by [[Muddy Waters]], also covered on the Led Zeppelin debut with a similar arrangement.{{sfn|Power|2012|p=}}  It sold well (reaching No. 15 on the ''Billboard'' charts). ''Beck-Ola'' saw drummer Micky Waller replaced by [[Tony Newman (drummer)|Tony Newman]], and, while well-received, was less successful both commercially and critically. Resentment, coupled with touring incidents, led the group to disband in July 1969.

In his autobiography, [[Nick Mason]] recalls that, during 1967, [[Pink Floyd]] had wanted to recruit Beck to be its guitarist after the departure of [[Syd Barrett]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinkfloyd-co.com/band/interviews/rww/rwwcollector.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010214231930/http://pinkfloyd-co.com/band/interviews/rww/rwwcollector.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=14 February 2001|title=Record Collector Interview|first=K.|last= Whitlock|access-date=15 December 2007|publisher=Pink Floyd & Co fan website}}</ref> but "none of us had the nerve to ask him."{{sfn|Mason|Dodd|2005}} In 1969, following the death of [[Brian Jones]], Beck was approached about joining the Rolling Stones.<ref name="SPI-Clapton-Beck" />

After the break-up of his group, Beck took part in the ''[[Music from Free Creek]]'' "super session" project, billed as "A. N. Other" and contributed lead guitar on four songs, including one co-written by him. In September 1969, he teamed with the rhythm section of [[Vanilla Fudge]]: bassist [[Tim Bogert]] and drummer [[Carmine Appice]] (when they were in England to resolve contractual issues), but when Beck fractured his skull in a car accident near Maidstone in December the plan was postponed for two-and-a-half years, during which time Bogert and Appice formed [[Cactus (American band)|Cactus]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDuffee |first=Allen |date=2023-01-12 |title=The 1969 Car Crash That Nearly Ended Jeff Beck's Music Career |url=https://www.grunge.com/1164659/the-1969-car-crash-that-nearly-ended-jeff-becks-music-career/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Grunge |language=en-US}}</ref> Beck later remarked on the 1960s period of his life: "Everyone thinks of the 1960s as something they really weren't. It was the frustration period of my life. The electronic equipment just wasn't up to the sounds I had in my head."{{sfn|Heslam|1992|p=292}}

In 1970, after Beck had regained his health, he set about forming a band with the drummer [[Cozy Powell]]. Beck, Powell, and producer [[Mickie Most]] flew to the United States and recorded several tracks at [[Motown]]'s famed Studio A in Hitsville U.S.A. with the [[Funk Brothers]], Motown's in-house band, but the results remained unreleased. By April 1971 Beck had completed the line-up of this new group with guitarist/vocalist [[Bobby Tench]], keyboard player [[Max Middleton]], and bassist [[Clive Chaman]]. The new band performed as "The Jeff Beck Group" but had a substantially different sound from the first line-up.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeff Beck Group hometown, lineup, biography |url=https://www.last.fm/music/Jeff+Beck+Group/+wiki |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=Last.fm |language=en |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112105635/https://www.last.fm/music/Jeff%2BBeck%2BGroup/%2Bwiki |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[Rough and Ready (album)|Rough and Ready]]'' (October 1971), the first album they recorded, on which Beck wrote or co-wrote six of the album's seven tracks, included elements of soul, rhythm-and-blues, and jazz, foreshadowing the direction Beck's music would take later in the decade.<ref name="amgreview">{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |date= |title=The Jeff Beck Group - ''Rough and Ready'' (1971) album review &#124; AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rough-and-ready-mw0000192943 |work=allmusic.com}}</ref>

[[File:Early Jeff Beck.jpg|thumb|Beck in 1973]]

A second album, ''[[Jeff Beck Group (album)|Jeff Beck Group]]'' (July 1972), was recorded at TMI studios in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] with the same personnel.<ref>{{cite web |last=Graves |first=Tom |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jeff-beck-group-mw0000649876 |title=Jeff Beck Group Review |website=AllMusic |access-date=14 February 2009 |archive-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604050704/http://www.allmusic.com/album/jeff-beck-group-mw0000649876 |url-status=live}}</ref> Beck employed [[Steve Cropper]] as producer{{sfn|Hjort|Hinman|2000|p=115}} and the album displayed a strong [[Soul music|soul]] influence, five of the nine tracks being covers of songs by American artists. One, "I Got to Have a Song", was the first of four [[Stevie Wonder]] compositions covered by Beck. Shortly after the release of the ''Jeff Beck Group'' album, the band was dissolved and Beck's management put out the statement that: "The fusion of the musical styles of the various members has been successful within the terms of individual musicians, but they didn't feel it had led to the creation of a new musical style with the strength they had originally sought".{{Sfn|Hjort|Hinman|2000|p=122}}

Beck then started collaborating with bassist [[Tim Bogert]] and drummer Carmine Appice, who became available following the demise of [[Cactus (American band)|Cactus]] but continued touring as the Jeff Beck Group in August 1972, to fulfill contractual obligations with his promoter, with a line-up including Bogert, Appice, [[Max Middleton]] and vocalist [[Kim Milford]]. After six appearances, Milford was replaced by [[Bobby Tench]], who was flown in from the United Kingdom{{sfn|Hjort|Hinman|2000|p=123}} for the ''Arie Crown Theatre'' Chicago performance and the rest of the tour,{{sfn|Joynson|1998|p=415}} which concluded at the [[Paramount Theatre (Seattle, Washington)|Paramount North West Theatre, Seattle]]. After the tour, Tench and Middleton left the band and the [[power trio]] [[Beck, Bogert & Appice]] emerged. Appice took on the role of vocalist with Bogert and Beck contributing occasionally.{{sfn|Hjort|Hinman|2000|p=124}}

They were included on the bill for ''Rock at The Oval'' in September 1972, still as "The Jeff Beck Group", which marked the start of a tour schedule of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany. Another U.S. tour began in October 1972, starting at the [[Hollywood Sportatorium]] Florida and concluding on 11 November 1972 at The Warehouse in [[New Orleans]].{{sfn|Hjort|Hinman|2000|pp=125–131}} In April 1973 the album ''[[Beck, Bogert & Appice (album)|Beck, Bogert & Appice]]'' was released (on Epic Records). While critics acknowledged the band's instrumental prowess the album was not commercially well received except for its cover of Stevie Wonder's hit "[[Superstition (song)|Superstition]]".

On 3 July 1973, Beck joined [[David Bowie]] onstage to perform "[[The Jean Genie]]"/"[[Love Me Do]]" and "[[Around and Around]]". The show was filmed and was finally released in the 2022 Bowie documentary ''[[Moonage Daydream (film)|Moonage Daydream]]''. During October 1973 Beck recorded tracks for [[Michael Fennelly (musician)|Michael Fennelly]]'s<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p17485 |last=Thomas |first=Bryan |title=Michael Fennelly |publisher=allmusic.com |access-date=31 July 2009 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115125700/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-fennelly-mn0001634231 |url-status=live}}</ref> album ''Lane Changer''.

Early in January 1974, Beck, Bogert & Appice played at the [[Rainbow Theatre (Finsbury Park)|Rainbow Theatre]] in London as part of a European tour. The concert was broadcast in full on the U.S. show ''Rock Around the World'' in September of the same year. This last recorded work by the band previewed material intended for a second studio album, included on the bootleg ''At Last Rainbow''. The tracks "Blues Deluxe" and "BBA Boogie" from this concert were later included on the Jeff Beck compilation ''[[Beckology]]'' (1991).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1580 |first=Bruce |last=Eder |title=Beckology |publisher=Allmusic.com |access-date=16 February 2009 |archive-date=3 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203034056/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1580 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Beck, Bogert & Appice dissolved in April 1974 before their second studio album (produced by Jimmy Miller) was finished. Their live album ''[[Live in Japan (Beck, Bogert & Appice album)|Beck, Bogert & Appice Live in Japan]]'', recorded during their 1973 tour of Japan, was not released until February 1975 by Epic/Sony.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

After a few months, Beck entered Underhill Studio and met with the band [[Upp (band)|Upp]]; he recruited them to be the backing band for his appearance on the BBC TV program ''Guitar Workshop'' in August 1974. Beck produced and played on their [[Upp (album)|self-titled debut album]] and their second album ''This Way Upp'', though his contributions to the second album went uncredited. During 1974, he participated in recording sessions for the first album by former Jeff Beck Group member [[Bobby Tench]]'s band [[Hummingbird (band)|Hummingbird]]'<ref name="Jeff Beck Hummingbird">{{cite book|author=Hjort and Hinman|title=Jeff's book: A Chronology of Jeff Beck's Career 1965-1980|page=146}}</ref> but did not contribute to the album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ainian.com/jb8.html#1 |title=No Jive With Clive! An Exclusive Interview With Clive Chaman (bass player with Hummingbird) by Dick Wyzanski |date=March 2001 |publisher=ainian.com |access-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804235307/http://www.ainian.com/jb8.html#1 |archive-date=4 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 

=== Going solo: 1974 to 1980 ===
In October the same year, Beck began to record instrumental sessions at [[AIR Oxford Circus|AIR Studios]] with [[Max Middleton]] who was also associated with Hummingbird,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bernard-pretty-purdie-mn0000047401/credits |title=Bernard Purdue |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=25 February 2023 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111337/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bernard-pretty-purdie-mn0000047401/creditsAjax#credits |url-status=live }}</ref> bassist [[Phil Chen]] and drummer Richard Bailey using [[George Martin]] as producer and arranger. These formed the basis for Beck's solo album  ''[[Blow by Blow]]'' (March 1975)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/blow-by-blow-mw0000619122 |title=Jeff Beck Blow by Blow |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=25 February 2023 |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520120825/https://www.allmusic.com/album/blow-by-blow-mw0000619122 |url-status=live }}</ref> and showcased Beck's technical prowess in jazz-rock. The album reached number four in the charts and is Beck's most commercially successful release. Beck, fastidious about [[Overdubbing|overdubs]] and often dissatisfied with his solos, often returned to AIR Studios until he was satisfied. A couple of months after the sessions had finished, producer George Martin received a telephone call from Beck, who wanted to record a solo section again. Bemused, Martin replied: "I'm sorry, Jeff, but the record is in the shops!"{{sfn|Foster|Cunningham|2000|pp=13, 119, 120, 315}}

Beck put together a live band for a US tour, which was preceded by a small and unannounced gig at The Newlands Tavern in [[Peckham]], London. He toured through April and May 1975, mostly supporting the [[Mahavishnu Orchestra]], retaining Max Middleton on keyboards but with a new [[rhythm section]] of bassist [[Wilbur Bascomb]] and noted session drummer [[Bernard Purdie|Bernard "Pretty" Purdie]], who was also associated with Hummingbird.

In a May 1975 show in [[Cleveland]] at the Music Hall, he became frustrated with an early version of a [[talk box]] he used on his arrangement of the Beatles' "[[She's a Woman]]", and after breaking a string, tossed his legendary Yardbirds-era [[Fender Stratocaster]] guitar off the stage. He did the same with the talk box and finished the show playing a Les Paul guitar without the box. During this tour he performed at [[Yuya Uchida (singer)|Yuya Uchida]]'s "World Rock Festival", playing eight songs with Purdie. In addition, he performed a guitar and drum instrumental with Johnny Yoshinaga and, at the end of the festival, joined in a live jam with bassist [[Felix Pappalardi]] of [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]] and vocalist [[Joe Yamanaka|Akira "Joe" Yamanaka]] from the [[Flower Travellin' Band]]. Only his set with Purdie was recorded and released.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

Beck returned to the studio and recorded ''[[Wired (Jeff Beck album)|Wired]]'' (1976), which paired ex-Mahavishnu Orchestra drummer and composer [[Narada Michael Walden]] and keyboardist [[Jan Hammer]]. The album used a jazz-rock fusion style, which sounded similar to the work of his two collaborators. To promote the album, Beck joined forces with the Jan Hammer Group, playing a show supporting [[Alvin Lee]] at [[The Roundhouse]] in May 1976, before embarking on a seven-month-long world tour. This resulted in the live album ''[[Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live]]'' (1977).

At this point, Beck was a [[tax exile]] and took up residency in the US, remaining there until his return to the UK in the autumn of 1977. In the spring of 1978, he began rehearsing with ex-[[Return to Forever]] bassist [[Stanley Clarke]] and drummer [[Gerry Brown (drummer)|Gerry Brown]] towards a projected appearance at the Knebworth Festival, but this was cancelled after Brown dropped out. Beck toured Japan for three weeks in November 1978 with an ad hoc group consisting of Clarke and newcomers [[Tony Hymas]] (keyboards) and [[Simon Phillips (drummer)|Simon Phillips]] (drums).{{sfn|Carson|2001|p=191f}}

Work then began on a new studio album at [[the Who]]'s [[Ramport Studios]] in London and continued sporadically throughout 1979, resulting in ''[[There & Back (Jeff Beck album)|There & Back]]'' in June 1980. It featured three tracks composed and recorded with Jan Hammer, while five were written with Hymas. Stanley Clarke was replaced by [[Mo Foster]] on bass, both on the album and the subsequent tours. Its release was followed by extensive touring in the US, Japan, and the UK.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

=== Collaboration years: 1980s and 1990s ===

In 1981, Beck made a series of historic live appearances with his Yardbirds predecessor [[Eric Clapton]] at the [[Amnesty International]]-sponsored benefit concerts dubbed ''[[The Secret Policeman's Other Ball]]'' shows. In that show, he appeared with Clapton on "[[Cross Road Blues|Crossroads]]", "[[Further on Up the Road]]", and his arrangement of Stevie Wonder's "Cause We've Ended As Lovers". Beck also featured prominently in an all-star band finale performance of "[[I Shall Be Released]]" with Clapton, [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Donovan]], and [[Bob Geldof]]. Beck's contributions were seen and heard in the resulting album and film, both of which achieved worldwide success in 1982. Another benefit show, the [[ARMS Charity Concert|ARMS Concert]] for [[multiple sclerosis]], featured a jam with Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page, during which they performed "[[Tulsa Time]]"{{sfn|Carson|2001|p=163}} and "[[Layla]]".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fV1ETWSpk8 | title=Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton & Jimmy Page - Layla (HQ ARMS Concert 1983) | website=YouTube | date=23 June 2012 | access-date=2 June 2024 | archive-date=15 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111405/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fV1ETWSpk8 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1985, Beck released ''[[Flash (Jeff Beck album)|Flash]]'', featuring a variety of vocalists, but most notably former bandmate [[Rod Stewart]] on a rendition of [[Curtis Mayfield]]'s "[[People Get Ready (song)|People Get Ready]]".<ref>{{Cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1d6aAwAAQBAJ&q=people+get+ready+beck+stewart+mtv&pg=PT151| title=The Small Faces & Other Stories| isbn=9780857124517| last1=Schmitt| first1=Roland| date=1 August 2011| publisher=Bobcat Books| access-date=1 November 2020| archive-date=15 January 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115125701/https://books.google.com/books?id=1d6aAwAAQBAJ&q=people+get+ready+beck+stewart+mtv&pg=PT151| url-status=live}}</ref> The aforementioned cover song was also released as a single which went on to become a hit. A video was made for the track and the clip achieved heavy rotation on [[MTV]]. The two also played a few dates together during this time but a full tour in tandem never materialized.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/jeff-beck-discusses-gear-technique-and-hendrix-1985-guitar-world-interview|title=Jeff Beck Discusses Gear, Technique and Hendrix in 1985 Guitar World Interview – Guitarworld|website=Guitarworld.com|date=31 August 2011|access-date=16 September 2018|archive-date=16 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816194520/https://www.guitarworld.com/amp/features/jeff-beck-discusses-gear-technique-and-hendrix-1985-guitar-world-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> At Stewart's induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, Beck gave the induction speech saying of Stewart, "We have a [[love hate relationship]]—he loves me and I hate him."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/jeff-beck/timeline/ |title=Inductee explorer &#124; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |website=Rockhall.com |access-date=17 July 2016 |archive-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621143304/https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/jeff-beck/timeline |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xot_GxMHqVAC&pg=PA300 |title=Rod Stewart: The New Biography |first=Tim |last=Ewbank |author2=Stafford Hildred |page=300 |date=July 2005 |publisher=Citadel Press |access-date=17 July 2016 |isbn=9780806526447 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115125701/https://books.google.com/books?id=xot_GxMHqVAC&pg=PA300 |url-status=live }}</ref> During this time, Beck made several guest appearances with other performers, including one in the 1988 movie ''[[Twins (1988 film)|Twins]]'', where he played guitar with singer [[Nicolette Larson]].{{sfn|Carson|2001|p=191f}}

After a four-year break, he made a return to instrumental music with the 1989 album ''[[Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop]]'', the first album to feature Beck as a [[fingerstyle]] guitarist, leaving the [[plectrum]] playing style.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} It was only his third album to be released in the 1980s. Much of Beck's sparse and sporadic recording schedule was due in part to a long battle with [[tinnitus]].<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Phil Weller |date=2024-11-21 |title="He woke up with this insane screaming in his ears. I wanted to pack it up that day and send my amps home." Slash recalls how a jam with Jeff Beck nearly ended his idol's career |url=https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/slash-on-jamming-with-jeff-beck |access-date=2025-09-27 |website=GuitarPlayer |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Jeff Beck EnmoreTheatre.jpg|thumb|left|Beck at the [[Enmore Theatre]] in [[Sydney]], 2009]]

In the 1990s, Beck had a higher musical output. He contributed to [[Jon Bon Jovi]]'s solo debut album ''[[Blaze of Glory (Jon Bon Jovi album)|Blaze of Glory]]'' in 1990, playing the main solo of the album's title song, which was also the [[Blaze of Glory (Jon Bon Jovi song)|theme song]] to the movie ''[[Young Guns II]]''. The same year, he was a featured performer on [[Hans Zimmer]]'s score for the film ''[[Days of Thunder]]''. He played lead guitar on [[Roger Waters]]' 1992 concept album ''[[Amused to Death]]'', and on the 1993 albums ''[[The Red Shoes (album)|The Red Shoes]]'' by [[Kate Bush]] and ''[[Love Scenes (Beverley Craven album)|Love Scenes]]'' by [[Beverley Craven]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2007/03/23/beverley_craven_interview_feature.shtml|title=Beverley's back!|work=BBC Online|first=Katy|last=Lewis|date=23 March 2007|access-date=16 October 2019|archive-date=10 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110125433/http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2007/03/23/beverley_craven_interview_feature.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> He recorded the 1992 instrumental soundtrack album ''[[Frankie's House (soundtrack album)|Frankie's House]]'', as well as ''[[Crazy Legs (album)|Crazy Legs]]'' (1993), a tribute album to 1950s rockabilly group [[Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps]] and their influential guitarist [[Cliff Gallup]].{{sfn|Carson|2001|p=221}}

Beck rehearsed with [[Guns N' Roses]] for their concert in Paris in 1992, but did not play in the actual concert due to ear damage caused by a [[Matt Sorum]] [[cymbal]] crash, causing Beck to become temporarily deaf.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/jeff-becks-music-business-lessons|title=Jeff Beck's Music Business Lessons|website=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]|date=27 April 2010|access-date=10 July 2013|archive-date=31 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031091802/http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/jeff-becks-music-business-lessons|url-status=live}}</ref> The Yardbirds were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1992. In Beck's acceptance speech, he humorously noted that "Someone told me I should be proud tonight{{nbsp}}... But I'm not, because they kicked me out{{nbsp}}... They did{{nbsp}}... Fuck them!"<ref name="RRHoFSpeech">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPiln7t58ls| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/FPiln7t58ls| archive-date=29 October 2021|title=Jeff Beck-Hall of Fame Speech|date=23 March 2008|via=YouTube|access-date=13 January 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

He accompanied [[Paul Rodgers]] of [[Bad Company]] on the album ''[[Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters]]'' in 1993.

=== Solo career renewal: 1999 to 2020s ===

Beck's next release was in 1999, his first foray into guitar-based [[electronica]], ''[[Who Else!]]''. The album was Beck's first collaboration with a female instrumentalist, [[Jennifer Batten]],<ref name="Music Legends">{{cite web|publisher=Music Legends|url=http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/jennifer-batten-interview/|title=Jennifer Batten Interview|access-date=3 July 2013|date=23 July 2008|last=Saulnier|first=Jason|archive-date=19 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319171111/http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/jennifer-batten-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> in touring, writing, and recording as well as the first time he had worked with another guitarist on his own material since playing in the Yardbirds. Beck continued to work with Batten through the post-release tour of ''You Had It Coming'' in 2001.<ref>Blackett, Matt. "Rock: Riffs-Jennifer Batten." Guitar Player. Vol. 42.9. Sept. 2008</ref>

Beck won his third [[Grammy Award]], this one for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" for the track "Dirty Mind" from ''[[You Had It Coming]]'' (2000).<ref name="grammy" /> The song "Plan B" from the 2003 release ''[[Jeff (album)|Jeff]]'', earned Beck his fourth [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance]], and was proof that the new electro-guitar style he used for the two earlier albums would continue to dominate.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} Beck was the opening act for [[B.B. King]] in the summer of 2003 and appeared at Eric Clapton's [[Crossroads Guitar Festival]] in 2004. Additionally, in 2004, Beck was featured on the song [[54-46 That's My Number|"54-46 Was My Number"]] by [[Toots and the Maytals]] as part of the album [[True Love (Toots & the Maytals album)|''True Love'']] which won the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Best Reggae Album]].{{sfn|Power|2012|p=}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Toots&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All |title=Awards &#124; GRAMMYs |website=Grammy.com |date=30 April 2017 |access-date=22 July 2017 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220070312/https://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=toots&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Jeff Beck & Tal Wilkenfeld.jpg|thumb|left|Beck with [[Tal Wilkenfeld]] on the 2007 [[Crossroads Guitar Festival]] tour]]

In 2007, he accompanied [[Kelly Clarkson]] for her cover of [[Patty Griffin]]'s  "[[Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)|Up to the Mountain]]", during the [[Idol Gives Back]] episode of ''[[American Idol]]''. The performance was recorded live and afterward, was immediately released for sale.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} In the same year, he appeared once again at Clapton's [[Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007|Crossroads Guitar Festival]], performing with [[Vinnie Colaiuta]], [[Jason Rebello]], and then 21-year-old bassist [[Tal Wilkenfeld]].<ref>Power, M. 2014. Hot Wired Guitar: The Life Of Jeff Beck. Omnibus Press, pp. 398-400.</ref>

Beck announced a world tour in early 2009 and remained faithful to the same lineup of musicians as in his tour two years before, playing and recording at [[Ronnie Scott's]] in London to a sold-out audience.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} Beck played on the song "Black Cloud" on the 2009 [[Morrissey]] album ''[[Years of Refusal]]'' and later that year, [[Harvey Goldsmith]] became Beck's manager.<ref>BBC ''Desert Island Discs'' Harvey Goldsmith</ref>
Beck was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist on 4 April 2009;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214100333/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/ny-etrockhall0922%2C0%2C3257546.story|url-status=dead|title=Newsday &#124; Long Island's & NYC's News Source|archive-date=14 February 2009|access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref> the award was presented by Jimmy Page. Beck performed "[[Train Kept A-Rollin']]" along with Page, Ronnie Wood, [[Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry]], [[Flea (musician)|Flea]], and [[Metallica]] members [[James Hetfield]], [[Robert Trujillo]], [[Lars Ulrich]], [[Kirk Hammett]], and [[Jason Newsted]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hREPMeeR5GfDTBELMODMLmXmjLWgD95N3FTO1 |title=The Associated Press: Run-DMC, Metallica lead list of 2009 Rock Hall |access-date=28 January 2010 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123005927/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hREPMeeR5GfDTBELMODMLmXmjLWgD95N3FTO1 |archive-date=23 January 2009 }}</ref>
On 4 July 2009, [[David Gilmour]] joined Beck onstage at the Albert Hall. Beck and Gilmour traded solos on "Jerusalem" and closed the show with "[[Hi Ho Silver Lining]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=David Gilmour and Jeff Beck Play "Jerusalem" and "Hi Ho Silver Lining" in 2009 |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/david-gilmour-and-jeff-beck-play-jerusalem-and-hi-ho-silver-lining-2009-video |website=Guitar World |date=24 June 2019 |access-date=12 January 2023 |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112022019/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/david-gilmour-and-jeff-beck-play-jerusalem-and-hi-ho-silver-lining-2009-video |url-status=live }}</ref>

Beck's album ''[[Emotion & Commotion]]'' was released in April 2010. It features a mixture of original songs and [[cover song|covers]] such as "[[Over the Rainbow]]", Puccini's ''[[Nessun Dorma]]'' and [[Benjamin Britten]]'s ''[[Corpus Christi Carol]]'', interpreted through Beck's "uniquely sensitive touch".<ref>Sweeting, A. (2023) "Jeff Beck Obituary." ''Guardian'', 12 January.</ref> [[Joss Stone]] and [[Imelda May]] provided some of the guest vocals.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/01/19/jeff-beck-blends-classical-with-rock-on-april-13th-album-emotion-commotion/ |title=Jeff beck, Emotion & Commotion |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=13 April 2009 |access-date=2 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124120525/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/01/19/jeff-beck-blends-classical-with-rock-on-april-13th-album-emotion-commotion/ |archive-date=24 January 2010 }}</ref> Two tracks from ''Emotion & Commotion'' won Grammy Awards in 2011: "Nessun Dorma" won the [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance]], and "Hammerhead" won the [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance]].<ref name="usatoday">{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2011-02-10-grammy-winners_N.htm|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|title=The 2011 Grammy winners list: Who took home the gold?|date=14 February 2011|access-date=22 July 2011|archive-date=4 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104150223/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2011-02-10-grammy-winners_N.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Beck collaborated on "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]" for the 2010 [[Herbie Hancock]] album, ''[[The Imagine Project]]'' along with [[Seal (musician)|Seal]], [[P!nk]], [[India.Arie]], [[Konono N°1]], [[Oumou Sangare]] and others and received a third Grammy in 2011 for [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals|Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]] for the track.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=36827|title=The Imagine Project|magazine=All About Jazz|date=21 June 2010|access-date=29 November 2010|archive-date=2 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102213139/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=36827|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.dailyrecord.com/sixstrings/2011/02/14/jeff-beck-nabs-three-grammy-awards/|title=Jeff Beck ties Lady Gaga with three Grammys|publisher=dailyrecord.com|date=14 February 2011|access-date=29 December 2011|archive-date=11 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711060438/http://blogs.dailyrecord.com/sixstrings/2011/02/14/jeff-beck-nabs-three-grammy-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Beck's 2010 World Tour band featured Grammy-winning musician [[Narada Michael Walden]] on drums, [[Rhonda Smith]] on bass, and [[Jason Rebello]] on keyboards. He released a live album titled ''[[Live and Exclusive from the Grammy Museum]]'' on 25 October 2010. On 9 June 2010 Beck with Imelda May's band recorded a DVD named ''[[Rock 'n' Roll Party (Honoring Les Paul)]]'', of a concert at the Iridium in NYC featuring several Les Paul songs (with Ms. May doing the Mary Ford vocals).

[[File:Jeff Beck 2011.jpg|thumb|right|Beck performing in 2011]]
In 2011, Beck received two honorary degrees from British universities. On 18 July 2011, he was honoured with a fellowship from the [[University of the Arts London]] in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to the field of Music".<ref name="imaguitarist">{{cite web|url=http://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/jeff-beck-receives-an-honorary-fellowship-from-university-of-the-arts-london-and-university-of-sussex/|title=Jeff Beck receives an Honorary Fellowship from University of the Arts London and University of Sussex|publisher=imaguitarist|date=19 July 2011|access-date=22 July 2011|archive-date=1 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901081206/http://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/jeff-beck-receives-an-honorary-fellowship-from-university-of-the-arts-london-and-university-of-sussex/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 21 July 2011, Beck was also presented with an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Sussex]] (by [[Sanjeev Bhaskar]], the university's chancellor), the citation stating that the honour acknowledged "an outstanding musical career and celebrated the relationship between the university and the [[Brighton Institute of Modern Music]] (BIMM)".<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-14232193|title=Guitarist Jeff Beck receives honorary degree in Sussex|publisher=BBC|date=21 July 2011|access-date=22 July 2011|archive-date=26 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726070413/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-14232193|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9153272.Sussex_University_graduation_ceremonies_begin/|title=Sussex University graduation ceremonies begin|publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|date=21 July 2011|access-date=22 July 2011|archive-date=9 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009073031/http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9153272.Sussex_University_graduation_ceremonies_begin/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013, it was announced that Beck would be performing on [[Beach Boys]] founder [[Brian Wilson]]'s solo album (alongside Beach Boys [[Al Jardine]] and [[David Marks (musician)|David Marks]]) on Capitol Records.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brianwilson.com/news/2013/6/6/brian-wilson-returns-to-capitol-music-group-currently-recording-and-self-producing-his-11th-solo-studio-album |title=Brian Wilson Returns to Capitol Music Group; Currently Recording and Self-Producing New Solo Studio Album—Brian Wilson |publisher=Brianwilson.com |date=6 June 2013 |access-date=19 June 2013 |archive-date=9 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609144416/http://www.brianwilson.com/news/2013/6/6/brian-wilson-returns-to-capitol-music-group-currently-recording-and-self-producing-his-11th-solo-studio-album |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 20 June, Wilson's website announced that the material might be split into three albums: one of new pop songs, another of mostly instrumental tracks with Beck, and another of interwoven tracks dubbed "the suite".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brianwilson.com/news/2013/6/20/brian-wilson-rocks-with-jeff-beck-plans-new-lps |title=Rolling Stone: Brian Wilson Rocks With Jeff Beck, Plans New LPs — Brian Wilson |publisher=Brianwilson.com |date=20 June 2013 |access-date=24 April 2014 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729141434/https://www.brianwilson.com/news/2013/6/20/brian-wilson-rocks-with-jeff-beck-plans-new-lps |url-status=dead }}</ref> Beck also accompanied Wilson (along with Jardine and Marks) on an [[Brian Wilson and Jeff Beck Tour 2013|18-date fall 2013 tour]], which started in late September and ended in late October (prior to which, Beck made clear that he regarded sharing the stage with Wilson as a complete honour for himself).<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Erin |last=Coulehan |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/brian-wilson-and-jeff-beck-plan-fall-tour-20130805 |title=Brian Wilson and Jeff Beck Plan Fall Tour &#124; Music News |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=5 August 2013 |access-date=24 April 2014 |archive-date=19 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319224326/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/brian-wilson-and-jeff-beck-plan-fall-tour-20130805 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2014, to mark the beginning of Jeff's World Tour in Japan, a three-track CD titled ''Yosogai'' was released on 5 April; the album had yet to be finalized at the time of the tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/jeff-beck-performs-why-give-it-away-japan-only-ep-yosogai-video|title=Jeff Beck Performs "Why Give It Away" from Japan-Only EP, 'Yosogai' — Video|work=Guitar World |date=6 May 2014 |publisher=Guitarworld.com|access-date=22 September 2014|archive-date=24 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924041230/http://www.guitarworld.com/jeff-beck-performs-why-give-it-away-japan-only-ep-yosogai-video|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2014, he accompanied [[Joss Stone]] at [[The Royal British Legion]]'s Festival of Remembrance at the [[Royal Albert Hall]].

For the 2016 album ''[[Loud Hailer (album)|Loud Hailer]]'', Beck teamed up with Carmen Vandenberg and Rosie Bones of [[Bones UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rhino.com/product/loud-hailer|title=Loud Hailer|publisher=Rhino.com|accessdate=15 January 2023|archive-date=15 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111338/https://www.rhino.com/product/loud-hailer|url-status=live}}</ref> The album protests the state of the world,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.popmatters.com/jeff-beck-loud-hailer-2495423796.html | title=Jeff Beck: Loud Hailer, PopMatters | date=26 July 2016 | access-date=30 May 2024 | archive-date=15 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111355/https://www.popmatters.com/jeff-beck-loud-hailer-2495423796.html | url-status=live }}</ref> with titles ranging from ''Thugs' Club'' via ''Scared for the Children'' to ''O.I.L. (Can't Get Enough of That Sticky)''.

On 16 April 2020, Beck released a new single, in which he collaborated with [[Johnny Depp]] to record [[John Lennon]]'s song "[[Isolation (John Lennon song)|Isolation]]", explaining that this was a first record release from an ongoing musical collaboration between the two men. They had been recording music together for some time, with the track being produced the year before, but Beck explained that the decision to release it was influenced by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] [[lockdown]]s: "We weren't expecting to release it so soon but given all the hard days and true 'isolation' that people are going through in these challenging times, we decided now might be the right time to let you all hear it".<ref>"The musical soulmates have been working behind-the-scenes for the past few several years on new music and have released their first single as a duo today, a re-imagining of John Lennon's classic track "Isolation..." [http://jeffbeck.com/jeff-beck-johnny-depp-release-cover-john-lennons-isolation/ DEBUT COLLABORATION FROM THE UNEXPECTED DUO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424022416/http://jeffbeck.com/jeff-beck-johnny-depp-release-cover-john-lennons-isolation/ |date=24 April 2020 }}, as published on 16 April 2020, in Jeff Beck official website</ref><ref>See [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma-149FnSN4 Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp – Isolation [Official Lyric Video<nowiki>]</nowiki>], as published on 16 April 2020, in Jeff Beck official YouTube channel {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417120157/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma-149FnSN4 |date=17 April 2020 }}</ref>

[[File:Jeff-beck DSC07202.jpg|thumb|left|Beck performing in Denmark, 2022]]
On 2 June 2022, Beck was in the news after Depp appeared with him at [[The Sage]] in [[Gateshead]], following his victory in [[Depp v. Heard|the high-profile defamation case]] against his ex-wife [[Amber Heard]]. Both also had performed at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London earlier in the week.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61679022|title=Johnny Depp gigs in Gateshead after Amber Heard libel case win|work=BBC News|date=3 June 2022|access-date=3 June 2022|archive-date=3 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603014905/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61679022|url-status=live}}</ref> Beck and Depp's first single from their collaborative album ''[[18 (Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp album)|18]]'', titled "[[This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr]]", was announced on 10 June 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/10/johnny-depp-and-jeff-back-drop-first-single-album-name-release-date-16804699 |date= 10 June 2022 |title= Johnny Depp and Jeff Back drop first single from joint album: Name, release date and more |access-date= 10 June 2022 |work= [[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]], London, United Kingdom |first= Alistair |last=McGeorge |archive-date= 10 June 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220610154023/https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/10/johnny-depp-and-jeff-back-drop-first-single-album-name-release-date-16804699/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

Beck is featured on two tracks (the title track and "A Thousand Shades") from [[Ozzy Osbourne]]'s album ''[[Patient Number 9]]'', which was released on 24 June 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/ozzy-osbourne-to-release-patient-number-9-single-on-friday-teaser-available |title=Ozzy Osbourne to Release 'Patient Number 9' Single on Friday; Teaser Available |website=Blabbermouth.net |date=22 June 2022 |access-date=24 June 2022 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624045140/https://blabbermouth.net/news/ozzy-osbourne-to-release-patient-number-9-single-on-friday-teaser-available |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Dion DiMucci]]'s 2020 album ''[[Joe_Bonamassa#Keeping_the_Blues_Alive_Records|Blues with Friends]]'' he played lead guitar on "Can't Start Over Again".<ref>{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Friedlander |title=Check out Dion's new collaborative tune with Jeff Beck, 'Can't Start Over Again' |website=AM-880 KIXI |date=26 May 2020 |url=https://kixi.com/check-out-dions-new-collaborative-tune-with-jeff-beck-cant-start-over-again/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111844/https://kixi.com/check-out-dions-new-collaborative-tune-with-jeff-beck-cant-start-over-again/ |archive-date=15 June 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Beck's final recording before his death was his contribution to a supergroup recording of "[[Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero]]" to support the [[Teenage Cancer Trust]] and Teen Cancer America.<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Kaufman | first=Gil | title=Mark Knopfler Roped 60 Guitar Heroes For 'Going Home' Charity Single, Including Bruce Springsteen, Slash, Pete Townshend | magazine=Billboard | date=February 8, 2024 | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/mark-knopfler-guitarists-going-home-charity-single-bruce-springsteen-slash-townshend-1235602787/ | access-date=February 8, 2024 | archive-date=15 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111845/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/mark-knopfler-guitarists-going-home-charity-single-bruce-springsteen-slash-townshend-1235602787/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

== Style and influence ==

[[File:Jeff Beck 2009 MOJO Awards.jpg|thumb|Beck at the 2009 [[MOJO Awards]]]]

Described by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine as "one of the most influential lead guitarists in rock",<ref name="rollingstone.com" /> Beck cited his major influences as [[Les Paul]], [[the Shadows]], [[Cliff Gallup]], [[Ravi Shankar]], [[Roy Buchanan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.djnoble.demon.co.uk/ints/JEFFBEC.KIN.html|author=Noble, Douglas|title=Jeff Beck Interview taken from The Guitar Magazine' Vol 3 No 4, June 1993|publisher=djnoble.demon.co.uk|access-date=1 February 2010|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215553/http://www.djnoble.demon.co.uk/ints/JEFFBEC.KIN.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Chet Atkins]], [[Django Reinhardt]], [[Steve Cropper]] and [[Lonnie Mack]].<ref>Interview with Mojo magazine, June 2009</ref>{{sfn|Foster|Cunningham|2000|pp=13, 119, 120, 315}} Beck said [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]] "has given us so many different facets of the guitar and introduced thousands of us to [[world music]], by blending Indian music with jazz and classical. I'd say he was the best guitarist alive."<ref>Interview with ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' magazine, March 2010.</ref> McLaughlin also praised Beck, calling Beck his favorite [[progressive rock]] artist.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/john-mclaughlin-chooses-his-favourite-prog-artist |title=John McLaughlin Chooses His Favourite Prog Artist... |last=Ewing |first=Jerry |date=16 December 2015 |work=Prog |access-date=16 June 2023 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111846/https://www.loudersound.com/features/john-mclaughlin-chooses-his-favourite-prog-artist |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to musicologist and historian [[Bob Gulla]], Beck is credited for popularising the use of [[audio feedback]] and [[Distortion (music)|distortion]] on guitar. During his short time with the Yardbirds, Beck's experimentation with feedback, distortion, and "fuzz" tone "pushed the band into directions that would open the door for [[psychedelic rock]]" while "jolt[ing] British rock forward", according to Gulla.<ref name="Gulla" /> While Beck was not the first rock guitarist to experiment with electronic distortion, he nonetheless helped to redefine the sound and role of the electric guitar in rock music.  His use of a commercial fuzz box for the Yardbirds' "[[Heart Full of Soul]]" (June 1965) has been cited as perhaps the first significant use of the effect.<ref>{{cite book| last = Lavezzoli| first = Peter| title = The Dawn of Indian Music in the West| year = 2006| location = New York City| publisher = [[Continuum International Publishing Group|Continuum]]| isbn = 978-0-8264-1815-9| pages = 154–155}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last = French| first = David| year = 2020| title = Heart Full of Soul: Keith Relf of the Yardbirds| location = Jefferson, North Carolina| publisher = [[McFarland & Company]]| isbn = 978-1-4766-8011-8| pages = 41–43}}</ref> Beck's work with the Yardbirds and the Jeff Beck Group's 1968 album ''[[Truth (Jeff Beck album)|Truth]]'' were seminal influences on [[heavy metal music]], which emerged in full force in the early 1970s.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1564|pure_url=yes}} Truth Jeff Beck: Review]. ''[[AllMusic]]''</ref> Gulla identifies one of Beck's characteristic traits to be his sense of pitch, particularly in exercising the [[whammy bar]] to create sounds ranging from "nose-diving bombs to subtle, perfectly pitched harmonic melodies".<ref name="Gulla">{{cite book|page=26|last=Gulla|first=Bob|authorlink=Bob Gulla|year=2009|title=Guitar Gods: The 25 Players Who Made Rock History|publisher=[[Greenwood Press]]|isbn=9780313358067}}</ref>

According to guitarist and author [[Jack Wilkins]], Beck is regarded alongside [[Jimi Hendrix]] and Eric Clapton as one of his generation's greatest guitarists, receiving praise for his technical skill and versatile playing.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wilkins|first1=Jack|authorlink=Jack Wilkins|last2=Rubie|first2=Peter|year=2006|page=74|title=Essential Guitar|publisher=[[Adams Media]]|isbn=9781598691368}}</ref> [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] finds him to be "as innovative as Jimmy Page, as tasteful as Eric Clapton, and nearly as visionary as Jimi Hendrix", although unable to achieve their mainstream success, "primarily because of the haphazard way he approached his career" while often lacking a star singer to help make his music more accessible.<ref name="allmusic" /> On his recorded output by 1991, Erlewine remarked that "never has such a gifted musician had such a spotty discography", believing Beck had largely released "remarkably uneven" solo records and only "a few terrific albums".<ref>{{cite book|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|chapter=Jeff Beck|year=2002|title=All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul|publisher=[[Backbeat Books]]|isbn=9780879306533|editor1-last=Woodstra|editor1-first=Chris|editor2-last=Erlewine|editor2-first=Stephen Thomas|editor3-last=Bogdanov|editor3-first=Vladimir}}</ref> In ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]'' (1981), [[Robert Christgau]] essentialised Beck as "a technician" and questioned his ability to "improvise long lines, or jazz it up with a modicum of delicacy, or for that matter get funky",<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=0-89919-025-1|chapter=Jeff Beck}}</ref> although he later observed a "customary focus, loyalty, and consistency of taste".<ref name="CG80s">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|year=1990|chapter=Jeff Beck|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s]]|publisher=[[Pantheon Books]]|isbn=067973015X}}</ref>

In 2015, Beck was ranked No. 5 in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists". In an accompanying essay, guitarist [[Mike Campbell (musician)|Mike Campbell]] applauded Beck for his "brilliant technique" and "personality" in his playing, including a sense of humour, expressed through the growl of his wah-wah effects. Campbell also credited Beck with expanding the boundaries of the blues, particularly in his two collaborations with Stewart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/jeff-beck-20111122|title=100 Greatest Guitarists – 5) Jeff Beck|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=10 July 2013|archive-date=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709211255/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/jeff-beck-20111122|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Technique and equipment ==
[[File:Jeff Beck in Seattle 2016.jpg|thumb|right|Beck performing live on a [[Fender Stratocaster]] with reversed [[headstock]] in 2016]]
The guitar model Beck is most associated with is the [[Fender Stratocaster]], which he started playing in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jeff-beck-les-paul-strat |title=Why Jeff Beck switched from a Les Paul to a Strat |work=Guitarist |last1=Maxwell |first1=Jackson |last2=Bacon |first2=Tony |date=3 February 2023 |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref> In a 2013 interview, Beck said, "The Fender Stratocaster was made for me. I believe it was. [...] It's the tool for rock'n'roll. Nothing they can do to it will make it any better than it's already been."<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BogTK6YqS7k |title=Backstage With Jeff Beck |work=The Wall Street Journal |time=6:18 |via=YouTube |date=18 October 2013 |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>

In 1987, Beck had asked that the newly opened [[Fender Custom Shop]] make a Stratocaster guitar to his specifications. The resulting guitar became known for its graffiti yellow colour, to match Beck's 1932 Ford Hot Rod. Based on these specifications, Fender released the "[[Fender_Stratocaster#Fender_Strat_Plus_Series|Strat Plus]]", as Beck had vetoed the use of his name to market that model.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazona.de/making-of-jeff-becks-guitar-shop/ | title=Making of: Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop | date=23 June 2019 | access-date=16 April 2024 | archive-date=15 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111851/https://www.amazona.de/making-of-jeff-becks-guitar-shop/ | url-status=live }}</ref> However, in 1991, [[Fender (company)|Fender]] did release a [[Fender Jeff Beck Stratocaster|Jeff Beck Stratocaster]] with some of those same features, which as of 2024 has been on the market continuously, with updates at various times, and particularly significant changes made in 2001. An additional Jeff Beck Custom Shop stratocaster was released in 2004.

[[File:Jeff Beck in 1979.jpg|thumb|left|Beck playing a [[Fender Telecaster]] in 1979]]
Beck also played [[Fender Telecaster]] and [[Gibson Les Paul]] instruments, and continued to play these for special occasions even after the 1990s, when he had transitioned to the Stratocaster as his main instrument for live performances. [[Gibson Brands|Gibson]] released the limited edition ''Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Oxblood'' model in two different finishes in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/gibson-launches-jeff-beck-les-paul-193677 |title=Gibson launches Jeff Beck Les Paul |work=Musicradar |last=Leonard |first=Michael |date=29 January 2009 |access-date=11 June 2024 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111848/https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/gibson-launches-jeff-beck-les-paul-193677 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Beck's amplifiers were primarily [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] and [[Marshall Amplification|Marshall]]. In his earlier days with the Yardbirds, Beck also used a 1954 [[Fender Esquire]] guitar (now owned by [[Seymour&nbsp;W. Duncan]] and housed in the Cleveland [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]])<ref>
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</ref> through [[Vox AC30]]s. He also played through a variety of [[fuzz pedal]]s and [[Delay (audio effect)|echo unit]]s along with this set-up and used the [[Pro Co RAT]] [[distortion pedal]]. The pickup is based on a Gibson pickup rewound by Duncan and used in a salvaged Telecaster dubbed the "Tele-Gib" which he had constructed as a gift to Beck.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/seymour-w-duncan/the-story-of-the-tele-gib|title=The Story of the Tele-Gib|website=Seymourduncan.com|date=4 June 2012|access-date=18 August 2020|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818070147/https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/seymour-w-duncan/the-story-of-the-tele-gib|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Scott Morgan (musician)|Scott Morgan]] of the [[Rationals (band)|Rationals]], who at one point shared a dressing room with the Yardbirds, recalls how Beck amplified his lead guitar through a [[Vox (company)|Vox]] Super Beatle while using banjo strings for the unwound G string on his guitar because "they didn't make sets with an unwound G at that point."<ref name="Scott Morgans rationals">{{cite web|url=http://www.scottmorganmusic.com/scott_rationals.html|title=Jeff Beck interview|author=Shimamoto, Ken|publisher=scottmorganmusic.com|access-date=1 February 2010|archive-date=11 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211222556/http://www.scottmorganmusic.com/scott_rationals.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Imelda May and Jeff Beck 28 Mar2011.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Gibson Les Paul]] being played by Beck as he performs covers of [[Les Paul]] songs with [[Imelda May]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fretboardjournal.com/columns/jeff-beck-nycs-beacon-theater-march-28-2011/ |title=Jeff Beck at NYC's Beacon Theater on March 28, 2011 |work=Fretboard Journal |date=March 2011 |last=Thomas |first=John |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>]]
Beck stopped the regular use of a [[guitar pick]] in the 1980s. He produced a wide variety of sounds on the Stratocaster by using his thumb to pluck the guitar strings, his ring finger on the volume knob, and his little finger on the [[Tremolo arm|vibrato bar]]. By plucking a string and then 'fading in' the sound with the volume knob he created a unique sound that can resemble a human voice, among other effects. He frequently used [[wah-wah pedal]]s and [[Slide guitar|slides]] both live and in the studio. Eric Clapton once said, "With Jeff, it's all in his hands".<ref>
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Ninety of Beck's guitars were auctioned by [[Christie's]] on London on 22 January 2025, along with over 40 other items from his personal collection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guitar.com/news/gear-news/christies-jeff-beck-guitar-auction/|title="It's time to part with them as Jeff wished": 90 of Jeff Beck's guitars, including his 'Oxblood' Gibson Les Paul, are headed to auction|website=Guitar.com &#124; All Things Guitar}}</ref> Some of the auctioned items were on public display in Los Angeles<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeff-beck-guitar-auction-2570549|title=Rock Icon Jeff Beck's Guitar Collection Hits the Auction Block|first=Richard Whiddington ShareShare This|last=Article|date=15 November 2024|website=Artnet News}}</ref> and the whole set was shown in London prior to their sale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/jeff-beck-ap-christies-musicians-london-b2647714.html|title=Jeff Beck was one of rock's greatest guitarists. Now his instruments are up for auction|date=15 November 2024|website=The Independent}}</ref>

==Long term collaborators==
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== Personal life and death ==
From 1963 to 1967, Beck was married to Patricia Brown.<ref group=Note>Biographer Carson states, "Beck's long-defunct marriage [was] officially laid to rest in 1968".</ref> However, this relationship had deteriorated by the time Beck joined the Yardbirds. During the Yardbirds years, Beck began a relationship with American model and actress Mary Hughes, with whom he moved in when his relationship with the Yardbirds broke down.{{sfn|Carson|2001|p=59}} By 1968, Beck had entered what would be a nearly 18-year relationship with the English model [[Celia Hammond]], whose portrait appears on the album cover of ''Truth''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Celia Hammond Composite, Jeff Beck Truth Album Cover, 1968 |url=https://sfae.com/Artists/Stephen-Goldblatt/Celia-Hammond-Composite,-Jeff-Beck-Truth-Album-Cov |publisher=[[San Francisco Art Exchange]] |access-date=12 January 2023 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111848/https://sfae.com/Artists/Stephen-Goldblatt/Celia-Hammond-Composite,-Jeff-Beck-Truth-Album-Cov |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Carson|2001|p=99}} In 2005, he married Sandra Cash. He had no children.

At the time of his death, Beck lived in a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade II]]-[[listed building]] called ''Riverhall'' in the civil parish of [[Wadhurst]], East Sussex.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gurnee |first=Richard |title=Jeff Beck "insures fingers for millions" after accident at Sussex home |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8090896.Jeff_Beck__insures_fingers_for_millions__after_accident_at_Sussex_home/ |work=The Argus |date=10 April 2010 |access-date=10 July 2013 |archive-date=17 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217052505/http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8090896.Jeff_Beck__insures_fingers_for_millions__after_accident_at_Sussex_home/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18594065.johnny-depp-sussex-pal-jeff-beck-libel-trial/ |title = Johnny Depp in Sussex with pal Jeff Beck during libel trial |newspaper = [[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]] |date = 20 July 2020|accessdate = 11 January 2023 |last = Barlow |first = Aidan |archive-date = 12 January 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230112011523/https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18594065.johnny-depp-sussex-pal-jeff-beck-libel-trial/ |url-status = live}}</ref><ref name = Farber>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/arts/music/jeff-beck-dead.html |title = Jeff Beck, Guitarist With a Chapter in Rock History, Dies at 78 |last = Farber |first = Jim|newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |date = 11 January 2023 |accessdate = 11 January 2023|url-access = limited |archive-date = 11 January 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230111221829/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/arts/music/jeff-beck-dead.html |url-status = live}}</ref> Beck became a vegetarian in 1969 and was a patron of the Folly Wildlife Rescue Trust.{{sfn|Hjort|Hinman|2000|p=96}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Beck |first=Jeff |title=Jeff Beck – official blog |url=http://www.jeffbeck.com/comments.php?blog=34&start=20 |website=JeffBeck.com |access-date=13 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124192714/http://jeffbeck.com/comments.php?blog=34&start=20 |archive-date=24 November 2010 }}</ref> He also had an interest in classic Ford [[hot rod]]s, performing much of the work on the exteriors and engines of the cars by himself.<ref name="DJNoble">{{cite news |last=Noble |first=Douglas J. |title=Interview outtakes |url=http://www.djnoble.demon.co.uk/ints/JEFFBEC.KOU.html |newspaper=The Jeff Beck Bulletin |issue=3 |date=Fall 1994 |access-date=28 March 2009|archive-date=30 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830103927/http://www.djnoble.demon.co.uk/ints/JEFFBEC.KOU.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Beck died from a [[Meningitis#Bacterial|bacterial meningitis]] infection at a hospital near Riverhall on 10 January 2023, at the age of 78.<ref name = Farber/><ref name = "Savage">{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64228780 |title = Jeff Beck: British guitar legend dies aged 78|last = Savage |first = Mark |work = [[BBC News]] |date = 11 January 2023|accessdate = 11 January 2023 |archive-date = 11 January 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230111221421/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64228780 |url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Bruce Y. |title=Jeff Beck Dies Suddenly Of Bacterial Meningitis, Amidst Unfounded Covid-19 Vaccine Claims |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/01/12/jeff-beck-dies-suddenly-of-bacterial-meningitis-despite-anti-covid-19-vaccine-claims/ |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112131220/https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/01/12/jeff-beck-dies-suddenly-of-bacterial-meningitis-despite-anti-covid-19-vaccine-claims/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Within minutes of his death announcement, musicians and friends began paying tribute; Jimmy Page wrote that "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. His technique unique. His imaginations apparently limitless. Jeff I will miss you along with your millions of fans". [[Mick Jagger]] expressed his condolences, writing "With the death of Jeff Beck we have lost a wonderful man and one of the greatest guitar players in the world. We will all miss him so much." [[Ronnie Wood]], a former bandmate of Beck's, stated "Now Jeff has gone, I feel like one of my band of brothers has left this world, and I'm going to dearly miss him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=11 January 2023 |title=Legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck dies aged 78 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/12/legendary-rock-guitarist-jeff-beck-dies-aged-78 |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111220700/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/12/legendary-rock-guitarist-jeff-beck-dies-aged-78 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Beck's funeral service took place at St Mary's Church in [[Beddington]], [[London Borough of Sutton|Sutton]], on 3 February. Mourners included [[Johnny Depp]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[Ronnie Wood]], [[David Gilmour]], [[Bob Geldof]], [[Robert Plant]], and [[Chrissie Hynde]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://extratv.com/2023/02/03/jeff-beck-s-funeral-brings-out-johnny-depp-rod-stewart-and-tom-jones/ |title=Jeff Beck's Funeral Brings Out Johnny Depp, Rod Stewart & Tom Jones |website=Extra |access-date=3 February 2023 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111848/https://extratv.com/2023/02/03/jeff-beck-s-funeral-brings-out-johnny-depp-rod-stewart-and-tom-jones/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jimmy Page]] delivered a eulogy referring to Beck as "the quiet chief".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jimmy-page-honours-jeff-beck-as-the-quiet-chief-at-funeral-3392127|title=Jimmy Page honours Jeff Beck as "the quiet chief" at funeral|first=Emma|last=Wilkes|website=[[NME]] |date=4 February 2023}}</ref> A private burial, with only Beck's widow Sandra, the couple's dog, and Johnny Depp in attendance, followed at Riverhall.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/johnny-depp-only-guest-invited-29191988 |title=Johnny Depp 'only guest invited' to Jeff Beck's private funeral alongside widow Sandra |first=Niamh |last=Spence |work=.mirror.co.uk |date=11 February 2023 |access-date=28 May 2024}}</ref>

==Awards==

Beck was the winner of eight Grammy awards,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aussieosbourne.com/2016/07/jeff-beck-makes-powerful-statement-with.html |title=JEFF BECK MAKES POWERFUL STATEMENT WITH LOUD HAILER ~ Aussie Osbourne [Official Website&#93; |website=Aussieosbourne.com |date=7 July 2016 |access-date=17 July 2016 |archive-date=16 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816184431/http://www.aussieosbourne.com/2016/07/jeff-beck-makes-powerful-statement-with.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the first being [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance|Best Rock Instrumental Performance]] for "Escape" from the album ''Flash'' at the [[28th Annual Grammy Awards|1986 Grammys]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1986/grammys.htm |title=28th Annual Grammy Awards – 1986 |publisher=Rock On The Net |date=25 February 1986 |access-date=17 July 2016 |archive-date=31 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131144419/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1986/grammys.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/flash-mw0000189099/awards |title=Flash – Jeff Beck &#124; Awards |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=17 July 2016 |archive-date=11 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011132449/http://www.allmusic.com/album/flash-mw0000189099/awards |url-status=live }}</ref>

The asteroid [[38431 Jeffbeck]] is named after him.

=== Grammy Awards ===

Information is taken from Grammy.com.<ref name="grammy">{{Cite web|title=Jeff Beck|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/jeff-beck/293|date=19 November 2019|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-date=15 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815172710/https://www.grammy.com/artists/jeff-beck/293|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1977 – Best Pop Instrumental Performance – [[Wired (Jeff Beck album)|''Wired'']] – (nominee)
* 1986 – Best Rock Instrumental Performance – "Escape" – (winner)
* 1990 – Best Rock Instrumental Performance – Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop with Terry Bozzio & Tony Hymas – (winner)
* 1993 – Best Rock Instrumental Performance – "Hound Dog" (track) – (nominee)
* 1994 – Best Rock Instrumental Performance – "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (track) – (nominee)
* 2000 – Best Pop Instrumental Performance – "A Day in the Life" (track) – (nominee)
* 2000 – Best Rock Instrumental Performance – "What Mama Said" (track) – (nominee)
* 2002 – Best Rock Instrumental Performance – "Dirty Mind" – (winner)
* 2004 – Best Rock Instrumental Performance – "Plan B" – (winner)
* 2010 – Best Rock Instrumental Performance – "A Day in the Life" – (winner)
* 2011 – Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals – "Imagine" – (winner)
* 2011 – Best Pop Instrumental Performance – "Nessun Dorma" – (winner)
* 2011 – Best Rock Instrumental Performance – "[[Hammerhead (Jeff Beck song)|Hammerhead]]" – (winner)
* 2011 – Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals – "I Put a Spell on You" – (nominee)
* 2011 – Best Rock Album – ''Emotion & Commotion'' – (nominee)
* 2012 – Best Rock Album – ''Rock 'N' Roll Party Honoring Les Paul'' – (nominee)
* 2023 – Best Rock Performance – ''Patient Number 9'' – (nominee)

==Discography==
{{Main|Jeff Beck discography}}

=== Studio albums ===

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* ''[[Truth (Jeff Beck album)|Truth]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Beck-Ola]]'' (1969){{snds}}by the Jeff Beck Group
* ''[[Rough and Ready (album)|Rough and Ready]]'' (1971){{snds}}by the Jeff Beck Group
* ''[[Jeff Beck Group (album)|Jeff Beck Group]]'' (1972){{snds}}by the Jeff Beck Group
* ''[[Blow by Blow]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Wired (Jeff Beck album)|Wired]]'' (1976)
* ''[[There & Back (Jeff Beck album)|There & Back]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Flash (Jeff Beck album)|Flash]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Who Else!]]'' (1999)
* ''[[You Had It Coming]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Jeff (album)|Jeff]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Emotion & Commotion]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Loud Hailer (album)|Loud Hailer]]'' (2016){{div col end}}

=== Collaborative albums ===
* ''[[Beck, Bogert & Appice (album)|Beck, Bogert & Appice]]'' (1973){{snds}}by [[Beck, Bogert & Appice]]
* ''[[Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live]]'' (1977)
* ''[[The Honeydrippers: Volume One]]'' (1984)  – with [[the Honeydrippers]]
* ''[[Frankie's House (soundtrack album)|Frankie's House]]'' (1992){{snds}}with [[Jed Leiber]]
* ''[[Crazy Legs (album)|Crazy Legs]]'' (1993){{snds}}with the [[Big Town Playboys]]
* ''[[18 (Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp album)|18]]'' (2022){{snds}}with [[Johnny Depp]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=Note}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book|last=Carson|first=Annette|year=2001|title=Jeff Beck: Crazy Fingers|publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=978-0-87930-632-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/jeffbeckcrazyfin00cars}}
* {{cite book|last1=Foster|first1=Mo|last2=Cunningham|first2=Mark|year=2000|orig-year=1997|title=17 Watts?: The Birth of British Rock Guitar|publisher=Sanctuary|isbn=978-1-86074-267-5}}
* {{cite book|last1=Hjort|first1=Christopher|last2=Hinman|first2=Doug|year=2000|title=Jeff's Book :A Chronology of Jeff Beck's Career 1965–1980: From the Yardbirds to Jazz-Rock|publisher=Rock 'n' Roll Research Press|isbn=978-0-9641005-3-4}}
* {{cite book|last=Heslam|first=David|year=1992|title=The NME Rock'n'Roll Years|publisher=Hamlyn|isbn=978-0-600-57602-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/nmerocknrollyear0000unse}}
* {{cite book|last=Joynson|first=Vernon|year=1998|edition=3rd|title=The Tapestry of Delights – The Comprehensive Guide to British Music of the Beat, R&B, Psychedelic and Progressive Eras|publisher=Borderline|isbn=978-1-899855-09-4}}
* {{cite book|last1=Mason|first1=Nick|last2=Dodd|first2=Philip|year=2005|title=Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd|url=https://archive.org/details/insideoutpersona0000maso|url-access=registration|publisher=Chronicle Books|isbn=978-0-8118-4824-4}}
* {{cite book|last=Power|first=Martin|year=2012|orig-year=2011|title=Hot Wired Guitar: The Life of Jeff Beck|publisher=Omnibus Press|type=[[e-book]]|isbn=978-0-85712-810-2}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
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* {{Official website|1=www.jeffbeck.com/}}
* [http://www.legacyrecordings.com/a/#/artist/jeff-beck/122/ Jeff Beck at Epic Records]
* {{discogs artist|Jeff Beck}}
* {{IMDb name|0065169}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151011071246/http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-Custom/Jeff-Beck-1954-Les-Paul-Oxblood.aspx Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Oxblood]
* {{Rockhall}}

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