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Louder, faster, weirder …

Jeff Beck at London's Roundhouse in 1969.

Photograph: Ray Stevenson

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Jeff Beck:

the super-guitarist to end all super-guitarists

To mark the English rocker’s 70th birthday,

we revisit a May 1973 piece for NME

on Beck the creative, bizarre guitar genius

– brought to you by Rock's Backpages

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The Jeff Beck Group

at the Roundhouse, March 1972.

In the background are

singer Bobby Tench and bassist Clive Chaman.

Photograph: Michael Putland

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Jeff Beck – a life in pictures

The maverick virtuoso rock guitarist has died aged 78.

A pioneer with heavier styles,

he paved the way for heavy metal, won eight Grammys

and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

as a solo artist and member of the Yardbirds.

We look back at a landmark career

Legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck dies aged 78

Heart full of soul:

the maverick genius of Jeff Beck, the ‘guitarist’s guitarist’

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Thu 12 Jan 2023    13.36 GMT

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Geoffrey Arnold Beck / Jeff Beck    UK    1944-2023

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The Yardbirds    UK

The Yardbirds

- (L-R) Chris Dreja, Jeff Beck, Jim McCarthy, Jimmy Page and Keith Relf,

1966.

Photograph: Dezo Hoffman

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Jeff Beck – a life in pictures

The maverick virtuoso rock guitarist has died aged 78.

A pioneer with heavier styles,

he paved the way for heavy metal, won eight Grammys

and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

as a solo artist and member of the Yardbirds.

We look back at a landmark career

Legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck dies aged 78

Heart full of soul:

the maverick genius of Jeff Beck, the ‘guitarist’s guitarist’

G

Thu 12 Jan 2023    13.36 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2023/jan/12/
jeff-beck-a-life-in-pictures

The Yardbirds    UK

formed in London in 1963

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