Guitar legend Jeff Beck dies aged 78
By Mark SavageJeff Beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, has died at the age of 78.
Speaking when he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the second time in 2009, Beck said: "I play the way I do because it allows me to come up with the sickest sounds possible.""In fact, if I don't break the rules at least 10 times in every song, then I'm not doing my job properly." After a short stint at Wimbledon Art College, he left to play with shock-rocker Screaming Lord Sutch and the Tridents.
However, he quickly returned with the Jeff Beck Band, whose first two albums Truth and Beck-Ola , took a ferocious approach to the blues that laid the groundwork for heavy metal.Singer Rod Stewart and bassist Ronnie Wood quit in 1970 to join the Small Faces , and when Beck was injured in a car accident, he had to put his career on hold.
After the tour documented on the album, the musician retired to his estate outside of London and remained quiet for three years.The 1980s saw him collaborate with Nile Rodgers on an album called Flash, which contained his first hit single - a cover of Curtis Mayfield's People Get Ready with Rod Stewart on lead vocals - and earned him a Grammy Award.
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