RIP Jeff Beck

[Astro Pen]

One of the most interesting musicians around
A sudden and unexpected loss.
If you only know Silver Lining there is so much more,

Here with young bassist Tal Wilkenfeld

 

[Alex The G and T]

Shocking! Because how could he have been that old because I'm not that old.
We keep losing our heroes lately. It's a hawribble thing.

 

[Foxbat]

He was the guitarist's guitarist with a style and technique all of his own. One thing I admired about him was his devotion to constantly developing and refining his technique - proving that no matter how good you are (and he was an awesome player) there's always room for improvement.

A great, great loss.

 

[Matteo]

An exceptional guitarist. Sadly, not really rated by most people (other than guitarists) because he was a little under the radar (unlike Hendrix, Page, Clapton). Will be putting some of his stuff on the turntable tonight.

 

[LordOfWizards]

I mean this in the best way: Jeff has always been on my radar. I was luckily introduced to these two albums when I was still quite young (1970-ish). I've followed him closely ever since.

He really did look (and act!) quite young right up to the last, didn't he?

 

[Foxbat]

As I understand it, he died from bacterial meningitis. Death can be quite a quick occurrence after this infection. This probably explains why, even recently, he looked fit and healthy. As a youngster, I knew Silver Lining but it was Beck’s Bolero that first caught my attention.

 

[Foxbat]

I've seen a few of this guy's videos and he's a very accomplished player. The Beckophiles out there might find his comments on Beck's technique interesting. Sometimes, when you play an instrument and you come across a virtuoso like Beck, all you can do is kind of laugh in awe (as this presenter does in his video).

 

[Matteo]

Rick Beato puts out some great videos. For some, you really need to know music theory, but for most of them you just need to love music.