Beck considers Lonnie Mack "a rock guitarist was unjustly overlooked a major influence on him and many others." Īs 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 for the body and an unsanded fence-post for the neck with model aircraft control-lines and frets simply painted on. Cliff Gallup, lead guitarist with Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, was also an early musical influence, followed by B.B. After she replied it was an electric guitar and was all tricks, he said, "That's for me". Beck has said that he first heard an electric guitar when he was 6 years old and heard Paul playing " How High the Moon" on the radio. īeck has cited Les Paul as the first electric guitar player who impressed him. He attended Sutton Manor School and Sutton East County Secondary Modern School. As a 10-year-old, Beck sang in a church choir. Geoffrey Arnold Beck was born on 24 June 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck at 206 Demesne Road, Wallington, England. The electric guitar seemed to be a totally fascinating plank of wood with knobs and switches on it. I was interested in the electric guitar even before I knew the difference between electric and acoustic. Beck has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: as a member of the Yardbirds (1992) and as a solo artist (2009). In 2014 he received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. īeck has earned wide critical praise and received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance six times and Best Pop Instrumental Performance once. However, he has recorded with many artists. Although he recorded two hit albums (in 19) as a solo act, Beck has not established or maintained the sustained commercial success of many of his contemporaries and bandmates. He is often called a "guitarist's guitarist". In 1975, he switched to a mainly instrumental style, with a focus on innovative sound, and his releases have spanned genres ranging from blues rock, hard rock, jazz fusion, and a blend of guitar-rock and electronica.īeck is considered among the greatest players in history with Rolling Stone, upon whose cover he has appeared three times, describing him as "one of the most influential lead guitarists in rock". He rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and after fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist.
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