While attending Wimbledon College of Art, Beck played in a succession of groups, including Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages during 1964 when they recorded "Dracula's Daughter"/"Come Back Baby" for Oriole Records. Beck's sister Annetta introduced him to Jimmy Page when both were teenagers. Then he was briefly employed as a painter and decorator, a groundsman on a golf course, and a car paint sprayer. Īfter leaving school, he attended Wimbledon School of Art (now Wimbledon College of Arts). Beck considered 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 it. Cliff Gallup, lead guitarist with Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, was also an early musical influence, followed by B. After she replied it was an electric guitar and was all tricks, he said, "That's for me". 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. īeck 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 ten-year-old, Beck sang in a church choir. I just had to have one.īeck was born on 24 June 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck at 206 Demesne Road, Wallington, Surrey (now in Greater London). 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. 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). In 2014, he received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. īeck earned wide critical praise and received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance six times and Best Pop Instrumental Performance once. Although he recorded two successful albums (in 19) as a solo act, Beck did not establish or maintain commercial success like that of his contemporaries and bandmates. Rolling Stone described him as "one of the most influential lead guitarists in rock". He was often called a "guitarist's guitarist". 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.īeck was ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone and other magazines' lists rankings of the greatest guitarists. 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. It does not store any personal data.Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English guitarist. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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