El guitar player English Jeff Beck died at the age of 78. It was through a statement that it was announced that the musician lost his life after contracting bacterial meningitis.
"On behalf of his family, it is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Jeff Beck. After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he passed away peacefully yesterday.
"His family requests privacy while they process this tremendous loss," read the statement posted on social media.
Born June 24, 1944 in Wallington, UK, Geoffrey Arnold Beck rose to fame with The Yardbirds, replacing Eric ClaptonIn 1965.
Beck performing at Madison Square Garden in 2010, on tour with Eric Clapton. Source: The New York Times
Beck began singing as a child in the church choir in his neighborhood and a little later it was that he decided to enter the Wimbledon School of Art. But for this artist the above was not enough, so after listening to Les Paul, he decided to learn the guitar.
With the British group The Yardbirds he only lasted a year, but he recorded multiple hits such as Over Under Sideways Down y Shapes Of Things, where he used effects to create an atmosphere psychedelic, something quite innovative for that time.
In 1967, he founded The Jeff Beck Group together with singer Rod Stewart and guitarist Ron Wood, before embarking on a long solo career, where he incorporated new genres such as hard rock, Jazz, funky blues and opera.
With this formation he recorded two key albums: Truth (1968) y Beck Ola (1969) in which Beck established the foundations of blues-rock and hard rock.
Throughout his career, in which he knew how to reinvent himself like few others, Jeff Beck was able to collaborate with great artists such as Mick Jagger, Roger Waters, Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder and Jon Bon Jovi.
According to the Daily Mail, Beck, one of the greatest guitarists in rock history, has won eight Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice, once with The Yardbirds in 1992 and again. as a soloist, in 2009.
The Jeff Beck Group, made up of Ron Wood, Beck, Mickey Waller and Rod Stewart, in 1967. Source: NYT
