The Story of JEFF BECK | World's Greatest Guitarist

I am now 76 and always said Jeff is the best ever Whenever I need a Beck fix I go to TRUTH and listen to Rock my Plimsoul. The solo will still be enjoyed 100 years from now

There can't be enough tributes to him! I'm 49 years old, and my mother dated a guy when I was 11 years old, that passed the album, Truth, on to me. I'd heard it, and it blew me away! "Morning Dew" from that album, is one of my all-time favorite songs. Brought me to tears when I'd first heard it. One thing though...from all accounts that I'd read over the years, it was Jeff that broke up the original Jeff Beck Group before Woodstock. He had a history of insubordination, or...shooting himself in the foot when things were going great for him. I think he was on the fence about fame, and notoriety for most of his career? The thing that I'd always found very funny about him, was that as incredibly, gifted as he was on the guitar, he seemed to want to work on cars more. There was a period, where it seemed to me, as a fan, that making records, and touring was, merely, a means...ALMOST a hassle, just to feed his hobby of restoring old hot rods!

Jeff and Stevie Wonder traded work a few times. Tal was a young giant talent and their work together was great. I followed Jeff from early Yardbirds to his Death.

I really like your Roots channel. I saw Jeff Beck in November of 2022 in Reno Nevada. I always said he was the best guitar player ever. I put seeing him on my bucket list. I think I saw him at his last concert because it seemed right after, I heard the bad news of his passing. Then all the other guitarists could and did admit, he was the best!

I liked your history of Jeff, there isn''t enough words to say how amazing he was/is. I am surprised you didn't mention his last words.

There is a whole lot more to him BUT this brief overview is better than none at all...he is also by all acct's my fave.

😆 Been a Jeff Beck fan since discovering him through my ALL-TIME favorite group the Yardbirds in around 1979. I never knew he was married to Ms. Brown 😆 So, I guess Jeff was having an affair at the time with actress Mary Hughes then. Mary is mention in Jeff's Yardbirds song "Psycho Daisies". Jeff is still my all-time favorite guitarist and has been a long time inspiration to me. Enjoyed your video. Thank you!

Jeff Becks mother was a trained concert pianist. His Uncle used to take him on trips in his old sports car in which his uncle turned on his car radio, and played jazz. The vehicle and the music had a great influence on Jeff as he eventually had his own garage and he loved being a mechanic on his hot rods at his home after he became a successful artist. Unfortunately he liked to drive fast and had several crashes in which his hurt his head badly. The serious music he heard on record and from his mother's playing and the jazz he heard in his uncles car were a great impression on him. He also went to the cinema and heard popular music which had a great influence on him. Cynthia Allen-McLaglen

I love love this one so much. TY

Thank you for this video. I first saw Jeff Beck in 1989 (already 25 years into his career) and it was not just memorable, it forever changed the way I looked at live performances. I made a point of seeing every tour from then until 2003, then from Halloween of 2011 right up to last November, never knowing when he would call it a career. I never ruled out that last concert being my final time seeing him but I certainly didn’t seeing it all end the way it did. I had just lost 3 family members (human and canine) all within a month of Christmas and losing Jeff didn’t help. I am deeply shattered now that he is gone 💔😢

nice video, but you forgot to mention Wired, Jeff Beck With the Jan Hammer Group Live and There and Back...

I was in high school and there was a local bad named "Wintergreen" that played on a flatbed semi-trailer a some big school thing. Not sure if it was in Nj or Florida .... but they played Jeff Beck's "Freeway Jam" almost exactly ! I found the live with Jan Hammer Jeff Beck album and it's still my favorite J.B. song. in fact I''m gonna spin it up right now ! 😎🎸🎸🎸

Jeff was 20 when he joined The Yardbirds.

I'm the number one fan

You don't know the whole library of his songs like I do

Jeff Beck was Great ..My 3 Fav are Jeff Beck Jimmy Page & SRV..Great Channel ! Best to you

When did he change from playing the Les Pauls to the strat w/- whammy bar? Love your channel, subbed 😄🎵

Nice, but you missed Wired, There and Back, Who Else, You Had It coming, and Jeff! And that he was selected for Pink Floyd and the Stones, and his car crash before BBA....

Jeff even called me a few times

Unbelievable you didn't mention the album Wired with Jan Hammer. That album made him known among everybody else in the USA because of Miami Vice