Jeff Beck died Tuesday (Jan 10) at age 78, and also his peers and also fellow artists have actually gathered to social media sites to bear in mind him.
“No one played guitar like Jeff,” Gene Simmons tweeted prior to prompting his fans to “Please get ahold of the first two Jeff Beck Group albums and behold greatness.”
Former teenager idolizer Paul Young– understood in the U.K. for ’80s hits like “Every Time You Go Away” and also “Everything Must Change”– included his very own homage to Beck’s memory, tweeting, “Devastated to hear of the sudden and tragic death of legendary guitarist Jeff Beck. He was loved by everyone in the know; the guitarists guitarist! My condolences to his family & friends. RIP.”
Simmons’ KISS bandmate Paul Stanley likewise hallowed his good friend, composing, “WOW. What awful news. Jeff Beck, one of the all time guitar masters has died. From the Yard Birds to The Jeff Beck Group on, he blazed a trail impossible to follow. Play on now and forever. @jeffbeckmusic.”
Other responses put right into Twitter from the similarity Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath and also Dave Davies of The Kinks to Genesis’ Steve Hackett and also Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, the latter of whom explained Beck as “the six-stringed Warrior” that had the capability to “channel music from the ethereal.”
Over the program of his life, the British artist won 8 Grammys out of 17 overall elections and also was sworn in two times right into the Rock and also Roll Hall ofFame He likewise launched 11 solo cds in addition to workshop collections with the Jeff Beck Group, the Yardbirds and also the short-term Beck, Bogert & & Appice.His last and also newest LP was 18, a joint unabridged with Johnny Depp in July.
Read social media sites homages to Beck’s memory listed below.
Source: billboard.com
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