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    Jeff Beck: Six Time Award Winner
    Jeff Beck: Six Time Award Winner
    Jeff Beck: Six Time Award Winner
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    Jeff Beck: Six Time Award Winner

    By Maya Archer

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    Jeff Beck is an English rock guitarist who has a net worth of $18 million. Jeff Beck accumulated his net worth through his musical career with The Yardbirds and his own band The Jeff Beck Group and others, as well as his solo performances, and musical tours. He is one of the three guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds, along with Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. Never following a straight trajectory in his career, Beck has also performed solo and with the hard-hitting lineups of The JeffBeck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. Generally speaking, much of Jeff's recorded output is instrumental music colored with innovative sounds and genres that range from blues rock to heavy metal, jazz fusion and an additional blend of guitar-rock and electronica. His extensive musical opus includes many side projects as well, having appeared on albums by Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Morrissey, Jon Bon Jovi, Kate Bush, Stevie Wonders, Cyndi Lauper and ZZ Top, among others.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXinXii
    Release dateJun 1, 2014
    ISBN9781304925329
    Jeff Beck: Six Time Award Winner

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      Jeff Beck - Maya Archer

      Jeff Beck: Six Time Award Winner

      © 2014 by Maya Archer

      E-Book Distribution: XinXii

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      All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including scanning, photocopying, or otherwise without prior written permission of the copyright holder.

      Early Life

      Geoffrey Arnold Beck, better known as Jeff Beck, was in Wallington, England. He was raised by parents Arnold and Ethel Beck. As a teenager, Beck learned to play the guitar and made several attempts to build his own instrument. This drive to innovate and modify instruments would become characteristic of Beck in his career as a guitarist.

      Beck, who gravitated toward music and art, attended the Wimbledon College of Art. His sister introduced him to Jimmy Page, who would go on to play with The Yardbirds and found the band Led Zeppelin.

      Musical Career

      Beck began his musical career with The Rumbles, performing Gene Vincent and Buddy Holly covers. In March 1965, Beck was recruited by The Yardbirds to replace Eric Clapton, on the recommendation of Jimmy Page. The Yardbirds recorded most of their hit songs during Beck's short tenure with the band, playing on the 1966 album Roger the Engineer (known in some markets, including the United States, as Over Under Sideways Down.) Despite Beck's obvious skill as a guitarist, The Yardbirds found him to be a difficult addition to the band. After frequent outbursts and absences during a U.S. tour, Beck was fired.

      After his ejection from The Yardbirds, Beck formed The Jeff Beck Group, featuring Rod Stewart on vocals and Ron Wood on bass. The group produced two albums. Truth, released in 1968, five months before the first Led Zeppelin album, features the Willie Dixon song You Shook Me, later featured on a Zeppelin album. Rod Stewart left the band after Beck canceled their Woodstock appearance at the last minute. Stewart went on to enjoy a successful solo career.

      Beck continued to try to form a solid band over the next few years. His progress was slowed by a serious car accident in 1969. By April 1971, Beck had completed the line-up of his new band, Jeff Beck Group, which shared a name with his previous group but had a substantially different sound. The new band released two albums in the

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