His family said in a statement that Beck died Tuesday of bacterial meningitis.
After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday.
His family ask for privacy while they process this tremendous loss.
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His bandmate and eventual replacement in 1966 was Jimmy Page, who later would form Led Zeppelin.
Jeff could channel music from the ethereal.
His imaginations apparently limitless.
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Jeff I will miss you along with your millions of fans.
Page would induct Beck into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009.
Beck followed that set up in 1969 withBeck-Ola,the first album credited to The Jeff Beck Group.
1/2Jeff Beck was on another planet .
Im sending much sympathy to Sandra, his family, and all who loved him.
Released in 1975,Blow by Blowwas his second official solo set.
The mostly instrumental LP reached No.
It would be the first of back-to-back platinum discs.
His albums continued to sell well in the States but were less successful in his native UK.
I dont care about the rules, hes quoted as saying.
And he really came alive onstage.
A face-slap of sight and sound, even veteran concertgoers likely would brag about his shows the next day.
He remains among rocks most revered guitarists, as the myriadtributes that have pouredin prove.
Alice Cooper would agree.
He once told interviewers: Eric Clapton is a great blues player.
Jimmy Page is a great rock player.
Jeff Beck is a great guitar player.
If you get a chance to see Jeff Beck Jeff Becks the guy.
He was impressed at a young age by Les Paul, a pioneer of the solid-body electric guitar.
Beck performed Pauls How High the Moon with singer-songwriter Imelda May for a 2010 Grammy tribute to Paul.
Early heroes also included B.B.
King and Stax legend Steve Cropper.
Beck later would open for King on a tour billed as the B.B.
King Music Festival in 2003.
He is a 17-time Grammy nominee, including back-to-back Best Rock Album noms in the early 2010s.
Most recently, Beck collaborated with Johnny Depp for a 2020 lockdown cover of John Lennons Isolation.
