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Jeff Beck

British guitar god both with the Yardbirds and leading his own band, explored jazz-rock fusion in the 1970s.

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While he was as innovative as Jimmy Page, as tasteful as Eric Clapton, and nearly as visionary as Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck never achieved the same commercial success as any of his contemporaries. After Rod Stewart left the Jeff Beck Group in 1971, Beck never worked with a charismatic lead singer who could have helped sell his music to a wide audience. He was also idiosyncratic, moving from heavy metal to jazz fusion within a blink of an eye. As his career progressed, he became more fascinated by automobiles than guitars; he released only a handful of albums during the '90s and 2000s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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