Rod Stewart is remembering Jeff Beck as “the greatest,” an otherworldly axeman with whom he fashioned certainly one of rock music’s hallowed partnerships greater than 50 years in the past.
Beck, who handed away Tuesday (Jan. 10) after contracting bacterial meningitis, on the age of 78, was a guitarist “on another planet,” Stewart recounts in a social publish.
Posting an image of the pair collectively, he writes that Beck “took me and Ronnie Wood to the USA in the late 60s in his band the Jeff Beck Group and we haven’t looked back since. He was one of the few guitarists that when playing live would actually listen to me sing and respond. Jeff, you were the greatest, my man. Thank you for everything. RIP”.
Beck tapped Stewart in 1967 to hitch his post-Yardbirds challenge as singer and occasional songwriter. Stewart carried out on the albums Truth (from 1968) and Beck-Ola (1969), each cracking the U.S. prime 20 and kick-starting Stewart’s Hall of Fame profession.
The many years handed, however the magic was nonetheless there. In 1985, the pair reunited on “People Get Ready,” a uncommon hit beneath Beck’s personal title which charted within the U.S., Australia and Europe.
The trailblazing guitarist is taken into account one of the gifted musicians to play the six-string, proof of which will be seen within the outpouring from the music neighborhood, because the likes of Mick Jagger, David Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Ronnie Wood, Tony Iommi and Buddy Guy pay tribute on social media. The estates of John Lennon, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, and others additionally paid their respects.
“Now Jeff has gone,” writes Ronnie Wood, “I feel like one of my band of brothers has left this world, and I’m going to dearly miss him. I’m sending much sympathy to Sandra, his family, and all who loved him. I want to thank him for all our early days together in Jeff Beck Group, conquering America.”
Along the best way, Beck received eight Grammys and was nominated 17 instances all through his profession, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice — as a member of the Yardbirds in 1992 and as a solo performer in 2009.
Stewart has endured a very troublesome stretch of late, with two of his brothers dying in as many months throughout 2022. The two-time Hall of Famer is slated to tour North America, Australia and New Zealand in 2023, whereas additionally slotting right into a residency on the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in May.
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