In a 2010 chat with GW, the always creatively restless virtuoso discusses his love of John McLaughlin, what he sought out to ...
Jeff Beck’s love for Jimi Hendrix was well known in his lifetime. He frequently mentioned Hendrix in interviews, sharing stories about their interactions and their occasional adventure jamming or ...
Chris Dreja, who has died aged 79, was a rhythm guitarist, bass player and songwriter who co-founded the Yardbirds, the ...
As much as Jeff Beck was a musical god in many respects, he felt many musicians could take the guitar further into mainstream households.
"It was a pivotal moment for my sound," Jimmy Page has said of when he met electronics wizard Roger Mayer at Surbiton, a suburb in South West London not far from his home in Epsom and Jeff Beck’s in ...
A rhythm guitarist and bassist, he was a “rock” for a band whose fiery lead players, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, ...
The first-ever number one to feature a guitar solo as its centrepiece is considered to be 1954’s ‘Rock Around the Clock’ by Bill Haley. Read more here.