Jeff+Beck

As you research your selected guitarist, you will need to note some specific information from his or her life and career. Include the following in your final writing: Details for your written assignment: ,
 * Introduction
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
 * Conclusion

Your Name: (first name, last initial): Remi B.

Write your essay here! :

Jeff Beck was born on June 24th, 1944 in Surrey, England. Music was an important part of the family's life: his mother and older sister played classical piano and his father collected jazz records. He took piano for two years and sang in a church choir, but it was electric guitar inventor Les Paul's jazz-flavored country that caught his attention. As a kid he built his own guitar from a cigar box, a picture frame, and household wires. Later he attended Wimbledon Art College in London, England. He was inspired by rockabilly guitarists like Buddy Holly and Cliff Gallup and also Jan Hammer. In 1966 Jeff Beck replaced Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds. He was in the group for 18 months until the band broke up. Jeff Beck never had the same as fellow guitarist Jimmy Page who went on to create Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton and joined Cream. But, Jeff Beck did create the Jeff Beck Group and had a couple of hits. Some of the songs include Blow by Blow in 1875 and Heart Full of Soul in 1965. Blow by blow was considered to be Jeff Beck's masterpiece. Blow by Blow "was a major change in my life," Beck told Guitar Player, "but that was an accident. The album was sort of put together naturally. You couldn't force out another album like that, so it's difficult to make a follow up." His style throughout his career was mostly combined jazz and rock and even a little classical. To conclude Jeff Beck's career wasn't the greatest but he did know how to play guitar and he did play it well, so that is why many people consider him a great guitarist.

Works Cited

Sources : "Jeff Beck." // Contemporary Musicians //. Vol. 70. Detroit: Gale, 2011. // Biography In Context //. Web. 3 May 2013. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1608005605&userGroupName=s0002&jsid=80485938943c4bafce1de2df28d498c4   "Jeff Beck." // Newsmakers //. Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale, 2011. // Biography In Context //. Web. 3 May 2013. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1618005358&userGroupName=s0002&jsid=05081c425b497f86f2333c28060f9d7d


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Guitarist Research Notes Table
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 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings**
 * The guitar style I am researching is: ||  ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || Jeff Beck ||
 * This guitarist lived from __to__ ___ || June 24, 1944 to present day ||
 * Define and describe the guitar style you are researching. ||  ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? || Attended Wimbledon Art College in London, England ||
 * What types of music influenced this artist? || Jan Hammer's influence ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. || He was inspired by rockabilly guitarists like Buddy Holly and Cliff Gallup

Jan Hammer's influence ||
 * Has this guitarist played more th || combined jazz and rock and even classical ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? || His first guitar was a Les Paul ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || Beck was born in 1944 in Surrey, England, during the lean years of postwar Britain. Music was an important part of the family's life: his mother and older sister played classical piano, an uncle taught him violin and string bass, and his father collected jazz records. For his parents, "life was tense and music helped them forget about their troubles," the guitarist recalled on his Web site. "I'm sure that made an impression on me." He took piano for two years and sang in a church choir, but it was electric guitar inventor Les Paul's jazz-flavored country that "was the first music that really caught my attention," he recalled to Alan Clayson in The Yardbirds. ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || Music was an important part of the family's life: his mother and older sister played classical piano, an uncle taught him violin and string bass, and his father collected jazz records. ||
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || He built his own guitar from a cigar box, a picture frame, and household wires. ||
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || Blow by Blow,  Epic, 1975

Heart Full Of Soul, 1965 || What do you like about his/her style? ||  ||
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? ||  ||