Jeff Beck - guitar legend who pushed the boundaries of popular music

Jeff Beck - guitar legend who pushed the boundaries of popular music. Jeff Beck, nominated by the Brighton Institute of Modern Music (whose degree courses are validated by the University of Sussex) for an honorary Doctor of Music degree, is recognised as a groundbreaking artist. His inimitable combination of primal shredding and cool perfectionism has left a mark on everything from hard rock and jazz fusion to rockabilly and techno during the past 40-plus years. After famously replacing Eric Clapton as the Yardbirds' lead guitarist in 1965, Beck went on to form The Jeff Beck Group, which featured Rod Stewart on vocals and Ron Wood on bass. Their two albums - 'Truth' (1968) and 'Beck-Ola' (1969) - would become musical touchstones for hard rockers in the years to come. Constantly evolving, Beck's next move would be to form a power trio with bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice, which released 'Beck, Bogert and Appice' (1973), once again shattering people's preconceptions of what a rock guitarist was supposed to sound like. Music has always shared space with Jeff's love of hot rods.