Jeff Beck Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
5th August 2013
Fact: Beach Boys star Brian Wilson is heading off on a joint tour of North America with Jeff Beck. The musicians, who recently collaborated in the studio, will kick off the trek on 27 September (13) in Florida and visit cities including Washington, D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts before concluding in Akron, Ohio on 27 October (13).
6th June 2013
Fact: Beach Boys star Brian Wilson has returned to the studio the record new music with Jeff Beck and Al Jardine. The project, which will result in Wilson's 11th solo album, is the Good Vibrations hitmaker's first activity since he parted ways with the reunited Beach Boys following a 50th anniversary tour last year (12).
29th May 2013
Fact: Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson has teamed up with his former bandmate Al Jardine and iconic rock guitarist Jeff Beck to record tracks for a new album.
2nd April 2011
Fact: Guitar great Jeff Beck will join the American Idol wannabes on TV next week (06Apr11) during a tribute to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. The two-time inductee will be a guest performer on the show and he'll accompany each of the singers on guitar.
14th January 2011
Fact: The Who, Debbie Harry, Richard Ashcroft and Jeff Beck joined forces on Thursday (13Jan11) to rock out at the Killing Cancer charity gig in London. Proceeds from ticket sales will help fund the installation of groundbreaking light therapy laser treatment in British hospitals.
1st April 2010
Quote: "I hated every minute of it." Jeff Beck isn't a fan of his 1967 hit HI HO SILVER LINING.
22nd February 2010
Quote: "You stop any guy in the street and ask who Eric Clapton is - they know. They don't know who I am." Guitar great Jeff Beck is convinced most people who come out to see the two Brits in concert this year (10) will be there to see Clapton.
21st February 2010
Quote: "I'm sure half of the America's guitar players think we all lived above the same sweets shop and played guitar all day long." Jeff Beck on the belief he, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Mick Taylor and the other 1960s guitar greats all lived together.
1st February 2010
Fact: Pioneering guitarist Les Paul was honoured with a posthumous tribute at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (31Jan10), with a performance by jazz singer IMELDA MAE and British rock guitarist Jeff Beck.
13th January 2010
Quote: "I don't blame him... Rod's voice is different now. Roger Daltrey's voice isn't the same. Same for Robert Plant. If you can't hit the notes, then it's time to think about another form of music." Jeff Beck understands why former bandmate Rod Stewart has turned his back on rock music to concentrate on recording soul classics and standards.
12th January 2010
Quote: "Mention the word Yardbirds to Eric and he'll turn purple. I don't know why. They didn't serve him badly." Jeff Beck insists tourmate Eric Clapton doesn't have fond memories of his time in the 60s supergroup. Beck replaced Clapton in the band.
11th August 2009
Quote: "I played drums on TRAIN KEPT A'ROLLIN' with Jimmy Page and Ron Wood and Jeff Beck. It was a mindf**k. I kept waiting for the real drummer to show up." Metallica star Lars Ulrich on his magical night at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
19th January 2009
Quote: "I couldn't believe I was even nominated. I thought the YARDBIRDS was as close as I'd get to getting in. I've gone on long after that and gone through different musical changes. It's very nice to hear that people have been listening." Rocker Jeff Beck is thrilled to be among the Rock + Roll Hall of Fame class of 2009, 17 years after he was inducted as a member of the Yardbirds. Beck will be inducted into the Ohio museum alongside Run-DMC and Bobby Womack on 4 April (09).
17th January 2009
Quote: "It was one of the worse cacophonies I’ve ever heard in my entire life. Just horrendous." Rocker Jeff Beck on his last performance at the Rock + Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, when he joined the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, George Harrison and the Beach Boys for a version of Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone in 1988. Beck will have the stage to himself of 4 April (09), when he's inducted as a solo artist.
15th January 2009
Quote: "Jeff Beck has been one of my heroes since I first picked up a guitar which is really exciting. It would be exciting to play guitar with him at some point." Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett hopes the band's April (09) induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside his idolised fellow rocker will help him realise a life-long dream.
15th January 2009
Fact: RUN-DMC's performance at the Rock + Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Ohio in April (09) will be the rap pioneers' first since the death of DJ Jam Master Jay in 2002. The rap trio will be inducted alongside Metallica, Jeff Beck and Bobby Womack.
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