Guitar Player - 08 Nov 2024
“I might have done better in the Bluesbreakers than in the Yardbirds. But I didn't want to be mimicking Chicago blues musicians forever." Jeff Beck said he turned down a spot in John Mayall’s group, only for Jimi Hendrix to nearly derail his career ...
Guitar World - 07 Nov 2024
“I might have done better in the Bluesbreakers than in the Yardbirds, but I certainly wouldn't have had the same kind of free rein to experiment”: Jeff Beck on his relationship with Eric Clapton, jamming with Hendrix, and turning down John Mayall ...
MSN - 10 Nov 2024
“I might have done better in the Bluesbreakers than in the Yardbirds. But I didn't want to be mimicking Chicago blues musicians forever." Jeff Beck said he turned down a spot in John Mayall’s group, only for Jimi Hendrix to nearly derail his career ...
Guitar World - 22 Oct 2024
“The Yardbirds had no need to worry about Clapton’s departure – they had Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page onboard”: The history of the ’60s British blues boom – the movement that carried a tidal wave of guitar heroes across the Atlantic ...
Guitar Player - 26 Apr 2024
“I was doing what I was supposed to do, while something totally different was coming from Jeff… There were parts where it just did not work”: Jimmy Page reflects on the Yardbirds, and his short-lived two-guitar tandem with Jeff Beck ...
