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Jeff Beck: Hot Wired Guitar: The Life of Jeff Beck Book

One of the most inventive and influential guitarists of this or any other age, ex-Yardbird Jeff Beck was a contemporary and friend of Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. From the mid-sixties onwards he pushed the Electric Guitar to its limits - and beyond. On the way he helped change the face of rock music while experimenting with R&B, funk, jazz fusion and rockabilly.Hot Wired Guitar - The Life Of Jeff Back explores the fascinating life of Beck, using new and exclusive interviews with some of his closest collaborators to tell the real story of the Guitar legend.Complete with full album reviews, rare photographs and an up-to-date discography, Hot Wired Guitar is the most complete and comprehensive account of the life and times of the man who took the Electric Guitar and showed the world just what could be done with six strings and "one hell of an attitude".'A fulsome chronicle of one of the UK's best musicians' development... full of admirable gumshoe work by the writer.'- Record CollectorRead More

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    This new, revised edition of Hot Wired Guitar brings Beck's story bang up to date, from his adventures at The White House in December 2012 with Mick Jagger and US President Barack Obama, to touring the world with Beach Boy Brian Wilson and the 2014 release of Jeff's latest solo disc.The definitive account of Jeff Beck's journey from his childhood in 1940s South London to the world-wide success of 2010's album Emotion and Commotion and beyond. Author Martin Power has talked to former Yardbirds members Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty as well as manager Simon Napier-Bell and fellow musicians including Max Middleton, Stanley Clarke, Simon Phillips, Jimmy Hall, Mo Foster, Doug Wimbish and many others. Supported by full album reviews, rare photographs and an up-to-date discography, Hot Wired Guitar is the most complete and comprehensive account of the life and times of Jeff Beck, the man who took the electric guitar and showed the world just what could be done with just six strings and 'one hell of an attitude'.

  • 1783055928
  • 9781783055920
  • Martin Power
  • 10 November 2014
  • Omnibus Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 536
  • 1
  • Book
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