Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player's guitar player, has died. He was 78.
Musician died Tuesday after 'suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis,' his representatives saidGuitarist Jeff Beck performs at the Louisiana Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans on April 29, 2011. Beck, a legendary guitarist who influenced generations of players, died Tuesday after 'suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis,' his representatives said in a statement released Wednesday. He was 78.
Kiss' Paul Stanley called Beck one of the all-time guitar masters: "Play on now and forever," he tweeted. His bandmate Gene Simmons wrote, "No one played guitar like Jeff." "Jeff Beck is the best guitar player on the planet," Joe Perry, the lead guitarist of Aerosmith, told The New York Times in 2010. "He is head, hands and feet above all the rest of us, with the kind of talent that appears only once every generation or two."
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