? The "guitarist's guitarist."  Twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the former Yardbird was a blues, jazz, and rock maestro.

Have listened to everything from "Heart Full of Soul" (Yardbirds) to his lovely work with Beth Hart on "I'd Rather Go Blind" at the 'Kennedy Center Honors.' A+

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RIP

I was late on the Jeff Beck tip but once I started listening to him I learned to love him. His records didn't seem as popular as other so-called guitar gods of that time but the feedback and distortion were mind melding on records I heard and I eventually found out that he made all kinds of music. When I first heard Freeway Jam, years after it was recorded, my mind was blown. I immediately went out and bought Blow By Blow. I also liked There & Back, a mellower album that also had a lot of instrumental stuff that's good to daydream to and good to read to. There is a really underrated song on it called The Pump, which I find quite hypnotic. Beck was really good but the guitar player I really like from that long-ago period is Robin Trower.