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bigtree

(86,020 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2023, 06:20 PM Jan 2023

Jeff Beck, y'all. :(

Jeff Beck dies at 78

NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

Beck died Tuesday after “suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis,” his representatives said in a statement released Wednesday.

https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Jeff-Beck-guitar-god-who-influenced-generations-17711648.php

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Jeff Beck, y'all. :( (Original Post) bigtree Jan 2023 OP
One of my favorites Casady1 Jan 2023 #1
Rest in music! SheltieLover Jan 2023 #2
Saw him at Crossroads in Dallas. Blew me away. Lochloosa Jan 2023 #3
OH SHIT Leghorn21 Jan 2023 #4
Godspeed, JB!!! Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2023 #5
Keith will bury us all. TheProle Jan 2023 #6
All you young people protect our planet... jcgoldie Jan 2023 #12
Oh man, that sucks. themaguffin Jan 2023 #7
Bummed by the news Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #8
... 2naSalit Jan 2023 #9
Tonight my guitar gently weeps. IrishAfricanAmerican Jan 2023 #10
I've known 2 people that got that disease. Liberal In Texas Jan 2023 #11
... jcgoldie Jan 2023 #13
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
5. Godspeed, JB!!!
Wed Jan 11, 2023, 06:28 PM
Jan 2023


He was a legend, and will be missed.

Moments like this, my consolation is that Keith Richards will always be here.

jcgoldie

(11,662 posts)
12. All you young people protect our planet...
Wed Jan 11, 2023, 08:02 PM
Jan 2023

So it will still be around to pass on to Keith Richards…

Liberal In Texas

(13,615 posts)
11. I've known 2 people that got that disease.
Wed Jan 11, 2023, 07:58 PM
Jan 2023

One mostly recovered but died later of cancer. The other one is only a shadow of herself; it's like nobody is home.

Terrible disesase.

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