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“HE MADE THE GUITAR A DIFFERENT INSTRUMENT”

Pure inspiration

First things first – I’d say Jeff Beck is probably my favourite guitar player, and the reason for that is that there is just no one else like him. I should be talking in past tense, which I’m still not used to. I really was shocked by his death, as I think everyone was. He was in better shape than me when he was 78!

I met Jeff through Carmen Vandenberg – who I say is like my little sister – and who obviously played with Jeff for a couple

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