THE MOST MERCURIAL guitarist of his generation, Jeff Beck never conformed to the conventional image of a guitar hero, except maybe when it came to looks (and to that end, he almost certainly inspired the sartorial style of Spinal Tap’s Nigel Tufnel). Beck repeatedly left or broke-up bands before their commercial potential could be realized. He restlessly changed style from one album to the next, refusing to be tied down musically. And his live performances were intermittent, although seldom short of breathtaking.
But what did he think of his own catalog? In 2008, we asked Beck to give us the details behind his favorite
