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Blues Headlines

Jeff Beck

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FOLLOWING OUR TRIBUTE to Jeff Beck in issue 495, this Blues Headlines further celebrates the guitarist, who occupied his own sublime space outside the accepted structures of contemporary playing. Before we go any further, let’s acknowledge the impossibility of duplicating his style – I simply hope to capture some of the essence.

Jeff coaxed his sound out of a variety of guitars over the years, including a modified

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