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Rock 'n' Roll Party (Honoring Les Paul) is a live album by Jeff Beck, recorded as a tribute album to the late guitarist Les Paul. [1] The album is recorded at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City where Les Paul played almost every week until his death in August 2009. [1] It was recorded on 9 June 2010, which would have been Les Paul's 95th ...
A Gibson Les Paul being played by Beck as he performs covers of Les Paul songs with Imelda May [115] Beck stopped the regular use of a guitar pick in the 1980s. He produced a wide variety of sounds on the Stratocaster by using his thumb to pluck the guitar strings, his ring finger on the volume knob, and his little finger on the vibrato bar. By ...
Concurrently in the late 1960s, artists such as Peter Green, Jeff Beck, Paul Kossoff, and Jimmy Page began using sunburst Les Paul Standards. Responding to this influence and increased pressure from the public, Gibson reintroduced the Les Paul single-cutaway guitar in July 1968, and the guitar remains in production today.
The Jeff Beck: The Guitar Collection includes his recognisable 1954 Oxblood Gibson Les Paul, which is estimated to make up to £500,000, and was seen on the cover of his 1975 solo album Blow By ...
A 1954 Oxblood Gibson Les Paul and a white Fender Stratocaster, known as Anoushka, both went for a million or more. Two Jeff Beck guitars sell for £1m each as musician’s collection raises £8 ...
He's regarded as one of the most influential and innovative musicians of all-time: Tuesday, June 9 would've been the 100th birthday of Les Paul. The multi-faceted musician was a gifted jazz ...
In 1988, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by guitarist Jeff Beck, who said, "I've copied more licks from Les Paul than I'd like to admit." He was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2005), the Big Band & Jazz Hall of Fame (1990), the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame (1996), and the New Jersey Hall of Fame (2010).
Geoffrey Arnold Beck was born June 24, 1944, in Wallington, England, and he became fascinated with the electric guitar at age 6 after hearing Les Paul’s “How High the Moon” on the radio.