Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Top Topham, Jim McCarty, and Chris Dreja are the original members of the Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton soon replacing Topham. After Clapton left the Yardbirds, the band ...

Beck, who famously insured his fingers and thumbs for $10 million, rose to fame when he replaced Eric Clapton as The Yardbirds’ guitarist in 1965. Later, Beck formed the Jeff Beck Group with Rod ...

Whammy bars across the globe are at half-staff this week with word of the passing of legendary guitarist Jeff Beck. A crucial player of the second wave of the British Invasion, Beck died Tuesday after ...

Jeff Beck, legendary guitarist from English rock band The Yardbirds and The Jeff Beck Group, has died at 78. The news was announced Wednesday on Beck's verified Twitter account. "On behalf of his ...

Ronnie Wood found himself in the Yardbirds for one night only ...

Jeff Beck, the legendary guitarist who played with the Yardbirds and fronted his own the Jeff Beck Group, has died at the age of 78. According to a statement from his publicist, Beck died yesterday ...

The late guitar hero thought he’d been invited to jam for a weekend in the mid ’70s. He didn’t realize Keith Richards wanted ...

When the British blues scene bloomed in the 1960s, with the Yardbirds and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers at the forefront, ...

Jeff Beck, know as a "guitarist's guitarist," had contracted bacterial meningitis. Beck first came to prominence playing in The Yardbirds, where he replaced Eric Clapton. One of the greatest guitar ...

Jeff Beck, the rock guitarist, was making a surprise appearance at the Proms last night -- and creating a piece of musical history. Beck, 64, who made his name with the Yardbirds in the 1960s, was due ...

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 ...