{"id":184281,"date":"2023-01-12T05:17:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T05:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jeff-beck-guitarist-for-the-yardbirds-and-the-jeff-beck-group-dies-at-age-78\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T05:17:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T05:17:20","slug":"jeff-beck-guitarist-for-the-yardbirds-and-the-jeff-beck-group-dies-at-age-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jeff-beck-guitarist-for-the-yardbirds-and-the-jeff-beck-group-dies-at-age-78\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Beck, guitarist for the Yardbirds and the Jeff Beck Group, dies at age 78"},"content":{"rendered":"
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 died. He was 78.<\/p>\n
Beck died after Tuesday “suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis,” his representatives said in a statement released Wednesday. The location was not immediately known.<\/p>\n
“Jeff was such a nice person and an outstanding iconic, genius guitar player \u2014 there will never be another Jeff Beck,” Tony Iommi, guitarist for Black Sabbath wrote<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n