The Latest Breaking News from Jeff Beck

The guitarist was one of the leading figures of rock music in the 1960s and was a major influence on many of the stars who followed.

Mick Jagger and Ozzy Osbourne were among a number of stars to pay heartfelt tributes to guitarist Jeff Beck following his death being announced this evening

Jeff Beck, the influential, genre-bending English guitarist who rose to fame with The Yardbirds before later embarking on a solo career, has died at the age of 78, his family announced on social media on Wednesday.

Jeff Beck, the influential guitarist who rose to rock and roll stardom with 1960s supergroup the Yardbirds and 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.

Guitarist Jeff Beck was among a wave of influential English guitar players in love with American blues. He died on Tuesday, January 10 after contracting bacterial meningitis.

English guitar legend Jeff Beck, a two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, has died at the age of 78. The cause appears to have been a sudden case of bacterial meningitis.

The eight-time Grammy-winner rose to prominence with rock band The Yardbirds

His death was announced in a statement which was shared from his official Twitter account.

He began with bubblegum pop in the Yardbirds, then moved on to psychedelia, funk, jazz fusion, even techno – but no matter what the genre, Beck was always ahead of the curve