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Jim Gordon, famed session drummer convicted of murdering his mother, dies at 77

LOS ANGELES — Jim Gordon, the prolific session drummer who played with some of rock’s biggest stars — including the Beach Boys, several Beatles and Eric Clapton, whose classic “Layla” he’s credited with co-writing — before he was sentenced to prison for killing his mother, died Monday at the state-run…

Los Angeles Times

How Tedeschi Trucks Band dug into 'Layla' source material for 4-part album

Under normal circumstances, one of your backup singers suggesting that the band read a 4,600-stanza Persian poem from the 12th century would seem preposterous.

Tribune News Service

‘He was central to music history’: the forgotten legacy of Leon Russell

In an illuminating new book, the incredible highs and devastating lows of the influential musician are remembered

The Guardian - US

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Andy Fairweather Low: ‘Jimi Hendrix sidled over and politely told me: you’re in the wrong key’

Kate Bush loved his voice, Clapton hired him and Paul Weller mocked his hair. Having gone from top of the charts to living with his mum, one of rock’s nice guys is back with a new album at 74

The Guardian - UK

Anthony 'Top' Topham dead: Original Yardbirds guitarist dies aged 76

Anthony ‘Top’ Topham, the first guitarist for The Yardbirds, has died just two weeks after his successor Jeff Beck, it's been announced this evening - with his family sharing the musician had been 'fighting dementia' in his final years

Daily Mirror

Jeff Beck: Virtuoso guitarist and one of rock’s all-time greats

The musician’s time in The Yardbirds and subsequent music career helped define a genre

The Independent UK

Jeff Beck: the unorthodox techniques that made him such a unique guitarist

The praise Jeff Beck, who has died aged 78, received from indebted musicians during his lifetime already read like unbridled eulogies. Eric Clapton had called him “the most unique guitarist”, Steve Lukather (Toto) “God’s guitarist”, and Joe Satriani “just a genius”.

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"He was selling guitars to raise ready cash to buy dope": The real story of the show that brought Eric Clapton back from the brink

By mid-1971 Eric Clapton was a recluse with a heroin habit, until friends including Pete Townshend and George Harrison intervened to save his life

Louder

Luxury hotel once a hit with David Bowie and Boy George is now on worst-rated lists

Wham!, Duran Duran, Hot Chocolate, Kiss, Cliff Richard, Eric Clapton and Elizabeth Taylor all stayed at the Dragonara Hotel which opened in the early eighties in Edinburgh

Daily Mirror

Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant pays tribute to Jeff Beck’s ‘enormous’ musical gift

Titans within the world of rock music have paid tribute to the guitarist following the news of his death aged 78.

The Independent UK

Who is Jeff Beck? Yardbirds guitarist dies aged 78

In 2022, Beck made headlines when he announced a collaborative album with Johnny Depp shortly after the Hollywood actor’s defamation battle with ex-wife Amber Heard drew to a close.

Evening Standard

Kiss’s Gene Simmons: You can’t leave this planet without experiencing Jeff Beck

Simmons is among the rock greats to remember Beck after the guitarist’s death aged 78.

The Independent UK

Jeff Beck, iconic British rock guitarist, dies aged 78

Beck, a guitar virtuoso and innovator, died after contracting bacterial meningitis, his family said.

Al Jazeera

Jeff Beck, guitarist with a chapter in rock history, dies at 78

Jeff Beck, one of the most skilled, admired and influential guitarists in rock history, died Tuesday in a hospital near his home at Riverhall, a rural estate in southern England. He was 78.

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Classic rock guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck dies at 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.

The Guardian - UK

Heart full of soul: the maverick genius of Jeff Beck, the ‘guitarist’s guitarist’

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

The Independent UK

Jeff Beck, guitar god who influenced generations, dies at 78

A guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, Jeff Beck has died

The Guardian - UK

Legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck dies aged 78

Beck rose to fame with the Yardbirds before fronting the Jeff Beck Group and making forays into the jazz-fusion sound he pioneered

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Stadium starstruck by Kidman and Urban glamour couple

THE hallowed turf of McDonald Jones Stadium isn't foreign ground when it comes to star power. It's played host to football icon David Beckham, turned green and gold for the Socceroos and Matildas and been the playground of rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns. But Newcastle isn't LA, or even Sydney,…

The Guardian - UK

We Danced on Our Desks by Philip Norman review – an unbeatable portrait of a writer finding his voice

The Beatles biographer evokes the energy and glamour of the 1960s in this droll and vivid account of his years on the Sunday Times Magazine

The Guardian - UK

David English obituary

Actor, writer, bon vivant and charity fundraiser who made a huge contribution to English cricket

The Independent UK

Garage contents that spawned rock’s greatest guitars are auctioned

The garage in Chatham, Kent, was the workshop of Britain’s premier guitar-maker, the late Tony Zemaitis

Tribune News Service

Pattie Boyd on the last time she saw ex-husband George Harrison before his 2001 death

Pattie Boyd is opening up about the poignant final moment with ex-husband George Harrison, which took place shortly before his 2001 death.

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran reveals why Queen Elizabeth II was smiling in their photo together

The singer first met the late monarch when he performed at her Diamond Jubilee in 2012

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran reveals why Queen Elizabeth II was smiling in their photo together

The singer first met the late monarch when he performed at her Diamond Jubilee in 2012

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