In January, the enduring British blues-rock guitar hero Jeff Beck died on the age of 78. Beck had suffered from a short sickness, however his passing was sudden and surprising. Soon afterward, Beck’s friends and admirers put collectively an all-star tribute at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall. The present occurred final evening, and it featured a complete lot of guitar legends on the identical stage on the similar time.
Jeff Beck mainly obtained his begin when he changed the departing Eric Clapton within the Yardbirds in 1965. Clapton was one of many fundamental driving forces behind the tribute present, which additionally featured a number of previous Jeff Beck collaborators. Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, for example, had been Beck’s bandmates in his Jeff Beck Group, and each of them took half in final evening’s festivities. The present additionally featured Johnny Depp; Beck’s last album was 18, the Depp collaboration that got here out final yr.
Other contributors in final evening’s tribute present included Billy Gibbons, John McLaughlin, Robert Randolph, Gary Clark Jr., Joss Stone, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Imelda May, Olivia Safe, and Doyle Bramhall. Metallica’s Kirk Hammett additionally put in a shock look. Below, watch a few of the movies from final evening’s present.