The Jeff Beck Group

United Kingdom, 1967–1972

Band formed by Jeff Beck after the Yardbirds, with Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood. Truth (1968) and Beck-Ola set heavy, distorted blues arrangements that fed into hard rock.

MusicRoots documents 3 artists who influenced The Jeff Beck Group and 0 artists The Jeff Beck Group influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced The Jeff Beck Group?

• The Yardbirds — The band was Jeff Beck's vehicle straight out of the Yardbirds — the blues-into-experiment guitar ethos he'd pioneered there carried into the Jeff Beck Group.
• Muddy Waters — Muddy Waters's electric Chicago blues was the raw material the group overdrove into proto-hard-rock.
• B.B. King — B.B. King's expressive electric-blues lead guitar was among the core influences behind Beck's own playing.