Jeff Beck’s Loss of life Mourned by Gene Simmons, Jimmy Web page, Paul Stanley & Extra: ‘The Guitarists’ Guitarist!’

Jeff Beck died Tuesday (Jan. 10) at age 78, and his friends and fellow musicians have flocked to social media to recollect him.

“Nobody performed guitar like Jeff,” Gene Simmons tweeted earlier than urging his followers to “Please get ahold of the primary two Jeff Beck Group albums and behold greatness.”

Former teen idol Paul Younger — recognized within the U.Ok. for ’80s hits like “Each Time You Go Away” and “All the pieces Should Change” — added his personal tribute to Beck’s reminiscence, tweeting, “Devastated to listen to of the sudden and tragic demise of legendary guitarist Jeff Beck. He was cherished by everybody within the know; the guitarists guitarist! My condolences to his household & mates. RIP.”

Simmons’ KISS bandmate Paul Stanley additionally memorialized his pal, writing, “WOW. What terrible information. Jeff Beck, one of many all time guitar masters has died. From the Yard Birds to The Jeff Beck Group on, he blazed a path not possible to observe. Play on now and ceaselessly. @jeffbeckmusic.”

Different reactions poured into Twitter from the likes of Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath and Dave Davies of The Kinks to Genesis’ Steve Hackett and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Web page, the latter of whom described Beck as “the six-stringed Warrior” who had the flexibility to “channel music from the ethereal.”

Over the course of his life, the British musician gained eight Grammys out of 17 complete nominations and was inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame. He additionally launched 11 solo albums in addition to studio units with the Jeff Beck Group, the Yardbirds and the short-lived Beck, Bogert & Appice. His final and most up-to-date LP was 18, a collaborative full-length with Johnny Depp in July.

Learn social media tributes to Beck’s reminiscence under.