The Jeff Beck Group
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| The Jeff Beck Group | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  England |
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| Genre(s) | Blues Rock Hard Rock Heavy metal |
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| Years active | 1967 — 1970 1971 — 1972 |
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| Label(s) | Epic | |
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The Faces | |
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| Jeff Beck Rod Stewart Ron Wood Micky Waller Nicky Hopkins Tony Newman Bob Tench Max Middleton Clive Chaman Cozy Powell |
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The Jeff Beck Group was a rock band formed in February 1967. Their unique and innovative approach to heavy-sounding blues was a major influence on popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The original band consisted of Jeff Beck on guitar, Rod Stewart on vocals, Ron Wood on bass and Aynsley Dunbar on drums. Dunbar was quickly replaced by Micky Waller. Well-known session keyboardist/organist Nicky Hopkins joined the band in 1968. This lineup (with Beck, Stewart, Wood, and Hopkins at the core) would produce only two albums (on the second, Micky Waller was replaced by drummer Tony Newman).
After the group disbanded, Rod Stewart and Ron Wood went on to join The Small Faces, who were about to break up because of the loss of Steve Marriott. Because of Rod and Ron's larger stature than those of the rest of the band, they were renamed The Faces. Meanwhile, Jeff Beck planned to join Vanilla Fudge Rhythm section, Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice, but suffered a head injury in a car wreck. Bogert and Appice would go on to form Cactus while Beck Recovered. After recovering from his injuries, Beck reformed the group with vocalist, Bob Tench, keyboardist, Max Middleton, drummer, Cozy Powell and bassist, Clive Chaman. The band would go on to release two more albums before disbanding.
[edit] After disbanding
After breaking up, Jeff Beck went on to join Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice, forming the band Beck, Bogert & Appice. They released one studio album which made it to #12 on Billboard in 1972 and a live album. While planning to release a second album, Beck left the group to reunite with Max Middleton. He released mostly instrumental fusion albums and eventually began recording techno.
Rod Stewart and Ron Wood had moderate success with The Faces, before Ronnie Lane was replaced with Japanese bassist, Tetsu Yamauchi. Because Tetsu was unable to get a work permit in the UK, the band decided to break up. Both Wood and Stewart would both start solo careers before Wood replaced Mick Taylor in The Rolling Stones.
Cozy Powell went on to join Rainbow and several temporary acts before joining Black Sabbath.
[edit] Discography
 Epic Records |
