“I might have done better in the Bluesbreakers than in the Yardbirds, but I certainly wouldn't have had the same kind of free rein to experiment”: Jeff Beck on his relationship with Eric Clapton, jamming with Hendrix, and turning down John Mayall

Jeff Beck performs onstage in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 25, 2010
(Image credit: Paulo Fridman/Corbis via Getty Images)

The following is a fan-submitted Q&A with Jeff Beck that was first published in Guitar World in 2010.

He is held in the highest regard by Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, was close friends with Jimi Hendrix, and his mid-Sixties recordings with the Yardbirds invented the sound for heavy metal guitar. But what Guitar World readers really want to know is...

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Andy Aledort