Born on 24th June 1944 in Wallington, England guitar legend Jeff Beck has been a staple of rock music for the past 30 years, performing with a number of bands in various genres as well as maintaining his own successful solo career. Along with Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, Beck is considered one of the top guitarists of his generation, renown for his technical ability and versatility. Though he has been less active in recent years, and never received the same sort of media attention as Clapton and Hendrix, legions of worldwide fans admire his unique guitar skills. After attending art school in London, Beck devoted most of his time to music, performing with various local bands.

A stint with the infamous Screaming Lord Sutch built up Beck's reputation to the point where the Yardbirds, already an established band, asked him to join the group in 1965 following the departure of their previous guitarist, Eric Clapton. By the end of 1966 Jeff Beck had left the Yardbirds to begin a solo career, enlisting vocalist Rod Stewart, bassist Ron Wood and drummer Aynsley Dunbar. In 1975 Beck made a comeback with the acclaimed Blow By Blow, an instrumental jazz fusion album produced by Beatles producer George Martin.

Beck returned in 1985 with the polished pop-rock album Flash, recorded with session musicians. Flash became his most commercially successful album in years, spawning the hit single People Get Ready sung by Rod Stewart and the Grammy-winning instrumental Escape. After taking some time off and appearing on Mick Jagger's 1987 album Primitive Cool, Beck returned with his next project, Guitar Shop, in 1989.