Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck

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NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' is pulling out at all the stops for the finale of its 37th season. First it was announced that Mick Jagger would be both the host and musical guest. Then they said that Jagger would be backed by Foo Fighters and Arcade Fire. Now they've added another rock legend to the proceedings, guitarist Jeff Beck.

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Is it possible President Obama is looking to sing his way back into the White House this November? Last night the Commander in Chief was joined on stage by all all-star band that included Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Booker T. Jones. It took some convincing, but the President fronted the group of legends, if only for a few bars of 'Sweet Home Chicago.'

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Jeff Beck was the classic rocker up for perhaps the most prestigious award at the 2012 Grammy Awards, but modern rockers Foo Fighters took home the trophy. The Foo Fighters album 'Wasting Light' beat out Beck's ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Honoring Les Paul' to win the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.

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Shortly after being named a ‘Living Legend’ by Classic Rock Magazine, Jeff Beck spent some time looking back at his storied career, including an ill-fated 1975 audition for the Rolling Stones.

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Former Yardbird Jeff Beck was in Camden, England, Wednesday night (Nov. 9) to accept the 2011 Living Legend Award during the seventh annual Orange Amplification Classic Rock Roll of Honour ceremony, and he kept his feet firmly planted in the present, performing a set of covers that included a version of Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance.'

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Jeff Beck is set to receive the 2011 Living Legend Award at the seventh annual Orange Amplification Classic Rock Roll of Honour ceremony, which will take place Wednesday (Nov. 9) in Camden, England. Steve Winwood will be honored with the Union Maestro Award, while a slew of artists from AC/DC to the Who are among nominees for the Roll of Honour's various annual fan-voted awards.

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Jeff Beck and Robert Plant have reportedly discussed working together on a musical project of unknown shape and size. It would certainly be a case of legend partnering with legend, if it does indeed happen.

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Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler was quite the popular ringleader last weekend when he hit the stage of Las Vegas' MGM Grand to rock the iHeartRadio festival, a star-studded two-day bash marking the launch of the new iHeartRadio application. He was joined during his sets by a string of all-star collaborators, including Jeff Beck, Sting and sultry ‘X Factor’ judge Nicole Scherzinger.

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It's official: guitarist Jeff Beck is finally a “legend.” That's the designation that will finally be formally attached to Beck when he is honored by Classic Rock Magazine with their Living Legend Award.

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Funk master Sly Stone will release his first album since 1982 on August 16 via Cleopatra Records. A number of classic rock artists will join Stone to celebrate his catalog of well-known hits on the new album, which is called ‘I’m Back! Family & Friends.’

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