Jeff Beck

Though Jeff Beck's guitar prowess and influence placed him on par with such icons of the instrument as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page, he forged an entirely different career path over the course of a five-decade career, preferring to experiment with jazz, electronica and blues-rock rather than seek chart success. He initially established himself in the mid-1960s as Clapton's replacement in the Yardbirds, who rode his penchant for …