Jeff Beck

Geoffrey Arnold Beck, popularly known as the Guv’nor, is a musician, songwriter, actor, record, and film score producer. His genre specialization is known to be a rock as in rock guitarist, one of three well-known guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds. The other two on the list are Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. Jeff is a celebrated guitarist who has won more than one Grammy for him and his band The Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice band that he formed with Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice.

Well, how well do you know about Jeff Beck? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Jeff Beck’s net worth in 2021, his age, height, weight, wife, kids, biography and complete details about his life. Well, if you’re all set, here is what we know about Jeff Beck to date.

Biography and Early Life

Jeff Beck was born on June 24 in the year 1944, to parents Arnold Beck and Ethel Beck in Wallington, England. Beck’s first interaction with music was when he participated in the church choir at ten years old. He revealed that he draws inspiration from his role model Les Paul whom he heard playing electric guitar on the radio when he was only six years old. Listening to the song “How High The Moon” made him curious about electric guitars, and he has been unstoppable ever since.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Jeff Beck in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Jeff Beck’s age is 77 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 24 June 1944. Though, he is 5′ 10″ in feet and inches and 178 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 161 lbs in Pound and 73kg in Kilograms.

Education

Beck went to The Sutton Manor High School for his junior years and later attended Sutton East County Secondary Modern School. He then went on to complete his major in Arts from the Wimbledon College of Art. After college, Jeff worked as a painter, decorator, and car paint sprayer. He also worked as a golf course groundsman up until he met Jimmy Page and jumped into the world of music.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Our very own Guv’nor has a very long dating history starting from Mary Hughes, an American actress whose reference is evident in the song psycho daisies. He then dated Celia Hammond, Lucy Offrall, Sabel Starr, Lori Mattox, Heather Daltrey, Wendy Moore, Dee Dee Keel, Jenni Dean.

However, Beck only married two women in his life, his first wife being Patricia Brown, who he married in 1962, but shortly after, in 1967, they filed for divorce. Then he tied knots with Sandra Cash in the year 2005 and is reported to be living happily together ever since.

Is Jeff Beck Gay?

Jeff Beck stands to be nothing but straight with a long history of having romantic relationships with women and being married to women.

Professional Career

Jeff indulged himself in the world of music while pursuing his college, and he even played as a succession of Jimmy Page and earned a good reputation in the industry due to the support of Lord Sutch. In 1997 he formed his first band, popularly known as The Jeff Beck Group, which consisted of Rod Stewart as a vocalist, Ron Wood for bass, Aynsley Dunbar on drums, and Beck himself as a guitarist, of course.

Their band became quickly popular and released albums that sold successfully, but they eventually parted ways due to their friction and regular fights, even on tours. Later he formed another band with Carmine and Tim, known as the Beck, Bogert, and Appice, but even the trio did not last long. After a period of silence, he then returned with single albums like There and Backed in the year 1980 and went on to drop bangers for the following years. Later he even successfully joint toured with Brian Wilson in the year 2013.

Awards & Achievements

Beck has managed to achieve a lot in his 76 years of life and is still running. He won his first Grammy for his performance on Best Rock Instrumental in his single “Escape” in the year 1986 and went on to win seven of them more, which concludes with him bagging not one but eight Grammys.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Jeff Beck in 2021

Beck earned more than ample amount of money from his concerts and tours other than his earnings from his vigorous single hit albums, making his net worth around 20 million, estimated as of 2021.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• Jeff Beck is the longest-held partner working under the record label Epic Records for as long as 35 years.
• Beck and his group were the only ones invited to perform at Woodstock, yet they couldn’t either time.
• He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, not once but twice.
• Blues-rock’s Joe Bonamassa is Beck’s most enormous admirer.

Jeff Beck is one of the most famous and celebrated rock guitarists of his time. His music focuses from blues-rock to jazz fusion and from hard rock to even electronica. Even though his first two solo albums were hits, his subsequent releases couldn’t maintain the same impact. But he managed to return and dropped hits after hits and bagged the fifth position of “100 Great Guitarists of All Time” in the Rolling Stone Magazine.