Editing Jeff Beck (section)

=== Band leader and co-leader: 1967 to 1974 ===
In 1967, he recorded several solo singles for pop producer [[Mickie Most]], including "[[Hi Ho Silver Lining]]" and "Tallyman", which also included his vocals.<ref>With the Yardbirds, Beck provided the lead vocals for "Psycho Daisies" (studio UK B-side of "[[Happenings Ten Years Time Ago]]") and "The Sun Is Shining" (live ''[[BBC Sessions (The Yardbirds album)|BBC Sessions]]'').</ref> He then formed [[the Jeff Beck Group]], which included [[Rod Stewart]] on vocals, [[Ronnie Wood]] on bass, [[Nicky Hopkins]] on piano, and [[Aynsley Dunbar]] on drums (replaced by [[Micky Waller]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailyrockbox.com/rod-stewart-fronting-the-jeff-beck-group-is-unforgettable/|title=Rod Stewart Fronting The Jeff Beck Group Is Unforgettable|publisher=dailyrockbox.com|access-date=12 January 2023|archive-date=15 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615111337/https://dailyrockbox.com/rod-stewart-fronting-the-jeff-beck-group-is-unforgettable/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The group produced two albums for Columbia Records (Epic in the US): ''[[Truth (Jeff Beck album)|Truth]]'' (as Jeff Beck, August 1968) and ''[[Beck-Ola]]'' (July 1969). ''Truth,'' released five months before the first [[Led Zeppelin]] album, features "[[You Shook Me]]", a song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by [[Muddy Waters]], also covered on the Led Zeppelin debut with a similar arrangement.{{sfn|Power|2012|p=}}  It sold well (reaching No. 15 on the ''Billboard'' charts). ''Beck-Ola'' saw drummer Micky Waller replaced by [[Tony Newman (drummer)|Tony Newman]], and, while well-received, was less successful both commercially and critically. Resentment, coupled with touring incidents, led the group to disband in July 1969.

In his autobiography, [[Nick Mason]] recalls that, during 1967, [[Pink Floyd]] had wanted to recruit Beck to be its guitarist after the departure of [[Syd Barrett]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinkfloyd-co.com/band/interviews/rww/rwwcollector.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010214231930/http://pinkfloyd-co.com/band/interviews/rww/rwwcollector.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 February 2001|title=Record Collector Interview|first=K.|last= Whitlock|access-date=15 December 2007|publisher=Pink Floyd & Co fan website}}</ref> but "none of us had the nerve to ask him."{{sfn|Mason|Dodd|2005}} In 1969, following the death of [[Brian Jones]], Beck was approached about joining the Rolling Stones.<ref name="SPI-Clapton-Beck" />

After the break-up of his group, Beck took part in the ''[[Music from Free Creek]]'' "super session" project, billed as "A. N. Other" and contributed lead guitar on four songs, including one co-written by him. In September 1969, he teamed with the rhythm section of [[Vanilla Fudge]]: bassist [[Tim Bogert]] and drummer [[Carmine Appice]] (when they were in England to resolve contractual issues), but when Beck fractured his skull in a car accident near Maidstone in December the plan was postponed for two-and-a-half years, during which time Bogert and Appice formed [[Cactus (American band)|Cactus]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDuffee |first=Allen |date=2023-01-12 |title=The 1969 Car Crash That Nearly Ended Jeff Beck's Music Career |url=https://www.grunge.com/1164659/the-1969-car-crash-that-nearly-ended-jeff-becks-music-career/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Grunge |language=en-US}}</ref> Beck later remarked on the 1960s period of his life: "Everyone thinks of the 1960s as something they really weren't. It was the frustration period of my life. The electronic equipment just wasn't up to the sounds I had in my head."{{sfn|Heslam|1992|p=292}}

In 1970, after Beck had regained his health, he set about forming a band with the drummer [[Cozy Powell]]. Beck, Powell, and producer [[Mickie Most]] flew to the United States and recorded several tracks at [[Motown]]'s famed Studio A in Hitsville U.S.A. with the [[Funk Brothers]], Motown's in-house band, but the results remained unreleased. By April 1971 Beck had completed the line-up of this new group with guitarist/vocalist [[Bobby Tench]], keyboard player [[Max Middleton]], and bassist [[Clive Chaman]]. The new band performed as "The Jeff Beck Group" but had a substantially different sound from the first line-up.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeff Beck Group hometown, lineup, biography |url=https://www.last.fm/music/Jeff+Beck+Group/+wiki |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=Last.fm |language=en |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112105635/https://www.last.fm/music/Jeff%2BBeck%2BGroup/%2Bwiki |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[Rough and Ready (album)|Rough and Ready]]'' (October 1971), the first album they recorded, on which Beck wrote or co-wrote six of the album's seven tracks, included elements of soul, rhythm-and-blues, and jazz, foreshadowing the direction Beck's music would take later in the decade.<ref name="amgreview">{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |date= |title=The Jeff Beck Group - ''Rough and Ready'' (1971) album review &#124; AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rough-and-ready-mw0000192943 |work=allmusic.com}}</ref>

[[File:Early Jeff Beck.jpg|thumb|Beck in 1973]]

A second album, ''[[Jeff Beck Group (album)|Jeff Beck Group]]'' (July 1972), was recorded at TMI studios in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] with the same personnel.<ref>{{cite web |last=Graves |first=Tom |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jeff-beck-group-mw0000649876 |title=Jeff Beck Group Review |website=AllMusic |access-date=14 February 2009 |archive-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604050704/http://www.allmusic.com/album/jeff-beck-group-mw0000649876 |url-status=live}}</ref> Beck employed [[Steve Cropper]] as producer{{sfn|Hjort|Hinman|2000|p=115}} and the album displayed a strong [[Soul music|soul]] influence, five of the nine tracks being covers of songs by American artists. One, "I Got to Have a Song", was the first of four [[Stevie Wonder]] compositions covered by Beck. Shortly after the release of the ''Jeff Beck Group'' album, the band was dissolved and Beck's management put out the statement that: "The fusion of the musical styles of the various members has been successful within the terms of individual musicians, but they didn't feel it had led to the creation of a new musical style with the strength they had originally sought".{{Sfn|Hjort|Hinman|2000|p=122}}

Beck then started collaborating with bassist [[Tim Bogert]] and drummer Carmine Appice, who became available following the demise of [[Cactus (American band)|Cactus]] but continued touring as the Jeff Beck Group in August 1972, to fulfill contractual obligations with his promoter, with a line-up including Bogert, Appice, [[Max Middleton]] and vocalist [[Kim Milford]]. After six appearances, Milford was replaced by [[Bobby Tench]], who was flown in from the United Kingdom{{sfn|Hjort|Hinman|2000|p=123}} for the ''Arie Crown Theatre'' Chicago performance and the rest of the tour,{{sfn|Joynson|1998|p=415}} which concluded at the [[Paramount Theatre (Seattle, Washington)|Paramount North West Theatre, Seattle]]. After the tour, Tench and Middleton left the band and the [[power trio]] [[Beck, Bogert & Appice]] emerged. Appice took on the role of vocalist with Bogert and Beck contributing occasionally.{{sfn|Hjort|Hinman|2000|p=124}}

They were included on the bill for ''Rock at The Oval'' in September 1972, still as "The Jeff Beck Group", which marked the start of a tour schedule of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany. Another U.S. tour began in October 1972, starting at the [[Hollywood Sportatorium]] Florida and concluding on 11 November 1972 at The Warehouse in [[New Orleans]].{{sfn|Hjort|Hinman|2000|pp=125–131}} In April 1973 the album ''[[Beck, Bogert & Appice (album)|Beck, Bogert & Appice]]'' was released (on Epic Records). While critics acknowledged the band's instrumental prowess the album was not commercially well received except for its cover of Stevie Wonder's hit "[[Superstition (song)|Superstition]]".

On 3 July 1973, Beck joined [[David Bowie]] onstage to perform "[[The Jean Genie]]"/"[[Love Me Do]]" and "[[Around and Around]]". The show was filmed and was finally released in the 2022 Bowie documentary ''[[Moonage Daydream (film)|Moonage Daydream]]''. During October 1973 Beck recorded tracks for [[Michael Fennelly (musician)|Michael Fennelly]]'s<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p17485 |last=Thomas |first=Bryan |title=Michael Fennelly |publisher=allmusic.com |access-date=31 July 2009 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115125700/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-fennelly-mn0001634231 |url-status=live}}</ref> album ''Lane Changer''.

Early in January 1974, Beck, Bogert & Appice played at the [[Rainbow Theatre (Finsbury Park)|Rainbow Theatre]] in London as part of a European tour. The concert was broadcast in full on the U.S. show ''Rock Around the World'' in September of the same year. This last recorded work by the band previewed material intended for a second studio album, included on the bootleg ''At Last Rainbow''. The tracks "Blues Deluxe" and "BBA Boogie" from this concert were later included on the Jeff Beck compilation ''[[Beckology]]'' (1991).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1580 |first=Bruce |last=Eder |title=Beckology |publisher=Allmusic.com |access-date=16 February 2009 |archive-date=3 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203034056/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1580 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Beck, Bogert & Appice dissolved in April 1974 before their second studio album (produced by Jimmy Miller) was finished. Their live album ''[[Live in Japan (Beck, Bogert & Appice album)|Beck, Bogert & Appice Live in Japan]]'', recorded during their 1973 tour of Japan, was not released until February 1975 by Epic/Sony.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

After a few months, Beck entered Underhill Studio and met with the band [[Upp (band)|Upp]]; he recruited them to be the backing band for his appearance on the BBC TV program ''Guitar Workshop'' in August 1974. Beck produced and played on their [[Upp (album)|self-titled debut album]] and their second album ''This Way Upp'', though his contributions to the second album went uncredited. During 1974, he participated in recording sessions for the first album by former Jeff Beck Group member [[Bobby Tench]]'s band [[Hummingbird (band)|Hummingbird]]'<ref name="Jeff Beck Hummingbird">{{cite book|author=Hjort and Hinman|title=Jeff's book: A Chronology of Jeff Beck's Career 1965-1980|page=146}}</ref> but did not contribute to the album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ainian.com/jb8.html#1 |title=No Jive With Clive! An Exclusive Interview With Clive Chaman (bass player with Hummingbird) by Dick Wyzanski |date=March 2001 |publisher=ainian.com |access-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804235307/http://www.ainian.com/jb8.html#1 |archive-date=4 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>