{"product_id":"blow-by-blow","title":"Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is the book Jeff deserves. It's honest, thoughtful, and true\" \u003c\/strong\u003eJOHNNY DEPP \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith his shag haircut and white Stratocaster guitar, Jeff Beck was an icon known and loved by millions. Yet somehow, he maintained the ineffable low profile cool of a cult hero as he glided through six decades of musical trends with nary a lapse in taste. Not to say he ever played it safe. What other guitarist can lay claim to performing with opera star Luciano Pavarotti, mainstream television personality Kelly Clarkson, and professional degenerates like Guns N' Roses with equal grace and wit?As Beck himself once quipped, \"I'm an awkward son of a bitch when it comes to doing the expected.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the authors of the critically acclaimed oral history on Eddie Van Halen, Eruption, \u003cstrong\u003eBlow by Blow\u003c\/strong\u003e is a revealing narrative of this legend of guitar, featuring brand new interviews with the icon himself as well as his famous colleagues, collaborators, and loved ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Fine, fine work . skilfully and artfully captures the story of one of the truly great heroes of the guitar: Jeff Beck. Jeff, in a very real way, stands as a gifted artist and innovator who refined his technical skills to a super-detailed, personal point. The same is true of this great book. It's full of deep insights and takes one into Jeff Beck's life, mind, and singular artistic brilliance . Beck's story is the stuff of legends and is told masterfully in this high-volume volume\" \u003c\/strong\u003eBILLY F. GIBBONS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Joseph Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54804263764236,"sku":"9780241767177","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4105\/4988\/files\/9780241767177.jpg?v=1779573388","url":"https:\/\/sonicbookshop.co.uk\/products\/blow-by-blow","provider":"Sonic Music Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}