Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill, "Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story" (Da Capo, 2026)
About this episode
This episode features Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill discussing their book about Jeff Beck, exploring his unique contributions to rock music and his enigmatic persona.
With 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? Or as Beck himself once quipped, “I’m an awkward son of a bitch when it comes to doing the expected.” In Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story (Da Capo, 2026), Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill return to chart the unexplored life of rock’s greatest and perhaps most enigmatic instrumentalist. Culled from approximately 30 hours of interviews with the late guitarist himself, numerous conversations with those closest to him, and extensive research, the book sheds new light on the genius that Jimmy Page once said, “shifted the whole sound and face of electric guitar music.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member…
People in this episode
Host: Marshall Poe
Guests: Brad Tolinski, Chris Gill
Topics covered
- Jeff Beck
- rock music
- biography
- musical trends
- guitarists
Keywords
- Jeff Beck
- biography
- rock music
- guitar
- musical trends
- interviews
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Guns N’ Roses, Da Capo
Books & works: Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story
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