Brian May honours ‘guitar genius’ Jeff Beck in emotional video tribute: ‘The loss is incalculable’

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brian May is remembering his “hero” and friend Jeff Beck for his undefined talent, following his “sudden” death. May, the co-founder and lead guitarist of British rock band Queen, is the latest music industry legend to share his “thoughts on the sad loss of a guitar genius and friend, Jeff Beck”, in an Instagram video. Not the same, but to give myself a voice the way he had.” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up May then suggested that fans listen to Beck’s song “Where Were You” off the Guitar Album, “if you want to hear his depth of emotion and sound and phrasing and the way he could touch your soul”. Describing it as “so sensitive, so beautiful, so incredibly creative and unlike anything you’ve heard anywhere else”, May said: “He brought an amazing voice to rock music, which will never ever be emulated or equalled.