Jeff Beck nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — A longtime guitarist’s guitarist, Beck first made his name in the mid-1960s during a relatively brief stint with the Yardbirds, which also introduced the world to Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.

Next, he formed the Jeff Beck Group, featuring Rod Stewart and Ron Wood, and released a couple of bona fide blues-rock classics in Truth and Beck-Ola.

Beck spent much of the 1970s playing jazz rock fusion. He teamed up with former Vanilla Fudge members Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice, and played with former Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboardist Jan Hammer.

Since the ’80s, Beck has periodically released albums to little fanfare, but his place in the pantheon of rock guitarists is set in stone.

Chances of induction: Pretty darn good.