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Their innovative approach to heavy-sounding blues , rhythm and blues and rock was a major influence on popular music. The first Jeff Beck Group formed in London in early and included guitarist Jeff Beck, vocalist Rod Stewart , and rhythm guitarist Ronnie Wood , with bass players and drummers changing regularly. The lineup went through months of personnel changes, notably no fewer than four drummers, before settling on Aynsley Dunbar and switching Wood to bass.

Beck signed a personal management contract with record producer and manager Mickie Most , who had no interest in the group, only in Beck as a solo artist.

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During , the band released three singles in Europe and two in the United States, the first, " Hi Ho Silver Lining ", being the most successful, reaching No. Waller went on to play with the band all through and early , and was their longest-lasting drummer. Peter Grant , a road manager at the time, had been to the U. It was now possible to break out a band without using the "hit single" formula.

Grant realised that Beck's band was ideal for this market and tried several times to buy Beck's contract from Most, who refused to let Beck go. By early the band was considering disbanding, but Grant convinced them not to, and booked a short U. Beck said "We were literally down to one change of clothing each".