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oser. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd with drummer Nick Mason, keyboardist

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ly 1970s. In his autobiography, Nick Mason recalls that during 1967 Pink Floyd had wanted to recruit Beck to be its guitarist after the departure of Syd Barrett but "None of us had the nerve to ask him." In 1969, following the death of Brian Jones, Beck was approached about joining the Rolling Stones. Agai

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