classical music—John Coltrane and Philip Glass both studied the tala, its metric cycle; Glass’ fellow minimalist composers Terry Riley and La Monte Young experimented with drones; rock bands like the Yardbirds, the Kinks, and the Byrds used their guitars to emulate the sitar’s distinctive ...
The Yardbirds (1965):Half Eric Clapton (on the live blues part), half Jeff Beck (on the more experimental pop stuff), this is the two sides of the Yardbirds reaching for a common ground. Take your pick: The electricity surging through both guitarists powers a band that had songs and ch...
The Yardbirds (1965):Half Eric Clapton (on the live blues part), half Jeff Beck (on the more experimental pop stuff), this is the two sides of the Yardbirds reaching for a common ground. Take your pick: The electricity surging through both guitarists powers a band that had songs and ch...
Some of these bands named after a bird evoke quaint flocks around birdhouses: The Housemartins, Finch, and The Yardbirds, to name a few. Other bands took their moniker from a more dramatic kind of bird, like The Black Crowes and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. These are some great bird band ...
He embarked on various solo projects and collaborations with artists like The Yardbirds and The Firm. In recognition of his contributions to music, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, once as a member of The Yardbirds in 1992 and again as a member of Led Zeppelin ...
The Yardbirds (1965):Half Eric Clapton (on the live blues part), half Jeff Beck (on the more experimental pop stuff), this is the two sides of the Yardbirds reaching for a common ground. Take your pick: The electricity surging through both guitarists powers a band that had songs and ch...
The Yardbirds (1965):Half Eric Clapton (on the live blues part), half Jeff Beck (on the more experimental pop stuff), this is the two sides of the Yardbirds reaching for a common ground. Take your pick: The electricity surging through both guitarists powers a band that had songs and ch...
and later switched his musical interests to the electric guitar. In 1964 he built a PA system of radical design in St. Petersburg, Florida which was used by bands playing at the Civic Center. Famous musical groups such as Sonny and Cher, Neil Diamond, and the Yardbirds played at this hall...
Jeff Beck (1968): Beck moves confidently toward a harder-edged blues-rock synthesis, putting the Yardbirds behind him for good. 'Truth' is also where most of us were introduced to Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, long before they rose to their own fame. If Beck's smart debut had only accom...
This eight-minute track shows the full scope of Mick Ronson’s brilliance, from the psychedelic Eastern flavor of the first solo break to the anthemic English sound of the middle one, and the Yardbirds blues-wailing at the end.David Bowie’s reinvention as a rock god begins here. ...