The Yardbirds 352 votes The Yardbirds' innovative fusion of blues, rock, and pop served as the foundation for many musical genres that emerged in the 1960s and '70s. Boasting an impressive roster of talented guitarists, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, the band's groundbrea...
His new album This Land was released on February 22, 2019, a week before its initial release date. In 2014, Clark was awarded a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B performance for the song "Please Come Home", while the year before he had been nominated for "Ain't Messin Round". Genres ...
This could have spelt the end for the Yardbirds who had built up a reputation largely based upon Clapton's guitar skills. They were very fortunate indeed to replace him with no other than Jeff Beck. (It was in the Jeff Beck period of the band that they visited us here at the Kinema ...
A transitional record in the very best sense of the word,Having a Rave Uparrived as Eric Clapton exited the Yardbirds but still features some of his work alongside tracks with successor Jeff Beck. The LP likewise straddles the line between their early tendency to simply copy their blues heroes...
On 7th Sept 1968, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham made their live debut as Led Zeppelin but billed as The Yardbirds at Teen Club in Gladsaxe (a suburb in the outskirts of Copenhagen), Denmark. Around 1,200 youngsters attended the show at Egegard School. Teen ...
s vocal – account for its influence. Meanwhile,Willie Dixonfinds the greatest metaphor ever for being cheated on (“Seems like another mule’s kicking in your stall”). Unlike many Wolf numbers (“Back Door Man” for The Doors and “Smokestack Lightnin’” for The Yardbirds), “Evil” ...
Be it stoner, sludge, or punk, these are like toys in the hands of three guys eager to take them out for a joy ride. There are moments when I could hear allusions to The Yardbirds and late-sixties folk rock – you know, where you’d have a flute solo come in out of the blue....
TC: That’s more like it. Now we’re getting somewhere. So your lover is a writer. Must be a real hack, or you wouldn’t be ashamed to tell me his name. Marilyn (furious, frantic): What does the “S” stand for? TC: “S.” What “S”?
By 1964 Greater London could claim the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, the Who, the Kinks, the Pretty Things, Dusty Springfield, the Dave Clark Five, Peter and Gordon, Chad and Jeremy, and Manfred Mann. Manchester had the Hollies, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Freddie and the Dreamers,...
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...