The Yardbirds, an English rock band formed in 1963, kickstarted the music careers of three legends—Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, ...

The first time was in 1964, when Yardbirds manager Giorgio Gomelsky had asked Page to temporarily replace guitarist Eric Clapton because he was going on holiday. Page, who was friends with Clapton, ...

Like many artists who came of age in the early to mid-'60s, the Yardbirds went through some major creative changes in 1966. Leading up to this point was a series of singles, a couple of albums and a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. During their initial years together, The Yardbirds scored several ...

Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Top Topham, Jim McCarty, and Chris Dreja are the original members of the Yardbirds. Relf and Samwell-Smith played together in a band called Metropolitan Blues Quartet.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jim McCarty and his fellow bandmates of the Yardbirds will perform at City Winery in Boston on Wednesday, April 9, and then ...

The Yardbirds -- featuring original members Jim McCarty (drums) and Chris Dreja (bass) recently completed a new album, "Birdland," featuring an extraordinary cast of guest guitarists. That Brian May… ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Yardbirds in 1966, l-r, Jim McCarty, Jimmy Page, Keith Relf, Jeff Beck and Chris Dreja - Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Chris Dreja ...

For English-speaking fans of Italian master Michelangelo Antonioni, Blow-Up (1966) must have felt like a gift from above. For his picture (based on a Julio Cortazar story and set in Swinging London), ...

Last time Chris Dreja toured the U.S. with the Yardbirds, people were marching in the streets against the war in Vietnam, and American garage bands like the Count Five and the MC5 had lustily inhaled ...

As founding member Chris Dreja tells it, making a new Yardbirds album after 35 years seemed daunting: “That’s a long holiday. We’ve been dormant like some bacteria for all that time. Waiting to ...