If Jimmy Page hadn't joined The Yardbirds, there may well have been no Led Zeppelin. Thank heavens and all of the stairways ...

Jeff Beck took the Yardbirds in a new direction, but the constant Eric Clapton comparisons took years to shake. Jackson Maxwell. Tue, January 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM UTC. 5 min read.

That session was for the 1967 album Little Games, the Yardbirds’ final record and Page’s first long-player with his name and playing appearing prominently. He said it was terrifying, and we ...

However, the Yardbirds did not have to kick Topham out of the group. Instead, Topham’s parents decided he was too young to be in a band full-time and forced him to leave the Yardbirds.

The Yardbirds Headline ZepFest, Memorial Day Weekend, May 27, 28, 29. Source: Anne Leighton April 9, 2011. The Yardbirds will be headlining the first annual ZepFest, playing all three nights May 27, ...

Eric Clapton split with the Yardbirds, citing creative differences, in March 1965 – opening the door for Jeff Beck. Skip to main content Skip to site footer. Trending: Ghost Phone Ban; ...

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.

I’m talking about the Yardbirds, whose story and that of the early Zep overlapped for a period in 1968, as we can hear on the excellent new release, ...

Britain's The Yardbirds have been seen as something like a university of rock and roll. Among the band's front line across its heyday in the 1960s, were guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and ...

Yardbirds '68 is divided into two parts: "Live at Anderson Theater," a concert recording, and "Studio Sketches," a collection of alternate takes and demos made during that era.Both sets feature ...

The Yardbirds were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, reformed in 1997, and have been playing in some capacity ever since with various lineup changes.