For a brief period, the Yardbirds sported not only Beck but also his good friend Jimmy Page, who originally joined as bassist ...

During the 1960s, McCarty played with three of Britain's greatest guitarists under the Yardbirds bracket. Clapton was the ...

On March 13, 1965, Eric Clapton made one of the most famous decisions in classic rock history: to leave The Yardbirds. He felt the group was leaving their blues roots behind. Clapton didn’t want to be ...

In 1963, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Top Topham, Jim McCarty, and Chris Dreja formed the Yardbirds. After the band was initially formed, Eric Clapton replaced Topham. When Clapton departed from ...

Imagine replacing Eric Clapton on guitar by bringing in Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page in the same band together! That’s the story of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band The Yardbirds, who bring psychedelic ...

The night of Led Zeppelin was playing at the University of Surrey’s Great Hall in Battersea. Event organizers dubbed it “the ...

In many respects, according to Yardbirds founding member and drummer Jim McCarty, the guys playing in front of him can more than hold their own with the original band, whose members once included ...

Chris Dreja, a founding member of and guitarist for the legendary rock band the Yardbirds, has died. He was 79. His sister-in-law, Muriel Levy, announced the news on social media. “This is with a deep ...

Star power or not, The Yardbirds were ahead of their time. And that might be the reason five decades later, time hasn't passed them by. From 1963 to 1968, The Yardbirds were one of rock's most ...

Chris Dreja, one of the five original members of the Yardbirds, has died. The guitarist was 79. His death was confirmed by his sister-in-law, Muriel Levy, on Threads. “This is with a deep sadness that ...

As advice to anyone building a collection of live recordings, one could scarcely go wrong with the acknowledged classics--sets by Otis Redding, the Who, the Stones' Get YerYa-Ya's Out! Combined with a ...

Don’t be too quick to sell the 1960s British rock band The Yardbirds short just because the latest iteration of the group consists of only one original member from 1963 and four American musicians, ...