Ex-Yardbirds Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton share a complicated relationship: ‘Shut up, I’m here now!’
When Jeff Beck arrived with the Yardbirds nearly 50 years ago, the departing Eric Clapton’s legend loomed large. He then set about dismantling it.
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Yardbirds’ impact on Foghat goes beyond nod in ‘Honey Hush’: ‘That was a spectacular night’
Foghat made an overt reference on “Honey Hush” to the Yardbirds’ Jeff Beck-era update of “Train Kept A-Rollin’.” Their connection goes further back.
As Yardbirds regroup, their legend holds: ‘It’s very gratifying’
Even while Jim McCarty confirms future Yardbirds-related projects, a sense of gratitude for decades of great memories remains.
Yardbirds’ current lineup splits; Jim McCarty hints at something new: ‘Just came to that time’
Jim McCarty announces the Yardbirds’ current lineup has called it quits. But he’s apparently not through with the band he co-founded just yet.
A scary lineup shift sent Yardbirds to the next level: ‘It was totally mind blowing, sometimes’
The transition from Eric Clapton to Jeff Beck sent the Yardbirds hurtling from classicism to the very edge of experimentalism in the blink of an eye.
The Yardbirds were changed forever when Jeff Beck fell ill: ‘It was two lead guitars from then on’
An ailing Jeff Beck simply couldn’t make it on stage in 1966. So the Yardbirds asked their bass player to take over. A bass player named Jimmy Page.
Jimmy Page remembers first dates as the New Yardbirds: ‘It was pretty radical’
Some vestige of the Yardbirds name may have remained, but Jimmy Page was headed in a new direction now — toward Led Zeppelin.
David Smale remembers his dangerous Yardbirds debut: ‘I had to lift the bloody monitor off of him!’
David Smale’s well-respected tenure with the Yardbirds began five years ago with a moment straight out of ‘Spinal Tap.’
Jim McCarty on the Yardbirds’ dive into experimentalism: ‘Weird and wonderful sounds’
A bridge between the Yardbirds’ Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck eras, ‘Having a Rave Up’ heralded a new age of inventiveness.
Jimmy Page explores his transition from the Yardbirds to Led Zeppelin: ‘I was really keen to put a band together’
Jimmy Page says Led Zeppelin initially took more than just the Yardbirds’ name.
