Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page were an embarrassment of riches for the Yardbirds: ‘There wasn’t very much space’
Everything would change when the Yardbirds tenures of Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page overlapped in 1966.
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‘That’s where we differed’: Jim McCarty explains why Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck left the Yardbirds
Legend says Clapton split over “For Your Love.” But there was more to it.
‘A very haunting guitar run down’: How ‘Dazed and Confused’ came to be a Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin staple
A late-1960s opening act changed everything for two of rock’s signature bands.
‘One of the best things’: The Yardbirds’ Jim McCarty praises Rush’s take on ‘Shapes of Things To Come’
Jim McCarty talks about his favorite covers of a signature Yardbirds song.
‘It got to be a bit mad there’: How Yardbirds stalwart Jim McCarty found peace
“Everyone wants some peace of mind,” McCarty says, “even original Yardbirds.”
‘We just thought that would be fun’: The Yardbirds’ lasting connection with 10cc’s Graham Gouldman
They scored an early hit with a Gouldman song. But it didn’t end there.
‘A very strange tale’: How this diamond in the rough helped revitalize the Yardbirds
He had a wandering musical taste. He didn’t even play the instrument.
Top Topham’s unlikely Yardbirds return was decades in the making: ‘Didn’t really approve of him carrying on’
Back in their earliest days, guitarist Top Topham was torn between two worlds.
Jim McCarty chuckles over the Yardbirds’ fashion experiments: ‘We looked like ice cream men’
The Yardbirds stalwart drummer blames this one on their “crazy manager.”
The time Steve Hackett blew away the Yardbirds’ Jim McCarty: ‘It was absolutely deafening!’
The ex-Genesis guitarist first worked with McCarty in the 1980s.
