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.
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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.
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.
‘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.
Jeff Beck’s ‘Happenings Ten Years Time Ago,’ ‘People Get Ready,’ others: Gimme Five
On Beck’s birthday, we select five examples of his frisky genius.
Jim McCarty on the Yardbirds’ greatest guitarist – Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck or Jimmy Page?
Clapton, Beck and then Page played lead with the Yardbirds between 1963-68.
‘A bit of a nightmare’: For Jeff Beck, tour with Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson didn’t go as planned
To hear Jeff Beck describe it, his long-hoped-for tour last year with Beach Boys svengali Brian Wilson wasn’t the dream trip he’d hoped it would be. You May Also Like: Brian Wilson’s No Pier Pressure was almost a Beach Boys album: ‘I changed my mind’
One Track Mind: Jeff Beck, “Why Give It Away” from Yosogai (2014)
The first thing that grabs ya’ about this new Jeff Beck tune is the gigantic groove Beck establishes from the get-go, and a soaring lead that brings this too-brief three minute funk-rock excursion to its end.
Deep Cuts: The Yardbirds, “The Sun Is Shining” from Where the Action Is! (1966)
Recorded at the BBC and included on … Where The Action Is!, a two-disc set released in 2000, “The Sun Is Shining” captures the Yardbirds in their element with jaw-dropping results. You May Also Like: No related posts.
Deep Cuts: The Yardbirds, “New York City Blues” from Greatest Hits (1966)
Composed by Yardbirds lead singer Keith Relf and rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja, “New York City Blues” was nestled on the B-side of “Shapes Of Things,” which reached the No. 11 position on the charts in the spring of 1966. You May Also Like: Yardbirds welcome back ‘Birdland’-era frontman John Idan:Read More
