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The Yardbirds are an English rock band formed in London in 1963. The band started the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton (1963–1965), Jeff Beck (1965–1966) and Jimmy Page (1966–1968), all of whom ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest guitarists. [5]
Live Yardbirds: Featuring Jimmy Page is a live album by English rock group the Yardbirds.It was recorded at the Anderson Theatre in New York City on 30 March 1968. At the time, the Yardbirds had been performing as a quartet with Jimmy Page on lead guitar since October 1966.
Clapton recommended Jimmy Page to replace him, but he declined and Jeff Beck took over. [4] Page later joined on bass the following June, after Samwell-Smith abruptly quit; Dreja later took over the role, allowing Page to join Beck on guitar. [5] This lineup was short-lived, however, as Beck left in November 1966. [6]
The Yardbirds were an English rock group that had a string of Top 40 radio hits in mid-1960s in the UK and the US and introduced guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. Their first album released in the UK, Five Live Yardbirds (1964), represented their early club performances with Clapton. [1]
Beck joined The Yardbirds in 1965 – replacing the band’s former guitarist Eric Clapton – following a chance encounter with Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page.
Page was born to James Patrick Page and Patricia Elizabeth Gaffikin in the west London suburb of Heston on 9 January 1944. [10] His father was a personnel manager at a plastic-coatings plant [10] and his mother, who was of Irish descent, [11] was a doctor's secretary.
Jimmy Page is best known as the man who founded Led Zeppelin, and the number of teenagers who picked up a guitar to emulate him is beyond counting. ... In the 1960s, as a member of the Yardbirds ...
Anthony “Top” Topham, founding guitarist of The Yardbirds, has died at the age of 75 after battling dementia. ... then Jeff Beck and finally Jimmy Page. Jeff Beck performing live on stage (Yui ...