The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds are an English rock band, in the later famous rock guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page were members.
Band History
The first line-up of the group consisted of Keith Relf, Anthony "Top" Topham, Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell -Smith and Jim McCarty. Topham was after a few months replaced by Eric Clapton. On December 8, 1963, the band accompanied in this occupation Sonny Boy Williamson II at a live recording of Horst Lippmann. This 1966 issued as an album gigs found under the American Folk Blues Festival at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, England, and on 28 February 1964 in Birmingham Town Hall, England, during the first R & B festivals.
The first own album was recorded at the Marquee Club. In addition, the Yardbirds interpreted also commercially successful singles such as For Your Love, a composition by Graham Gouldman. Since this rather jazzy course Eric Clapton did not fit, he left the band in 1965 and joined John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. He was replaced by Jeff Beck, with this experienced the Yardbirds their most commercially successful period. Beck's experimental guitar work blended seamlessly into the group. With its novel sounds of the band succeeded several times made it into the charts, for example, Heart Full of Soul, Still I'm Sad / Evil Hearted You, Shapes of Things and Over, Under, Sideways, Down. The Yardbirds were pioneers, by incorporating the first British band oriental sounding melodies into their songs.
In the autumn of 1966, Paul Samwell -Smith left the band to work as a producer, and was replaced by Jimmy Page, who first played bass. With Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on guitar, the Yardbirds in 1966 had with her piece Stroll On an appearance in the cult film Blow Up by Michelangelo Antonioni. Antonioni originally wanted to engage The Who for the scene. Because these but refused, he left the Yardbirds just imitate The Who - including the destruction of guitars and amplifiers.
The end of 1966, the Yardbirds broke because of tensions between Jeff Beck and the rest of the band of her guitarist Jimmy Page and took over the management of the band. The published the following year album Little Games was a failure and could not carry on a grand success. Although they successfully put their tours around the world continues, but landed no more hits and dissolved in 1968.
Aftermath
Because the band had yet to fulfill contracts for a Scandinavian tour, gathered Jimmy Page with Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham new musicians around him and made initially continued under the band name The New Yardbirds, but opted for Led Zeppelin as a term for the new rock band. The idea for this name did not come from the members of the band itself, but goes back to a statement of The -Who drummer Keith Moon. Said Moon, a band around Jimmy Page would " fall like a leaden airship" ( " The band will go over like a lead zeppelin ").
In 1983, Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell -Smith and Chris Dreja gathered in the formation Box of Frogs.
In 1992, the Yardbirds were included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2003, again under the name Yardbirds Album Birdland, on the still participated Jim McCarty and Chris Dreja of the founding members.
In the summer of 2008 John Idan announced shortly after the release of his solo album The Folly, that he would leave the band at the end of the year. Since the band was until May 2009 can not find a replacement for him, he played in February 2009, one last tour in Canada. Now John Idan touring with his band, the John Idan Group, or the Top Topham - John Idan Blues Band.
Occupations
The following are the lineup changes the Yardbirds are plotted chronologically. Also included are the populations of the closely linked with the Yardbirds band The New Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin and Box of Frogs.
Discography
Albums
Singles
( Values in parentheses indicate the recording date and recording studio )
- A Certain Girl / I Wish You Would ( March 1964; Olympic Sound Studios )
- For Your Love / Got To Hurry ( February 1965; IBC Studios)
- Heart Full of Soul / Blues Steeled (20 April 1965; Advision Sound Studios )
- I'm a Man / The Train Kept A- Rollin ' (September 19, 1965, Chess Studios, Chicago)
- Evil Hearted You / Still I'm Sad (July 27, 1965, IBC and Olympic Studios)
- Shapes of Things / You're a Better Man Than I ( 21 and December 22, 1965 Chess Studios, Chicago, January 7, 1966, Columbia Recording Studios, Hollywood, January 10, 1966, RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World, Hollywood )
- Over, Under, Sideways Down / Jeff 's Boogie ( 19 and 20 April 1966; Advision Sound Studios )
- Happenings Ten Years Time Ago / Psycho Daisies ( September 20 and 10 October 1966; De Lane Lea Studios)
- Little Games / Puzzles (5 March 1967; Olympic Sound Studios )
- Ha! Ha! Said the Clown / Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor (13 June 1967 Columbia Recording Studios, New York City, June 19, 1967, Abbey Road Studios)