Yardbirds

The Yardbirds are an English rock band that had a string of hits in the mid
1960s, including "For Your Love", "Over Under Sideways Down" and "Heart Full
of Soul". The group is notable for having started the careers of three of
rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, all of
whom were in the top five of Rolling Stone's 100 Top Guitarists list ... read more

Still Alive And Kicking: A Conversation With Jim McCarty Of The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds. Yes, the very same seminal 60’s rock outfit that helped to spawn the careers of not one, not two, but three of the most legendary guitar players in h...
Posted 7 days 21 hours ago — Comment on this

What's going on Friday?

today in NYC * Optimo @ Public Assembly * Thurston Moore @ Maxwell's * Soul Rebels Brass Band @ Brooklyn Bowl * The Yardbirds, Vanilla Fudge @ Irving Plaza * Luke Moldof ...
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Mccarty's Son Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charge

Yardbirds drummer Jim Mccartys son Simon has pleaded guilty to one count of producing child pornography Airport police in Hawaii allegedly found photos of naked children ...
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Lemmy - Lemmy Desperate For Jeff Beck Duet

Lemmy has been trying to collaborate with Jeff Beck for three years The Motorhead frontman wanted to work with the Yardbirds rock guitarist after he gave him an idea to r...
Posted 10 November 2011 3.21pm — Comment on this

THE BEATLES/JOHN LENNON GO 'BACK TO BLACK FRIDAY'

_*MORE FROM BEASTIE BOYS, RYAN ADAMS and*__*SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS*__*AND EVEN MORE FROM THE YARDBIRDS, THE BYRDS AND*__*THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL*_When the best ...
Posted 1 November 2011 9.43pm — Comment on this

Record Store Day: Black Friday 2011 (11/25) releases

Record Store Day comes twice a year. On Black Friday (11/25), hit your favorite indie store and get your hands on exclusive vinyl and what-not. Back-Wash Rhythm Band...
Posted 23 October 2011 11.14pm — Comment on this

Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck Named Classic Rock's Living Legend

Guitar great Jeff Beck is set to be honoured as a living legend by editors at Classic Rock magazine The music icon a former member of British supergroup the Yardbirds wil...
Posted 12 September 2011 7.11pm — Comment on this

My summer playlist

Musicians choose which sounds they've been listening to this summer Listen to a selection of these tracks on our Summer Music Spotify playlist, guardian.co.uk/spotify-pla...
Posted 8 August 2011 8.30pm — Comment on this

Eric Clapton creates the cult of the guitar hero

April 1965: Number 7 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicNothing is more central to rock mythology than the cult of the lead guitarist. And no ...
Posted 12 June 2011 12.44am — Comment on this

Led Zepplin formed by Jimmy Page

September 1968: Number 13 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicBack in 1968, Jimmy Page was a hard-nosed rhythm'n'blues session musician. When h...
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Rock Family Trees - The British R

BBC Series exploring the dramas that lie behind some of the best-known bands. In the 60s young people in the UK were tired of pop and started listening to American blu...
Posted 28 May 2011 11.31pm — Comment on this

Ronnie Wood: Second life

There's the young girlfriend, the Hoxton flat, the new veneers, the radio show... At 63, Ronnie Wood is starting againIf there's one thing more surprising than Rolling St...
Posted 23 April 2011 12.03am — Comment on this

the final batch of saturday updates

Radio Free Wohlman said...Transmission 3711It's a groovy dance party with swinging sounds from The Mamas & The Papas, The Small Faces with P.P. Arnold, The Mindbenders,...
Posted 2 April 2011 10.48pm — Comment on this

The showman must go on

Aged 62, and with Brit award nomination, Robert Plant shows no sign of hanging up his mic. He talks Wolves, Led Zeppelin – and why stretch limos are no replacement ...
Posted 30 January 2011 12.03am — Comment on this

thursday afternoon updates

Levin said...King Crimson - Islands (1971)FLACSupertramp - Breakfast in America (1979Andrea Bocelli - Aria: The Opera Album (1998)Yardbirds - Yardbirds (1966)FLACSte...
Posted 20 January 2011 3.10pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Yardbirds songs in the past year.

  • For your love  215 plays
  • Jeff's boogie  1 plays

Played on

Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Yardbirds over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 60s 110 plays
  2. Absolute Classic Rock 106 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 2 plays

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