The Yardbirds Tag Page
July 25th, 2008
By Mike
It was forty years ago, July 1968 when The Yardbirds played their final gig at Luton Technical College in Bedfordshire, England. The lineup at that time was Keith Relf as lead singer and on harmonica, Jimmy Page on guitar, (Jeff Beck had already left the group by that time,) Chris Dreja on bass and [...]
June 3rd, 2008
By Mike
A true icon of the rock and roll world has passed away. Bo Diddley was reported to have suffered from heart failure, and passed away at his home in Archer, Florida, at the age of 79.
His trademark guitar rhythms have influenced generations of rockers, notably The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and [...]
February 17th, 2008
By Mike
I’ve been using YouTube alot lately, just to see how much more I can do with it. It’s amazing the archive footage available that would delight any classic rock fan.
There is a very cool channel called Ultracoolsixties, that has more than 400 classic rock videos from the sixties, with everything from The Bar-Kays [...]
Watch here videos of the 10 best guitar players of all time, according to Rolling Stone magazine. One of the most important instruments in modern music, the guitar is at the basis of popular rhythms such as rock and blues. Considered gods by many fans, guitar players have a role as crucial as that of many singers, when it comes to exciting the audience. #10 Keith Richards The writer of hundreds of songs (by himself or with his band mate Mick Jagger), Keith Richards is considered o
Freedom’s Children were a South African band who began their journey in the mid 60s. Ramsay McKay (bass guitarist and songwriter) and Colin Pratley (drums) were the core members of this group. Julian Laxton would later be brought in as the group’s lead guitarist. They released a handful of singles throughout 1967 and 1968, the best of these being blistering hard rock covers of Satisifaction and Mr. You’re a Better Man Than I. Little Games, another 45 effort was comparatively weak when compare
The Yardbirds (1965)- For Your Love * * * 1 votos 01.- “For Your Love” (Graham Gouldman) – 2:31 02.- “I’m Not Talking” (Mose Allison) – 2:33 03.- “Putty (In Your Hands)” (J. Patton, Rodgers, K. Rogers) – 2:18 04.- “I Ain’t Got You” (Clarence Carter) – 2:00 05.- “Got to Hurry” (Oscar Rasputin, who is actually producer Giorgio Gomelsky) – 2:33 06.- “I Ain’t Done Wrong” (Keith Relf) – 3:39 07.- “I Wish You Would” (Billy Boy Arnold) – 2:19 08.- “A Certain Girl” (Naomi Neville) – 2:18
The date was September 24th, 1980. The place was The Old Hyde. He was picked up by the band's assistant, Rex King, that morning and was to be brought to the band's rehearsal at Bay Studios. It was a part of the band's preparation for an upcoming tour of the United States, the first US tour since 1977. At that time, he had just overcome a heroin problem. He was taking a drug to treat his anxiety and depression. While on the way to the studios, he asked King to stop for breakfast. Legend has it
Krissy came into the blues four years ago at the age of 11. Now 15 years old Krissy has performed various venues and festivals and managed to perform live on stage with John Mayall, Jeff Healey, Bernie Marsden and Larry Burton, as well as numerous other up and coming stars of the future. Krissy regularly tours in Scandinavia with his three piece rock blues band, which includes father Keith Matthews on Bass and Freddy Schaal on Drums. The live set is very heavily influenced on the late 60s. such
Hooray for Dial M’s 200,000th hit! On my own side, I just FINISHED revising my book, Chopin’s Polish Ballade, for Oxford University Press. I still have to muck around a bit with the musical examples, printing it out etc. and send it to them, and the copyediting and proof phases lie ahead, but as far as the writing: DONE. Among the things I’ve had on hold because of various other tasks is this blog, now almost two months late. This year, for my birthday, Brother Joel sent me this retrospective
When Ian first started our blog about a year and a half ago, I had no idea how big blogging actually was. I had been blogging on Live Journal, but thought blogging was just something that you did and your friends read. I didn't know about Perez Hilton, or any of these other websites or even that you could develop a following. I had never even heard of blogspot.com. I honestly thought we were breaking some sort of new ground. The first blog that I found besides ours was Police Informer when Pulv
YARDBIRDS - HEART FULL OF SOUL WHODINI - FREAKS COME OUT AT NIGHT OTIS REDDING - SITTING ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY
Jeff Beck - Live At Crossroads Festival (Bootleg) Two little words stand for the consummate rock guitarist: Jeff Beck. While Clapton was pursuing the blues in his post-Yardbirds, pre-Cream years, Beck was branching out and making the big noise(s) that came to define modern rock--feedback, distortion, wails, etc. While Clapton was mellowing out circa '73, Beck was exploring his own fiery take on jazz-rock fusion. This night, shortly before sunset, Beck performed a "summation" of his career--s
Pssst...Starr..this is post #666 and I am not even doing anything weird! bwahahahahahaha Click on the logo above to head over to The Teach's blog to see all the entries this week. Just a little red this week... This was from Sunday...at Harrah's Casino. Nancy saw it and we both thought of the same person at the same time...TRAVIS! REMEMBER...TRAVIS WILL HAVE DANCING TODAY! The Allman Brothers Band (circa 1970) Nashville, TN is the birthplace of brothers Howard Duane & Gregory Len
Pssst...Starr..this is post #666 and I am not even doing anything weird! bwahahahahahaha Click on the logo above to head over to The Teach's blog to see all the entries this week. Just a little red this week... This was from Sunday...at Harrah's Casino. Nancy saw it and we both thought of the same person at the same time...TRAVIS! REMEMBER...TRAVIS WILL HAVE DANCING TODAY! The Allman Brothers Band (circa 1970) Nashville, TN is the birthplace of brothers Howard Duane & Gregory Len
Paul, if I were writing a contemporary worship song, I certainly wouldn’t use words like “vouchsafe” since people don’t know what the heck it means. Heck, I’d even have to look it up. And when I use the word “gnostic,” I mean in the general sense, not in the narrow historical definition. Basically, I mean “knowledge” that you have to be in the inner circle to know. For example, the concept of Christ being “under” the elements of communion. Where did that come from? Maybe when the Lord’s Supper
GNU turns 25, “Happy birthday, software libre”. And really thank you for Emacs, GCC and all the utilities we love to use every day! Judge a book by its cover, and see if you can guess the Amazon rating. Taxman, rentman, they all chase me, I ain’t home when they come round. Got no money, live my life free, That’s the best way, I have found. — The Yardbirds, I Can’t Make Your Way I wish I were the Moon, so much emotion in so few pixels. A Flash game. (Don’t miss his other games.)
Brian Parrish is the DJ of The Casbah, a weekly radio program on KSYM 90.1 FM in San Antonio, featuring surf-instrumentals, garage, soul, blues and more. It's my favorite radio show of all-time and is available in podcast form. 9/13/08 podcast The Royal Coachmen - Loophole The Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys Jackie & The Cedrics - Hard Rock Jackie The Yardbirds - Heartful Of Soul The Ramonetures - The KKK Took My Baby Away The Muslims - Walking With Jesus Monsters Are Waiting - I
Genre: Mod / R&B / Beat / 60s Based in...: UK Label: Rpm Year: 2001 My Rate: 9/10 Tracklist: 1. Blow Up - In Crowd 2. Stroll On - Yardbirds 3. Shake - Stewart, Rod 4. That's How Strong My Love Is - In Crowd 5. Hey Hey Hey Hey - Farlowe, Chris & The Thunderbirds 6. Keep On Running - Davis, Spencer Group 7. Finger Poppin' - In Crowd 8. Don't Lie To Me - Four Plus One 9. I Take What I Want - Artwoods 10. Get The Money - Farr, Gary & The T-Bones 11. I'll Keep On Holding
"The Stones, Animals and Yardbirds took the Chicago Blues and gave it an English interpretation. We've taken the English version of the Blues and re-added a Chicago touch." The Shadows of Knight's self-description was fairly accurate. Although this mid-'60s garage band from the Windy City did not match the excellence of either their British or African-American idols, the teen energy of their recordings remains enjoyable, if not overwhelmingly original. The group took a tamer version of Them's cl
The Mojomatics: Don't Pretend That You Know Me photo: Antonio Campanella When people talk about the British Invasion it's always about the Beatles and the Stones taking over the charts in the USA. They just don't realise it was a world wide phenomenon, and it gave birth to hundreds of homegrown UK-influenced bands all over the world. And it just never stopped. Forty years after the fact The Mojomatics, a band from Venice, Italy, are churning fast-paced pop tunes that bring back the glory days
Time-Life Rock Classics: Masterpieces Cd1 Black Sabbath - Paranoid Golden Earring - Radar Love Alice Cooper - School's Out Free - Wishing Well Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz Motorhead - Ace Of Spades T Rex - Get It On Wishbone Ash - Blowin' Free Faces - Stay With Me Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away Bad Company - Can't Get Enough Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 Cd2
I know you thought Jimmy Page only ever played a Gibson Les Paul. Not true. He started his career with the ubiquitous Fender Telecaster.See here - The Yardbirds play Germany:What I find interesting and cool is that Page's Telecaster looks like something an alt-rock kind of guitarist would play today, with its funky post-production personal stylings and over-used grunginess. He was ahead (a head) of his time. I can only hope my Telecaster will become so wonderful.And don't you just love that Germ
I met artist David Langley a few years ago when I traveled to see Big Star in St. Louis. Since then, we’ve become friends and collaborated on a few projects for the website. Being a collector at heart, I wanted to see what level of interest a series of limited-edition prints would generate. What you see below is the first print in what I hope will be a series of many. The proceeds generated from the sale of the first print will be used to create the next and so on. Each new print will be i
