Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Top Topham, Jim McCarty, and Chris Dreja are the founding members of the Yardbirds. After finding some early success, Topham did not fit the band as a guitarist. “A ...

Clapton has long since been credited with departing the band over musical differences, but his former bandmate has added a fresh twist to the tale ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Michael Putland/Getty Images Though he turned down an offer from John Mayall to join his ...

Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Top Topham, Jim McCarty, and Chris Dreja are the original members of the Yardbirds. Relf and Samwell-Smith played together in a band called Metropolitan Blues Quartet.

With hits like For Your Love, Shapes Of Things and Heart Full Of Soul, The Yardbirds were one of the most influential of the early 1960s blues-rock bands. They also enjoyed the distinction of having ...

Imagine replacing Eric Clapton on guitar by bringing in Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page in the same band together! That’s the story of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band The Yardbirds, who bring psychedelic ...

Guitar legends Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page are the three most famous alumni of The Yardbirds, the pioneering English blues-rock band that was formed in 1963, gave birth to Led Zeppelin in ...

The Yardbirds were one of the seminal bands of the 1960s. At one time or another, they had three of the great guitarists - Eric Clapton (Cream), Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) - in the group.

The Yardbirds' legacy may rest in large part on their having launched the musical careers of three of rock and roll's most celebrated lead guitarists — Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. And yet, ...

Along with the Brit-invaded rock of The Animals and The Rolling Stones, by the early 1960s, The Yardbirds pulled their sound from the likes of Bo Diddley and Howlin’ Wolf and other American blues and ...

“It’s a shame the Yardbirds have no image,” opined Herman’s Hermits’ Peter Noone bluntly in 1966, “because they would be the Number One group in England.” It’s true that the Yardbirds—whose ...