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A recording of the Jim McCarty Band featuring Demick and Idan was released under the Yardbirds name as Reunion Jam. [10] [9] In 1996, Majors was replaced by Gypie Mayo, [11] and later Garman was replaced by Alan Glen. [12] This lineup remained stable for seven years, releasing the band's first new studio album since 1967, Birdland, in 2003. [13]
In 2003, a new album, Birdland, was released under the Yardbirds name on the Favored Nations label by a lineup including Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, and new members Gypie Mayo (lead guitar, backing vocals), John Idan (bass, lead vocals) and Alan Glen (harmonica, backing vocals), which consisted of a mixture of new material mostly penned by ...
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Paul Granville Samwell-Smith (born Paul G. Smith, 8 May 1943, in Brentford, West London, England) [1] is an English musician and record producer. He was a founding member and the bassist of the 1960s English rock band the Yardbirds, which launched leading guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page to fame.
When Jim McCarty was a teen, he formed the Yardbirds, forever changing the rock music scene. At 79, he's playing as the last original member.
In 2002, the Yardbirds re-emerged and a new album, Birdland, was released. [2] Dreja suffered a series of strokes in 2012 and 2013 and had not performed with the Yardbirds since mid-2012. In July 2013, it was announced that he had officially left the band for medical reasons and was replaced by original lead guitarist Topham. [7]
Anthony “Top” Topham, founding guitarist of The Yardbirds, has died at the age of 75 after battling dementia. The musician, who later adopted the name Sanderson Rasjid after joining the Subud ...
In the 1960s, as a member of the Yardbirds, Eric Clapton was the subject of graffiti proclaiming him “god.” In reality, he dispensed pentatonic licks cribbed from Robert Johnson and never ...